THE ROMAN BREVIARY
THE ROMAN BREVIARY REFORMED BY ORDER OF THE HOLY (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF TRENT; PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF POPE ST PIUS V.; AND REVISED BY CLEMENT VIII.,
URBAN
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AND LEO
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TOGETHER WITH THE
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AND THE MARTYROLOGY TRANSLATED OUT OF
LATIN INTO ENGLISH BY
JOHN,
MARQUESS OF BUTE, A
NEW
FOR USE IN
VOL.
EDITION
IN
FOUR I.
K.T.
ENGLAND VOLS.
WINTER
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MCMV 1 1 I
TRANSLATOR S PREFACE.
lated
for
the
all
Nearly
of the
parts
"T^IFFERENT
whole of that
for
office,
there
Christmas and the
which
extracts
last
books,
those
published
containing
There are also
the
trans
Of Mattins and Lauds, how
and None.
few days, such
a
for
as
days of the Holy Week, and the copious
three
contained
are
trans
English-speaking countries.
every day in the year.
have only been
been
long
of devotion contain the ordinary form of
and there are Vesper
lations of Prime, Terce, Sext, ever,
Breviary have
use of the faithful in
the
common books
and Compline,
Vespers
Roman
in
the
English
version
of
Gueranger
s
Liturgical Year.
The
object of the Translator in the present work has been to supply
by laying open to the English reader the whole of the He thinks that this may be grateful to a con Prayer of the Church.
this deficiency
number
siderable
rate at times,
of
who would
Catholics,
English-speaking
to read the Service of the Church,
wish,
at
but are debarred
any from doing so by ignorance of the Latin language; and more especi ally so to converts who have been accustomed to the daily office while
Even
Anglicans. this version
may be
to
fall
into
It
that is
the hands of persons at
rate
may any now nearly nine
it
he
is
not without hope that
explain the historical and other allusions, and, above
to verify the references to the
hope
clergy,
of interest, since he has taken great pains to elucidate
difficult passages, to all,
some of the
Holy
who
Scriptures.
are
not
If the
Catholics,
book should
he ventures to
be the means of softening some prejudices. years
ago
since
the
Translator
began
his
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PREFACE.
S
from himself that when he did so, he did work, and he cannot conceal to be, or how realise either how vast a work it has proved not fully
little
he was himself
execute
fitted to
it
satisfactorily.
He
has bestowed
he has enjoyed a great deal of reading and investigation upon it, and moment of the at but the advantage of a learned friend s revision; giving
the public he feels anything but well content with
to
it
it,
and
better can only protest that it is his best, and that it is, in his judgment, all. at not than that the work should be done thus imperfectly the work, the reader will please to understand that In
considering The book the following are the principles which have been followed. are the original texts Hebrew, is a translation from the Latin, and where
Chaldee, or Greek, of
them which
it
is
not these texts but the Breviary Latin rendering
translated into English, the
is
aim of the Translator having
been merely to give a rendering, in as good, plain, manly, and idiomatic the Latin Service-book of the Church. English as he could command, of sense of its own as, for Accordingly, whenever the Latin has a distinct that sense is given simply without any remark, instance, in Ps. Ixxv. 5 the original is only pointed out in footnotes from and the divergence
where
appeared desirable to know both renderings
in
a few
in
order to understand the context.
cases
it
Moreover, in the Psalter, and in whom the Trans
a few other places, the Rev. James McSwiney, S.J., to
to acknowledge so many obligations, has been kind enough bracket the words which are not, now, to be found in the Hebrew at In the case of a single word in Lam. iv. 7, Dr Gesenius rendering all.
lator has to
of the
Hebrew
and the
the text,
put in
is
literal
translation
of the
Latin in a footnote.
In cases where the Latin
obscure, either in
its
rendering of the
elsewhere, the original has been referred to
Scripture, or in
is
find
order to
what the Latin
when
possible,
intended to mean, and
is
probably here the Translator has again to acknowledge his indebtedness to the learned Jesuit already named, for his assistance in a work for which the Translator It
s
will
followed Scripture.
own knowledge
only most imperfectly qualifies him.
be gathered from the
any
existing
The
version
version,
or
above that the
exactly
rather
in
series
the
Translator
rendering
of versions
of the for
not
has
Holy
there
are
TRANSLATOR S PREFACE. many
different recensions of the text,
does
not
much commend
the
who does not know for
enjoyed,
-
English
in
instance,
Under
Martini.
Doway
and
ear,
and indeed other languages
Latin,
none o/ the recensions possess that
over,
English
is
Bible,
indeed,
the earlier recensions, difficult to understand for any one
in
especially
generally called the
to
itself
vii
speaking
these
Italy,
the
by
circumstances,
Catholics,
renderings of the Latin at recently published Hortus
also
and more
;
ecclesiastical authority
it
been
has
which
is
of Archbishop
version
Italian
custom
the
for
compiling books of devotion, to make their own convenience, and indeed in the in
Anim
which bears the imprimatur of the
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Psalms in the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin were translated from the to the Latin
adhering
to
world,
in
command, while text
names to
use
in
the Old Testament,
the
transliteration
has seemed
it
from
the
Hebrew
most commonly used by the Jews, as well as by the general this
transliteration
country, of
the
instead
imperfect
of
the Vulgate
reproducing
transliteration
of
the
s
LXX.
imperfect
from
the
But where the names, even of the same persons, occur
Hebrew.
quotations from the
from the
regard
himself
of which he trusts that his
of the Latin,
regards the proper
is
felt
faithful rendering.
him most convenient
which
present Translator has therefore
using any good English at his
sense
the
to
be found a
As
The
all.
justified in
abundantly
will
at
Hebrew without any
New
Testament, the transliteration
is
equally
in
made
and therefore the Greek form preserved. In those parts of the office which are not taken from the Scriptures, such as the readings from the Fathers, the Translator has not been care ful
original,
to give
Scripture. tences,
the same word-for-word rendering as in
The
and such forms as
the
passages
its
lation like a school-boy s exercise a piece of very inelegant English
position,
and almost
therefore, has
been to
from
long and involved sen the Ablative Absolute, would make a trans
genius of the Latin language,
intolerable
as
a
devotional
reflect the ideas of the
formula.
com
His aim,
Latin in the best English
he can command, and he must deprecate criticism upon the mere ground of freedom of translation. Besides this, he has only to mirror
call
attention
to
the treatment of the quotations from
Scripture found
TRANSLATOR S PREFACE.
viii
from the Fathers and
in the extracts
Where
in the biographical notices.
are very fragmentary, he has usually given them in (a) the quotations has been done to a very considerable extent, as full, but wherever this
indicated either by it is by the insertion of whole clauses or sentences, in words brackets^ and where a footnote or by the inserted being put (ft)
some
the quotations are from
version of the Scriptures different to
such as the so-called Itala, or
the present Vulgate,
translated
literally
from the LXX., or seem to be inaccurate quotations from memory, or various readings created by copyists blunders, he has harmonised them with the rest of his text,
seemed
it
him
to
of Antiquarianism. possible, a mere useless piece in the case of a few passages where the sense affected,
that
An is
it
these
always is
exception
made
and curiously
clearly
and these have been invariably pointed out
In the biographical sketches of the
embalm
to
even were
an English rendering would be,
in
eccentricities
as
in footnotes.
lives of the Saints, a
few passages
These are almost always proper names, will be found inserted in brackets. They have been inserted with the dates, or geographical identifications. idea of making these biographies
more
interesting
and
and
valuable,
Lives almost always taken either from Alban Butler from the very valuable French work in seventeen volumes,
of the Saints,
s
The
Les Petits Bollandistes.
and
of abode, for
him
to
his
have always
even had
selves,
it
poetical
peculiar
trouble.
Hymns,
are presented to
obtain
portions
it
the
judge, combined the
use
place
impossible
naturally
of
for his purpose.
the
Breviary
have
his
own
of the
largest
paraphrase. versions
amount of
For
which,
poetical
obscure,
the
rest,
as
as far
merit
in rendering the sense of the originals, and he has not
Translator
the
given
Only a few, and those of the more in
s
hand a copy of the Acta Sanctorum them
been needful
The
sought
at
rendered
or
intituled,
constant changes in the Translator
frequent journeys,
are
with
felt
it
of the
he
has
he could accuracy necessary
by whom such applications, he has been
to take into consideration the religious opinions of those
translations
have been executed.
In
all
his
met with uniform courtesy and compliance with his wishes, and he here pardon for any breach of copyright which he may have committed by reprinting hymns of which he did not know unkno\dlgly
begs
to
ask
TRANSLATOR S PREFACE. the
The source whence each
translator.
ix
taken
is
has
been
always
indicated.
A
number
of the
hymns are by the late Rev. E. Caswall, of the Birmingham Oratory, who died during the printing of the work. (R.I. P.)
The
great
Translator expresses his thanks for his constant obliging kindness.
H. E. Cardinal Newman has permitted the Translator the use of all The hymn for Prime has never been published published hymns.
his
years
and
ago,
H. E. has
a
in
before, except
also
book printed by the present Translator a few
little
which
for
he
The Rev. Dr some of which
the
for
hymns
this
writer.
of hymns,
and written expressly for this work. Midsummer Day, one of which is written
are
book,
illustrious
number
Littledale contributes a considerable
are original,
elegant
expressly for
from
it
to prepare the doxologies, altering with
own hymns.
the Office, belonging to his
The
obtained
had the goodness
by a noble
who
friend,
desires to remain
anonymous.
The Rev. Dr J.
Translator Wallace,
begs the
to
finally
Rev.
W.
D. Chambers, the Messrs
J.
his
Blew,
Rev.
Novello, and
indebted for the use of copyright hymns. thankful acknowledgment.
his
in the last verse,
W.
J.
others
all
The
thanks
sincere
express
to
the
Copeland,
Mr
whom
to
he
Translator tenders to
In regard to the
is
all
the alteration
hymns,
caused by certain Festivals and Seasons, depends in the
upon the scansion. This distinction, viz., why one hymn should and another not, could not be rationally adopted in the English,
original alter
where the metres are not always the same as lator,
therefore,
hymns,
viz.,
has provided
those
of the
for
Small
in the Latin.
the alteration of
all
Hours, while the
The Trans
the unchanging
hymns
of Mattins,
Lauds, and Vespers, which change with the Office, do not here undergo the alteration of the last verse.
Besides
the
as the Blessings at
which are either in or rhythm.
There are
been taken, as will jar
good many passages, such Mattins, and some of the Antiphons and Responsories, actual verse or else written with some peculiar rhyme
hymns
far as
proper,
also a
there are a
certain
number of
puns.
Great care has
possible, to reproduce these quaint features.
upon the ear of the English reader, but he
may
rest
They assured
TRANSLATOR S PREFACE.
x that they cannot offend
to
originals
the book. give a false idea of
They
are
would have offended
them would have been
of the classical age, and to suppress
Roman
a
him more than the
usually printed as prose,
as they are in the original.
The
feature in which this translation
the original,
the fact that
is
all
so
is,
more convenient than
far,
the references to
Holy
Scripture, (except
such as are very commonly known, or have been given shortly before,) are given, either in footnotes, or, where they occur in the text, (not itself
brackets
in
Scripture,)
which
Concordance
this
has
in
inserted entailed
it.
has
The mere work been
very
Translator ventures to think the object was well worth
a
the
it.
other footnotes are exclusively aimed at the elucidation of the
The
The
text.
great,
with
but
ones are chiefly from Alban Butler or Les Petits Those on Scripture are mostly from the annotated English
historical
Bollandistes.
Dr Kenrick, Archbishop of New York, a Those work, unhappily but little known in this country. Dr from Daniel on those Lowth from Pusey; mainly
Bible published by the late
most valuable on
Isaiah
from
those lation
;
are
;
Targums on the Holy Torah, from Etheridge
the
s
trans
those from the other Targums, from the Latin version in Walton
s
The source has always been indicated, except where
Biblia Polyglotta.
one note closely follows another. Most part of this work has been submitted in MS., the whole of it and even in revise, to the friendly criticism of the Rev. in part
proof,
James McSwiney,
S.J.,
whom
the Translator has already mentioned,
and
whom
he desires here to express his sincerest thanks for the long he has pains and unwearied patience and kindness which year after year of the expended upon this matter. He begs also to thank the Superiors to
Society of JESUS for allowing of their body. of Father
him the
assistance of so valuable a
member
It must, however, be distinctly understood that the work
McSwiney has been almost
pointing out blunders, and that he
is
entirely confined to excision
objectively responsible for
and
nothing
except the bracketing the passages in the Psalter, as before mentioned,
and a very few of the
footnotes.
However, notwithstanding the amount of pains and repeated revision, and the extraordinary excellence with which the printers have done their
TRANSLATOR S PREFACE. work, and for which the Translator desires to felt
and thankful acknowledgments,
a work,
the
printed for
oversights.
Some
first
time,
it
make
xi to
them
his sincerely
must needs be that so very
contains a considerable
of these are already visible to the Translator.
prefers, however, to
leave
them
large
number of
He
to the indulgence of the reader, rather
than revise every word again, in order to
encumber the book with a
page or pages of errata and corrigenda.
The
translator
hopes and believes
desires is
in
conclusion
to
protest
that
not the case,) either the translation
if,
(which he
itself,
or the
footnotes, should contain anything which a faithful Catholic ought not to have written, he has written such passage inadvertently.
RICHMOND, June
27, 1879.
PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION,
TT
is
now
twenty-eight years since the
first
English Translation of the
Breviary was made, and had the Translator lived
new was
far
to
publish this
would have appeared a long time ago, for the work advanced, and some portion of it had been printed, before his
edition,
it
death.
This present edition it
in
has added to its
it
use in England ; and it is peculiar in that a translation of the Martyrology, which will be found is
for
proper place in the Office.
The Rev. James McSwiney,
S.J.,
and
Mr
were engaged with the Translator at the time
H.
J.
Stevenson,
of his
the work through the press, were good enough to carry three years ago, when the death of the Rev.
it
on
McSwiney
J.
who
death in seeing until
some
occurred.
This misfortune caused delay, but after a time his place was filled by the Rev. James O Donohoe, S.J., and once again the work went on.
The undertaking has been found which was not
at first foreseen,
of the unprinted part of the
to
be very complicated in a way
and although a very complete manuscript
book was
left,
except three of the recent
and they were partly written, the difficulties have been great. There have been constant delays owing to unforeseen circumstances,
offices,
and needless
to
felt
say the
absence
of the
Translator
himself
has
been
has occurred that points which he keenly throughout. Frequently could have decided with a stroke of the pen have had to be made the subject of
it
much
consideration as well as correspondence, for the anxiety
of those engaged on the work has been to complete
it
if
possible exactly
PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
xiv as
he would have wished
no pains have been spared Thanks are offered to existing
translations
of
it,
and,
although the result
may
fall
short,
to attain this end. all
who have
hymns,
and
in
given permission to use their
one
or
two
cases
for
new
translations.
That such a work oversights
is
as this should
hardly possible,
cumstances under which of the
reader
is
craved,
be entirely
and more
free
from mistakes or
especially considering
the cir
has been finished; the indulgence therefore
it
owing to the extreme
difficulty
of the
which has been undertaken. G.
ST JOHN
S
LODGE,
1908.
BUTE.
task
CONTExNTS
TRANSLATOR
S
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PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION
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ERRATA. Page 730, 2nd ii
VOL.
I.
col., last line, delete
from the Chapter inclusive,
772, ist col., after line 4, insert
MARTYROLOGY.
950
PHERE (2)
is an Office for every day, and Semi-double, or (3) Simple.
CHAPTER
The
this
OF DOUBLE
I.
Office
is
either
Double,
(i)
OFFICES.
is Double from Maundy Thursday to Easter Tuesday, both on Low Sunday, on Ascension Day, on Whitsun Day, and the Monday and Tuesday following, on Trinity Sunday, on Corpus Christi, and on the Dedication Feast of the Church where the service is held, or to which the person praying is attached on every Feast-day in the Kalendar marked Double, and on the Octave-day of every Feast which has an Octave more over, upon the Feast of the Patron or Patrons, or Titular or Titulars, of the place or Church, and upon the Feast or Feasts of any Saint or Saints which any particular Church, Order, or Congregation may have been used and have obtained, or shall obtain, the Sanction of the Apostolic See to observe solemnly, either with a special Office, or with the Common Office, even although such Feast be not to be found in the Roman Kalendar. Moreover, the Office for the Dead is said as a Double upon All Souls Day, and upon the day of the
Office
inclusive,
;
;
death or burial of the Deceased for Office
whom
it
is
said,
even as
is
directed in the
itself.
A
2. Double Feast is kept or commemorated upon its own day, unless it should be transferred or entirely omitted according to Chapter X. of this Pie. Double Feast has the whole of both First and Second Vespers, unless 3. it clash with another like Office, as treated of in XI. of this Pie,
A
Chapter and the whole Office is then of the Double from the Vespers on the first evening till Compline on the second, both inclusive unless something special be ordered in its own The Office of the Dead, however, has only one Vesper Service, place. Mattins, and Lauds, as given in its own place. 4. On a Double, the Antiphons at both Vespers, at Mattins, and at Lauds (but not at Prime, Terce, Sext, None, or Compline,) are doubled, that is to say, are repeated entire both before and after the Psalm or Canticle to which they respectively belong. 5. 1
At
Mattins on a Double are always said three Nocturns, being nine Psalms
This quaint I.e., parti-coloured. printed in black and red.
name
is
owing
to the
General Rubrics being usually
PIE.
xx
in each Nocturn. is to say, three Psalms and three Lessons Easter and Pentecost, with the two days succeeding in are only exceptions
and nine Lessons, that
The
each case,
when
there
is
with three Psalms and three Lessons, only one Nocturn,
as there given. a Double, the 6.
On
Prime, as also the Vespers and Lauds.
As
7.
for
Preces are omitted at Compline and Prayers called of the Blessed Virgin, &c., at
Common Commemorations
anything
else,
see the Chapters of this Pie treating specially ot
each detail.
CHAPTER
II.
OF
SEMI-DOUBLE OFFICES.
Semi-double upon all Sundays (except Low Sunday, which is all Feasts which are marked days within Octaves; upon Double); upon Semi-double in the Kalendar, and also upon any Feasts peculiar to particular places been usual to or Congregations, which, in the said places or Congregations it has were if than Simples. they keep more solemnly Semi-double Feast is either kept or commemorated upon its own day, 2.
The
Office
is
all
A
or entirely omitted, according to Chapter X. of this Pie. Semi-double Feast has the whole of the Office,
A
from Vespers on the but the like a Double both the on inclusive, second, Compline evening the Psalm or Canticle only the is to say, before Antiphons are not doubled that asterisk (*), first few words of the Antiphon are said, namely, those as far as the Canticle the whole Antiphon is said entire. although at the end of the Psalm or with three Psalms and three Lessons 4. At Mattins are said three Nocturns, in each, except within the Octaves of Easter and Pentecost, when there is only Also on Sundays, when the one Nocturn, with three Psalms and three Lessons. Office is of the Sunday, there are twelve Psalms in the first Nocturn, instead of 3.
till
first
;
three.
As
5.
each
to
anything
else,
see the
of Chapters of this Pie treating specially
detail.
CHAPTER
III.
OF
SIMPLE OFFICES.
The Office is Simple on all Week-days when the Service is of such upon or of an days in the Kalendar which are not marked Double, or Semi-double, Octave ; and in the Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin on Saturdays, as appointed in Chapter VIII. 2. The Office of a Simple Feast is said upon its own day, but is liable to be overborne by any Office having Nine Lessons, or by that of the Blessed Virgin on Saturday, or by that of a Week-day having the precedence over it according to Chapter V. and Chapter IX. when the 3. The Simple Feast has only one Vesper Office, namely, the first, Service is of the Week-day till the Chapter, exclusive, and then of the Feast from the Chapter, inclusive, till the end, what is of the Feast being as if of a Semidouble. However, should this evening be occupied by the Vespers of an Office ;
all
of Nine Lessons, the Simple is only commemorated, as regulated in Chapter XI. Simple Office always ends with None, inclusive, and has nothing afterwards, not even a Commemoration. after which 4. At Mattins, the Office is of the Feast till the Hymn, inclusive
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;
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are said the Psalms and Antiphons of the Week-day. Then the Office continues of the Feast, according to what is said in Chapter XXVI. 5. As to anything else, see the Chapters of this Pie treating specially of each detail.
CHAPTER IV.
The
Office of the
OF
SUNDAYS.
always said on the Sundays in Advent, and on Sunday, both inclusive, any Double or Semidouble Feast whatsoever being transferred or reduced to a mere Commemoration or entirely omitted to make room for them, (as prescribed in Chapter X.,) unless it be a Double Feast of the First Class. Such Feast is then observed, with a Commemoration of the Sunday, except on the first Sundays of Advent and Lent, and Passion, Palm, Easter, Low, Pentecost, and Trinity Sundays, which yield to
Sunday
those from Septuagesima to
is
Low
On other Sundays in the year, the Office See, as to this, Chapter IX. unless the day be occupied by a Double Office, in which case the Service is of the Double, with a Commemoration of the Sunday at both Vespers and at Lauds, and for the Ninth Lesson, the seventh of the Sunday, or the seventh, eighth, and ninth read as one ; as prescribed in Chapter IX. Semi-double clashing with a Sunday is commemorated, according to Chapter X. 2. On the Ascension Sundays within the Octaves of Christmas, nothing. of the
is
Sunday
A
Twelfth-Day,
Day, and Corpus
Christi, the Service
of the Octave with such variations as are given in their own place, with Commemoration of the Octave and without either Preces or the Common Commemorations. On Sundays within other Octaves, the Service is of the Sunday as given in the Psalter and in the Proper Office of the Season, with Commemoration of the Octave, but without Preces or the Common is
Commemorations.
If a Sunday and an Octave-day clash, the Office is of the Octave-day, being Double, with Commemoration and Ninth Lesson of the The only exception is with the Octave-day of Twelfth-Day, when, Sunday. the Service of the Sunday having been said on Saturday, no notice of it is taken on the Octave-day. 3. Offices are given for six Sundays after the after Pentecost, so that there shall be no blank
Epiphany and for twenty-four upon any of the thirty Sundays which may occur between Twelfth-Day and Septuagesima, and between Pentecost and Advent, albeit they may perhaps only be commemorated. Those which are over and not wanted after Twelfth -Day before Septuagesima are inserted and used up between the 23rd after Pentecost, and the next before Advent, in the following order 4. If there are 25 Sundays after Pentecost, the 24th is the 6th after the the 2 4 th, Epiphany: if 26 the 2 4 th, the 5th; and the 25th, the 6th: if 27 the 4 th ; the if 28 the 24th, the 3rd ; 25th, the 5th ; and the 26th, the 6th the 25th, the 4th; the 26th, the It sometimes 5th; and the 27th, the 6th. happens that there are only 23 Sundays after Pentecost; in which case, that next before Advent still keeps its place, and the Office of the 23rd Sunday is said upon the preceding Saturday, if that day be not occupied by an Office of :
Nine Lessons,
or, if so occupied, upon the nearest day in that week not so occupied, a Simple Feast being in such case only commemorated. On this occasion the Office will be of the Week-day, substituting only the three Lessons, the Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias, and the Prayer of the Sunday for those of the Week-day (which are omitted.) However, if the whole of that week be
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Nine Lessons, even if transferred thither or belonging to occupied by Offices of the Sunday, an Octave, then on the Saturday the Ninth Lesson is the seventh of there is made or the seventh, eighth, and ninth, read as one, and at Lauds (only) Commemoration of the Sunday, by its own Antiphon for the Song of Zacharias and its own Prayer with the Verse and Answer of the Saturday. sometimes occur that the 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th Sunday after the 5. It will In that case after Pentecost. is left over and there is no room for it
Epiphany
or other day in the week preceding Septuagesima, in placed on the Saturday in the foregoing section. described the same manner as is Septuagesima, is 6. What to do when the 2nd Sunday after Twelfth-Day in a special Rubric on the subject at p. 359, Note 2. prescribed mention is made of the First Sunday of such7. When, in the Breviary, meant is that which is on or nearest to the the a it is
and-such
month, Sunday ist day of the month be a Monday, Tuesday, day of such month thus, if the or Wednesday, the first Sunday of that month is the Sunday before, albeit actually in the preceding month, but if the ist day of the month be a Thursday, Friday, However, the or Saturday, the first Sunday of the month is the Sunday after. but that first Sunday of Advent is not taken to be the first Sunday of December, which is either on or nearest to the Feast of St Andrew, viz., November 30. 8. The Sunday Office is Semi-double and begins with Vespers on Saturday, on Sunday, inclusive. See, however, the case of its clashing lasting till Compline ist
:
XL
with other Offices, Chapter Three Nocturns, as in the Psalter, and Nine Lessons, 9. At Mattins there are as in the Office of the Season. 10. As to anything else, see the Chapters of this Pie, treating specially of such detail.
CHAPTER V.
OF WEEK-DAYS.
Simple Office of the Season, as is always said in Advent and Lent, and on Ember Days, Eves, and Rogation Monday, except when there is a Double or Semi-double Office, or that belonging to some Octave, on which occasions the Week-day is only commemorated, as given in Chapter IX. If a Simple Feast occur upon one of these Week-days, it is only commemorated. Moreover, the Office of the Week-day is said upon any day in the Kalendar to which no Feast is assigned, which is not within any Octave, and which is
The Week-day
Office, that
is
to say, the
contained in the Psalter and the Proper Office of the Season,
not occupied by the Simple Saturday Office of the Blessed Virgin, or by any Feast peculiar to the Church or place where the Service takes place or to which the person praying belongs. 2.
In Advent and Lent, and on
the Office of the
begins where
the
Ember Days, Eves, and Rogation Monday,
it begins with Mattins ; on other days in the year if the day before thus of the preceding day ends
Week-day Office
:
if a Simple, with have been Double or Semi-double, it begins with Mattins if in Ember and Moreover, September, upon upon Wednesday Friday Vespers. Ash Wednesday, or upon any Eve, there fall a Simple Feast, which is to be commemorated, this Simple Feast is deprived of its First Vespers, which are then of the Week-day (unless they be the Second Vespers of some Office of Nine Lessons) as in the Psalter, without Preces, but with the Prayer of the preceding ;
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See Chapter The Sunday, and a Commemoration of the Simple Feast. Office of the Week-day ends with None, if there follow a Double or Semidouble, but if there follow a Simple, the Office of which is to be said, then Vespers are of the Week-day till the Chapter exclusive, and with the Chapter begins the Office of the said Simple, without any further notice of the Week-day. 3. At Mattins is said one Nocturn, with twelve Psalms and three Lessons, as in the Psalter, and the Proper Office of the Season. 4. From the above rules are entirely excepted the Offices of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Week, and Whitsim Week, special, as regulated in their own places. for anything else, see the Chapters of this Pie treating
which are perfectly 5.
each
As
specially of
detail.
OF
CHAPTER VI.
The
EVES.
Eve is said upon all Eves which are Fasts, 1 (and which Kalendar with the word "Eve,") unless there occur on such a day an Office with Nine Lessons, or the Office of some Octave. In such a case the Ninth Lesson of the said Office is omitted or read as one with the Eighth, and for the Ninth Lesson is read the whole or the first part of the Homily for the Eve; and the Eve is commemorated at Lauds (only) by the Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias and the Verse and Answer belonging to the Week-day, with the Prayer of the Eve. However, there are some exceptions, which here follow. 2. If the Eve should be a Sunday, the Office of the Eve is said on Saturday, or, if Saturday be occupied as mentioned above, it is commemorated, as there directed. The two exceptions are the Eves of Christmas and Twelfth-Day, the Offices of which are said even on Sunday, as is noted in their own place. How ever, if on the day of the Eve should be some Feast of great local importance in a particular place, or one of those generally more important which are enumerated are
Office of the
marked
in the
hereafter in Chapter IX., as for instance, if Corpus Christi fell upon Midsummer no notice whatever is taken of the Eve in the Office. The solitary Eve,
Moreover, in Advent, Lent, and on exception is the Eve of Twelfth-Day. the days of Quarter-Tense, no notice whatever is taken of an Eve. 3. The Office of the Eve begins with Mattins and ends with None. 4. The Office of an Eve is entirely that of the Week-day, (Responsories 2 and the Prayer. included,) except the Three Lessons Long Preces are said as in Advent or Lent, and also the Common Commemorations. For anything else there are special Rubrics hereafter.
a. Whitsun Eve, which is a Semi5- There are four exceptional cases double with Three Nocturns. Christmas Eve, which is a Double, from (3. Lauds to None, both inclusive, y, 8. The Eves of Twelfth-Day and of the Ascension. See all these in their own places. :
1 There are a good many Eves which are not Fasts, at least in certain countries, but they appear to have been so formerly, and it is the custom still to recite the Office, the including Long Preces, as if they had remained so. 2 For the Blessings on them, see the Summary of Blessings and Absolutions hereafter.
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OCTAVES.
Octave is the repetition of an Office, or at the least the Commemoration some Sunday or Festival intervene, for eight days, one after the other, This honour is paid to the Feast itself and seven days following. the being Ascension Day, to Whitsun Day, to Passover, when our Lord rose again, to the Feast of Corpus Christi, to the Dedication of the particular Church, to the Patronal or Titular Feast of the place or Church, and to Feasts of other
An
of
it,
if
so treated in any particular Church, Octaves are kept between Ash Wednesday and Octave of Pentecost, nor between December 17 and and even if one of these days, namely, Ash Wednesday, Whitsun Christmas in the middle of an Octave which has Day, or December 17, should come their arrival breaks it off at once. some for been days, kept already 2. Also, in the cases of Easter and Pentecost the Office of the Octave is
Saints
which may have been customarily
Congregation, or Order. Easter, nor during the
No
;
not said after
None on
the next Saturday.
1 Semi-double Feast which falls on any day within an which Feast is observed may be thither any Octave, is observed, and so also at both the of a Commemoration made is then but there Octave, transferred, the Vespers and at Lauds, unless the Feast observed be one of those more in Chapter IX., and whereon no Octave is important, hereafter enumerated commemorated however, an exception is made in favour of the Octaves of
3.
Any Double
or
;
Christmas, Twelfth-Day, and Corpus Christi, which are always at least com memorated, whatsoever be the Feast which may occur during their Octaves. However, within the Octaves of Easter and Pentecost no Feast whatsoever is even should it be that of the principal Patron or Titular or of the kept,
All are transferred out of the Octave, Dedication of the particular Church. if this can be done, or are reduced to mere commemorations, as laid down in Within the Octave of Twelfth -Day (except the Octave -day Chapter X. may be observed only Double Feasts of the First Class, and that itself) Within the Octave of Corpus Christi, with Commemoration of the Octave. there ; only Doubles are observed, and they only those which naturally occur others are not to be transferred thither, unless they be Feasts of the First or Semiand Commemoration is always made of the Octave. Second Class ;
doubles occurring within this Octave are reduced to mere Commemorations. See Chapter X. Simples which occur within any Octave are merely com
memorated, except upon Easter Monday and Tuesday, and Whitsun Monday The See Chapter IX. and Tuesday, when all notice of Simples is omitted. Service upon Sundays within Octaves is as prescribed above, in the Chapter If two Octaves clash (as, for instance, that of Midsummer upon Sundays (IV.) Day with that of Corpus Christi, or that of a local Patron or Titular with some the other) when the Office is not of some Festival with Nine Lessons or of Com it is of that Octave whose Feast is of the with rank, Sunday, higher memoration of the other. As for the case of Feasts falling on the actual Octave-days, see Chapter X. 4. The Office of a day within an Octave has three Nocturns, that is to The only exceptions are the say, at Mattins nine Psalms and nine Lessons. 1
Except, of course, the Feast
itself,
the Octave-day,
and the Sunday.
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Octaves of Easter and Pentecost, when there is only one Nocturn. Every is as on the Festival, Of these, the first three are except the Lessons. always from Scripture according to the Season, except within the Octave of the Assumption, when those days on which the Office is of the Octave have The Lessons Scripture Lessons of their own, taken from the Song of Songs. of the Second and Third Nocturns are always given in their own It places. may happen that an Octave is kept somewhere for some local Patron or Titular Feast, where there are no special authorised Lessons for the Second and Third Nocturn l in this case Lessons are to be taken out of the Common Office, if the subject be some Saint or Saints, or, if otherwise, the Lessons of the Feast-day thing
:
repeated.
On
the days within the Octave the Office
is Semi-double, and on the Vespers every day are the same as the Second Vespers of the Feast, except the First Vespers of the Octave-day, which are the same as the First Vespers of the Feast, unless some special direction be given to
5.
Octave-day
itself
Double.
The
the contrary. 6. Within Octaves the Common Commemorations of the Saints are not said Vespers and Lauds, nor Preces at Prime and Compline, even if the Office be of a Sunday or Semi-double. For anything else, see the Chapters of this Pie treating specially of each detail. at
CHAPTER VIII.
OF
THE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN AS A SIMPLE ON SATURDAY.
On
every Saturday in the year, with the exceptions hereafter immediately Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin as placed at the end of the Common Office for her Festivals, is said in preference to the Office of the noted, the
Week-day it
or the Office of any other Simple Festival, such simple Festival, if The exceptions are the Saturdays in merely commemorated.
occur, being
Advent and Lent,
the Ember Saturdays, Eves, Saturdays to which the Sunday be transferred according to this Pie, IV. 4, 5, Saturdays on which Nine Lessons may be read, and the Saturdays within the Octaves of Easter and Office
may
Whitsun Day. 2. When this Office is not said, neither is it commemorated. On Semidoubles the Blessed Virgin her Little Office is not going to be said) has (if her Common Commemoration at Vespers and Lauds, along with the others, but
that
is
all.
This Office begins with the Chapter at Vespers on Friday, like other Simple Offices, and similarly, has a Commemoration at the Friday Vespers, should those belong to some Office of Nine Lessons, Unless such Office be of the Blessed Virgin, when the Commemoration of the Simple Office is omitted. If such Commemoration be made it consists of the Antiphon at her Song, the Verse and Answer, and the Prayer of the Little Office Vespers and no other Commemoration of her is made. then follows the one 4. At Mattins, the Invitatory and Hymn are of her Nocturn of the Week-day, with its own Psalms and Antiphons Verse and Answer, Absolution, two Responsories, Blessings, and Third Lesson of the 3.
;
;
;
1 There is, however, an approved Octavarium Romanum, or Offices for Octaves, which meet nearly every possible contingency. VOL. I. b 2
will
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"We praise Blessed Virgin, with two Lessons from Scripture and the Hymn as are also Lauds, God, &c.," all as at the end of the Common, Thee,
O
Prime, Terce, Sext, and None. Preces are said at Prime and Compline, and the Common Commemora 5. After None, nothing is said of her, unless she tions (except her s) at Lauds. is
Common Commemorations,
commemorated, among the other
in
the
First
Vespers of Sunday.
CHAPTER IX. If there
come upon the day of
either
Lessons, always, belonging to an Octave, to
a
Simple Feast,
at
transferred
OF COMMEMORATIONS.
or
a
transferred
(d)
Week-day,
Saturday, or then there is
a
First Vespers and at
of Nine some day Sunday, (c) (b) the Office of some Sunday (e) made a Commemoration of the
Simple Feast thither,
(a)
an
Office
a
Lauds.
Advent and Lent, Ember Days, Eves, and Rogation Week-days Feast of Nine Lessons comes upon Monday, are commemorated only, if a 2.
in
in them, them, but their Office takes precedence of a simple Feast, which,
is
only commemorated. a Double Feast fall upon a Sunday between Pentecost and Advent, 3. If between Twelfth-Day and Septuagesima, or between Low Sunday and Pentecost, Double Feast the Sunday is commemorated at both Vespers and at Lauds. is either transferred or reduced to a mere the other of Sundays falling upon any Commemoration, as laid down in Chapter X., unless it should be the principal this Patron, or Titular, or the Feast of the Dedication of the Church, (and to the Church itself, not to every Side-Chapel or Altar,) in which
A
applies only case such Patronal, Titular, or Dedication Festival is in that particular place or Church only, kept instead of the Sunday, but with a Commemoration of and at Lauds. at both the However, from this liability are
Vespers Sunday excepted the first Sundays in Advent and Lent, Passion, Palm, Easter, Low, Pentecost, and Trinity Sundays, which cannot be displaced, and any such Festival of the First Class occurring on them is to be transferred, as likewise any Feast on these falling Sundays. a Feast 4. An Octave is always commemorated, if its office be displaced by of Nine Lessons or a Sunday, unless such Feast be that of the Patron, the Titular, or the Dedication of the particular place, which kind of Feasts admit
of no Commemoration at First Vespers or at Lauds, whether of a Simple, or of an Eve, (unless it be Twelfth-Day Eve,) or of the Second Vespers of another Festival going before it, unless such Festival be one of those in this chapter here after specially enumerated, or of an Octave-day, or of the Second Vespers of a Sunday, unless that Sunday be one of those of Advent, or one of those between Septuagesima and Low Sunday, both inclusive, which Sundays, as also the Week
days of Advent and Lent, the Ember Days and Rogation Monday, are always commemorated in whatsoever Office it be. If such Festival fall on any Sunday, or upon the Octave-day of some Feast which has an Octave, the Sunday or As regards, Octave-day is commemorated at both Vespers and at Lauds. however, the Second Vespers of such Festival, a Commemoration is made of the First Vespers of any Double, Semi-double, or Sunday occupying the next day, but not of anything else.
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The same rule is applied everywhere to certain great Festivals in the year, Christmas Day, (on which day there is no Commemoration of St Anastasia in the Office, but only in the Dawn Mass,) Twelfth-Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Day, Easter Monday, Easter Tuesday, Ascension Day, Whitsun Day, Whitsun Monday, Whitsun Tuesday, Corpus Christi, the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, St Joseph, Midsummer Day, the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, the Immaculate Conception, Lady Day and the 1 Assumption of Blessed Mary, All Saints, St Thomas of Canterbury, St George, St Augustine of Canterbury, and the Feast of the Dedication of the particular The rules as to Commemorations on all these are everywhere the Church. same as if they were the local Patron. 6. There is a second and lower class of Festivals, viz., New Year s Day, the Holy Name, Trinity Sunday, Candlemas, the Visitation, the Nativity and the Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary of Blessed Mary, the Feasts of the Eleven Apostles, of the Evangelists, of the Patronage of St Joseph, of the Most Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Finding of the Holy Cross, of St Joachim, father of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of St Anne, mother of the Same, of St Lawrence, of St Gregory the Great, of St Edward, and Michaelmas. At the First Vespers of these (unless there be a special direction to the contrary) a Commemoration is made of the Second Vespers of a Double, should there have but not of a Sunday, been one that day unless the contrary be specially indicated of a day within an Octave, nor of a Semi-double, any more than on Festivals of the highest class. If Simple Festivals or Eves fall on the same days as these Festivals, they have the Ninth Lesson at Mattins and a Commemoration at Lauds At Second Vespers a Commemoration is made of any Festival whateveronly. even a Simple, and of a day within an Octave, if the Office of that is to occupy the next day. The Octaves of Christmas, Twelfth-Day, and Corpus Christi are be special cases; they are always commemorated at Vespers and Lauds, whatever 5.
viz.,
the Office of the day. 7. If Sundays and
Week-days of Advent and Lent are to be commemorated, if Ember Days, Eves, and Rogation both Vespers and at Lauds in the cases mentioned above) at Lauds if Feasts Monday, Simple only; (unless at First if other Sundays or Octaves, at both Vespers and at Vespers and Lauds Lauds. When a Double or Semi-double is reduced to a mere Commemoration, it is commemorated at both Vespers and at Lauds in the same way as if it were an Octave-day or a Sunday, unless the superseding Feast be a Double of the First Class, in which case no notice of a suppressed Double or Semi-double is taken at
it is
done
at
;
;
except that the First Vespers of such suppressed Double or Semi-double are in the Second Vespers of a Double of the First Class, occupying the immediately preceding day. 8. Commemoration is made thus. After the Prayer of the Office for the day are recited ( i ) the Antiphons for the Song of the Blessed Virgin or of Zacharias, according as the occasion be Vespers or Lauds, then (2) the Verse and Answer after the Hymn from the same, and then (3) the Prayer, preceded all,
commemorated
A
Thomas is the patron of the secular clergy, and for them therefore the In of the First Class, but among some of the regulars it is only of the Second Class. the present translation it is given as of the First Class but where it is treated as of the Second a Com with of the the second is of on Innocents half the Innocents, Class, Day Vespers memoration of him and his Commemoration is made after that of the Innocents, while the Octave of the Innocents lasts. l
.
feast
In England St is
;
;
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Let us Pray," which would have been used in the superseded Office which It sometimes happens, where both the Office of the day commemorated. and the Office of a Simple Feast to be commemorated have their Antiphons and "
by is
to be
Verse and Answer from the Common Office for Saints of the class, that the be the Antiphon and Verse and Answer in the Commemoration would naturally same as those in the Office for the day, and, to avoid this, those of the Com memoration are taken from Lauds at First Vespers, and from First Vespers at L aud s unless a special direction be given to the contrary. 1 In like manner, if the Festival of St Angela (or of any other Holy Woman with an Office of Nine the Blessed Virgin were ta Lessons) fell on a Friday, and the Simple Office of be said on the Saturday, the Verse and Answer in the Commemoration of the Grace Blessed Virgin at the Second Vespers of St Angela would naturally be Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever," but these are is poured into thy lips the same Verse and Answer as would already have been said after the Hymn of St Angela, therefore, in the Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin, the Verse Blessed art thou among and Answer are taken from the ensuing Lauds, viz., women And blessed is the Fruit of thy Womb." And the same system is if the Office for the day and the Office to be adopted in the case of the Prayer commemorated have both the same Prayer out of one of the Common Offices, then for the Commemoration a different Prayer is taken from the same Common If the Office to be commemorated has been reduced to the form of Office. a Simple Office, and the Antiphons, &c., are taken from the Common Office of the Feast of the day, then at First Vespers such Antiphons, &c., must be taken from the Second Vespers of the Common, and if the Feast has both First and Second Vespers the Antiphon, &c., at Lauds must be taken from First Vespers, while at Second Vespers the Antiphon will be taken from Lauds and the Verse An from First Vespers unless a special direction be given to the contrary. "
"
;
exception, however, is made when a Commemoration of a Holy Virgin is made on the Feast of another Holy Virgin ; in this case the Antiphon for the Com
memoration
at
First Vespers must be taken from Lauds.
When
the reduced
commemorated at Second Vespers the rules given above for the Commemoration of Simple Feasts must be followed. 9. Whenever in an Office of Nine Lessons, Commemoration is made of any Sunday or Week-day which has an Homily of its own, then such Homily is the Ninth Lesson at Mattins, being either the first part only, or the whole Feast
is
not
three used continuously together as one. 10. So too if Commemoration be made of a Simple Feast, in an Office with Nine Lessons, the Ninth Lesson is of the Feast; and if the Simple Feast
Simple have two Lessons, then both are read together as one. But this Lesson of the Feast is omitted, if the Office of the day be that of a Sunday which has a Ninth Responsory instead of the Hymn, "We praise Thee, O God, &c.," and also when the Ninth Lesson is occupied by an Homily, as prescribed above ; neither is it read in any Office in which there are only three Lessons (as, for instance, within the Octaves of Easter and Pentecost.) Moreover, when Com1 A standing instance is the First Vespers of St Angela on May 30, at which there is always a Commemoration of the First Vespers of St Petronilla. Both the Office and the Commemora tion are from the Common Office for a Virgin not a Martyr, but the Antiphon and Verse and Answer for St Petronilla are taken from Lauds, viz., "The kingdom of heaven, Grace is poured, &c.," because Come, Bride of Christ, &c.," and and In thy comeliness, And at Lauds the case is reversed. &c.," have already been used for St Angela.
&c.,""
"
"
"
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memoration is made of a day within an Octave, the Ninth Lesson is not of the Octave albeit it have a proper Gospel and Homily. So also, when a Double or Semi-double has been reduced to a mere Commemoration, the historical Lessons of the Second Nocturn of the said suppressed Double or Semi-double are read together as one Lesson, forming the Ninth Lesson of the superior Office which has superseded the Double or Semi-double, except if the Office of Corpus Christi be said on any day within that Octave, in which case any Ninth Lesson of this sort is omitted. ii. If several
Commemorations
are to be made, their order of precedence
First, a privileged Sunday ; second, an Octave ; fourth, a Double reduced to a Simple Commemoration
as follows.
Double
;
third, ;
fifth, a
is
Greater
a
Common
day within the Octave of Corpus Christi seventh, a Semidouble eighth, a day within an Octave when reduced to a Simple Com memoration ninth, a Week-day in Advent or Lent, an Ember Day, Eve, or Rogation Day; tenth, for a Friday evening, the Simple Office of the Blessed and not till after a Virgin, if it is to be said next day lastly, a Simple Feast Simple (if there be one) are made the Common Commemorations of the Blessed
Sunday
sixth,
;
a
;
;
;
;
;
The place Virgin, St Joseph, &c., or of the Cross only, as the Season may be. local Patron in these Common Commemorations is determined according to his rank. 1 As to these Common Commemorations, see Chapter
of the
XXXV.
CHAPTER X.
OF
TRANSFERENCES.
If any Double Feast fall upon a Sunday in Advent, or upon any Sunday between Septuagesima and Low Sunday, both inclusive, upon Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, upon New Year s Day, from Jan. 6 to 13, both inclusive, on Ash Wednesday, in Holy Week, or Easter Week, on Ascension Day, or any day from Whitsun Eve to Trinity Sunday, both inclusive, on Corpus Christi or its Octave, on the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, on Dec. 8, on Lady Day, on Aug. i 5, on Midsummer Day, on March 19, on June 29, or on Nov. I, then such Feast is transferred to the nearest day which is not The only exception is that Midsummer occupied by a Double or Semi-double. Day and the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul may be kept upon the Octave of Moreover, Corpus Christi or on the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. the special Feast of a particular Church or place may, but only in that particular Church or place, be kept upon the Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays of Lent
and Advent, upon Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima, and upon a 2 solemn primary Feast occurring day within the Octave of Twelfth-Day. on the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus will take precedence of the latter. Candlemas Day possesses this special privilege, viz., that if it fall on a Sunday of the Second Class, it is transferred only to Monday, however occupied. Moreover, if Midsummer Day be Corpus Christi, the Feast of St John is trans ferred only to the next day, and has Commemoration of the Octave. St John is only commemorated in the Second Vespers of Corpus Christi, and on the following days the Office is of the Octave of Corpus Christi, with Commem oration of the Octave of St John. In this case July i is reckoned to be the Octave-day of both, and the Service is of the Octave-day of Corpus Christi,
A
1
2
an Angel or St John the Baptist is commemorated before St Joseph. St Joseph, as Patron everywhere, possesses this privilege everywhere.
I.e.,
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with a Commemoration of the Octave-day of St John at both Vespers and at Lauds. The above rule is invariable. If a Feast which has an Octave is transferred, its Octave is not transferred with it; all is done as if the Feast had occupied And if the Feast be transferred beyond what would ordinarily be its usual place. its own Octave-day, it is that year kept without any Octave at all ; unless, indeed, be a Feast which has some local privilege to the contrary. Feasts of those Saints Ordinary or lesser Doubles, with the exception of the who are styled Doctors of the Church, are not transferred if their observance Festival or Office, but upon their is impeded by that of some Sunday or greater own day they have a Commemoration at both Vespers and at Lauds, and the Ninth Lesson at Mattins, that is to say, if the rules applicable to the Feasts Commemoration ; if not, such Double Feast is superseding them permit of such for that year entirely omitted (see Chapter IX. par. 7-10, and par. 8 of the The same rules apply to any other Double Feasts for which present Chapter.) it may be impossible to find any day within the year to which to transfer them. When ordinary or lesser Double Feasts, even though they are not of Doctors, are every year by a higher Office, they are permanently fixed on the it
impeded
first
free day.
First or Second Class as enumerated in Chap. IX. upon an Octave-day, the Service is of the Festival with Com memoration of the Octave, unless the day be New Year s Day or January 1 3 ; any Festival falling upon these two days must be transferred ; but if the Festival it is transferred falling upon the Octave-day be not of the First or Second Class, if it be a Greater Double, or the Feast of a Doctor of the Church ; if not, it is reduced to a mere Commemoration at both Vespers and at Lauds with the Ninth Lesson at Mattins as above. 1 Feast falling within an Octave is superseded by some 3. If some Double 2.
If a
Double of the
par. 5, 6, fall
higher Feast, it is transferred to the next day not similarly occupied, if it be of the Second Class, or a Greater Double, or the Feast of a Doctor of the 2 If it be an ordinary Church, and is kept with Commemoration of the Octave.
Double, it is simply reduced to Commemoration at both Vespers and Lauds, with the Ninth Lesson at Mattins, as above. 4. Sundays within the year other than those above mentioned are superseded even by an ordinary or lesser Double Feast. The Sunday then has a Com memoration at both Vespers and Lauds, and a Ninth Lesson at Mattins. See
lesser
Chap. IX. If a Semi-double Feast
fall upon any of the days above enumerated, or Octave of Corpus Christi, or upon any Sunday, it either has a Commemoration at both Vespers and at Lauds, and the historical Lessons of its Second Nocturn are read as one for the Ninth Lesson at Mattins, or it is totally omitted as above directed in the case of ordinary or lesser Doubles. But if a Semi-double Feast is impeded every year by a higher Office, it is permanently fixed on the first free day, as in the case of ordinary or lesser
5.
within the
Double Feasts. 1 This must be understood of the Feast of a Doctor of the Church, of a Greater Double, a Double of the Second Class, or of a Double of the First Class as mentioned in the latter part of IX. 3. The end of this paragraph contains a special direction for the suppression instead of the transference of the ordinary or lesser Doubles.
2
That
is, if it is
not transferred beyond
it.
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If two or more Feasts of Nine Lessons fall on the same day, the higher If they are all is observed, and the others commemorated as above. of the same rank, a Primary Feast will take precedence of a Secondary, and or solemn is observed, and the others reduced to a generally the more worthy unless they be Feasts of Doctors omitted or mere Commemoration 6.
rank
in
altogether,
of the Church or higher, when they are transferred. are to be transferred, the order of precedence is observed as 7. If several or solemn than another, they are above, and, lastly, if none is more worthy taken by priority of date. If it comes on a day when it 8. Simple Feast is never transferred. if it cannot be commemorated, it is it is commemorated, and cannot be
A
kept,
omitted altogether. Lessons which has the Commemoration of a Simple 9. If a Feast of Nine be transferred, the Commemoration is not transferred with it, but is made, if the Ninth Lesson, if it have one, and it can be made, upon its own day, with The Feast to which it was originally joined admits of it. the Office of the
day from
And the same rule applies to a Commemoration it. made on an Eve, if the Feast to which the Eve belongs fall on Monday, and stands so the Eve be kept on Saturday; the Commemoration of the Simple
is
utterly divorced
unchanged
for the
Sunday.
CHAPTER
By
Concurrence
(as
XL OF
CONCURRENCE.
opposed to Occurrence, which
is
two Offices
falling
on
the same day,) is meant the case of the Second Vespers of one Office falling on the same evening as the First Vespers of another. divided ; 2. If they are two Doubles of the same rank, the Vespers are the former is observed up to the Chapter, and the latter from the Chapter, If they direction to the contrary. unless there be some inclusive 1 special
same rank, they are treated according to Chapters IX. and X. Hence the highest class have the whole of both First and Second Vespers, But if the Second Vespers with a Commemoration, if proper, of lesser Feasts. of a Feast of the Second Class fall on the same evening as the First Vespers of a Feast of the First Class, then the whole is of the Feast of the First As regards the Second Class. Class, with a Commemoration of the Feast of
are not of the
Feasts of the same Class, the Feasts of our Lord go before have the whole of both Vespers ; so those of the Blessed others, so also those of Angels, of St Joseph, Virgin go before those of other Saints and of the Apostles [and Evangelists] before others ; and those of Saints par the place before the rest. ticularly venerated in on the same evening with the If the Second Vespers of a Double fall 3. a a a of First Vespers day within an Octave, a Simple Semi-double, Sunday, on Saturday, the Service is Feast, or the Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin all of the with a Commemoration of the other, unless indeed it be one
precedence,
among
so
all
as to
;
Double, Doubles which, according to Chapter IX., exclude certain Com When the day after any Office of Nine Lessons is a Week-day memorations. so ensuing is taken in the Second kept as such, no notice of the Week-day of those
i
the
The Frontal and Vestments Song of the Blessed Virgin.
are,
from the beginning, of the colour which
will
be proper at
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if it be in Advent or Lent, the Week-day is com memorated as usual. Also a Commemoration is made of a Simple which is to be commemorated in the First Vespers of an Office of Nine Lessons occupying the next day, although this Commemoration cannot be said to proceed from the Second Vespers of the former Office of Nine Lessons concurring with the
Vespers of the Feast; but
First Vespers of the Simple, seeing that the Simple has no Office, but is because the Simple occurs on the same day with the latter Office of Nine Lessons. of a Sunday, or of a day 4. If the Second Vespers of a Semi-double, within an Octave fall on the same evening with the First Vespers of a Double, is all of the Double, with a Commemoration of the other, unless Double be one of those which, according to Chapter IX., exclude such Commemoration. If the Second Vespers of a Semi -double fall on the same
the Service the
the evening with the First Vespers of another Semi-double or of a Sunday, Service is of the former up to the Chapter, and of the latter, from the Chapter, But if the Second Vespers of a Semi-double fall on the same evening inclusive. with the First Vespers of a day within an Octave, the Service is all of the former, But if the Second Vespers of a Semiwith a Commemoration of the latter. double fall on the same evening with the First Vespers of a Simple, or of the Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin on Saturday, the Service is all of the former, with a Commemoration of the latter. an Octave, or a 5. If the First Vespers of a Semi-double, a day within
Simple, fall on Sunday evening, the Service is all of Sunday, with a Com memoration of the other. 6. If the Second Vespers of a day within an Octave fall upon the same evening with the First Vespers of a Sunday, the Service is of the former up to the Chapter, and of the latter, from the Chapter, inclusive, with a Com memoration of the Octave. If the Second Vespers of a day within an Octave falls upon the same evening with the First Vespers of a Semi -double, the Service is all of the latter, with a Commemoration of the Octave. Second Vespers of a day within an Octave can never properly be said to fall on the same evening with the First Vespers of a Simple, because a Simple in such a position is always deprived of its Office by that of the next day, but there is a Commemoration, just as there is at the next Lauds. 7. If the Second Vespers of one Octave-day fall on the same evening with the First Vespers of another Octave-day, other things being equal, the Service of the latter, from the Chapter inclusive, with a Commemoration of the former, except when the Second Vespers of the Octave of Corpus Christi fall on the same evening with the First Vespers of the Octave of St John the Baptist, is
when
the Service is all of Corpus Christi, with a Commemoration of St John, (which Commemoration is made though the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart If the Second Vespers occur), and except also when special directions are given. of an Octave-day fall on the same evening with the First Vespers of a Common Double, (even one which has got there by other things being
transference,) equal, the Service is of the Octave-day up to the Chapter, and of the ensuing Double, from the Chapter, inclusive except the Octave-days of the Primary Feast of the Blessed Virgin, of the Feasts of the Holy Angels, of St John
the
Baptist,
of St Joseph, and of Apostles, which Octaves have the whole Double being only commemorated. But if the ensuing Feast be Double, (even one there by transference,) such Double has the
Service, the a
Greater
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a Commemoration of the Octave except in the case of Octave-days of Twelfth-Day, of Easter Day, of the Ascension, and of other primary Feasts of our Lord, when the ensuing Feast is only commem orated. However, if the ensuing Feast be one of the Doubles enumerated in Chapter IX., par. 6, it has the whole Service, the Octave being only com memorated, [and if one of the highest class, there is no Commemoration.] If, however, the Feasts of which the Octaves concur are of different rite, or dignity, the Vespers will be all of the Octave of the Feast which is of higher
whole Service, with
the
rite,
or a primary Feast, or of greater dignity, with a Commemoration of the and likewise when an Octave concurs with a Double,
other,
exception being always made of the Octaves of the above-named Feasts of our Lord and the Blessed Virgin.
A
8. Simple never has any Second Vespers with None.
;
its
Office
ends
absolutely
A
9. Week-day kept as such cannot be said to have either First or Second Vespers, the Week-day Office being merely a means of filling up space between other Offices. The Commemorations made of them in Advent or Lent or at
other times are
by occurrence, not concurrence, and to fulfil the rule of the Church. They cannot extend before midnight for instance, if Vespers on Shrove Tuesday were of the Week-day, the Prayer would be that of Quinquagesima Sunday, and the Long Preces would not be said. 10. However, if a Simple Feast fall on a Week-day to be kept as such (for instance, on Ash Wednesday) it is deprived of its First Vespers, and has only a Commemoration, whatever be the Office on the preceding evening, or, if it fall on Maundy Thursday, all observance of it is omitted. This is not because the Week-day has First Vespers, which is not the case, but because it would be unseemly for the Simple, which has only a Commemoration at Lauds, to have First Vespers. ;
CHAPTER XII.
How
TO FIND THE OFFICE FOR THE DAY.
1 If any one wishes to find the Office for the ensuing day, let him look in the Kalendar and in the Table of Moveable Feasts, 2 and do as he finds there.
If the Office be of the Season, that is to say, of some Sunday or Week as such, the places to look in are the Psalter and the Proper Office of the Season ; the former contains the general outline of the Service, with the 2.
day kept
Psalms, and some other things, and the latter, the Lessons and Responsories, with some Antiphons, the Prayers, &c., which are not in the Psalter. The Invitatories, Hymns, Chapters, Verses and Answers, Short Responsories and Antiphons, given in the Proper Office of the Season for certain times, are said instead of those in the Psalter when there are no others, those in the ;
Psalter are used. 3.
If the Office be of a Saint, the place to look
1
Which
2
But
is
the
Common
Office
reckoned to begin with Vespers. now always superseded by the simple plan of consulting the Ordo Recitandi Divini Officii, or Ecclesiastical Kalendar, published yearly in all dioceses of the Latin Church. In this translation of the Breviary the Table of Moveable Feasts is omitted, as it is entirely useless, owing to the multiplicity of yearly almanacks. is
this process is
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of Saints and the Proper Office of Saints
And
;
what
is
not in the Proper
the Responsories) (not 1 are usually those from the Proper Office of the Season.
Common.
from the
the Lessons
CHAPTER XIII.
is
taken
from Scripture
MATTINS.
Mattins are always said in the following manner according to the Office of the The "Our when special directions are given. day, except on certain days, are first said inaudibly. I believe in God the and Hail the Father," Mary," Then the Officiant makes the sign of the Cross upon his mouth with the thumb of "
"
"
his right hand, saying aloud at the
To
which
he opens
is
his
forehead to
answered,
"
same time,
And my mouth
shall
LORD, open Thou my show forth Thy praise." Then "O
lips."
hand and signs himself again, with the extended fingers, from the the breast, and from the left shoulder to the right, saying, "Make
And
so on, as is to be found at the beginning of God, to deliver me." haste, The same rite is to be observed at the beginning of every Canonical the Psalter. Hour. Then is said the Invitatory proper to the Office of the day, either of the
O
O come, let us sing unto the LORD," Season or of a Feast, with the Psalm, 2 When the Psalm is done, all as is to be found at the beginning of the Psalter. and the Invitatory repeated for the last time, the Hymn proper to the Office "
of the day is recited. 2. After this, upon
Doubles and Semi-doubles follow nine Psalms, (upon be found in the Psalter,) with the Antiphons and Verses proper to the Office of the day, either of the Season or Feast, together with nine Lessons, and either eight or nine Responsories, as marked in the proper Sundays there are more,
all
as will
The whole is divided into Three Nocturns, as follows In the First Nocturn are said three Psalms with three Antiphons, after 3. but in the Easter-time, that is, from Low Sunday to every Psalm an Antiphon Whitsun Day, (except in the Office of the Ascension,) the three Psalms of each Nocturn are said with only one Antiphon, which is repeated after the third Psalm. At the end of the Antiphon after the third Psalm in each Nocturn, is said a Verse "And lead us not into temptation," to and Response, then the "Our Father," which is answered, But deliver us from evil," then the Absolution, that is, the May the Prayer Graciously hear," then the Blessing is asked and pronounced, Eternal Father," and the other forms which are marked for the first and every After this are read three Lessons from Scripture, which are those other Lesson. After each Lesson to the Season, unless special Lessons are assigned. proper follows a Responsory taken from the Office of the day, which is always the case, whatever the Lessons be ; as, for instance, on a Saint s Day when no special Lessons are assigned and the three Lessons from Scripture are accordingly taken
place.
:
"
"
"
1 Here follow six more paragraphs, describing the contents of the book, which it appears unnecessary to translate. 2 These invitatories an vary with the Office, but are invariably divided into two portions by The entire invitatory is repeated twice before the Psalm, and once after the asterisk (*).
fifth of the five sections (each consisting of two verses) into which the Psalm After the second and fourth sections, is repeated only that part of the Invitatory which follows the asterisk, and which usually, though not always, consists of the words, "O The Psalm finished and the entire Invitatory repeated, the come, let us worship Him." doxology of two verses is said as another section, and then is repeated first the second portioji of the Invitatory, and then the whole of it once more.
first, third, is divided.
and
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from the Proper Office of the Season, the Responsories are nevertheless taken from the Office of the Saint. 4. In the last Responsory of each Nocturn is said Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost," (without "As it was in the beginning, And then part of the Responsory is repeated again, unless a direction be &c.") "
given to the contrary. are said three more Psalms, with Antiphons, a 5. In the Second Nocturn And lead us not into temptation." Verse and Response, the "Our Father "
Answer,
But deliver us from
evil,"
the Absolution,
"
May His
grace
and
the Blessings, and the rest, with three more Lessons, taken from some discourse, or from the Life of the Saint whose Office is being said, if it be a mercy,"
Day, and after each Lesson a Responsory. In the Third Nocturn are said three more Psalms, with Antiphons, a Our Father And lead us not into temptation," Verse and Response, the But deliver us from evil," the Absolution, Answer, May the Almighty," the Blessings, and the rest, as before, with three more Lessons taken from some Commentary on the Gospel for the day or Feast. After the two first Saint
s
6.
"
"
"
Lessons (that is, the seventh and eighth of the whole) is said a Responsory, one after each. Sometimes there is also a Responsory said after the third In the last which will be found marked in its proper place. Lesson, (ninth) Glory be to the Responsory, whether it be the eighth or ninth, is said the If Father" as in the third and sixth, unless the contrary is specially directed. there is no ninth Responsory, the last lesson is immediately followed by the "
Hymn, 7.
"We
praise
On
In that
plain case the
Thee,
6
God."
three Lessons are read. same as above, except that instead of three This Nocturn is always that of the Week-day, of the Week-day or of a Saint, and consists of
Week-days and Simple Feasts only Office
is
the
Nocturns only one is said. whether the Office be said In the Eastertwelve Psalms, and six Antiphons arranged as in the Psalter. time there is only one Antiphon, that is "Alleluia." This 8. After the Psalms and Antiphons follows a Verse and Response. If the Office is is to be found in the Psalter, if the Office be of a Week-day. of a Saint, it is taken from the Common of Saints of that Class, which is to be found in the same place. Then is said the Our Father And lead us not into But deliver us from evil," an Absolution and Blessing, temptation," Answer, &c., as will be laid down more at length in the Chapter on Absolutions and "
"
Blessings. these are
Then
are read three
Lessons.
If the
Office
is
of a Week-day,
If the Office is from the Scripture, as appointed for the Season. of a Saint, if there is one special Lesson appointed, the two first only are of as one, Scripture, in which case the third may be read along with the second, from at option; if two special Lessons be appointed, then only the first Lesson is Scripture, in which case the whole three may be read together as one. Week 9. After each Lesson is said a Responsory; if the Office be of the if the Office be of a Feast the Lessons will found after be marked day, they all
;
they are taken from the Common of Saints of the Class according to the rule given in Chapter XXVII., as will be laid down more at length in the chapter on Verses and Responsories. In the case of a Saint s Day, it will be observed that only two Responsories are said, the third Lesson being followed by the Hymn "We The same is the case in Easter-time. In both God." praise Thee,
O
THE
xxxvi these "
therefore the
cases
Glory be to the Father,
PIE.
&c.,"
is
CHAPTER XIV.
When the case "
Make
with the
the last, Responsory, being and the partial repetition of the Responsory
second
said
itself.
LAUDS.
O
as
or the ninth
"We God," Responsory, praise Thee, makes the sign of the Cross, saying, be, has been said, the Officiant haste to God, to deliver me," to which is answered, Make haste, But instead of the Invitatory and so on, as at Mattins.
the
may
Hymn
O
"
O
LORD," help me, there follow at once the Psalms, with the Canticle, (which is on Sundays the all ye works of Song of the Three Children in the burning fiery furnace, the Lord,") all as contained in the Psalter, with the Antiphons proper to the The same Psalms and Canticle are said upon every Sunday Office of the day. in the year, on every day in Easter-time, and upon every Feast whatsoever, even from Septuagesima to Palm Sunday inclusively. Simples, except only the Sundays to Palm Sunday inclusively the Office is from the "
Upon
Sundays marked in
O
Septuagesima
The Office on Week-days not in Easterproper place. time is said as given in the Psalter. 2. If no proper Antiphons are assigned, if the Office be of the Sunday, those are said which are given in the Psalter ; if the Office be of a Feast, Double or After the of Saints of that Class. Simple, they are taken from the Common Psalms follow the Chapter, the Hymn, the Verse and Response, the Antiphon Blessed be the Lord God of Israel," the said Canticle itself, for the Canticle and the Prayer ; all taken from the Office of the day. are to be said, Preces called the 3. When the short Responsory prayers they are said before the Prayer ; and when the Antiphons, Verses, Responses and Prayers in memory of the Cross, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of St Joseph, of the Apostles, of the Patron of the Church, Country, Diocese or Place, and If a Prayer for Peace are to be said, they are said after the Prayer of the day. is likewise to be said in memory of some Saint with a Simple Feast, such Prayer before the Com is to be said, with its proper Antiphon, Verse and Response, memoration of the Cross ; for which fuller directions are given in the special chapter on the subject. said as
its
"
"
"
O
Before the Prayer the Officiant always says, "Hear my prayer, LORD," 1 Then he says, is answered, "And let my cry come unto Thee." "Let us and proceeds. After the last Prayer is again said, "Hear my pray," And let my cry come unto Thee." l Then, Bless LORD," Answer, prayer, we the Lord," Answer, "Thanks be to God." May the souls of the faithful, 4.
to
which
O
"
"
"
If the Office is through the mercy of God, rest in peace," Answer, "Amen." not to be at once continued, the Our Father is then recited inaudibly after "
"
;
which the
"And life give us His peace," Answer, eternal. Amen." After this, one of the Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the end of Compline, is said, unless Mass, the Office of the Dead, the
Officiant says,
"The
Lord
Penitential Psalms, or the Litany are to follow at once. If the Office is to be continued, the Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin is said when it is over. Respecting the Office of the Dead, the Penitential Psalms and the Litany, directions are given in their proper place.
is
1 Instead of this a person in or above Deacon answered, "And with thy spirit."
s
orders says,
"
The Lord be
with
you,"
and
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CHAPTER XV.
At
the beginning of
Prime the
"Our
xxxvii
PRIME.
Father,"
the
"
Hail,
Mary,"
and the
"
I
follow the
Psalms, as appointed in the Psalter, according to the day of the week, except on Feasts and in Easter-time, when the Psalms said are the three (i) Ps. liii. "Save me, O God, by Thy Name," (2) Ps. cxviii. 1-16, "Blessed are the undefiled I will not forget Thy word," and (3) Ps. cxviii.
17-32,
Thou hast enlarged bountifully with Thy servant is said after all the Psalms, which
"Deal
Only one Antiphon the
as
first
Here
Antiphon
Antiphon
at
my is
heart."
the same
Lauds.
to be observed that only None, one to each, which
one Antiphon is said at Prime, Terce, Antiphon on Feasts is the same as the first, but this matter is treated of more second, third, and fifth at Lauds, respectively fully further on in the chapter on Antiphons. 2. Immediately after the Antiphon on every Sunday in the year, on every day Sext, and
is
it
;
and on every Feast whatsoever, even Simples,
in Easter-time,
from
i
Tim.
i.
not
Week-day
"Unto
17, in
the
King
Eternal."
read the Chapter is said of a the one from Zacharias viii. 19,
When
Easter-time, the Chapter is follows the short Responsory
Then
is
the Office
Son of "Christ, Thou After the short Responsory, if the Office God, have mercy on be not of a Double or within an Octave, follow the short Responsory prayers "Love
peace."
the Living
:
us."
which begin, "Lord, have mercy upon us," as given in the Officiant says the words, "Our help is in the Name of the LORD," he makes the sign of the Cross from his forehead to his breast. Then follows the I confess to God God, have called the
"
Preces,"
When
the Psalter.
"
"
Almighty,"
on a
us,"
"May
the
Almighty and Merciful
Week-day and Preces have been
Almighty
Lord."
1
mercy
When
the Office
is
of
said at
Lauds, other Preces are added, as may be found in the Psalter in the Office of Prime on Week-days. But if the Office of the day be Double or within an Octave, the Preces are entirely omitted, with the Confession, and the Officiant, immediately after the short Responsory, says, "Hear my prayer, O LORD," Answer, "And let my cry come unto Thee," "Let us and he says the Prayer, "O Lord God Almighty." pray,"
Then, if the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin is said, it is done at otherwise after the Prayer Lord God Almighty," is repeated Hear Bless LORD," Answer, "And let my cry come unto Thee," then, prayer, the Lord," Answer, "Thanks be to God," and in choir the 3.
once
my we
"
;
O
"
O
"
Martyrology All that follows, beginning with Precious in the sight of the LORD," is to be said by all in or out of choir, whether they have read the Martyrology or not. At the end is read one of the short Lessons, varying with the Season, which are to be found in the Psalter at the end of Prime. But on Feasts and some other days, instead of one of these short Lessons for the
is
day
is
read at once.
"
read the Chapter appointed for
Here follow in the original some before others, and alone. 1
None
;
which days
are
marked
in their place.
directions for the saying of the Confession
by clergymen,
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PIE.
TERCE, SEXT, AND NONE.
CHAPTER XVI.
At the beginning the another. Terce, Sext, and None are all similar to one Our Father and the Hail, Mary are said inaudibly. Then follows, Make the rest as at Mattins, Lauds, and Prime. haste, O God, to deliver me," and "
"
"
"
"
or "Ceaseless praise, &c.," follow the Hymn and the "Alleluia" One Antiphon is said at each Hour, taken Psalms, as given in the Psalter. from Lauds, viz., at Terce the second, at occasions other some and Feasts on After the Psalms and Sext the third, and at None the fifth, as described above.
After the
and the short Responsory, according to the Office Antiphons are said the Chapter on Sundays and Week-days they are either specially assigned in the of the day on Feasts they are or are read as in the Psalter Proper Office of the Season, After the or taken from the Common of Saints of that Class. either ;
;
special,
short Responsory the Officiant says,
my cry come unto
let
"
Thee,"
"
Let
Hear my us
O
prayer,
LORD,"
Answer,
And
"
and he says the proper Prayer of
pray,"
the day.
O
Hear my prayer, After the Prayer is repeated LORD," Answer, "And Then, "Bless we the Lord," Answer, "Thanks cry come unto Thee." be to God," May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in The "Our Father" is then recited inaudibly; as "Amen." peace," Answer, will be more fully explained hereafter in the chapter on the Lord s Prayer and "
2.
let
my
"
the Angelic Salutation.
CHAPTER XVII.
VESPERS.
Vespers begin the same as Terce, Sext, and
None
;
but immediately after the
there are said five Psalms, with the same number of Antiphons, taken from the Office of the day ; but it is to be observed that the Antiphons on Sundays and Week-days observed as such, are almost "Alleluia"
or
"
Ceaseless praise,
&c.,"
invariably those in the Psalter. 2. After the Psalms and Antiphons follow the Chapter, the Hymn, the Verse soul doth magnify the Lord," and Response, the Antiphon for the Canticle "
My
and the Prayer all taken from the Office of the day. and said before the Prayer 3. When the Preces are to be said, they are when the Commemorations of the Cross, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of St Joseph, the Apostles, and of the Patron of the Church, Country, Diocese, or Place, and the Prayer for Peace, are to be said, they are said after the Prayer of the day. Vespers conclude in the same way as Terce, Sext, and None.
the said Canticle
itself,
;
;
CHAPTER XVIII.
COMPLINE.
The
Blessing having been asked and pronounced, Compline begins at once with the short Lesson, as given in the Psalter. Then follow, Our help is in the Name of the LORD," Answer, Who hath made heaven and earth." Then "
"
the
Father"
"Our
God, have mercy on
O God
of our
inaudibly, the "I confess to God Almighty," "Almighty us," May the Almighty and merciful Lord," then Turn "
"
And
Thine anger toward us to and so on, followed by the Psalms, (which are always the same) under one Antiphon, the Hymn, the Lord, now lettest Thou Thy Chapter, the short Responsory, and the Canticle,
us,
"
cease,"
Make
salvation,"
haste,
O
Answer,
God,
to
"
deliver
cause
me,"
"
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servant," with its own Antiphon, all as is to be found at the end of the Psalter. After the Antiphon Save us," if the Office is not Double or within an Octave are said the Preces, which begin but if the Lord, have mercy upon us Office be Double or within an Octave, the Officiant at once, Hear "
"
"
;
"
prayer, pray,"
O
LORD,"
Answer,
"
my
says
And
my
let
and he proceeds with the Prayer,
cry
"Visit,
come unto
O
"
Thee,"
Lord, we beseech
Let
us
Thee,"
and the rest, exactly as in the Psalter. 2. After the Verse, May Almighty God," follows one of the Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with its Verse and Response, and Prayer, according to the Season, as is to be found at the end of the Psalter, after And Compline. after the Verse, God s most mighty," the Our Father," the Hail, Mary," and the I believe in God," are said inaudibly. "
"
"
"
*
CHAPTER XIX. In every Office an Invitatory let
us sing unto the
is
the
in
THE
INVITATORY.
said at Mattins, with the Psalm, manner in which it will be found
"
O
come,
given for The Invitatory varies with ordinary Sundays, at the beginning of the Psalter. the Office, with which it will be found either in the Psalter or the Office proper to the particular Season, or in the Proper, or Common Office of Saints. LORD,"
2. The only exception is on Twelfth-Day, and on Maundy Thursday, Good I believe Friday, and Holy Saturday, when Mattins begin immediately after the in God with the Antiphon for the first Psalm of the Nocturns. Likewise no "
"
Invitatory
is
said at the beginning of a dirge, except
of death or burial, and
when
on All Souls Day, the day the whole three Nocturns of the Dirge are to be said.
CHAPTER
A Hymn
is
XX.
said at each of the Canonical
Dead, and from Maundy Thursday Low Sunday exclusively. 2.
At
THE HYMNS.
Mattins the
Hymn
is
Hours, except in the Office of the inclusively to the Vespers of Saturday before
said immediately after the last repetition of the
Twelfth-Day, when the Office begins as mentioned in the last chapter at Lauds and at Prime, Terce, Vespers it is said after the Chapter and at Compline after the Psalms. Sext, and None it is said before the Psalms Invitatory, except on ;
;
;
3.
The Hymns
Week-day, when no
in
the Psalter are said if the Office
special
Hymns
is of a Sunday or a are appointed in the Proper Office of the
Season, that is, from the Octave of Whitsun Day to Advent (excepting only the Sunday within the Octave of Corpus Christi) and from the Octave of TwelfthDay to the first Sunday in Lent, exclusively. If the Office is of a Feast, the Hymns are either special, or taken from the Office common to all Saints of the When a Feast has three special historic Hymns, and the special particular Class. Hymn cannot be said in First Vespers, then this Hymn is said at Mattins, the Hymn for Mattins at Lauds, and the Hymn for Lauds at Second but if the
Second Vespers
joined to the
Hymn
for
Vespers;
are
not of such
Mattins, with one
Feast, the
common
Hymn
for Vespers
is
concluding Verse. 4. From Christmas to Twelfth-Day, on Corpus Christi and throughout the Octave, and whenever the Office is said of the Blessed Virgin Mary, even in Easter -time, and whether with nine or three Lessons, the last verse of the
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Hymns
PIE.
Prime, Terce, Sext, None, and Compline]
[at
is
altered
in
honour
of the Incarnation. 1
Likewise on Twelfth-Day and throughout the Octave the last verse of is altered in honour of the Revelation of our Lord to the Gentiles. 6. From Low Sunday to Ascension Day, on Whitsun Day and throughout the Octave, the last verse of these Hymns is altered in honour of the Resurrection of our Lord from the dead. and until Whitsun Day the last verse of these Hymns 7. On Ascension Day is altered in honour of the Ascension of our Lord into Heaven. 5.
these
Hymns
On the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord the last Hymns is altered in honour of that Mystery. These are the only the Hymns ever undergo. 8.
verse of these
changes which
THE ANTIPHONS.
CHAPTER XXI.
Throughout the whole of the Divine Office the Psalms are never said without Antiphons, either for each Psalm or each group of Psalms which Antiphons vary with the Office of the day. 2. Except in Advent and Easter-time, if the Office be of a Sunday or Week those Antiphons are said which are to be day, at Mattins, Vespers, and Compline, In Advent special found in the Psalter, even when the day is a Simple Feast. Antiphons are given in the Office proper to that Season, and in Easter-time only At Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, and one Antiphon is said, that is, "Alleluia." None those Antiphons are said which are appointed in the Proper Office of the ;
none are so appointed, those are said which are given in the Psalter. first Sunday of any particular month is mentioned, that Sunday 3. is meant which is on or nearest to, either before or after, the first day of the month named. And at Vespers on the Saturday the Antiphon for the Canticle, My soul doth magnify the Lord," is to be taken from the Sunday, and will be This Saturday Antiphon is always found with the Sunday in its proper place. taken from that book of Scripture which is to be read at Mattins on the Sunday. 4. On all days when nine Lessons are read the Antiphons at Vespers are Season, and
if
When
the
"
And likewise at the same as those at Lauds, unless special ones are appointed. Prime, Terce, Sext, and None, if special Antiphons are not appointed, when Lauds has had proper Antiphons, these are taken in turn, one to each Hour, omitting the fourth ; so that the Terce, the third at Sext, and the before in Chapter 5.
Antiphon is said at Prime, the second at None. All which has been explained
at
XVI.
On Week-days
in
Advent,
the Antiphons for the four
Sunday
first
fifth
short
if
there are no proper Antiphons at Lauds, are taken from the Lauds of the
Hours
before.
In Easter- time, whether the Office for the day has nine Lessons or three, there is only one Antiphon to each Nocturn, which Antiphon is to be found in the Psalter, or in its proper place. Likewise in Easter-time the word 6.
"
Alleluia is added to every Antiphon said, if the contrary, from Septuagesima to Easter, if the omitted, and nothing is said in its place. "
is
it
be not there already. Alleluia occur
word
On
"
"
it
is
1 The divergence of this translation from the original in the matter of these alterations explained in the Translator s Preface.
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7. Upon Double Feasts at Mattins, Lauds, and Vespers (but not at Prime, Terce, Sext, None, and Compline,) the Antiphons are said from beginning to end before, as well as after, the Psalms and Canticles. And this is one of the reasons why these Feasts get the name of Doubles. At the short Hours on these days and throughout the whole Office on Semi-doubles, and
Simples,
words only of the Antiphon are said before the Psalm, but it is said entire at the end. Should the Antiphon happen to consist of the opening words of the Psalm or Canticle to which it belongs, the beginning of such Psalm or Canticle is not repeated. Such Psalm or Canticle in that case This does begins with the next words after those which form the Antiphon. not cause any difference in the rule as to whether the Antiphon is to be said before the Psalm entire or not. As, for instance, the first Psalm at Vespers on Sunday is Psalm cix., which begins, "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, Until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool," to which
Week-days, the
first
LORD
my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand." words only of the Antiphon are said before the Psalm, "The LORD said." Then the Psalm begins with the words, "Unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, Until I make Thine enemies Thy foot stool." But if "Alleluia" occur at the end of the Antiphon or of the portion said the Psalm begins as usual.
the
As
Antiphon it
8.
is
a
is,
"The
said unto
Semi-double, the
first
Whenever proper Antiphons
are given in
the
Office
of the day, these
Antiphons are invariably
to be substituted for those in the Psalter, or the Office of each Class of Saints.
Common
When
a Commemoration is to be made at Lauds or Vespers, it is done once the Antiphon which would be said at Lauds at the Canticle "Blessed be the Lord God of and at Vespers at the Canticle "My Israel," soul doth magnify the Lord," with the Verse and Response which would follow the Hymn, and the Prayer which would be said, were the Office of that of which the Commemoration is made. 10. The Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with their Verses and Responses and Prayers, which are to be found after Compline, are said as directed further on in Chapter XXXVI.
9.
by
reciting
THE
CHAPTER XXII.
Upon in
the
Office
PSALMS.
Sundays and Week-days the Psalms are
Psalter, for the
unless
some
Season.
special
On
they are arranged is given in the Psalms are said as directed in the
direction to
Feasts
the
said
the
as
contrary
Proper Office, or in the Common of the Saints of each Class. 2. The Psalms appointed for Lauds on Sunday, with the Canticle "O all ye Works of the Lord," are said also on every Feast in the year, and on every day whatsoever in Easter-time. 3. At Prime the Psalm "O give thanks unto the LORD," and the others there given are said on every Sunday when the Office is of the Sunday, even if it be within an Octave, from the third Sunday after Whitsun Day inclusively till Christmas exclusively, and likewise from the second Sunday after Twelfth-
Day is
inclusively till Septuagesima exclusively. said instead Psalm xcii., "The LORD
From
reigneth,"
thanks unto the
LORD"
is
at
that time said at
Septuagesima
till
because the Psalm
Lauds
after
Psalm
Easter
"O
1.,
give
"Have
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Xlii
PIE.
O
in the proper place. God," as will be found directed Upon mercy upon me, the Sundays from Low Sunday inclusively to Ascension Day exclusively are said the three Psalms, Save me, God, by Thy Name," Blessed are the as on Feasts, but with undefiled," and "Deal bountifully with Thy servant,"
O
"
"
Outside Easter-time when the of a Week-day, there is substituted for the Psalm give thanks unto the LORD" one of those which are given in the Psalter for that purpose, But on every day under the heading of the Office for Prime on Week-days. in Easter-time, upon every Feast-day in the year, and on every Saturday, whether the Office be of the Blessed Virgin or of the Saturday, even if a Double Feast the addition of the Creed of St Athanasius. .
"
Office
is
is
O
Save me, be kept on the Sunday, the Psalms said are the three, Deal bountifully with Blessed are the undefiled," and Name," "
to
God, by Thy
Thy
O
"
"
servant."
On every Sunday in the year of St Athanasius, Whosoever will be 4.
if
the Office
"
saved,"
is
is
added
of the Sunday, the Creed
Psalms
to the
at
Prime,
directed in Chapter XXXIII. are the same on every 5. At Terce, Sext, None, and Compline the Psalms day in the year. 6. It is to be remarked that the first four Psalms at Vespers on Sundays as
is
The fifth changes much of any of the first four, are all marked in their proper place. If a Feast has an Octave, the same Psalms are said every day at Vespers during the Octave as have been said at the Second Vespers of the Feast, except on the evening of the seventh day, being the First Vespers of the Octave-day, when the Vespers are the same as the First Vespers of the Feast. are likewise said on nearly every Feast in the year. But these changes, whether of the fifth or
oftener.
7. "
"
At the end of every Psalm is said this Hymn * and Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
:
to the
Holy Ghost.
shall be,
world without end.
Amen."
end of Psalms Ixii., O God, Thou art my God early will I Thee," and cxlviii., "Praise ye the LORD from the heavens," which are severally united in groups with others, in which case the Glory be to the Father and the Antiphon are said after the group, as if that were only one Psalm. is not said at the end of Moreover, the Glory be to the Father the Psalms on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, nor in the Office for the Dead. In the latter case there is said instead at the
Except
"
:
seek
"
"
"
"
:
"
"
O
Lord, give them eternal
And
let
Which words
rest,
the everlasting light shine upon them." are said in the plural even though the Office
one dead person. 8. For the sake of uniformity an asterisk (*) is put verse where the pause is to be made in saying or singing.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE
is
in the
being recited for
middle of every
CANTICLES.
Canticles are said every day at Lauds, When the Vespers, and Compline. is of a Sunday or Week-day these are as given in the Psalter. 2. On all Feasts whatsoever, and in Easter-time, the first Canticle every
Office
day
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Lauds
is
PIE.
Xliii
the same as on Sundays, that is, Glory be to the Father "
the end of which the
O
all
"
"
the other Canticles, nor is appointed in the Psalter for
"
Amen
"
is
answered.
ye
Works
The
of the
it
is
at the
Lauds on Week-days
are said only when Week-day out of Easter-time. 3. The three Canticles, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel," doth magnify the Lord," and Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant," is
at
Lord,"
end of other Canticles which are
not said as
the Office
of the
"
said every
day
at
"My
soul
are always
Lauds, Vespers, and Compline respectively.
CHAPTER
XXIV.
THE VERSES AND
RESPONSES.
A
Verse and Response are always said at Mattins Antiphon of each Nocturn, whether there be one or
after the last
three.
Psalm and
At Lauds and
At Prime, Terce, Sext, Vespers they are said immediately after the Hymn. None, and Compline they are said together with the short Responsory, at the end, after the Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost," and the repetition. 2. On Easter Sunday and till the Vespers of the Saturday before Low Sunday, the Verse and Response are said only at Mattins. 3. In Commemorations a Verse and Response are said as prescribed in "
Chapter XXI. 9, "On Antiphons." 4. In Easter-time the word "Alleluia" is added to every Verse and every V. Precious Response, except those which form part of Preces, those at Prime, in the sight of the LORD. R. Is the death of His Saints," and those which form "
part of the Responsories at Mattins. 5. In the Office of a Simple Feast, when there is only one Nocturn, the Verse and Response which follow it are taken from the Office Common to
of that Class. On Mondays and Thursdays they are taken from the Nocturn of the Common Office on Tuesdays and Fridays from the Second on Wednesdays from the Third. 6. If special Verses and Responses are not assigned for Lauds and Vespers, those are said which are given in the Psalter. Saints
First
;
;
CHAPTER
At
XXV.
Mattins
THE ABSOLUTIONS AND
BLESSINGS BEFORE THE LESSONS.
when
nine Lessons are read they are preceded by Absolutions and Blessings as given in the Psalter ; the only exception being the Dirge, and the Mattins of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, called the
Office of the Darkness, in which cases they are altogether omitted. 2. When only three Lessons are read, if they are all from Scripture, the
Absolution
and
Graciously Blessings will be, on Monday and Thursday, "May the Eternal Father," "May the Son," and "May the grace; on Tuesday and Friday, May His loving-kindness and mercy," God the "
"
hear,"
"
"
"
Father," May Christ to all His people give," and May the Spirit s fire and on Wednesday and Saturday, May the Almighty and merciful Lord," the Gospel "God s most mighty," and "May He That is the "May Angels King." 3. But if only three Lessons are read, and they are all from a Homily upon "
"
;
"
s,"
the Gospel for the day, the Absolution
is
taken as above, according to the day of
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May the Gospel s holy Lection," God s If the Office be of and "May He That is the Angels King." mighty," a Saint, the Absolution is likewise taken according to the day of the week, but
the week, but the Blessings are,
"
"
most
May His blessing," He May He That is the Angels King." 4. When the Office on Saturday is said
the Blessings are
and
"
"
whose birth-day we
are
keeping,"
"
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Absolution and Blessings are those which belong to her Little Office, which will be found near the end of the Breviary, namely, By the Prayers," Bless us, "With the Lord," and "He to Whom." Mary," "
"
CHAPTER
XXVI.
THE
LESSONS.
Three Lessons are read at the end of each Nocturn of Mattins, after the Psalms and Antiphons, with a Verse and Response, Absolution, and Blessings, all as above. On Doubles and Semi-doubles there are three Nocturns, and on Week-days and Simples one Nocturn and three consequently nine Lessons ;
Lessons.
When
2. nine Lessons are read, the first three are always out of Holy Scripture, and if no special ones are assigned, those are read which are given for that day in the Proper Office of the Season. If the Office be of a Saint, the fourth, fifth, and sixth Lesson, viz., those of the Second Nocturn, are either
taken from his Life, or from some appropriate Sermon or Treatise; if no special ones are assigned, they are taken from the Office common to all Saints of that Class. If only one or two special Lessons are given, then the three are made up out of the Common, in which case it is optional to read the whole, namely, if two
Lessons are to be read from the
Common, to read the second and third as one, If the Office be of a Sunday, or of any other one, to read all three as one. day in the year having nine Lessons, or within an Octave, three proper Lessons are always assigned from some In the Third appropriate Sermon or Treatise. or
if
Nocturn are always read three Lessons from some Homily in Exposition of the Gospel for the day, which Lessons are, like the Gospel itself, either special, or, if the Office be of a Saint, most Before frequently from the Common of Saints. the first of these is always read the beginning of the Gospel which forms the subject of the Homily, even within Octaves. are the Dirge and the Office of the Darkness
The
only exceptions to these rules
on the three nights before Easter. 3. If the Office be one of Nine Lessons, in which the Hymn "We praise is to be said instead of a ninth Thee, O God Responsory, and some Saint who has a proper Lesson is to be commemorated, then the ninth Lesson is the Lesson of the Saint. If the Saint have two Lessons, they are read together as one in the ninth place. 1 In either case the ninth Lesson belonging to the Office of the day is either omitted, or read as one Lesson If the day joined on to the eighth. happen to be a Sunday, or a Week-day which has three Lessons on a special Gospel, then no Lesson of the Saint is read, but the ninth Lesson will be that of the Homily and it is optional to read the three joined together as one, or the "
;
first
only. 4.
On
a
day when there are only three Lessons, if the Office be of the are all from the Scripture, unless special Lessons are appointed
Week-day, they
1
For reduced Feasts see
c. ix.
n. 10 of this Pie.
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from an Homily on the Gospel, in which case these latter are read, and the Lessons from Scripture altogether omitted. If, however, the Office be of a Saint, if he has two and in proper Lessons they are read in the second and third places,
the
read the
Lesson from Scripture, or the whole three together as one. If the Saint have only one proper Lesson, that is read in the third place the first Lesson is the first from Scripture, and the second either the second, or the second and third together. Which rule is likewise to be observed in the Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturdays. 5. Lessons from Scripture are given for nearly every day in the year, and they are always read in order, whatever the Office is, unless other Lessons be specially appointed on certain days. 6. The different books of Scripture are nearly always appointed to be begun on a Sunday. Should it happen that that day is occupied by a Feast with special Lessons, the book so prevented from being begun must be begun on the next day which is free. In this case, that the whole book may not get behind-hand, the Lessons proper to the day to which the commencement of the new book is trans ferred are to be read joined to them in the form of three Lessons, or else entirely omitted. If it possibly happened that even more was to be read, the total number of Lessons would be simply divided into groups in the above manner. 7. Should it happen in Easter-time that one of the Catholic or in first
is
first
;
Epistles,
November, one of the Minor Prophets is prevented from being begun upon the proper day by some Feast occurring with special Lessons, it is to be begun upon the next free day, in the manner described above. Should however another book be to be begun upon the next free day, the displaced book may be begun on some But if this is impossible, it must at any rate be day previous to its normal one. read, even if another book be begun immediately. It may be remarked that in either of the latter cases the whole book may be read through at once. If two books be begun on the same day, the beginning must be the beginning of a Lesson as, for instance, if Book A., divided into three Lessons, be transferred to the day when Book B. is begun, the Lessons will be, First, A. i, Second, A. 2 and 3, Third, B. 1,2, and 3. 8. Lessons from Scripture are given for as many weeks as there can be under any circumstances between Twelfth-Day and Septuagesima, and between Whitsun Day and Advent. If owing to Septuagesima falling earlier there are fewer weeks between Twelfth-Day and Septuagesima, the Lessons appointed for the super fluous weeks are simply never read at all, even though by this arrangement a certain amount of St Paul s The same Epistles is not read in that year at all. is to be done with the Lessons from the Books of Kings appointed for weeks which may not occur between the Octave of Whitsun Day and the first week in If, moreover, the Office for one of the August. Sundays after Twelfth-Day be read not on the proper Sunday but by anticipation on some other day, the Lessons read will be those of the Sunday so anticipated, and those on the following days be those for the days which follow the anticipated Sunday, the Lessons belonging to the actual days on which the anticipated Office is read being altogether omitted. And in the same manner if Lessons are appointed for five weeks in a particular month and that month happen that year to have only four, the omission must be made as directed in the special rubrics to be found in the proper place. 9. If a Feast have special Lessons from Scripture, these are always read in of the ordinary Lessons for the place day, which are not read at all, unless they
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commencement of
a
PIE.
new book, when they
are transferred, as given in
Likewise if a Feast with Nine Lessons is kept in Lent, on on Rogation Monday, or on Ascension Eve, the Lessons from the first, second, and third Lessons, are taken from the Office Scripture, that is, common to Saints of the Class, because, although the Feast have not proper
sections 6 and 7. the Ember Days,
However if Lessons, there are no Lessons from Scripture belonging to the day. one of these days is an Octave-day, the three first Lessons will be the same as If it be a day within an those read on the Feast of which it is the Octave. And the same in the Common Office. are those Lessons first three the Octave, rule is to be observed regarding the Lessons in the other Nocturns, when they are for the Feast, or when a Feast of Nine Lessons is being kept specially arranged which has not got approved proper Lessons. 10. Unless special directions are given to the contrary, before the Lessons of the First Nocturn is given out the place from which they are taken ; likewise in the Second Nocturn if the Lessons are from a Sermon or Treatise, the name of and likewise also before the Lessons the author is announced, but not otherwise ;
of the Homily, naming the author, is given. But Thou, 11. At the end of every Lesson he who has read it says, Lord, have mercy upon us," to which is answered, "Thanks be to God." And the same is done after the short Lessons at the beginning of Compline, and the end The only exceptions are the Dirge, and the Verse of Prime Precious.") in the
Third Nocturn the
title
O
"
"
(after
the three nights before Easter, where special directions are given.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE
RESPONSORIES AFTER THE LESSONS.
At
Mattins a Responsory is said after every Lesson. But on every Feast of Nine Lessons, (except that of the Holy Innocents if it falls on a Week-day,) and on every Sunday from Low Sunday inclusively to Advent Sunday exclusively, and from the Sunday after Christmas inclusively to 2.
Septuagesima exclusively, only eight regular Responsories are after the ninth
Lesson
is
said the
end of the third, sixth, and "
"
Hymn
"We
praise
Thee,
said, and, instead,
O
God."
At
the
Responsory, whether it be eighth or ninth, is said Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost," (but not As it was in the beginning, &c.,") followed by the repetition of part of the
Responsory.
The
last
only exceptions are the Dirge, and Passion-tide, which are The words Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and sometimes be found given in the first Responsory also.
given in their place. to the Holy Ghost" will
"
are said on the Sundays in Advent, and between 3. Nine Responsories Septuagesima and Palm Sunday inclusively, and likewise on the three nights is not said. before Easter, for then the Hymn praise Thee, O God 4. When three Lessons only are read, if the Office is of a Feast, and also every day in Easter-tide, namely, between Low Sunday and Ascension Day, "
We
"
except Rogation Monday, which has three Responsories, only two Responsories are said, because after the third Lesson is said the Hymn praise Thee, "
God."
These Responsories on Feasts
are taken
from the
We
Common
O
Office of
Saints of the Class, and in Easter-time from the preceding Sunday, thus, unless On Monday and Thursday the first and second proper ones be appointed Responsories of the First Nocturn, on Tuesday and Friday of the Second, and on Wednesday of the Third.
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5. On plain Week-days out of Easter -time three Responsories are said, God" is not then (because the Hymn "We praise Thee, said,) which are taken from the Sunday before, on Monday and Thursday from the First Nocturn,
O
on Tuesday and Friday from the Second, and on Wednesday and Saturday (if the Office is of the Saturday) from the Third. In the Third Nocturn of the Sundays between the Third Sunday after Whitsun Day inclusively and Advent Sunday exclusively, there is only one Responsory, namely, the seventh, which can be said on a Week-day, because there is no ninth, and the Responsory One Seraph cried unto another," which is the eighth, is only said on In this case Sundays. therefore on Wednesday and Saturday the first Responsory is the seventh of the Sunday, and the second and third are those which are to be said as the second and third of the Monday, or if none be assigned, the second and third of the First Nocturn of the Sunday. From the Octave of Twelfth-Day to Septuagesima, "
proper Responsories are given for every day, except the Saturdays, in which are said the Responsories of the Wednesday preceding. 6. When no special Responsories are given, they are taken from the first Sunday of the month, or the beginning of the Book of Scripture which is then
When proper Responsories are given for every day in the first week being read. of the month, they are to be repeated on the same days of each succeeding week until further notice. Where proper Responsories are not given for the Week-days,
they are taken from the Sunday in the order explained above. 7. If a Double Feast falls on a Sunday, and so prevents the Responsories of the First Nocturn of the Sunday being said, they are transferred to the first free day in the week, to the total omission of any proper Responsories which that
Week-day may happen to have. If there is no Week-day free, they are carried on to the next Sunday, if it has none of its own if it has, to a free day in that week. If there is no free day, they are entirely omitted. If a Week-day have proper Responsories, and they are not said by reason of a Feast, they are not carried on at all, but simply omitted. ;
8.
In Easter-time,
in the
Responsory, the word
"Alleluia"
is
inserted before
the Verse.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A
short Responsory
is
and Compline, except from
THE SHORT said after the
RESPONSORIES Chapter
Maundy Thursday
till
at
IN
THE HOURS.
Prime, Terce, Sext, None,
None on Saturday
before
Low
At Prime and Compline it inclusively, during which time it is omitted. In the other Hours it varies with the Office, always as given in the Psalter.
Sunday is
and
is
to be
found either
in the Psalter or the
Feast, or the Common of Saints. 2. At the end of the short Responsory
Proper Office of the Season or
is said Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost," (but not As it was in the beginning, &c.,") followed by the repetition of part of the Responsory. In Passion-tide this is not done, but instead the whole Responsory is repeated. Instead 3. In the short Responsory at Prime the following changes are made of the words Thou That sittest at the right hand of the Father," in Advent, except only the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and its Octave, is said Thou That art to come into the world," from Christmas to Twelfth-Day, at Corpus Christi and throughout its Octave, and in all Offices
to the Son,
"
"
"
"
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xlviii
PIE.
whatsoever of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and within their Octaves, if they have be not of the Octave, "Thou That wast born of any, even though the Office On Twelfth-Day and throughout its Octave, and on the the Virgin Mary." Thou That art manifested unto us this day." Feast of the Transfiguration, "
From Low Sunday
Ascension Day exclusively, except in Offices From of the Blessed Virgin Mary, "Thou That hast arisen from the dead." Thou That art gone Ascension Day inclusively to Whitsun Day exclusively, At Whitsun-tide and all the rest of the year, Thou That up above the stars." sittest at the right hand of the Father." inclusively to
"
"
Hours which are given for Advent Advent, whenever the Office is of the Season. Like wise those given on the first Sunday in Lent are used till Passion Sunday Those given on Passion Sunday are used till Maundy Thursday exclusively. Those given on Low Sunday are used till Ascension Day exclus exclusively. Those given on any Feast having an Octave are used every day during ively. 4.
The
short Responsories for the other
are used throughout
Sunday
In all Offices whatsoever of Octave, when the Office is of the Octave. the Blessed Virgin Mary, except only the Assumption, the short Responsories are taken from the Common Office of Virgins. In Easter-time, from Sunday to the Saturday after Whitsun Day
the
Low
5.
word
"
is repeated twice after the short Responsory, and twice again after the Verse, latter part of the Responsory, and once also after the Verse and the Answer. Thus it is said ten times, twice after the Responsory both times it is said, twice
the Office be, the inclusively, whatsoever
"
Alleluia
as the repetition of the
Verse, twice after the Responsory again, once after the Verse, and once is some Answer. Out of Easter-time, although the word Alleluia times introduced into the short Responsories at Terce, Sext, and None, it does not thereby affect Prime and Compline. after the
"
"
after the
CHAPTER
XXIX.
THE CHAPTERS.
A
after the Chapter is always said at Vespers, Lauds, and the other Hours, Psalms and Antiphons, and at Compline after the Hymn, except from Maundy Thursday to the Saturday before Low Sunday, and in the Office of the Dead. 2. The Chapters at Prime and Compline are always the same, being those The Chapters given in the Psalter for First and Second given in the Psalter. the third Sunday after Vespers, Lauds, and the Hours on Sundays, are said from Whitsun Day till Advent Sunday, and from the second after Twelfth-Day till The Chapters for the Week-days are said after the Octave of Septuagesima. Twelfth-Day till the First Sunday in Lent, and after the Octave of Whitsun Day till Advent Sunday. The Chapters for the other Seasons and for Feasts are given in the Offices to which they belong. all the Sundays from Advent till the Octave of Twelfth-Day, and 3. On from Septuagesima till the third Sunday after Whitsun Day, and on every day in Easter-time, and upon all Feasts, the Chapter given at the First Vespers is There are a few also said at Lauds, at Terce, and at the Second Vespers.
exceptions, which are 4.
On Week-days "
i.
is
17,
Unto
the
King
always answered,
marked in
in
their place.
Easter-time the Chapter
eternal,"
"Thanks
as
be to
at
Prime
on Sundays and Feasts. God."
is
from I Tim. After the Chapter
that
THE CHAPTER
The
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THE PRAYER OR
COLLECT.
Vespers and Lauds immediately after the Antiphon magnify the Lord" and "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel respectively, unless the short Responsory prayers called the Preces are to be said, in which case it is said after the Preces. At Com said
is
Prayer
at the Canticles
"My
at
soul doth
"
"
pline the Prayer is said after the Antiphon "O Lord, save us waking," unless Preces are to be said, when it is said after them. 2. The Prayers for Prime and Compline, given in the Psalter, are said
every day in the year, except the three days before Easter, when the Service is as it is given in its proper place. The same Prayer which is said at First Vespers is likewise said at But in Lent, every other Hour, except Prime and Compline. and on the Ember Days, Eves, and Rogation Monday, the Prayer which has been said at Lauds is said only at Terce, Sext, and None. In the Vespers, if
they are of the Week-day, the Collect said is either a special one, as in Lent, or that of the preceding Sunday, as on ordinary Week-days. When the Office is of a Week-day and no special Prayer is given, that of the preceding Sunday is used. In the same way in Octaves the Prayer of the Feast is used up to the Octave-day, inclusively, unless a special one be assigned. 1 Hear my prayer, 3. Before the Prayer the Officiant always says, "
to
us
which
"And
answered,
let
my
cry
and proceeds with the Prayer.
pray,"
then, if
O
is
the
it is
come unto Thee
"
After the Prayers
answered
is
or only Prayer, the Officiant says again,
last
O
LORD,"
then he says,
;
"
"
Let
"
Amen,"
Hear my
prayer,
Answer, "And let my cry come unto Thee." Then "Bless we the Lord," Answer, "Thanks be to God," "May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace," Answer, "Amen." Then if the Antiphon of LORD,"
the Blessed Virgin "The
Lord
Mary
is
to be said, there follows the
"
Our Father
"
inaudibly, give us His peace," Answer, "And life eternal, Amen," and the But the Office stops short after Thanks be to God before the at Prime, and the Blessing at Compline, or when the Little Office "
"
Antiphon. "Precious"
of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Office of the Dead, or the Penitential If there are more prayers than Psalms, or the Litany is immediately to follow. one, they are said after the Prayer for the day, each preceded by its own Antiphon, Verse and Response, and the words Let us pray." 4. If the Prayer is addressed to God the Father, it ends "through our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the "
Who
Holy Ghost, one God, world without
God
end.
If the Prayer
Amen."
Who
is
addressed
the Son, it ends, livest and reignest with God the Father, in the Amen." If the Prayer unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. be addressed to God the Father, and God the Son be mentioned in it, it ends
to
"
"
through the
instead of
"
Same Holy 5. is
If
Same
our Lord, &c.," and if God the of the Holy Ghost there
first
41
and
last.
said, the
ending
The others The only
said
"
be mentioned, of the
in the unity
1
Here
"through
our Lord,
&c.,"
are said without any ending, but exceptions are the Office of the
Let us pray" is said before each. Dead, where will be found in its proper place what is where the Prayers are all joined on one to the other. I.
is
&c."
Spirit,
more than one Prayer be
only said with the
VOL.
Holy Ghost
"
in the unity
to
be done, and the Litany,
in the original are directions for clergymen.
THE XXXI.
CHAPTER
The Hymn
"
We
THE HYMN,
praise
Thee,
O
PIE.
"
WE
PRAISE
God," is
said
THEE,
O
GOD."
on every Feast whatsoever,
and throughout all Octaves, except only the Feast of the Holy Innocents if it It is said likewise on all falls on a Week-day, though it is said on the Octave. Sundays from Easter inclusively to Advent exclusively, and from Christmas and every day from Low Sunday to inclusively to Septuagesima exclusively,
Ascension Day, except Rogation Monday. 2. It is not said on the Sundays in Advent and from Septuagesima to Palm Sunday, both inclusively, nor on plain Week-days out of Easter-time. 3.
4.
Whenever Whenever
soon as the Christmas night,
as
it
is
said,
the ninth or third
Responsory
is
omitted.
not said, there is said a ninth or third Responsory, and Hymn or the Responsory is over, Lauds begin, except on it
is
when
are given. particular directions
THE LORD
CHAPTER XXXII.
PRAYER AND THE ANGELIC SALUTATION.
S
Our Father," and the Angelic Salutation, Prayer, which begins which begins Hail, Mary," are said inaudibly before every Hour, except Com At Compline, after the Blessing has been asked and given, comes the pline. Our help is in the Name Lesson from i Peter v. 8, Brethren, be sober," then of the LORD," Answer, "Who hath made heaven and earth," and then the "Our
The Lord
"
s
"
"
"
Moreover at the very end of Compline the Our believe in God" are said inaudibly. Father," the "Hail, Mary," and the At the end of every Hour the Our Father is said inaudibly, unless the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary follow at once, or another of the Canonical If Compline that. Our Father is said after Hours, in which case the Amen has been answered to May immediately follows Vespers, as soon as Father
"
alone
"
said inaudibly.
is
"I
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
the souls, 2. at the
&c.,"
said
is
Whenever
"
end of the Lord
O
Command Thy
the words
"And
Blessing, lead us not into
Prayer, the two
s
first
Lord."
temptation"
words
"Our
are said aloud
Father"
are also
In any other case it is all said inaudibly, except when Preces are said at Lauds and Vespers on Week-days, in which case the Officiant says the whole of the Lord s Prayer aloud. The Angelic Salutation is said before each of the Hours in the Little 3. Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, unless they be added on to the Canonical said aloud.
Office, in of.
which case
it is
omitted, as having been already said, at the beginning
the whole.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE APOSTLES CREED AND THE CREED
OF
ST ATHANASIUS.
The Apostles Creed is always said before Mattins and Prime, and at the end of Compline altogether inaudibly. If it is to be said in the Preces at Prime I believe in God and Compline the words are said aloud, and likewise those the Resurrection of the body," to which is answered at the end, and the life "
"
"
everlasting. 2.
"
Amen."
The Creed
bountifully with
of St Athanasius
Thy
servant,"
on
all
is said at Prime, after the Psalm Deal Sundays, when the Office is of the Sunday, "
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H
PIE.
except the Sundays after Christmas, Twelfth-Day, Ascension Day, and Corpus Christi Day, and Easter and Whitsun Day, when only the three usual Psalms are said, as on Feasts. It is said on the Sundays within other Octaves, and on Trinity Sunday, but otherwise never. The Hymn Glory be to the Father, is added to it, as to the Psalms. &c.," "
CHAPTER
The
XXXIV.
THE
PRECES.
Preces are certain Verses and Responses which are sometimes said before They begin either with "Lord, have mercy upon us or the Lord s
the Prayer.
"
Prayer. 2. The Preces for Prime and Compline on Sundays, given in the Psalter, are not said on Doubles, nor within Octaves, nor on the Eve of Twelfth-Day, nor on the Friday and Saturday after the Octave of the Ascension.
The
3.
Preces for Lauds and the other Hours on Week-days, given
in
are said only on Week-days in Advent, Lent, the Ember Days, which are fasts, but not on Christmas Eve, nor the Ember
Psalter,
Eves
Days
Whitsuntide.
the
and at
In the rest of the year only the kneeling. Sunday Preces are said, and that standing. 4. On the Week-days in Advent, and Lent, and the Ember Days, Preces
They
are
said
And
are said at at Vespers, if they are of the day. Compline the The Preces are said kneeling till the words Sundays, but kneeling.
the
Lord
same "
as
on
Bless
we
"
after the
Prayer.
On
Eves the Week-day Preces are not said at Vespers or Compline, because the Vespers are But if the Eve of St Matthias fall on Shrove part of the Feast. 5.
Tuesday, the Week-day Preces are said at Vespers, though the Prayer is not that of the Eve, but of the preceding Sunday. The same is the case when the Week day Office is said on Ember Friday or Ember Saturday in September, when no Feast of Nine Lessons falls on them Preces are said on the Friday, although ;
the
Prayer to be said Sunday.
is
not that of the
Ember Day
but of the preceding
Have mercy upon me, O God," is said with the Preces at In the Office of the Dead Vespers only, and "Out of the depths" at Lauds. those Psalms are said which are there appointed. 6.
The Psalm
CHAPTER
"
XXXV.
THE COMMON COMMEMORATIONS, OR SUFFRAGES OF THE SAINTS.
The Common Commemorations, or Suffrages of the Saints, which are given in the Psalter, are said at the end of Vespers and Lauds from the Octave of TwelfthDay till Passion Sunday exclusively, and from the Octave of Whitsun Day till Advent exclusively, on Sundays, Week-days, and Feasts, whenever the Office is Double nor the day within an Octave. After the Commemoration of the Apostles is made a Commemoration of St George, Patron of England, except in the diocese of Hexham, where there is made instead a Commemoration of St Cuthbert, and before the Commemoration of St George there is made in the diocese of Northampton a Commemoration of St Thomas of Canterbury, and not
in
that of
Plymouth of St Boniface of Maintz, and
after
it
in
the diocese of
THE
Hi
PIE.
The last is Commemoration of St Edmund of Canterbury. 1 On Week-days there is prefixed that Com Suffrage for Peace. memoration of the Cross which is given in the Psalter after Lauds for Monday. 2. In Easter-time the only Suffrage said is the Commemoration of the Cross
Portsmouth
a
always the
It is not said on Doubles, nor within Octaves, nor in the that Season. Votive Offices of the Blessed Sacrament and the Passion. of a Feast is made, it is always put before the 3. If a Commemoration the Cross. even that of Suffrages, her Little 4. The Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary is omitted if Office is said, or the Office of the day is of her.
for
CHAPTER
XXXVI.
MARY
THE ANTIPHONS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN AT THE END OF THE OFFICE.
The Antiphons
of the Blessed Virgin Mary which are given in the Psalter end of Compline are said according to the season of the year, as there prescribed, except on the three days before Easter. 2. They are said only at the end of Compline, and at the end of Lauds, or that aggregation of Offices into which Lauds enters. (However in Choir they are said every time the Choir is to be left.) They are said kneeling, except from Saturday evening to Sunday evening both inclusive, and throughout the whole of Easter-time. They are not said in the morning if the Office is to at the
be immediately followed by the Dirge, the Penitential Psalms, or the Litany, or Mass.
CHAPTER There
XXXVII.
THE LITTLE
OFFICE, &c.
Rubrics at the end of the Breviary with directions about Blessed Virgin Mary, the Office of the Dead, the Penitential Psalms, the Litany, and the Gradual Psalms. 2. In Easter-time if the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary be joined to the Church Office, the word Alleluia is added neither to the Antiphons, Verses and Answers, nor Responsories.
the
Little
are proper
Office of the
"
"
1 This custom is the original peculiar to England, and is contrary to the general rule rubric reads, "There is added [to the other Common Commemorations] a Commemoration of the Patron or Titular of the Church [in which the service is read, or to which the person saying the Office is attached, but only if such Church have been consecrated or solemnly blessed], which is inserted either before or after the Commemorations of St Joseph and of the Apostles according to his rank." But there is a privilege in the Province of Westminster according to which it is permitted: "That in the suffrages of the Saints and in the Prayer cunctis, a Commemoration shall be made of St George only, and the Commemoration of any other Saint shall be omitted, except in the case of the Regular Orders as to the Com memoration of their own founders, and any particular cases exempted by grace of the Holy See." grace of this sort has been granted, as stated above, with regard to the Dioceses ;
A
A
of
Hexham, Northampton, Plymouth, and Portsmouth.
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TWO EASY TABLES, COMPILED FROM THE And in (
I
which )
it
When
can be seen at a glance
Vespers of another
(2)
To
what
Second Vespers of one
the
is to
PIE.
be done
Office fall on the
same evening with
the First
Office.
When two
on the same
Offices fall
use these Tables, find the little square in which lines drawn from the two Offices meet at right angles, and then look what direction
designations of the
given underneath the Table, with the number inscribed in the square. For instance, in Table a Double of the Second Class meets a Semi-double in a square And 4 gives the Rule all of the former, containing the numeral 4. with a Commemoration of the latter," but if the case be reversed they meet in i, and the Service is all of the latter, nothing of the former." And so in Table B, the case of a Double of the Second Class and a Semi-double falling on the same
is
A
"
"
day is provided for in 4 and 3, and it is ordered that the Semi-double be com memorated and the Double of the Second Class observed, o indicates a case which either cannot occur, or which is the subject of special directions in its own place.
However,
it is
first
needful to
know
the rank of the different Offices.
LIST OF FEASTS ACCORDING TO THEIR CLASS. Doubles of the First Class.
Christmas Day. Dec. 25. Twelfth-Day. Jan. 6. Maundy Thursday.
Good
Friday.
Holy
Saturday.
Easter Day. Easter Monday.
Easter Tuesday. Ascension Day.
Whitsun Day. Whitsun Monday. Whitsun Tuesday. Corpus
Christi.
The Sacred Heart. The Immaculate Conception. Lady Day. March 25.
Dec.
8.
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The Assumption. Aug. The Birthday of St John
I
TABLES.
5-
the Baptist.
June 24.
March 19. St Joseph. June 29. SS. Peter and Paul. All Saints.
Nov.
i.
Dec. 29. St George. April 23. St Augustine of Canterbury. May 26. The Dedication of the Particular Church. The Feast of the Patron, or Titular of the Particular Church. The Feast of the Chief Patron or Patrons of the diocese. St
Thomas
of Canterbury. 1
Doubles of the Second Class.
The Circumcision. Jan. I. The Holy Name. The Most Holy Trinity. The Most Precious Blood. The Finding of the Cross. May Candlemas Day.
The The The
Visitation.
Feb.
3.
2.
July 2.
Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Sept. 8. Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary.
Michaelmas Day.
Sept. 29.
The The
Patronage of St Joseph. Feasts of the Eleven Apostles, and of the Evangelists. St Stephen. Dec. 26.
The Holy
Innocents.
Dec. 28.
St Lawrence. Aug. 10. St Anne. July 26. St Joachim. St Gregory the Great. St Edward. Oct. 13.
March
12.
Greater Doubles.
The Commemorations Of the Prayer of our Lord, Of His Sufferings, Of His Coronation, Of His Piercing, Of His Enshroudment, Of His Five Wounds, Of His Precious Blood. The Transfiguration. Aug. 6. The Most Holy Redeemer. Oct. 23. The Exaltation of the Cross. Sept. 14. Dedication of the Church of St Saviour. 1
Nov.
9.
Regarding the rank of this Feast, see note under his day.
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The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin. Dec. 18. Her Espousal. Jan. 23. Her Sorrows (the two Feasts.) The Blessed Virgin styled Help of Christians. May 24. The Blessed Virgin styled of Mount Carmel. July 1 6. Dedication of St Mary s of the Snows. Aug. 5. The Name of Mary. The Blessed Virgin styled of Ransom. Sept. 24. The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin. Her Motherhood. Her Purity. Her Patronage. Manifestation of St Michael.
March
St Gabriel. St Raphael.
May
8.
18.
Oct. 24.
The Guardian Angels. Oct. The Beheading of the Baptist.
2.
Aug.
29.
Jan. 18. Chair at Rome. Feb. 22. St Peter s Chair at Antioch. St Peter s Chains. Aug. i. The Conversion of St Paul. January 25. Commemoration of St Paul. June 30. Dedication of the Churches of SS. Peter and Paul. St John before the Latin Gate. May 6. June I T St Barnabas. The Blessed John and his companions. May 4. St Bede the Venerable. May 27. June 22. St Alban. Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury. July 7.
St Peter
s
Nov.
18.
.
The Holy St Ursula. St
Relics (second Sunday in July). Oct. 21.
Edmund
St Benedict.
the Martyr. March 21.
Nov. 20.
St Dominic. Aug. 4. Oct. 4. St Francis. March 17. St Patrick. Dec. 3. 1 St Francis Xavier.
Sundays of the First Class.
The The
First First
Sunday of Advent. Sunday of Lent.
Passion Sunday.
Palm Sunday. Easter Sunday.
Low
Sunday. Whitsunday. Trinity Sunday. 1
The Feast was an Ordinary Double when
the Office given in this Breviary was printed.
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TABLES.
Sundays of the Second Class.
The
Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays
in
Advent.
Septuagesima Sunday. Sexagesima Sunday. Quinquagesima Sunday. The Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays of Lent. Greater Week-days.
Those of Advent. Those of Lent.
The Ember Days. Rogation Monday.
In
the
General Appendix will be found the following Greater Doubles.
Translation of the
Holy House
of Loreto.
The Finding of the Child JESUS in the Temple. The Holy Home. The Blessed Thomas Plumtree and his Companions. The Flight of our Lord JESUS Christ into Egypt. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Good Counsel. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled the Mother of the Lord Lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled Mother of Grace. Translation of St Edmund. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Perpetual Succour.
The The
Blessed John Fisher. Blessed Thomas More.
Translation of St Cuthbert.
The
Blessed
Thomas
Percy.
LIST OF PRIMARY FEASTS. I.
Doubles of the First Class.
Christmas.
Twelfth Day. Easter Day. Ascension.
The
Whitsun Day. Corpus Christi. The Immaculate Conception.
Lady Day. The Assumption. The Birthday of St John St Joseph.
the Baptist.
our Shepherd,
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SS. Peter and Paul. All Saints.
Thomas of Canterbury. St George. St Augustine of Canterbury. The Dedication of the Particular Church. St
The The
Patron or Titular. principal Patron or Patrons of the district or diocese.
II.
Doubles of the Second Class.
The Circumcision. The Most Holy Trinity. Candlemas Day.
The The
Visitation.
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin.
Michaelmas Day.
The
Feasts of the Eleven Apostles, and of the Evangelists. St Stephen. Dec. 26. The Holy Innocents. St Lawrence.
St Anne. St Joachim. St Gregory the Great. St Edward. III.
The The
Greater Doubles.
Transfiguration. Dedication of St Saviour
s.
Dedication of St Mary s of the Snows. The Angels Guardian. The Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter and Paul. St Barnabas. St Benedict. St Dominic. St Francis.
St Gabriel. St Raphael. Blessed John and his Companions. St Bede the Venerable.
The
St Alban.
The Holy
Relics.
St Ursula. St
Edmund
the Martyr.
St Patrick.
St Francis Xavier.
IV. Doubles.
The VOL.
I.
Birthday (or day kept as such) of each Saint.
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LIST OF SECONDARY FEASTS. I.
The Most
Doubles of the First Class.
Sacred Heart of JESUS.
I.I.
Doubles of the Second Class.
The Most Holy Name of JESUS. The Finding of the Holy Cross. The Feast of the Most Precious Blood. The Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary. The Patronage of St Joseph. III.
Greater Doubles.
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin (the two The Blessed Virgin styled of Mount Carmel. Her Holy Name. The Blessed Virgin styled of Ransom. Her Presentation. The Manifestation of St Michael. The Beheading of St John the Baptist.
Feasts).
Chair at Rome. Chair at Antioch. s Chains. The Conversion of St Paul. The Commemoration of St Paul. St John before the Latin Gate. St Peter
s
St Peter St Peter
s
The Commemorations Of the Prayer of our Lord, Of His Sufferings, Of His Coronation, Of His Piercing, Of His Enshroudment, Of His Five Wounds, Of His Precious Blood. Feast of the Most
Holy Redeemer.
The Espousal of the Her Motherhood. Her Purity. Her
Blessed Virgin.
Patronage.
The The
Expectation of the Blessed Virgin. Blessed Virgin styled Help of Christians. Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury. All other Feasts of our Lord, the Blessed provided for
in
these
lists.
Virgin Mary, and the
Saints
not
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TABLE
At
the
lix
A.
First Vespers of the Octave-days of the Ascension and of Corpus Feasts of our Lord, the whole Service is of the
Christi and of other
Octave.
If a
Primary Double Feast have occupied the day,
it
is
only commemorated,
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be of the First or Second Class, in which case the Service is of it, with the First Vespers of the Octave. If the Second Vespers of the Octave-days of the Feasts of our Lord which are Primary and more solemn, such as those of Twelfth- Day, Easter, the Ascension, and the others, clash with the First Vespers of a Double (including the Octave-day of St John the Baptist), the Double is only commemorated,
unless a
it
Commemoration of
Second Class, the Patron, Titular, or Dedication it be of the First or Feast of the particular Church, in which cases the Service is of the Double, with a Commemoration of the Second Vespers of the Octave. On the Octave-days of Primary Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, the Angels, St John the Baptist, St Joseph, and the Holy Apostles, there is only a Com memoration made of an Ordinary or Lesser Double that precedes or follows. If a Double or Semi-double Feast have been reduced to the condition of a Simple according to the Pie, Chap, x., and a Double of the First Class fall upon the day before, the reduced Feast is commemorated at the Second Vespers of the Double of the First Class only if it is to be commemorated at the Lauds of the succeeding day, that is to say of its own day ; but upon Doubles of the unless
Second Class such a reduced Feast is commemorated at both Vespers in the same way as an Octave-day or a Sunday would be but a day within an Octave is not commemorated unless the next day s Office be of the same. When several Commemorations are to be made, they are arranged in the order of i, Privileged Sunday; 2, Octave-Day; 3, Greater Double; 4, Reduced Double 6, Day within the Octave of Corpus Christi 5, Ordinary Sunday 8, Day within an Octave, reduced to the form of Simple 7, Semi-double ;
;
;
;
;
;
9,
Greater
Week-day
or
Eve;
10,
Simple.
[TABLE B.
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TABLES. B.
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Note.
A
even the Patron, Titular, or Dedication Feast of the on Dec. 24, Whitsun Eye, Jan. i or 13, Ash Whitsun Weeks, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi or Easter, Wednesday, Holy, March 25, Aug. 15, Dec. 8, Midsummer Day, March 19, June 29, or
Double of any
particular
Church,
if
sort, it
fall
Day, Nov. i, is transferred, if it can be transferred, but if not, it is simply com memorated upon its own day, or totally omitted, as may be directed in the Pie. Within the Octave of the Epiphany no Feast can be kept except Double Other Feasts of the First Class, and that with Commemoration of the Octave.
on the first free day after the Octave Simples are commemorated only. Within the Octave of Corpus Christi, Semi-doubles are reduced to the rank of Simples and commemorated, neither can Doubles be transferred thither unless they be of the First or Second Class, and a Commemoration is always made of the Octave. Within those Octaves, in which the observance of Feasts is allowed, a Semi-double, if it fall on a Sunday, is Feasts of Nine Lessons are permanently fixed ;
commemorated
as prescribed
by the Pie.
Octaves of Christmas, Twelfth -Day, and Corpus Christi, are com memorated at every Vespers and Lauds, whatever be the Office. Other Octaves, which are not in the Kalendar, 1 are not observed from Ash Wednesday to Low Sunday, or Whitsun Eve to Trinity Sunday, both inclusive,
The
from Dec. 17 to Jan. 6. An Octave-day can never be transferred. Therefore, if Corpus Christi fall on Midsummer Day, and the Feast of St John were consequently kept on June 25, July i would be kept as the Octave of Corpus Christi, with a Commemoration of the Octave of St John at both Vespers and at Lauds. If some other Saints be mentioned in the Kalendar on the same day with the If the Patron or Titular, the Feast of the Patron or Titular alone is observed. other Feast be a Double or Semi-double, it is permanently fixed on the first free If it is a Double of the First or Second Class, day and kept as a Semi-double. 2 it is similarly transferred and kept as on its own day. The Week-days of Advent and Lent, if not kept as such, are always com memorated at both Vespers and Lauds, whatever be the Office; Ember Days, But if an Eve fall in Advent or Eves, and Rogation Monday, at Lauds only. Lent, on an Ember Day, a Double of the First Class, or the Patronal, Titular, or Dedication Feast of the particular Church, no notice is taken of it, even in Lauds. or
1 But in the diocese of Hexham there is a special privilege permitting the observance of an Octave in honour of St Cuthbert. 2 I.e., in that particular Church, it has a day fixed other than elsewhere.
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KALENDAR. JANUARY. 1
.
2.
Circumcision of our Lord. Octave of St Stephen.
Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Octaves of St
Double.
Thomas of Canterbury, of St John, and of the Holy Innocents. Commemoration of Double. Octave of St John, Apostle and Evangelist. St Thomas of Canterbury, and of the Octave of the Holy Innocents. _
3.
4.
Octave of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs.
Double.
Commemoration of St
Thomas
of Canterbury. Commemoration of Double. St Thomas of Canterbury, Martyr. 5. Octave of the Eve of the Epiphany and of St Telesphorus, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double of the First Class. 6. EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD. of the Epiphany. 7. Within the Octave 8.
9.
10. 11.
Within Within Within Within
the Octave.
the Octave. the Octave.
the Octave.
Commemoration of St Hyginus, Pope of Rome, and
Martyr. 12.
Within the Octave. * Lord s Day within the Octave of the Epiphany.
JESUS
in the
Temple.
Greater Double.
ni-u [The Finding of the Child General Appendix.]
Double. Octave of the Epiphany. Name of * Second Lord s Day after the Epiphany. Feast of the Most Holy JESUS. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. and Doctor of the Church. Double. 14. Hilary, Bishop [of Poitiers,] Confessor, Commemoration of St Felix, Priest and Martyr. Commemoration of St Maurus, Abbat. Double. i the First Hermit.
13.
5.
1
6.
17. 1
8.
Paul,
Marcellus, Pope and Martyr. Double.
Semi-double.
Antony, Abbat.
Greater Double. Chair of St Peter at Rome. Paul and of St Prisca, Virgin and Martyr.
The
Commemoration
of bt
Commemoration of
Double. [of Worcester,] Confessor. SS. Maris, Audifax, Abachum, and Martha, Martyrs. * Third Lord s the Holy Home, Day after the Epiphany. [The Feast of JESUS, Mary, and Joseph. Greater Double. Gen. App.] Double. 20. Fabian and Sebastian, Martyrs. Double. 21. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr. Semi-double. 22. Vincent and Anastasius. 19. Wolstan, Bishop
Greater Double. to St Joseph. 23. Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary memoration of St Joseph and of Emerentiana, Virgin and Martyr. Double. 24. Timothy, Bishop [of Ephesus,] Martyr.
Com
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Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter. 25. Conversion of St Paul. 26. Polycarp, Double. Bishop [of Smyrna,] Martyr. 27. John Chrysostom, Patriarch [of Constantinople,] Confessor and Doctor of the Church. Double. 28. Raymond of Peiiafuerte, Confessor. Semi-Double. 1 Commemoration of St Agnes for the second time. 29.
de Church.
Francis
Sales,
Bishop
[of Geneva,]
Confessor,
and Doctor
of the
Double.
Semi- Double. 30. Martina, Virgin and Martyr. [Double in the Province of Westminster.] Peter Nolasco, Confessor. Double. 3 1 * after .
Friday
Gethsemane.
*
Friday
after
Septuagesima Sunday, Prayer of our Greater Double.
Sexagesima Sunday,
Sufferings of our
Lord
Lord.
Garden of
the
in
Greater Double.
FEBRUARY. T.
2.
3.
4. 5.
6.
7. 8.
9.
Ignatius, Bishop [of Antioch,] Martyr. Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Double.
Double of the Second Class. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of Blase, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, Martyr.
Andrew Corsini, Bishop [of Fiesole,] Confessor. Double. Double. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr. in Crete,] Confessor. Titus, Archbishop [of Double. Gortyna oration of St Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr. Romuald, Abbat. Double. John de la Mata, Confessor. Double.
Commem
Pope of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Commemoration of St Apollonia, Virgin and Martyr.
Cyril,
[The Twenty-six Holy Martyrs who
suffered
in
Japan.
Double.
Double.
Gen.
App.] 10. Scholastica, Virgin.
Double. Gilbert [of Semi-double. Sempringham,] Confessor. 12. Benedict Double. Biscop, Abbat, Confessor. 13. The Seven Founders of the Servite Order, Confessors. 1 1
.
Double. [Kentigern, Bishop [of Glasgow,] Confessor. Double. Gen. App.] 14. Valentine, Priest and Martyr. [Thomas Plumtree and his Companions, Martyrs. Greater Double. Gen. ^
i
5.
1
6.
17.
[The .
1
8.
App.]
Faustinus and Jovita, Martyrs.
Flight of our
APP-]
Lord JESUS Christ
into
Simeon, Bishop [of Jerusalem,] Martyr.
19. 1
See p. 723.
Egypt.
Greater Double.
Gen.
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20.
21. 22.
The
Chair of St Peter
at
Antioch.
Greater Double.
Commemoration of
St
Paul. 23. Peter
Damian, [Cardinal] Bishop [of Ostia,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Double. Commemoration of the Eve. Double of the Second Class. 24. Matthias, Apostle. Church.
25. 26.
Double. Ethelbert, King of Kent, Confessor. Semi-double. 27. [Margaret of Cortona, Penitent. 28.
Gen. App.]
In Leap- Year February has 29 days, the additional day is inserted after the 23rd, the 24th is then the Eve of St Matthias, and the following days are each counted one later, the Feast of St Matthias being the 25th, &c. * First Greater Friday in Lent, Coronation of our Lord with Thorns. Double.
Second Friday in Lent, Piercing of Our Lord with Spear and Nails. Greater Double. Third Friday in Lent, Enshroudment of our Lord. Greater Double. Fourth Friday in Lent, The Five Most Holy Wounds of our Lord. Greater Double.
MARCH. 1.
3.
Double. David, Archbishop [of Caerleon,] Confessor. Chad, Bishop [of Lichfield,] Confessor. Double. Semi-double. Aelred, Abbat, Confessor.
4.
Casimir, Confessor.
2.
Semi-double.
Commemoration of St Lucius, Pope of
Rome, and Martyr. 6. 7.
8.
9.
Thomas
of Aquino, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. memoration of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs.
Felix, Bishop [of Dunwich,] Confessor. Frances of Rome, Widow. Double.
Double.
Com
Double.
The Forty Martyrs. Semi-double. n. John of God, Confessor. Double. IO.
12.
Gregory \_the Great, ] Pope of Rome, Doctor of the Church, and Apostle of Double of the Second Class. England.
16.
17. Patrick, 1
8.
19.
Archbishop [of Armagh,] Confessor.
The Archangel JOSEPH, Class.
Gabriel.
Greater Double.
Greater Double.
HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
Double of the
First
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Double. Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,] Confessor. Newcastle this Feast has an Octave. [In the diocese of Hexham and
20.
Greater Double. 1 22. Cyril, Bishop [of Jerusalem,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Gen. App.] Double. of Martyr.
2
See
Gen. App.] Benedict, Abbat and Confessor.
.
[Edward, King
Double.
England,
2 3-
24.
ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the First [The Penitent Thief. Double. Gen. App.] Double. of the Church. 27. John of Damascus, Confessor, and Doctor Semi-double. 28. John of Capistrano, Confessor.
25. 26.
Class.
29. 30-
31.
*
Friday in Passion Week, Sorrows of Double.
the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
Greater
APRIL. i.
Francis of Paola, Confessor.
2.
Double.
4.
Double. Richard, Bishop [of Chichester,] Confessor. Isidore, Archbishop [of Seville,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
5.
Vincent Ferrer, Confessor.
3.
Double.
Double.
6. 78. 9-
10.
ii.
Leo
the
Great, Pope of
Rome,
Confessor,
and Doctor of the Church.
Double. 12. 13. 14.
Semi-double. Hermenegild, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of SS. Tiburtius, Valerian, and Justin, Martyr.
Maximus, Martyrs. 151
6.
17.
Semi-double. Stephen Harding, Abbat, Confessor. Anicete, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.
Commemoration of St
18.
19. jElphege,
Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr.
Double.
20. 2
1
.
Anselm, Archbishop [of Canterbury,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.
22. Soter and Caius, Popes of
Rome, and Martyrs.
Semi-double.
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Double of the First Class. 23. GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON OF ENGLAND. Double. Commemoration of the Octave 24. Faithful of Sigmaringen, Martyr. of St George and of St Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Double of the Second Class. 25. Mark, Evangelist. 26. Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes of Rome, and Martyrs. memoration of the Octave of St George.
[The
Blessed Virgin Mary,
of
styled
Good
Semi-double.
Com
Greater Double.
Counsel.
Gen. App.] 27.
Egbert,
Confessor.
Semi-double.
Commemoration of
the
Octave of St
George. 28. Paul of the Cross, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St George and of St Vitalis, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St George. 29. Peter, Martyr. Double. 30. Octave of St George, Martyr. * Third Lord s Day after Easter, Patronage of St Joseph. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. See Gen. App.] [In some dioceses this Feast has an Octave.
MAY. 1
.
2.
3.
4.
5.
and James, Apostles. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of St Asaph, Bishop of St Asaph. [* First Lord s Day in May, The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled the Mother Gen. App.] Greater Double. of the Lord our Shepherd.
Philip
Athanasius, Pope of Alexandria, Double.
Confessor,
and Doctor of the Church.
Double of the Second Class. Commemoration Finding of the Holy Cross. of SS. Alexander, Eventius, and Theodulus, Martyrs, and Juvenal, Bishop of Narni, Confessor. John, Cardinal Bishop of Rochester, Greater Double. Martyrs. Double. Katharine of Sienna, Virgin.
Thomas More, and
their companions,
Greater Double. John, Apostle and Evangelist, before the Latin Gate. Double. Stanislaw, Bishop [of Crakow,] Martyr. Greater Double. Manifestation of the Archangel St Michael. 9. Gregory of Nazianzus, Patriarch [of Constantinople,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 6.
7. 8.
Commemoration Double. Antonine, Archbishop [of Florence,] Confessor. of SS. Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs. 11. Pius V., Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. [John Rochester and James Walworth and their Companions, Martyrs. 10.
Double. Gen. App.] Semi-double. Nereus, Achilles, the Virgin Domitilla, and Pancras, Martyrs. Gen. App.] Greater Double. [Lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double. 13. Walburg, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of St Boniface, Martyr. 14. Monica, Widow.
12.
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15.
1
6.
Gen. App.] Double. [Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, Confessor. Greater Double. of Grace. Mother Blessed Mary, styled Virgin [The Gen. App.] Simon Stock, Confessor.
Double.
Double. Paschal Baylon, Confessor. Double. 1 8. Venantius, Martyr. Double. Confessor. 19. Dunstan, Archbishop [of Canterbury,] tion of St Pudentiana, Virgin. Semi- double. 20. Bernardine of Sienna. Double. 21. Peter Celestine, Pope of Rome, Confessor. 17.
Semi-double. 22. Ubald, Bishop [of Gubbio,] Confessor. Double. 23. John Baptist de Rossi, Confessor. Help of Christians." 24. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled "
25.
Commemora
Greater Double.
Double of the First Class, [In the dioceses of Shrewsbury and Westminster, Gen. App.] with an Octave. Commemoration of Double. Aldhelm, [of Sherborne,] Confessor.
Bishop
St Urban, Pope of
Rome, and Martyr.
26. AUGUSTINE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, CONFESSOR, APOSTLE OF ENGLAND. Double of the First Class. Greater Double. 27. Bede the Venerable, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
Commemoration of the Octave of St Augustine and of St John I., Pope Rome, and Martyr. Commemoration of the Double. 28. Gregory VII., Pope of Rome, Confessor. of
Octave of St Augustine. Blessed Margaret Pole, Countess [of Salisbury,] Martyr.
[The
Gen. App.] 29. Eleutherius, Pope of Rome, Martyr.
Double.
Double.
Commemoration of
the
Octave of St Augustine. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St 30. John of Nepomuc, Martyr. Augustine and of St Felix, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Double. Commemorations of the Octave of St 31. Angela Merici, Virgin. Augustine and of St Petronilla, Virgin. * Third Lord s Day after Pentecost, the Most Sacred Heart of Double of the First Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.
JESUS.
JUNE. 1.
2.
Within the Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury. Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury. Double.
Commemoration of SS.
Marcellinus, Peter, and Elmo, Martyrs. Double. 3. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, Virgin. Double. 4. Francis Caracciolo, Confessor. 5.
Double. Boniface, Archbishop [of Maintz,] Martyr. [In the diocese of Plymouth, a Double of the First Class, with an Octave.
Gen. App.] 6. 7-
Norbert, Archbishop [of Magdeburg,] Confessor.
Double.
KALENDAR. 8.
9.
William, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Primus and Felician, Martyrs.
Ixix Double.
the diocese of Portsmouth^ Translation of St Edmund, Archbishop of Greater Double. Gen. App.^j Canterbury, Confessor. Double. 10. Margaret, Queen of Scots, Widow. Greater Double. 1 1 . Barnabas, Apostle. Double. Commemoration of SS. Basilides, Cyrinus, 12. John of San Fagondez. \_In
Nabor, and Nazarius, Martyrs. Double.
13.
Anthony of Padua,
14.
Basil the Great, Archbishop [of Cassarea-in-Pontus,]] Confessor and Double. of the Church.
15.
Double. Philip Neri, Confessor. and Crescentia, Martyrs.
Confessor.
Commemoration of SS.
Doctor
Vitus, Modestus,
16. 17.
Botolph, Abbat, Confessor.
Semi-double.
[Lord s Day before the birth of St John the Baptist, Mary, styled of Perpetual Succour. Greater Double. 1
8.
19.
Mark and
the Blessed Virgin
Gen. App.j
Marcellian, Martyrs.
Juliana de
Double.
Falconieri, Virgin.
Commemoration of SS. Gervase
and Protase, Martyrs. 20.
Silverius,
Pope of Rome, and Martyr.
21. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor. Double. 22. Alban, Proto-Martyr of Britain. Greater Double.
Commemoration of
Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, Confessor. [First Free Day after June 22, the Blessed John Fisher, Cardinal Bishop of Greater Double. Gen. App.] Rochester, Martyr.
Double. Commemoration of Midsummer Eve. Etheldreda, Virgin. BIRTH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST. Double of the First Class. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St 25. William, Abbat, Confessor. 23.
24.
John. 26.
John and Paul, Martyrs.
Double.
Commemoration of
the Octave of St
John. 27. 28.
Within the Octave of the Birth of St John.
Leo
Pope of Rome, and Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of Eve of the Apostles. PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES. Double of the First Class. [Commemoration of all the Holy Apostles. Gen. App.J Commemoration of St Paul. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter, II.,
the Octave of St John, and of the
29. 30.
and of the Octave of St John.
JULY. * First Lord
s Day in July, the Most Precious Blood of our Lord JESUS Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. Octave of the Birth of St John the Baptist. Double. Commemoration of
Christ.
the Octave of SS. Peter and Paul.
l
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4.
Mary. Double of the Second Class. memoration of SS. Processus and Martinian, Martyrs. Within the Octave of the Apostles. Within the Octave of the Apostles.
5.
Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Confessor.
2.
3.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin
Commemoration
Double.
Com
of
the
6.
Octave of the Apostles. Double. Octave of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. after July 6, the Blessed Thomas More, Martyr. Free Day [First
7.
Gen. App.] Greater Double. Translation of Thomas, Archbishop [of Canterbury], Martyr. Com Greater Double. * Second Lord s the Holy Relics. in July, Day
Greater
Double.
memoration of the Sunday.
Queen of Portugal, Widow. Semi-double. Double. Willibald, Bishop of Eichstad, Confessor. 10. The Seven Brethren and the Holy Virgins Rufma and Secunda, 8.
Isabel,
9.
all
Martyrs.
Semi-double. IT. Cyril,
Bishop of Moravia, and
Methodius, Bishop of Kieff, Confessors.
Commemoration of St Pius I., Pope and Martyr. Commemoration of SS. Double. John Gualberto, Abbat [of Passignano,] Nabor and Felix, Martyrs. Semi-double. Anaclete, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. and Doctor Buona- ventura," [of Albano,] Confessor, Double.
12.
13.
[Cardinal] Bishop Double. Double. Confessor. i 5. Swithun, Bishop [of Winchester,] Gen. Double. the of Division App.] Apostles. [The All the Holy Bishops of Rome. [Third Sunday in July, Commemoration of Gen. App.] Double. Greater Double. 6. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Mount Carmel. Gen. App.] the First Class. Double of diocese the Salford, of [In Double. Confessor. 17. Osmund, Bishop [of Salisbury,] Commemoration of St Symphorosa Double. 1 8. Camillus de Lelli, Confessor. "
14.
of the Church.
1
and her Seven Sons, Martyrs. Double.
Confessor. 19. Vincent de Paul, 20. Jerome Miani, Confessor.
Double.
Commemoration of St Margaret, Virgin
and Martyr.
Emperor of
the
Romans, Confessor.
21.
Henry
22.
oration of St Praxedes, Virgin. Mary Magdalen. Double.
II.,
Semi-double.
Commem
Commemoration of St Double. 23. Apollinaris, Bishop [of Ravenna,] Martyr. Liborius, Bishop of Mans, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Eve of St James, 24. Alexis, Confessor. and of St Christina, Virgin and Martyr. Double of the Second Class.
25. James, Apostle.
Commemoration of St Chris
topher, Martyr. Double of the Second Class. 26. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Gen. App.] diocese of Leeds, Double of the First Class. the [/
27. Pantaleon, Martyr. 28. Nazarius, Celsus, and Victor, Martyrs, and Innocent, Semi-double. Confessor.
Pope of Rome, and
KALENDAR.
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Semi-double. Commemoration of SS. Felix, Simplicius, Martha, Virgin. Faustinus, and Beatrix, Martyrs. Double. Commemoration of SS. 30. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, Confessor. Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs.
29.
31. Ignatius, Confessor.
Double.
AUGUST. 1.
2.
3.
4. 5.
6.
7.
8.
9. O.
11.
The
Chains of St Peter.
Greater Double.
Commemoration of
the
Holy
Machabees, Martyrs. Alphonsus Maryde Liguori, Bishop [of Santa- Agata-de -Goti,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of St Stephen, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Semi-double. Finding of the body of St Stephen, the First Martyr. Greater Double. Dominick, Confessor. Dedication of St Mary s of the Snows. Greater Double. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Transfiguration of our Lord. Xystus, Pope of Rome, and SS. Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs. Gae tan, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Donatus, Bishop of Arezzo, Martyr. Semi-double. Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus, Martyrs. Double. Oswald, King of the Northumbrians, Martyr. the Eve of St Lawrence, and of St Romanus, Martyr.
Commemoration of
Double of the Second Class. Lawrence, Martyr. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of SS. Tiburtius and Susanna.
Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Lawrence. Clare, Virgin. Commemoration of SS. Hippolytus 13. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. 12.
14.
15.
and Cassian, Martyrs. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of the Eve of the Assumption, and of St Eusebius, Confessor. ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the First Class. * The Lord s Day within the Octave of the Assumption, St Joachim, Con Double of the Second Class. fessor, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Commemoration of the Sunday. Double. Commemoration of the two Octaves. Hyacinth, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the 17. Octave of St Lawrence. 1
6.
1
8.
19.
20. 21. 22.
Assumption. Double. Helen, Empress of the Romans, Widow. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption, and of St Agapitus, Martyr. Within the Octave of the Assumption. Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption. Jeanne Frances Fremiot de Chantal, Widow. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption. Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double. Com memoration of SS. Timothy, Hippolytus, and Symphorian, Martyrs.
KALENDAR.
Ixxii *
The Lord Mary.
s
after the Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin the Blessed Virgin. Greater of the Most Pure Heart of
Day
[Office
Vol. iii., Gen. App., p. 1028 ; vol. iv., Gen. App., p. 916.] Commemoration of the Eve of St Double. Benizzi, Confessor.
Double. 23. Philip
Bartholomew.
Double of the Second Class. 24. Bartholomew, Apostle. Semi-double. Confessor. 25. Louis IX., King of France, 26. Zephyrinus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Double. 27. Joseph Casalanz, Confessor. 28. Austin, Bishop [of Hippo,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Commemoration of St Hermes, Martyr. 29. Beheading of St John the Baptist. Sabina, Martyr. Double. 30. Rose of Lima, Virgin.
Greater Double.
Double.
Commemoration of St
Commemoration of SS. Felix and him
that joined him, Martyrs.
Confessor. 31. Aidan, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,]
Double.
SEPTEMBER. Double. Commemoration of St Giles, the Unborn, Confessor. Abbat, and of the Twelve Holy Brethren, Martyrs.
1.
Raymond
2.
Stephen, King of Hungary, Confessor.
Semi-double.
3-
4.
5.
[Translation of St Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne] and Confessor. Greater Gen. App.] Double in the diocese of Hexham. Lawrence de Giustiniani, Patriarch of Venice, Confessor. Semi-double.
6. 78.
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. oration of St Adrian, Martyr. *
9.
The Lord
s
Day
Double of the Second
within the Octave, The Holy
Name
Class.
Commem
of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Commemoration of St Gorgonius, Martyr. Double. of the Blessed Virgin.
10. Nicolas of Tolentino.
Commemoration of
the Octave of the Birth
Within SS. 12. Within 13. Within
the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Commemoration of Protus and Hyacinth, Martyrs. the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Greater Double. Commemoration of the 14. Uplifting of the Holy Cross. Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. i Double. Commemoration of St 5. Octave of
11.
Nicomede, Martyr. * Third Lord s Day in this Month, The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.
KALENDAR. 1
6.
Cornelius, Pope Semi-double.
Ixxiii
of Rome, and Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyrs. Commemoration of SS. Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminian,
Martyrs. 17. 1
8.
19. 20.
21.
22.
23.
the marks of Our Lord. Double. Double. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor. Double. Januarius, Bishop [of Benevento,] and his Companions, Martyrs. Double. Com Eustace, Agapitus, Theopistus, and Theopista, Martyrs. memoration of the Eve of St Matthew. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. Double of the Second Class. Thomas of Villanueva, Archbishop [of Valencia,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Maurice and his Companions, Martyrs. Semi-double. Commemoration of St Linus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Thecla, Virgin and Martyr. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Ransom." Greater Double.
Marking of the Body of St Francis with
"
24.
Double. 25. Ninian, Bishop [of Galloway,] Confessor. 26. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. of SS. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs.
Commemoration
Semi-double. 27. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs. 28. Wenceslaus, Duke [of Bohemia,] Martyr. Semi-double. 29. Dedication of the Church of St Michael, the Archangel. Double of the Second Class.
[In the dioceses of Menevia and Newport, ST MICHAEL AND
Double of the
ALL ANGELS.
Gen. App.] Double. 30. Jerome, Priest, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. memoration of St Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury. First Class.
Com
OCTOBER. * First Lord
Mary. J
.
2.
3.
4. 5.
s Day in the Month, The Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.
Remy, Bishop of Rheims,
Confessor.
Simple or Semi-double at will.
The Guardian
Greater Double. Angels. Thomas, Bishop of Hereford, Confessor.
Double.
Greater Double. Francis, Confessor. Placidus and his Companions, Martyrs. Double.
6.
Bruno, Confessor.
7.
Mark, Pope of Rome, Confessor.
Commemoration
of
SS. Sergius and
his
Companions, Martyrs. * Second Lord s Day in the Month. Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday. Double. Bridget, Princess of Nericia, Widow. Denys, Bishop of Paris, Rusticus, and Eleutherius, Martyrs. 10. Paulinus, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Double. 8.
9.
IT.
Francis Borgia, Confessor.
Semi-double.
Double. Archbishop [of York,] Confessor. Edward, King of England, Confessor. Double of the Second Class.
12. Wilfred, 13.
Semi-double.
KALENDAR.
Ixxiv 14.
Kallistus,
Double.
Pope of Rome, Martyr.
Commemoration of
the Octave
of St Edward.
15. 1
6.
17.
* Third Lord s Day in the Month, Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Commemoration of the Sunday. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Edward. Double. Theresa, Virgin.
Within the Octave of St Edward. ladwiga,
Widow.
Commemoration of the Octave of St
Semi-double.
Edward. Double of the Second Class. 8. Luke, Evangelist. Commemoration of the Octave Double. 19. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor. 1
of St Edward.
Gen. App.] Class. [In the diocese of Shrewsbury, Double of the First Double. 20. Octave of St Edward. Com Greater Double. 21 Ursula and her Companions, Virgins and Martyrs. memoration of St Hilarion, Abbat. * Fourth Lord s Day in the Month, Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Commemoration of the Sunday. Greater Double. .
Double. 22. John of Kenty, Confessor. Greater Double. 23. Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer. Greater Double. 24. The Archangel Raphael. 25. John of Beverley, Archbishop [of York,] Confessor. oration of SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, Martyrs. 26.
Evaristus,
Double.
Commem
Pope of Rome, Martyr.
27. Eve of SS. Simon and Jude. Double of the Second Class. 28. Simon and Jude, Apostles. 29.
331.
Eve of All
Saints.
NOVEMBER. 1.
2.
FEAST OF ALL THE SAINTS. Within the Octave of All
Double of the First Class. Commemoration of
Saints.
3.
Departed. Winefrid, Virgin and Martyr. All Saints.
4.
Charles,
Double.
all
Commemoration of
the
Faithful
the Octave of
Double. Com [Cardinal] Archbishop [of Milan,] Confessor. of the Octave of All Saints, and of Saints Vitalis and
memoration 5.
6. 7. 8.
Agricola, Martyrs. the Octave of All Saints. the Octave of All Saints.
Within Within Within Octave
the Octave of All Saints.
of All Saints.
Double.
Commemoration of
the
Four Crowned
Martyrs. 9. Dedication of the Cathedral Church of Our Most Holy Saviour. Double. Commemoration of St Theodore, Martyr.
Greater
KALENDAR. 10.
Andrew
11.
Martin,
Ixxv
Double. Commemoration of SS. Tryphon, Avellino, Confessor. Respicius, and the Virgin Nympha, Martyrs, and of St Justus, Bishop of Rochester, Confessor.
Bishop [of Tours,] Confessor. Mennas, Martyr.
Double.
Commemoration of St
12.
Semi-double. Martin, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Semi-double. Diego, Confessor. Double. 14. Erconwald, Bishop of London, Confessor. [Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Martyr. 13.
Greater Double.
Gen.
App.] i
5.
1
6.
Double. Gertrude, Virgin. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. Double of the [In the diocese of Portsmouth, EDMUND OF CANTERBURY.
Gen. App.]
First Class. 17. 1
8.
Hew,
Double. Bishop of Lincoln, Confessor. Dedication of the Churches of SS. Peter and Paul.
Widow.
Double.
Commemoration
19.
Elizabeth,
20.
Rome, and Martyr. Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr.
of
Greater Double. St Pontian, Pope of
Greater Double. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Greater Double. Mary. 22. Cecily, Virgin and Double. Martyr. Double. Commemoration of St Felicity, 23. Clement, Pope of Rome, Martyr. 2
1
.
Martyr. 24.
John of the Cross, Confessor.
Double.
Commemoration of St Chrysogonus,
Martyr. Double. 25. Katharine, Virgin and Martyr. 26. Sylvester, Abbat, Confessor. Double. of Alexandria,
Commemoration of St
Peter,
Pope
Martyr.
27. Gregory, the Wonder-worker, Bishop [of Neo-Csesarea in Pontus,] Con fessor. Double. 28. Jehoshaphat, Double. Archbishop of Polotsk, Martyr. 29. Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Eve of St Andrew, if out of Advent, and of St Saturninus, Martyr. Double. Gen. App.] [Cuthbert Maine, Martyr. 30.
Andrew,
Apostle.
Double of the Second
Class.
DECEMBER. Felix de Valois, Confessor. Double. [Edmund Campion and his Companions, Martyrs. Double. Gen. App.] 2. Bibiana, Semi-double. Virgin and Martyr. Doubled 3. Francis Xavier, Confessor. 4. Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop [of Ravenna,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of St Barbara, Virgin and Martyr. 1.
1
Since raised to the rank of a Greater Double.
KALENDAR.
Ixxvi
Double. Brian, Bishop [of Dorchester,] Confessor. Saba, Abbat. Double. 6. Nicolas, Archbishop [of Myra,] Confessor. 5.
Commemoration of St
Gen. App.J [In diocese of Liverpool, Double of the First Class. Bishop [of Milan,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
7.
Ambrose,
8.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
Double.
Double of the
First Class. 9.
Within the Octave of the Conception. Within the Octave of the Conception.
Commemoration of St Melchiades, of Rome, Martyr. Pope Gen. App.] Greater Double. [Translation of the Holy House of Loreto. 1 1 Damasus, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Conception. 12. Within the Octave of the Conception. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the 13. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. 10.
.
Conception.
Within the Octave of the Conception. 15. Octave of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. Semi-double. 1 6. Eusebius, Bishop [of Vercelli,] Martyr.
14.
Double.
171
8.
The
Blessed Virgin
Mary
looking shortly to be delivered.
Greater Double.
19.
20.
Eve of St Thomas. Double of the Second
21. Thomas, Apostle. 22.
Class.
2 3-
24. Christmas Eve.
Double of the First Class. 25. BIRTHDAY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 26. Stephen, the First Martyr. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Octave of Christmas.
Double of the Second Class. Commemora 27. John, Apostle and Evangelist. tion of the Octaves of Christmas and of St Stephen. 28. The Holy Innocents. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Octaves of Christmas-, of St Stephen, and of St John. 29.
Double of the First THOMAS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, MARTYR. Class. 1 Commemoration of the Octaves of Christmas, [of St Stephen,
of St John, and of the Innocents.] Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, or of the Octave. Commemorations of the Octaves of [Christmas,] of St Thomas of Canterbury, of St Stephen, of St John, and of the Innocents. Double. Commemoration of the 31. Silvester, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Octaves of Christmas, of St Thomas of Canterbury, of St Stephen, of St John, and of the Innocents. 30.
Office of the
1
See the note to the Office
in the Breviary.
ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS.
PRAYERS.
Ixxvii
PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS.
A my
PRAYER BEFORE A SERVICE.
Cleanse ,O Lord, open Thou my mouth that I may bless Thy Holy Name. heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts enlighten my under ;
standing
;
kindle
my
affections,
pray to, and praise Thee with worthily be heard before the presence of
that
I
may
and devotion and may Divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Lord, in union with that Divine Intention wherewith Thou didst Thyself praise God, while as Thou wast on earth, I offer these Hours unto Thee. attention
;
Thy
A the
PRAYER AFTER A SERVICE.
In respect of which Pope Leo X. has granted to all persons nvho after saying Divine Office shall devoutly recite it on their knees , condonation of the shortcomings
and faults committed by them from human frailty in saying the Office. To the Most Holy and undivided Trinity, to the Manhood of our Lord JESUS Christ Crucified, to the
fruitful Virginity of the most blessed and most and to the holiness of all the Saints be ascribed everlasting praise, honour, and glory, by all creatures, and to us be granted the Amen. forgiveness of all our sins, world without end. Verse. Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary which bore the Son of
glorious
Mary, always
a Virgin,
the Eternal Father.
Answer.
And
Then are said
blessed be the paps
the
Lord
s
which gave suck
Prayer and
SUMMARY OF THE ABSOLUTIONS AND
to Christ our
Lord.
the Angelic Salutation.
BLESSINGS PRONOUNCED AT MATTINS.
In the First Nocturn, and on
Monday and Thursday.
Absolution.
Graciously hear, have mercy upon us
:
O Lord JESUS Christ, the prayers Who livest and reignest with the
Ghost, world without end.
Amen. First Blessing.
May With
the Eternal Father bless us
an eternal blessing.
Amen.
Second Blessing. the Son, the Sole-begotten, Amen. Mercifully bless and keep us.
May
of
Thy
servants,
Father, and the
and
Holy
ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS.
PRAYERS.
Ixxviii
Third Blessing.
May the grace of God the Spirit All our heart and mind enlighten. In
the
Amen.
Second Nocturn, and on Tuesday and Friday. Absolution.
Who
May His loving-kindness and mercy help us, the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end.
liveth
and reigneth with
Amen.
Fourth Blessing.
God Be
the Father Omnipotent, and clement.
to us merciful
Amen.
Fifth Blessing.
May
Christ to
For ever
in
all
His
His people
give,
Amen.
sight to live.
Sixth Blessing.
May the Spirit s fire Divine In our hearts enkindled shine.
Amen.
In the Third Nocturn, and on Wednesday and Saturday. Absolution.
May sins.
the
Almighty and merciful
Lord
loose
us
from the bonds of our
Amen. Seventh Blessing. the Gospel s holy lection Amen. our safety and protection.
May Be
Eighth Blessing.
God
most mighty strength alway Be His people s staff and stay. Amen. s
For Feasts of Saints.
He Be
(or she or they) whose feast-day we are keeping, our Advocate (or Advocates) with God.
For Feasts of the Blessed
Virgin.
She whose feast-day we are keeping Mary, blessed Maid of Maidens, Be our Advocate with God.
PRAYERS.
ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS.
Ixxix
Ninth Blessing.
May He that is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. Or, if another Gospel
and Homily are
May
the Gospel
s
to be
Amen.
begun,
glorious
word
Cleansing to our souls afford.
On days of Three Lessons
the Absolution
and
Blessings are as above, according
Week-day, with the following exceptions : First Blessing on Wednesday or the First Lesson be Saturday, (not the Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin,) if not Gospel with Homily, to
the
May His
Who
blessing be
doth
Whenever the First Lesson Third Nocturn.
If the
Office
be
upon us and reign for ever.
live
the Gospel with Homily, the Blessings are from
is
are of a Saint or Saints, the Blessings
:
First Blessing.
May
Who
His
blessing be
doth
live
upon us and reign for ever.
Second Blessing.
He
whose feast-day we are keeping, with God. (or Advocates)
(or she or they)
Be our Advocate
Third BL
May He that is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. The Absolution and Blessings Saturdays are peculiar
to
in
that Office,
the
Simple
Office
and are given
in
Amen.
of the their
Blessed Virgin for
own
place.
Cite OR,
BOOK OF
PSALMS,
DIVIDED ACCORDING TO THE DAYS OF THE WEEK, TOGETHER WITH THE ORDINARY OFFICE FOR THE DIFFERENT SEASONS.
MATTINS, OR MORNING PRAYER. FOR THE LORD S DAY, SUNDAY. 1
Mat tins, and
Before
every
TJAIL, 11 The
other
Hour, except Lauds and Compline, there is said inaudibly*
OURHallowed Father,
Thy
be kingdom come.
done on Give us
And
Who
earth, this
as
it
,
art in
heaven,
Thy Name. Thy will be is
in heaven.
day our daily bread.
forgive us our trespasses, as we them that trespass against us.
.ead
,
blessed
forgive
And
,
us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.
and
full
of
Lord
is
with
thou
among women,
Mary,
art
blessed
is
the
fruit
grace; thee .
of
thy
womb, JESUS. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Af
the
beginning of Mattins and
;
Creed.
1 The proper hour for Mattins is midnight, at which time it is said in many Convents. In others it is said at 2 or 5 A.M. In the Cathedral of Rome (St. John Lateran s) and other Churches of the same country, the hour is about 7 A.M. It is allowable to say it at hour after the sun has to any decline, and an ordinary practice is to do so late in the begun
afternoon. -
The reason why the Lord s Prayer and the Apostles Creed are recited inaudibly during the Office seems to be, that in the early Church these formulae were concealed from the unbaptized until very shortly before their baptism. Now, all were allowed to be present at the Office, of which these formulae are a part, and therefore they were then so said that the unbaptized could not hear them. The Hail, Mary," having been added as a sort of The Lord s Prayer is said appendix to the Lord s Prayer, follows the same rule with it. aloud during the Canon of the Mass, because only the faithful were then present. "
VOL.
I.
A
THE PSALTER.
BELIEVE I
God
in
Maker
Almighty,
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of heaven.
the Father
heaven
of
and earth. And in JESUS Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, He descended dead, and buried
Psalm xciv. with the The Invitatory here given is said from the Octave of the Epiph and any to Septuagesima Sunday, Then
is
said
Invitatory.
the Octave of Pentecost vent Sunday.
Ad
to
from
:
the third day He rose He ascended again from the dead into heaven, and sitteth on the right :
hand of God the Father Almighty from thence
He
shall
come
:
*
for
Lord,
Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, the Resurrection of the body, and
is
Psalm XCIV. 5 [Vulgate and
by
my
>J
LORD, open Thou
Answer. forth
Verse?
Thy
haste,
O
Alleluia.
Salva
His and
before
thanksgiving, joyful noise ^ unto
a
Him
God,
is
me. Answer. Make haste to help me, O LORD. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 3 As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world with
Amen,
our
of
come
with psalms. Let us worship the Lord, for
to deliver
out end.
us sing unto the make a joyful
shall
praise.
^ Make
song of praise
with
presence
make
And my mouth
"A
us
God
us
let
:
let
the
to
noise
lips.
show
let
OCOME, LORD,
Amen.
said aloud :
O
LXX.,
David."]
tion
Versed
Let us worship the is our Maker.
He
to judge
I be quick and the dead. lieve in the Holy Ghost, the Holy
Then
He
Repetition. * Lord, for
the
the Life everlasting.
Let us worship the is our Maker.
Invitatory.
hell:
into
4
He
our Maker.
For the LORD is a great God, and King above all gods for the Lord will not cast off His people for in His hand are all the ends of
a great
:
:
and the heights of the the earth hills are His also. ;
He
is our Maker. For the sea is His, and He made and His hands formed the dry it 6 O come, let us worship land and fall down let us cry unto the :
From Sepluagesima Sunday to Maundy Thursday instead of Alleluia said:
is 1
:
;
2
Ps.
1.
17.
not contain the
Ps. Ixix.
2. it
was
in the
words, original of this Doxology does and to but runs thus Glory be to the Father, beginning" (inserted against the Arians), Amen. the to and and ages of ages. ever, the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, both now, -
The Greek
"As
"
:
4 Hebrew phrase which occurs Or rather, "Hal lu-YAH," Praise-ye-the- Eternal," a The sound of these words causes the Church such joy that she repeatedly in the Bible. to remit the praise of denies herself their use during her penitential season. But in order not Latin one, of similar meaning. God, she substitutes for the Hebrew phrase a short rhyming other Latin 5 This Psalm is not given in the original from the Vulgate, but from some 8 Here it is usual to kneel till the *. translation. "
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. our Maker. * For He is Lord our God and we are His people, and the sheep of His
LORD
the
HYMN. 3
T O-DAY the Blessed Three in
;
^
;
pasture.
Let us worship the Lord, for our Maker.
is
He
;
We
too will wake, and, in despite Of sloth and languor, all unite, As Psalmists bid, through the dim night Waiting with wistful eyes.
To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart as in the Provocation," and as in the day of in the wilderness Temptation when your fathers tempted Me, 1 proved Me, and saw My works. He is our Maker. Forty years long was I grieved "
;
He hear, and heed each vow, And prayer to Him addrest And grant an instant cleansing now, So may
"
"
:
;
A
On
;
He
Of
is
Amen.
The following
Hymn
is
And
He
now
lit
within.
life-creating Paraclete,
The
Everlasting King.
Amen. Instead of the foregoing the follow Hymn is said from the Octave of Pentecost to the first Sunday of Oc
then said,
the Octave of the
Epiphany to the First Sunday in Lent, andfrom the first Sunday of October to Advent.
from
fire
Fix in our hearts, Redeemer dear, The ever-gushing spring Of grace to cleanse, of life to cheer Souls sick and sorrowing. Thee, bounteous Father, we entreat, And only Son, awful and sweet,
He
is our Maker. Let us worship the Lord, for our Maker.
plentifully shower,
!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
all
Father of purity and light Thy presence if we win, Twill shield us from the deeds of night, The burning darts of sin Lest aught defiled or dissolute Relax our bodies or imbrute, And fires eternal be the fruit
rest.
Let us worship the Lord, for our Maker.
is
He
who hymn His
love and power, In this most still and sacred hour, His sweetest gifts and best.
:
My
future glorious rest.
So may
with that generation 2 and said, It is a people that do alvvay err in their heart, and they have not known My ways unto whom I sware in My wrath that they should not enter into
One
Began the earth and skies To-day a Conqueror, God the Son, Did from the grave arise
ing
tober.
The children of occasion here referred to is that described in Exodus xvii. 1-7. It was through the desert became rebellious from want of water. And he [Moses] called the name of Then is added given them from the smitten rock. the place Temptation" (Hebrew and LXX. add "and Provocation"), "because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying Is the LORD 1
The
Israel while travelling
"
:
:
among 2
us, or
not
"
?
Namely, that particular generation which had come out of Egypt. The next clauses which is written in Numbers xiv. 22 "Because all these men which have seen My glory, and My miracles, which I did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, have tempted Me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice, surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked Me see And this is confirmed with an oath, in verse 28 As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, 3 Ascribed to Pope St. Gregory the Great, but altered^ one verse omitted, and the last relate to that
:
it."
"
:
"
:
verse added.
Translation by the late Card.
Newman.
THE PSALTER. Not so are the ungodly, not so * but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away from the face of
HYMN. 1
:
us arise and watch by night, And meditate always
LET And
;
chant as
our Maker
s
sight
So singing with the saints in With them we may attain
bliss,
in
the earth.
United hymns of praise.
Therefore the ungodly shall not * nor sin stand in the judgment ners in the congregation of the :
Life everlasting after this, And heaven for earthly pain.
Grant
O
this,
righteous. For the
Father, Only Son,
In every time and place.
the Invitatories, Hymns, &c., from the above they are be given in the Office to which they long.
FIRST NOCTURN, OR WATCH OF THE NIGHT.
leluia.
is
the
in the
man
that walkcounsel of the
:
his delight
LORD
;
is
II.
[In Acts iv. 25, 26, the authorship of this is attributed to David.]
Psalm
*
do the heathen rage, and the peoples devise a
WHY
vain thing?
kings of the earth set them selves, and the rulers take counsel * against the LORD, and together Anointed. His against
Law of Law doth
Let us break their bands asun * and cast der away their yoke from us. :
He That
in the
* and in His
he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a
shall
sitteth
in
tree
:
:
the heavens
laugh them to scorn
the Lord shall have
* planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season His leaf also shall not wither * and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
This Doxology is said at the end of every Psalm unless special directions are given to the contrary.
The
I.
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of * nor sitteth in the seat of sinners,
But
it
Psalm
Behold, Antiphon for Advent. there cometh the King. Antiphon for the rest of the year. Serve the LORD. Al Antiphon for Paschal time.
Psalm
* and to the Holy Ghost. was in the beginning, is * world now, and ever shall be, Amen. end. without
As
When
the
way
the Son,
Amen.
are different
the scoffers
the
:
And Spirit, God of grace, To whom all worship shall be done
BLESSED eth not
LORD knoweth
* but the of the righteous way of shall the ungodly perish. Glory be to the Father, and to
them
:
* and in
de
rision.
shall He speak unto them His wrath * and plague them in His sore displeasure. Yet hath He set me for King * to de upon His holy hill of Zion clare His decree.
Then
in
:
1 Also ascribed to Pope St. Gregory the Great, although somewhat by the late Card. Newman.
altered.
Translation
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. *
The LORD hath said unto me Thou art My Son, this day have
I
begotten thee.
of people that have set themselves
:
Ask
of
Me, and
thee the heathen
I
shall
give inheri
thine
for
me round about * arise, O LORD, save me, O my God. For Thou hast smitten all them
against
fought against me without a * Thou hast broken the 3 teeth of the ungodly. that
* and the uttermost tance, parts of the earth for thy possession.
cause
Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, * and shalt dash them in pieces like a potter s vessel. Be wise
now,
;
Salvation
ye
:
many
* but
:
:
shall give
Thee thanks
?
weary with
my groaning, * I every night I wash my bed water my couch with my tears.
my him
the letters
O
am
I
:
Mine eye is grown dim because of grief * I am waxen old because of all mine enemies. :
Depart from me,
all
ye workers
* for the LORD hath of iniquity heard the voice of my weeping. :
The LORD hath heard my suppli * the LORD hath received
;
Hebrew
sore vexed
:
:
in the
is
?
who
grave
But Thou, O LORD, art a shield * me, my glory, and the Lifter of mine head. up I cried unto the LORD with my * and He heard me out of voice His holy hill. 2 * I I laid me down and slept me. for the LORD sustained awaked, I will not be afraid of thousands Here occur
soul also
LORD,
heal me,
LORD, how long O LORD, deliver my soul * O save me for Thy mercy s sake. For in death there is no one that remembereth Thee * and in the
for
1
dis
Return,
God. 1
in his
O
:
Thou,
they increased * are
:
in
neither
hot
am weak * O LORD, my bones are shaken.
My
they that rise up against me. Many there be that say of * There is no soul help for
Thine
Have mercy upon me, for I
III.
me ?
in
not
* :
pleasure.
Psalm of David, when he "A from Absalom his son." See the his tory in 2 Kings (Sam.) xv., xvi., xviii. ] are
anger
me
chasten
me
rebuke
OLORD, Thine
[Intituled
that trouble
upon
The [Intituled "A Psalm of David." also contains directions, probably musi cal, the meaning of which is now uncertain.]
fled
*- *
the
is
title
for
T ORD, how
blessing
Psalm VI.
:
.
unto
belongeth
LORD * and Thy 2 Thy people.
Serve the LORD with fear * and rejoice with trembling before Him. Lay hold of instruction, lest the Lord be angry, * and ye perish from the righteous way. When His wrath is kindled sud * blessed are all they that denly, put their trust in Him.
Psalm
:
O ye judges
therefore,
*
be instructed, kings of the earth.
:
cation
my
SLH,
or
:
prayer. "
Selah."
The meaning
of this
js
un
Gesenius thinks seems to have been used to mark a short pause in singing the words of the Psalm, so that the singer would be silent, while the instrumental music certain.
continued." 3
"it
But the Hebrew reads, not,
-
"without
a
SLH,
cause,"
again. but, "on the jaw-bone.
THE PSALTER. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed * let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger * and lift up Thyself against the borders of mine enemies.
Behold, Antiphon for Advent, there cometh the King, even the Most High, with great power, to Alleluia. save the nations.
God, according
:
:
And awake Thou
of
congregation pass Thee about.
For
In Paschal time there is only one Antiphon to the whole Nocturn.
my
high
for
Advent.
Strengthen ye. Second Antiphon for the rest of the
God
year.
O
my God,
OLORD take I
refuge
in
Thee do
*
save
:
me
from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, * while there is none to deliver, or to save.
O LORD my this,
*
hands If I
if
God, if I have done there be iniquity in mine
;
have requited with
that requited I
then
flee
evil
*
me
[with good], empty before
them
may mine
enemies. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it, yea, let him tread down * and my life upon the earth, lay mine honour in the dust. 2 1
Ps.
ii.
ii,
LORD
judgeth
is in me. wickedness of the to an end, and es * God trieth the
the
wicked come
Mine help
[Intituled "An Hymn of David, which he sang unto the LORD concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite." This Cush is sup posed to be the same as Shimei, whose curs ing of David is narrated in 2 Kings (Sam.) xvi. 7, 8, or else a nickname for Saul.]
com
LORD, according to * and according
is
righteous,
from the Lord, *
Psalm VII.
the
shall
tablish the just; hearts and reins.
a righteous judge.
is
so
people
righteousness, to mine integrity that let
Antiphon
my
therefore, return
* the
:
Lord
the peoples.
Judge me,
Second
* :
the
their sakes,
Thou on
O
me,
to the decree that
made
hast
Antiphon for the rest of the year. Serve the LORD with fear, and re joice with trembling before Him. 1
for
Who
coming
saveth the
upright in heart. God is a righteous judge, strong and patient * is He not provoked :
every day? If ye turn not, He will whet His sword * He hath bent His bow and :
made
it
ready.
And
hath fitted thereon the in * He hath struments of death, ordained His arrows against the persecutors.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity * he hath conceived mischief, and :
brought forth falsehood. He made a pit and digged it * and is fallen into the ditch which he :
made. His
return
mischief shall
upon
own head * and his iniquity shall come down upon his own his
:
pate. 1 will
to
praise the
LORD
His righteousness
sing
praise
LORD Most
to
the
High. 2
SLH.
*
according
:
name
and
will
of
the
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm VIII. [Intituled "A Psalm of also a title which seems to a song for the vintage. ]
OLORD, cellent
show
that
It
has
it
was
how
Thy Name
ex
in
all
the earth!
*
Thy
enemies are turned
and perish
they shall fall
is
exalted * above
the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babes and
For Thou hast maintained my * Thou satest right and my cause in the throne judging right.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and the wicked are perished :
put out their name for ever, even for ever and ever. The swords of the enemy have * and their cities
sucklings hast Thou perfected praise * that because of Thine enemies, Thou mightest destroy the enemy
Thou
hast
and the avenger.
failed
utterly hast destroyed.
When
consider Thine heavens, * the moon the work of Thy fingers I
:
and the dained
stars
which Thou hast or
man, that Thou art mind * or the son of man, of him ? is
Thou visitest him ? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, Thou hast crowned that
him with glory and honour, * and madest him to have dominion over the works of Thine hands.
Thou his feet,
things under sheep and oxen, yea,
hast put
*
all
all
and the beasts of the
The
fowl of the
air,
and the
fish
!
Psalm IX.
The Targum connects not now certain. with the slaying of Goliath.]
WILL I
praise
Thee,
O
LORD,
* I will with mine whole heart show forth all Thy marvellous works. :
1
*
perished with
is
and the LORD endureth
:
will
be glad
and
He
hath prepared His throne for * and He shall judge in world the righteousness, He shall
judgment
:
minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
The LORD poor
And name
also
is
a refuge for the
* a refuge in times of trouble.
:
them
let
know Thy Thee * for not forsaken them that
put their trust in
Thou, LORD, hast
:
Who Sing praises to the LORD, * declare Zion in dwelleth among :
the people His doings.
For when He maketh inquisition * blood He remembereth them
for
:
He
forgetteth
cry of the
the
not
afflicted.
It has [Intituled "A Psalm of David." also a superscription the meaning of which it
Their memorial a crash
that seek Thee.
field.
of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea. * how excel LORD, our Lord, lent is Thy Name in all the earth
is
:
Thou
for ever.
:
What ful
at
presence. :
For Thy glory 1
When mine back,
our Lord, * is
Thee * I will sing praise to Thy Name, O Thou Most High. :
David."
rejoice
in
Have mercy upon me, * consider
O LORD
:
[which I that hate me. them of suffer] Thou That liftest me up from the show death * that I gates of forth all
trouble
my
may
:
Thy
of praises in the gates
the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in
1 This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning those Sunday, Matthew xxi. 16.
who
cried
!
Thy
salvation
* :
Hosannah on Palm
THE PSALTER.
8
down
the heathen are sunk
in the
pit that they made. In the net which they hid, * their own foot taken.
The LORD
is
:
The wicked * :
all
* doth he murder the innocent. His eyes are privily set against the poor * he lieth in wait secretly, :
as a lion in his den.
He
be turned into
shall
forget
Thy
hath forgotten
:
:
sight.
Put Thou a master over them, O * let the nations know them :
be but men. 2
?
The wicked in his pride doth per * secute the poor they are taken in the devices that they have im :
agined.
For the wicked ing to his soul
unrighteous
s
is
praised accord * and the
desire
deemed
is
:
blessed.
The wicked provoketh *
the greatness
in
the
of his
LORD
:
scornful
indignation he doth not care. God is not before his eyes * his ways are always grievous. Thy judgments are far out of his * he hath dominion over his sight :
:
enemies. He hath said in his heart * I shall not be moved unto generation :
and generation, be
yea,
I
shall
is full
of cursing, and
1 Here occurs "Instrumental music Gesenius opinion, see p. 5, note I. 3 SLH. Here, according to the present :
down, when he hath mas
tered the poor. He hath said in his heart
He turneth away He shall never see
His face so that
O
Arise,
it.
LORD,
hand
God
:
*
:
* :
O
God,
forget
lift
not
up the
afflicted.
Wherefore doth the wicked pro voke God ? * for he hath said in
He
not require it. Thou beholdest * to deliver labour and sorrow them into Thine own hand. The poor leaveth himself unto Thee * Thou wilt be the helper of the fatherless. Break Thou the arm of the his wicked and the evil man his heart
Thou
:
seest
will
it,
for
:
:
"
:
wickedness shall be sought after and shall not be found. The LORD shall be King for ever and ever * the heathen shall perish out of His land. The LORD hath heard the petition of the poor * Thine ear hath heard :
:
the desire of his heart.
never
in adversity.
His mouth
the
yet
:
fall
Thine
Thou afar off, O Why * LORD, why hidest Thou Thyself standest
in times of trouble
catch
:
and
selves to
to
to catch the poor when poor he draweth him [after him]. In his snare doth he bring him shall he himself totter down *
shall not alway be * the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. Arise, O LORD, let not man pre * let the heathen be vail judged in
LORD
wait
in
lieth
*
the nations that
God. For the needy
forgotten
* under his
:
* the wicked executeth judgment is snared in the work of his own hands. 1 hell
:
mischief and sorrow. tongue He sitteth in the lurking-places in the secret places with the rich is
known when He
is
and fraud
bitterness,
To
judge the fatherless and the * that man may magnify
oppressed, himself no SLH."
Hebrew
This text,
is
more upon
earth.
a strong argument in favour of
ends Ps.
ix.
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm X. Of
"
TTELP,
There
also a superscription perhaps musical, but now of uncertain meaning.] [Intituled
TN
David."
LORD
the
my
I
put
is
say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to the mountain
*
For
?
bow, they make ready their arrows * that in the
may
they
quiver,
shoot
privily heart.
the
at
in
upright
* with neighbour flattering lips, with a double heart, do they speak. :
The LORD tering lips,
shall
cut off
all
flat
* and the tongue that
speaketh proud things. Who have said With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own * who is lord over us ? :
:
:
LORD
the
vanity every one with
They speak
:
For they have destroyed that * which Thou hast established and what hath the righteous done ? The LORD is in His holy temple *
:
from among the children of
faileth
his
wicked bend their
the
lo,
ceaseth
the godly * for the truth
for
LORD,
man
--
men.
trust;
how
-
^
S
throne
in heaven.
is
His eyes behold the poor * His eyelids try the children of men.
For the oppression of the poor,
and the sighing of the needy, * now will I arise, saith the LORD. * I will I will set him in safety :
:
The LORD
trieth
and the wicked
the
*
righteous
:
but
:
he
that
loveth iniquity hateth his own soul. Upon the wicked He shall rain snares
*
:
and brimstone, and
fire,
an horrible tempest,
deal faithfully with him. The words of the LORD are pure * silver tried in a words furnace,
this
shall
purged of dross, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep us, O LORD, and * from this preserve us generation for ever.
be
The wicked walk on every side men is according Thy secret counsel. :
the portion of their cup. For the righteous LORD loveth * His countenance righteousness
* the increase of to
:
doth behold uprightness. l Antiphon for Advent. Strengthen ye the weak hands be strong say Behold, our God will come, and :
Antiphon for
God
and
the rest of the year.
a righteous judge, strong, is He not provoked patient is
:
every day?
Third Antiphon for Advent.
Re
joice, all ye.
Third Antiphon for the rest of Thou shalt keep us.
the
year.
Psalm XI. [Intituled "A other words, of
Psalm of David," with some meaning now uncertain, as 1
VOL.
*
-*-
I.
Isa. xxxv. 3, 4.
me,
How
the
as
long
long
wilt
O LORD ? hidest
Thou for
forget
ever
Thou Thy
?
*
face
me?
from
How
long shall I take counsel * having sorrow in mine heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me ? * Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the * lest mine of death in
my
soul,
sleep
say
before.]
title
last.]
TTOW
save us, Alleluia. 2
Psalm XII. [This Psalm has the same
:
;
:
enemy
:
I
have prevailed against him. 2
Ps.
vii.
12.
THE PSALTER.
10
Those joice trusted in
me
trouble
that
if I
am moved Thy
I
For the Lord is in the generation of the righteous ye have shamed * because the counsel of the poor
re
will
* but
:
have
:
:
mercy.
the
Mine
heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation ; I will sing unto the LORD because He hath dealt bountifully
with
me
:
name
the
to
* and
I
will
the
of
LORD
O
that the salvation of Israel were * when the out of Zion
come LORD
sing praise
his hope.
is
!
bringeth back the captivity of
His people, Jacob shall rejoice and be glad.
Lord Most
Israel shall
High.
Psalm XIII. [Same
title
as
Psalm
Psalm XIV. x.]
[Intituled
fool hath said in his heart
THE* There
is
who
no God. :
* there is none that doeth good, no, not one. The LORD looked down from
heaven upon the children of men * to see if there were any that did understand, or seek God. :
are
all
gone
aside, they are i
altogether become unprofitable there is none that doeth good, no, not one. :
1
Their throat is an open sepul chre with their tongues they have used deceit * the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and * their feet are swift to bitterness :
:
:
They
before their eyes. the workers of iniquity
call
not upon the
LORD
my
He
neighbour,
fear
was
2
Isa.
xxxv. 4.
Thy shall
done
evil to his
* nor taken up a reproach
In whose eyes a vile person is * but he honoureth them despised that fear the LORD. :
He that sweareth and deceiveth him putteth not out his nor taketh reward
to his neighbour, * he that not,
money
to usury, the in
against
nocent. that
shall never
doeth these things, * be moved. 2
Rejoice, Antiphon for Advent. all ye, and be glad for, behold, the :
Lord
will
come
with vengeance,
bring a recompense come and save us.
will
* 3
:
He
He will
Antiphon for the rest of the year. shalt keep us, O LORD, and
Thou
preserve us.
;
The next three verses are not in LXX., which are supported by Rom. 1
who
against his neighbour.
:
there were they in great fear, where
no
abide in
*
?
his tongue. that hath not
He
and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace * there is no they have not known Destruction
no knowledge, * who eat up people as they would eat bread ?
shall
David."]
worketh righteousness. He that speaketh the truth in his * he that deceiveth not with heart,
shed blood.
God Have all
of
dwell in Thine holy hill ? He that walketh uprightly, * and
:
fear of
Psalm
LORD, tabernacle
They are corrupt, and have be come abominable in their works
They
"A
:
the iii.
Hebrew, although found 13-18. Ps. xi. 8.
in the
Vulgate and the
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Antiphon for Paschal time. Al 1 The stone was rolled away, Alleluia, from the door of the sepul
leluia.
Alleluia, alleluia.
chre.
Then
is
said a Verse
and Answer.
heaven. Give us this day our bread. And forgive us our daily
in
we forgive them that trespass against us. (Aloud.) Verse. And lead us not into trespasses, as
temptation.
Verse.
But
Answer.
In Advent. 2
II
deliver
us
from
evil.
Out of Zion, the Per
Then
fection of beauty.
Our God
Ansiver.
come
shall
/^RACIOUSLY ^*-X
manifestly.
this Absolution.
Jesus Christ,
hear,
O
Lord
the prayers
of
and have mercy upon Thy us Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, servants,
the rest of the year.
During 3
Verse.
I
:
have remembered Thy
name, O LORD, in the night. Answer. And have kept
Thy
world without end. Answer. Amen.
law.
Then
In Lent. Verse. He hath delivered me from the snare of the fowler. Answer. And from the noisome
(;
4
Sir,
May
And my
Ansiver.
my
darling from
is
Then is read the First Lesson, and at end the reader says :
the
But Thou,
upon risen
from
for us
upon
the grave, Alleluia.
Who
Answer.
hung
O
is
art
Lords Prayer.
said the
Father in
(inaudibly),
Mark
4
Ps. xc. 3.
6
Some
2 5
"
Command Thy
God.
to give the bless
Second Blessing.
May the Son the Sole-begotten In His mercy bless and help us. Amen. Answer. 3
Ps. xlix. 2. Ps. xxi. 2O.
persons bound to say the Office,
tute for this the words,
to
ing.
heaven, Hallowed be
xvi. 3.
Thanks be
be pleased
Who
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is 1
Lord, have mercy
Then is said the First Responsory, after which the reader says : Sir,
UR
O
us.
Answer.
the tree, Alleluia.
Then
blessing.
soul
In Paschal time.
The Lord
the Eternal Father bless us
With an everlasting Answer. Amen.
the power of the dog.
Verse.
be pleased to give the bless First Blessing.
In Passion time. Verse. O God, deliver from the sword.
:
ing.
pestilence.
5
the reader says
when
blessing,
Ps. cxviii. 55.
reciting alone, are
O
Lord
"
!
accustomed
to substi
THE PSALTER.
12
Then is read the Second Lesson, and end the reader says :
at the
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Thanks be to God.
In
shedding mention their names with
The LORD inheritance,
The
Third Blessing.
May
the grace of
places
is
the Spirit
read the Third Lesson, and :
LORD always be * because He is at hand, I shall never be
have
fore
my
my
right
set the
face
:
Therefore mine heart
said the Third Responsory.
tongue rejoiceth
also
shall
in hell
SECOND NOCTURN, OR WATCH OF THE NIGHT. Antiphon for Advent.
Rejoice
greatly.
Antiphon for the rest of the year. hast no need. Al Antiphon for Paschal time.
Thou
leluia.
is
glad,
*
my
my
:
and flesh
in hope,
rest
For Thou is
hath
moved.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Thanks be to God. Then
Who
:
I
at the end the reader says
in
have a
I
* my reins also given me counsel instruct me in the night seasons.
Amen.
Answer. Then
God
me
unto
yea,
:
the LORD,
I will bless
and mind enlighten.
restore
shalt
goodly heritage.
All our heart
lips.
:
That
lines are fallen
pleasant
ing.
my
the portion of mine * and of my cup
*
be pleased to give the bless
blood* nor
is
He
art
:
mine inheritance unto me.
after
Sir,
for
have no part
will I
Thou Then is said the Second Responsory, which the reader says :
assemblies
their
not leave my soul * neither wilt Thou suffer
:
wilt
Thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast shown me the path of
life,
in
Thy
Thou
shalt
fill
* presence:
me at
with joy
Thy
hand there are pleasures
for
right
ever
more. l
Rejoice Antiphon for Advent. of Jerusalem greatly, O daughter :
Psalm XV. work
[Intituled a
"of
specifically descriptive
but the
David,"
word
is
not
now
of
behold, thy King cometh into thee, O Zion ; fear not, for thy salvation
cometh
certain meaning.]
PRESERVE Thee do I
me,
O
I
put have said unto the
quickly.
Antiphon for Lord, for in * trust
my
LORD
:
:
Thou
my God, for Thou hast no need of my goods. To the Saints that are in His * He hath made all land, my will
the rest of the year.
2
Thou hast no need in Thee do I put my me,
O
of
my
trust,
goods,
preserve
Lord.
art
admirable. Their sorrows are that
hasten after [a 1
Zech.
ix.
In Paschal time there is only one Antiphon to the whole Nocturn.
Second
Antiphon
*
multiplied,
strange
god],
Advent.
Second Antiphon for the rest of the year.
By 3
9.
for
Christ our King.
the words. Ps. xv.
i, 2.
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm XVI. [Intituled
"A
Prayer of
O
my HEAR attend unto
right,
Give ear unto
Arise, cast
*
LORD,
my cry. my prayer,
* that
goeth not out of feigned lips. Let my sentence come forth from * let Thine eyes be Thy presence hold the things that are equal.
Thou
proved mine heart, * Thou by night hast tried me with fire, and found no wickedness in me. hast
visited
That
it
my mouth may
O
not speak
to strait paths. in
Thy
paths,
* that my footsteps slip not. I have called upon Thee, for Thou hast heard me, O God * in cline Thine ear unto me, and hear ;
my
speech.
Show Thy kindness,
*
marvellous
O Thou
them which put
loving-
That savest
Thee
their trust in
From those that rise up * Thy right hand keep me,
LORD, part them
from
the
earth
precious
*
their
:
Thine hidden
They have
in their
belly is treasure.
the
with
filled
rest of their
life
of
things
children to the
and leave the
full
* :
substance
to their babes.
As
for
me,
behold Thy face
I will
* I shall be satis in righteousness fied when Thy glory shall appear. :
:
Hold up my goings
:
the wicked, Thy sword that hate Thine hand.
from them
:
* by concerning the works of men the words of Thy lips I have kept
me
LORD, disappoint him, him down * deliver my
soul from
:
and
O
and David."]
Antiphon our
King
Christ for Advent. l Whom John cometh,
preached, saying ; Behold the That should come
Lamb
!
2
Antiphon for the rest of the year. the words of Thy lips I have
By
me
kept
to strait paths.
Third Antiphon for Advent. Be hold, I come. Third Antiphon for the rest of the year.
I will
love Thee.
!
against as the
When
this
used the
is
Antiphon
Psalm begins with LORD, my strength."
the
"
words,
O
apple of the eye.
Hide me under the shadow of * from the face of the wings, wicked that oppress me. Mine enemies compass my soul
Thy
round about, they are inclosed in * with their mouth their own fat :
they speak proudly. They that drave
now compassed me set their eyes earth.
They have and
as
it
:
have * they have out
bowing down
to the
WILL
:
love
Thee,
I my strength * my rock, and my my Deliverer. :
lain in wait for
is
me, as :
in secret places. 1
"
:
me
* ready for his prey were a young lion lurking
a lion that
Psalm XVII. [After a superscription, of meaning now uncertain, the title of this Psalm proceeds, Of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song, in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from It is and he said the hand of Saul found also, with a few slight differences, in 2 Kings (Sam.) xxii.]
My Whom
mine
God, I
i.
36.
O
LORD,
LORD
Helper,
Ps. xvi. 4.
is
and
fortress,
trust. 2
John
the
*
in
THE PSALTER.
My
buckler,
and the horn of my
* and
my
salvation, I called
refuge.
upon the LORD with * and am saved from mine praises, enemies. The sorrows of death compassed me * and the floods of wicked :
made me The sorrows
ness
me
about
*
Thy
the
blast
wrath
afraid.
came upon me.
me
;
He est of
ears.
of
distress I
called
:
The earth shook and trembled * the foundations of the hills moved and quaked, because He was wroth. There went up a smoke in His :
and fire burst forth before His presence * coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and * and darkness was came down under His feet.
wrath,
:
:
And He and did
fly
rode upon the Cherubim * He did yea,
:
fly
l
upon
the wings of the wind. And He made darkness His secret
His
place,
Him
round
pavilion
about
* dark waters, thick clouds
:
of the skies. At the brightness
was be
that
the thick clouds passed, * hailstones and coals of fire.
fore
Him,
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest uttered * hailstones and coals His voice :
of
fire.
Yea,
and 1
Of
He
sent
scattered
me
out of
many
waters.
upon the
my
Thy
from above, and took
sent
* and drew
* and cried unto my God. LORD, And He heard my voice out of * and His holy temple my cry came before Him, even into His
In
rebuke, LORD, of the breath of
!
He
of hell compassed the snares of death
:
out many lightnings and discomfited them. And the fountains of waters were * and the foundations of the seen, world were discovered. * at O At
out
them
His *
:
arrows shot
delivered
me
from the strong
mine enemies, and from them
which hated me strong for me.
*
:
for they
They came upon me
were too
in the
*
day
my calamity, but the LORD was my stay. He brought me forth also into a * He delivered me be large place cause He delighted in me. And the LORD shall reward me according to my righteousness, :
i
and according to the cleanness of mine hands shall He recompense me. For
have kept the ways of the * and have not wickedly de from GOD. my parted For all His judgments were before me * and I did not put away His statutes from me. I shall also be upright with Him, * and keep myself from mine in I
LORD,
:
iquity.
And the LORD shall reward me * according to my righteousness, and according to the cleanness of mine hands in His eye-sight. With the holy Thou shalt be * and with the innocent Thou be innocent.
He
And
with the pure
Thou
holy, shalt
shalt
be
these creatures, frequently mentioned in connection with the Divine manifestation, will be found in Ezekiel i. (First Sunday of November), and more
an elaborate account shortly in Apoc.
iv.
(Tuesday
in
Third
Week
after Easter).
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. * and with the contentious shalt be contentious.
pure,
Thou
For Thou *
wilt save the
For Thou *
LORD
darkness
my
lightest
my God,
:
afflicted
down
and bring
people, looks.
high
O
lamp,
my
enlighten
fect
word of the LORD
the
*
in the fire
He
:
per tried
is
all
Him.
God save the LORD ? who is God save our God ? is God that girdeth me with
For who It
is
a buckler to
is
those that trust in
* or
is
*
strength,
and maketh
my way
perfect.
He maketh my high places. He teacheth
like
feet
* and setteth
feet,
hinds
my
of brass.
Thou
hast
shield of
Thy
given me * and
also
salvation
also
correction
Thy
* and
the
Thy
:
hand hath holden me
me is
up.
hath
made
Thy
chastening great that shall teach me. :
Thou
hast
enlarged
under me, * and
my
feet
my
it
:
:
I will
they be consumed.
wound them
not be able to rise
under
my
that they shall
* :
they shall
Thou
:
The strangers feigned obedience * the unto me strangers were wearied out, and stumbled in their :
paths.
The LORD
my God
:
salvation
and blessed be
liveth,
* and
God
the
let
be exalted
of
my
!
It is Thou, O God, That avengest me, and subduest the people under me. * Thou art my deliverer from
my wrathful adversaries. And Thou shalt lift me up above those that rise up against me Thou shalt deliver me from the :
Therefore
Thee, * and
O
will I give
thanks unto
LORD, among the heathen,
sing praises unto Thy deliverance giveth
name.
He
to
His king, and showeth. mercy * and His Anointed, to David,
to
Great
to
seed for evermore.
his
fall
Antiphon for Advent. also with
hast girded * and hast strength unto the battle, subdued under me those that rose
I
come
and
My
every
Apoc.
xxii.
12.
quickly,
saith
1
Behold, Lord,
the
is with Me, to give according as his work
reward
man
shall be.
up against me. 1
of the
A people whom I knew not have * as soon as served me they heard of me they obeyed me.
feet.
me
from the * Thou
heathen.
steps
have not
pursue mine enemies and overtake them * neither will I turn again
me
gainsayings of the people make me the head shalt
will
till
shalt deliver
wicked man.
slipped. I
streets.
me upon mine
hands to war, * and maketh mine arms like a bow
right
I will beat them small, as * I will the dust before the wind cast them out as the dirt in the
Thou
God, His way
my
for
;
He
And
leap over a wall.
I
As
They cried, but there was none to save them, even unto the LORD, * but answered them not. :
!
For by Thee shall I be delivered * and from temptation, by my God shall
And hast made mine enemies to * and turn their back toward me, hast destroyed them that hate me.
THE PSALTER.
16
1
Antiphon for the rest of the year, will love Thee, O LORD, my
I
strength. 2
leluia.
Al
time.
Woman, whom seekest The Living among
Alleluia.
?
the dead
Then
Alleluia.
?
is
Alleluia.
bread.
trespasses, as
Verse.
Send
forth
Answer.
Lamb,
Lord, the ruler of the land. From the "Rock" of the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Answer.
During the rest of the year. 4 Verse. For Thou lightest LORD. O candle, Answer. My God, enlighten
Answer.
my
the lion
O
under His feathers
Lord, save
And mine
me
from
affliction
from
7
The Lord
the Father the Almighty, us His grace and mercy.
Then is read the Fourth Lesson, and end the reader says :
at the
But Thou,
is
risen indeed,
Answer. And hath appeared unto Simon, Alleluia.
art
in
Thy Name. 1
(inaudibly),
Isa. xvi. i.
4
Ps. xvii. 29.
Who
heaven, Hallowed be
Thy kingdom come.
Thanks be
to
God.
Sir,
be pleased
to give the bless
ing.
Fifth Blessing. all His people give, For ever in His sight to live. Answer. Amen.
May
Christ to
2
Ps. xvii. 2.
3
Lord, have mercy
is said the Fourth Responsory, which the reader says :
said the Lord s Prayer.
Father
O
us.
Then after
is
Amen.
time.
Alleluia.
Then
:
Show on
Answer. Verse.
the reader says
Fourth Blessing.
upon
the horns of the unicorns.
In Paschal
this Absolution.
be pleased to give the bless
Sir,
Answer.
mouth.
s
Answer.
from
ing.
In Passion time. 6
us
Amen.
Then
shalt thou trust.
Verse.
But deliver
end.
shall cover thee with
And
into
liveth and reigneth with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without
God
His wings. Answer.
(Aloud.) us not
His loving-kindness and mercy help us, Who
my
In Lent.
He
lead
A/FAY 1V1 His
darkness. 5
our that
evil.
Then the
O
Verse.
And
Verse.
us
them
forgive
forgive
trespass against us.
In Adve?it. 3
And we
temptation.
and Answer.
said a Verse
be done on earth, as it is Give us this day our
will
heaven.
in
daily
Antiphon for Paschal thou
Thy
The
"
Rock" is 5
the
Ps. xc. 3.
John xx. 15. in the wilderness. 6 Ps. xxi. 22.
town of Petra
Luke
xxiv. 34.
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Then is read the Fifth Lesson, and at end the reader says :
heavens declare the glory of God, * and the firmament
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Thanks be to God. Answer.
showeth His handy-work. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth
the
knowledge.
Then is said the Fifth Responsory, after which the reader says :
There
is no speech nor lan * where their voice is not guage,
heard.
be pleased to give the bless
Sir,
ing.
all
Sixth Blessing.
:
the ends of the world.
He
the Spirit s fire Divine In our inmost being shine.
May
Answer.
Their sound is gone out through * and their words to the earth
sun
x :
hath set His tabernacle in the * which is as a
coming out of
Amen.
He
bridegroom chamber.
his
rejoiceth as a strong man to * his going forth is from
Then is read the Sixth Lesson, and at the end the reader says :
run a race
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Thanks be to God.
his circuit unto the ends of * and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of the LORD is perfect, * the testimony converting the soul of the LORD is sure, making wise the
Then
is
said the Sixth Responsory.
THIRD NOCTURN, OR WATCH THE NIGHT.
OF
And
it
:
:
simple.
The right,
Antiphon for Advent.
The Angel
Gabriel.
Antiphon for the rest of the year. There is no speech. Antiphon for Paschal time. Al leluia.
statutes
rejoicing
commandment
LORD
are
*
the
of
the
the
heart
:
LORD
of the
is
giving light unto the eyes. The fear of the LORD
enduring
for ever
clear,
is
and ever
:
holy,
* the
judgments of the LORD are
true,
righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold and store of precious stones,
Psalm XVIII. [Intituled "A Psalm of David," with the same farther obscure superscription, as in Pss. xii. and xiii.] 1
:
the end of the heaven.
* sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb. Verily,
Thy
servant keepeth
them
:
The sense seems cii. 19 ; ciii. 2, 3. of this system is represented as a kind of celestial counterpart of the tabernacle, which was the centre of the Divine authority as re In vealed upon earth. The Hebrew, however, which is supported by St. Jerome, reads, them (i.e., the starry heavens) hath He set a tabernacle for the sun," and this reading seems to commend itself to Archbishop Kenrick, who suggests that the tabernacle may signify the region below the horizon, into which the sun retires nightly, as into a tent, to to
So the LXX.,
as well as the Vulgate.
be that the physical source of the li^ht and
Cf. Ps. life
"
"
"
sleep,
hath
and from which he
He
set
issues in
renewed glory every morning.
splendour as a tabernacle for the
sun."
Targum
:
"In
them
THE PSALTER.
i8
* in keeping of them there
is
Send thee help from the sanc * and strengthen thee out of tuary,
great
reward.
Who
Zion.
can understand his errors?
Remember
Thou me from secret faults from preserve Thy servant also
Cleanse *
:
and accept thy burnt
If they get not dominion over me, * and then shall I be undefiled 1 shall be cleansed from the great
my
We we
mouth, heart, sight for
Thy
will rejoice in
* and in the
and the meditation of mine * be acceptable in
thy
heart,
counsel.
:
of
sacrifice.
*
3
Grant thee according to thine * and fulfil all own
the sins of others.
transgression. Let the words
thine offerings,
all
name
salvation
Thy
God
of our
:
will
exult.
The LORD fulfil * now know I that
all
the
thy petitions LORD saveth :
His Anointed.
ever,
mine Helper, * and
O LORD Redeemer
He
my
will
*
heaven,
!
hear him from His holy is
strong
the salvation of
right hand. Some trust in chariots
His
The An Antiphon for Advent. unto Gabriel Mary, saying spake gel Hail, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee blessed art thou l
:
:
Antiphon for the rest of There is no speech nor guage where their voice is
2
lan
In Paschal time only one Antiphon to the whole Nocturn.
len
our
* and LORD, save the king hear us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Antiphon
for
:
Advent.
said
Antiphon
is
used the
begins with the words
"
Hear
thee."
of
Mary
salutation
soul is troubled. this? And will Shall I bear the King ? He not break the seal of my vir
My
is
The LORD.
4
Advent.
What manner
:
ginity
?
the rest of the year. hear thee in the day of
Antiphon for 5
The LORD
trouble.
[This Psalm has the same
King. title
as
the
Third Antiphon for
last.]
year.
LORD
hear thee in the day * the Name of of trouble
THE
God 1
4
:
of Jacob defend thee.
Luke Luke
i.
28. 29.
The
When Psalm
the rest
2
Ps. xviii. 4. Ps. xix. 2.
of the
king.
this
Antiphon
begins with the
is
used the
words
joy."
5 i.
The
Third Antiphon for Advent.
Psalm XIX.
the
call
are brought down and fal * but we are risen, and stand
:
Antiphon for
Second Antiphon for the rest of the
Psalm
will
LORD
is
said.
this
and some
O
said
When
name
but we of the
upright.
not
heard.
year.
* :
They the year.
Second
the
upon God.
among women.
Mary
horses
in
SLH.
"
Shall
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm XX. [This Psalm
also bears the
title as
Be Thou king
in
joy
O
Thy
Thy
rejoice
desire,
hast given him his heart s * and hast not withholden
to
3
The king
:
his head.
* and life of Thee him gavest length of days for ever and ever.
asked
Antiphon for
O
the rest of the year.
shall joy in
Lord
:
is
Then
risen, Alleluia, Alleluia.
is
said a Verse
:
shalt
:
countenance. For the king trusteth in the * LORD, and, through the mercy of the Most High, he shall not be
find
out
shall
* :
all
out
find
all
thy right hand those that hate
and Answer.
In Advent. 4
Verse.
The Lord cometh
His holy place. He Answer. His people.
During 5
Verse.
make them
shalt
the rest of the year.
Thou
exalted,
O
LORD, in Thine own strength. Answer. We will sing and praise
Thy
power.
as a fiery
oven in the time of thine anger * LORD shall cut them off in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, * and their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against
6
Verse.
His truth
shall
:
the
t
they imagined a device, which they were not able to perform. Therefore shalt thou cast them
4
save
In Lent.
Thou
J
out of
come and
will
Be
thee.
thee
strength,
luia,
His glory is great in Thy salva * honour and great majesty
Thou lay upon him. For Thou wilt give him to be a * Thou shalt blessing for ever make him exceeding glad with Thy
Thy
LORD. Antiphon for Paschal time. Alle Weep not, Mary, Alleluia the
:
Thou
purified
go forth to meet Him, for, behold, will come and will not tarry.
* Thou hast blessings of sweetness set a crown of precious stones upon
shall
in
sing
;
He
moved. Thine hand thine enemies
will
men be
fore let the hearts of 2
tion
LORD,
The King, Antipkon for Advent. even the Most High, cometh there
the request of his lips. 1 For Thou hast met him with the
He
O
exalted,
Thine own strength * we and praise Thy power.
:
!
Thou
leave
shalt
:
shall
LORD * and in strength, salvation how greatly shall he
*
thou
:
their faces lying in thy track.
the xviiith.
H^HE
*
behind thee same
:
SLH. Isa.
xxxv. 4
2 ;
Micah
i.
Thou
Answer.
for the terror
by
shalt not
be afraid
night.
In Passion time. 7
Verse.
Take not away my
with sinners,
O God
Answer. men.
Nor my 3
Heb. 5
3.
be thy
shield.
x. 37. Ps. xx. 14.
6
Ps. xc. 5.
soul
!
with bloody
life
Ps, xx, 2. 7
Ps. xxv. 9.
THE PSALTER.
20 In Paschal l
Verse.
The
Eighth Blessing.
time.
were glad,
disciples
Alleluia.
When
Answer.
saw
they
the
Lord, Alleluia.
Then
said the
is
Father
OUR
art
Lord s
Who
heaven, Hallowed be
in
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is heaven.
Give us
daily bread. trespasses, as
And
in
we
trespass against
And
Verse.
this
day our us
our
them
that
forgive
forgive
is
read the Eighth Lesson, and
at the end the reader says
O
But Thou,
:
Lord, have mercy
us.
upon
Thanks be
Answer.
to
God.
Then is said the Eighth Responsory, which the reader says :
after
Sir,
be pleased to give the bless
us.
(Aloud.) lead us not
into
temptation.
But deliver us from
Answer.
most mighty strength alway Be His people s staff and stay. Answer. Amen. s
Then
Prayer.
(inaudibly),
God
evil.
ing.
Ninth Blessing.
May He That
is
the
Angels
King Then
To
the Absolution.
MAY
bonds of our sins. Answer. Amen. Then Sir,
the reader says
Answer.
are Or, if another Gospel and Homily read:
May
:
be pleased to give the bless
the Gospel
s
glorious
read the Ninth Lesson, and
is
at the end the reader says
Seventh Blessing.
word
Cleansing to our souls afford.
Then
:
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Thanks be to God.
the Gospel s saving Lord Bless the reading of His word.
May
Amen.
Then
Then is read the Seventh Lesson^ and at the end the reader says :
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Thanks be to God. Then is said the Seventh Responsory, which the reader says :
after
Sir,
Amen.
to be
ing.
Answer.
high realm His people
that
bring.
the Almighty and merci ful Lord loose us from the
be pleased to give the bless
ing.
John
is
unless this
O Hymn
God,"
said a Ninth Responsory, "We praise Thee,
Hymn,
be substituted
"We
for
praise Thee,
O
it.
The
God,"
is
said in this place on every Sunday and Feast-day in the year (except the Feast on a of the Holy Innocents if it fall Week - day} from Easter to Advent and from Christmas to Septuagesima.
In Advent and from Septuagesima to Easter it is not said on Sunday, but Easter to only on Feast-days. From Pentecost it is said on every day what soever, except only Rogation Monday.
xx. 20.
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. praise Thee, O God: acknowledge Thee to
We
we be
To Thee the
therein. 3
phim
do
continually
Holy, Holy, Holy Sabaoth. 4
cry
The
Thy
of
for ever.
Day by day we magnify Thee And we worship Thy name,
of the
full
ever world without end.
glory.
glorious
of
company Thee
the to
:
Apostles praise
Vouchsafe, O Lord, keep us without sin. 8
goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee The white-robed army of Mar
Have mercy upon have mercy upon us.
Thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee The Father of an infinite Ma
upon
The
:
praise
tyrs
O
9
:
10
ed
:
jesty
help hast re
;
Heaven and earth are majesty of
pray Thee,
whom Thou
bless
:
LORD God
therefore
servants,
come
shalt
Thine inheritance. Govern them, and lift them up
and Sera
2
Thou
:
deemed with Thy precious Blood. Make them to be numbered with 6 Thy Saints in glory everlasting. 7 O Lord, save Thy people, and
Angels cry aloud, and all the Powers
To Thee Cherubim
We
5
Thy
all
heavens,
believe that
be our Judge
to
the Lord. All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting.
21
:
LORD,
let
this
us,
O
Thy mercy
day,
LORD, lighten
Thee. O LORD, in Thee have I trust let me never be confounded. our trust
us, as
in
is
If Lauds be not immediately to follow, Mattins end thus :
:
Thine honourable, true and only Son Also the Holy Ghost, the Com :
Hear my
Verse.
And
Answer. unto Thee.
O
LORD.
cry
come
prayer,
my
let
forter.
Thou Christ
the
art
King of
glory,
O
Thou
Son of
art the everlasting
tookest upon Thee man, Thou didst not
When Thou deliver
abhor the Virgin
When Thou
womb
didst
heaven
of
1
to
sittest at the right hand in the glory of the Father
Hear my
The authorship is
of this Hymn, uncertain.
4
Hebrew feminine
Plural,
5
During
it is
7
Ps. xxvii. 9.
this verse -
And
Answer. unto Thee.
day
LORD.
cry
come
prayer,
my
let
then
;
O
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
May
Verse. faithful,
the
Bless
Answer.
of
the
souls
of
the
through the mercy of God,
Answer. Then
:
480, died 543),
Prayer for
rest in peace.
:
Thou God,
the
Verse.
:
Thou
death,
kingdom
believers
all
s
hadst overcome the
of
sharpness open the
Then
Verse.
the Father. to
Let us pray.
!
which
is
Prayer.
Benedict (born A.D. prescribed in the Rule of St. 3 See Isaiah vi. 2. See Ezek. i.
a
^
meaning
"hosts,"
"armies.
Here ends the
usual to kneel.
.-
Amen. Lord s
the
...
Ps. cxxii. 3.
BT>_ 9
xxx ii. 22. Ps. xxxii.
original Hymn. 10 Ps. xxx. 2.
22
LAUDS, OR THE MORNING PRAISES OF GOD. 1
Psalm XCII.
THE LORD S
[The Hebrew and
DAY.
the Targum give no the LXX. and the Vulgate have "A Song of Praise by David for the eve of the Sabbath when the earth was established" i.e., Song of Praise proper for the close of Friday before the setting in of the Sabbath ; the time of which it is said (Gen. i. 31, ii. i): "And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth Thus the heavens and the earth day. were finished, and all the host of them."] superscription
Verse. *J
Make
haste,
O
God,
to
Answer. Make haste to help me, O LORD. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world with
Amen,
Alleluia.
HPHE
From Septuagesima Sunday to Maundy Thursday instead of "Alle luia,"
is
said:
Then follow at once the Psalms and Antiphons. From the First Sunday in Advent till the Sunday after the Octave of the Epiphany andfrom Septuagesima Sunday till the Octave of Pentecost (and also on all Feasts}, Five Antiphons are given, -which are then said in the places here marked. During the rest of the year only Three Antiphons are
which are given
Antiphon. 1
here.
Alleluia.
The proper hour
which time
^ LORD
LORD
He
reigneth,
is
* the clothed with majesty is clothed with strength, where :
He hath girded Himself. He hath established the
with
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of Heaven.
said,
but
A
deliver me.
out end.
;
for
Lauds
world * that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is established of old * Thou art from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O * the floods have lifted LORD, up
also,
:
their voice
The
floods
lift
up
their waves.
*
But Mightier than the noise of
many waters Than the mighty breakers * is the LORD on sea high
of the
!
is
this Office is said in
the dawn of day. This is reckoned to be about 3 A.M., at many Convents. For this purpose it is, in choirs, invari
it forms part of the same service with the Midnight Mass at Christmas) Hence it follows 1st, that it is said immediately after and as one service with Mattins. said late in the afternoon, when Mattins are said at that time, and 2ndly, that the Lord s This service is constructed Prayer and Angelic Salutation are not said at the beginning. on the same general principle as Vespers, and answers to that Office as Prime does to
ably (except where
Compline.
SUNDAY AT LAUDS. testimonies are very sure becometh Thine house, LORD, for ever
Thy
* :
O
holiness
In a dry and desert land, with out water. So have I appeared
Thee
before
!
When there are Five Antiphons the First is repeated, and the Second begun or said through the first time here.
in the Sanctuary, to see
Thy power and Thy glory. Because Thy loving-kindness *
better than
is
my
lips shall praise
bless
Thee while I up mine hands
life,
Thee.
Thus
Psalm XCIX. and the LXX.,
[Intituled in the Vulgate
"
A
Psalm of Thanksgiving.
MAKE all
.
in "]
a joyful noise unto God, * serve the ye lands :
LORD with gladness. Come before His presence,
Know * :
ye that the LORD, is He That hath
it
soul
and not we ourselves We are His people, and the sheep * Enter into His of His pasture. gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise give thanks unto Him, For the LORD Praise His Name. :
remember Thee upon my
I
night hast been mine help And in the shadow of :
:
will
My *
I
rejoice. after Thee
hard upholdeth me.
:
destroy
shall
it,
go
generations.
for foxes.
Five Antiphons the repeated, and the Third begim here.
xxiii.]
My 1
But the
God
my
God,
early will I seek Thee: * soul thirsteth for Thee,
The Hebrew
and His we
Thee,
:
King
shall
:
rejoice
in
every one that sweareth by
:
Here
*
my
Glory be to the not said.
the Doxology,
Father,
&c.,"
is
"
Psalm LXVI. musical superscription, the the Targum give no title ex But the Vulgate Psalm, a Psalm. cept and the LXX. ascribe the authorship to a
[Besides
Hebrew and
A
"
David.]
GOD
be merciful unto us, and * cause His face us
bless
:
tradition attributes the negative to an eccentric spelling,
are.
soul to
the lower
stopped.
"
flesh longeth for
my
hand
:
was betrayed again and again, and had the The history most hairbreadth escapes. will be found in I Kings (Sam.) xxii. and art
into
right
him shall glory * for the mouth them that speak lies shall be
Psalm LXII.
Thou
Thy
of
[Intituled "A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah." This was one of the most perilous periods of David s from the pursuit of life, when he was flying Saul, and hiding in different forests and He wildernesses in the south of Palestine.
OGOD,
wings
* they shall fall shall be a portion the sword, they by
there are
Second is or said through the first time
Thy
soul followeth
But those that seek parts of the earth
When
as
meditate upon Thee in the * because Thou watches
I
good, His mercy is everlasting * and His truth endureth to all :
satisfied ;
When
:
is
be
shall
* and marrow and fatness mouth shall Thee with praise my
He
is
lift
with
bed,
made
I
will
Thy name.
My
joyful lips.
l
us,
will
* and
:
* with
singing.
God
live
and
translates
THE PSALTER. to shine
unto
upon
us,
and be merciful
1
us.
That Thy way may be known * Thy saving health upon earth :
among
all
nations.
Let the people praise Thee, O * let all the people praise Thee. O let the nations be glad and
God
:
*
for Thou judgest sing for joy the people righteously, and govern2 est the nations upon earth. :
in, ceased not to make the oven hot with resin, pitch, tow, and small wood, so that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine cubits. But the Angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azariah and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven, and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither Then the three, hurt nor troubled them. as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and
them
God in the furnace, saying" the Hymn, of which that in the text is a cento. The first five verses are omitted.]
blessed
ALL
Let the people praise Thee, O God, let all the people praise Thee. * The earth hath yielded her in
Him,
crease
ever.
bless us
;
let
even
God
our
own
bless us
:
God, * and
the ends of the earth fear
all
let
:
;
Let God,
Him.
ye works of the Lord,
* bless ye the Lord praise and exalt Him above all for
O
ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye * O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord. O all ye waters that be above the
Lord
the
:
* O all heavens, bless ye the Lord ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord. :
When
there are Five Antiphons, the Third is repeated, and the Fourth begun or said through the first time here.
Ordinary Antiphon throughout
the
Alleluia, Alleluia.
year.
Second Ordinary Antiphon. king commanded. Antiphon for Paschal time. leluia,
Alleluia,
Alleluia
;
The
Alleluia,
Second Antiphon for Paschal time.
That delivered.
(Daniel
iii.
57.)
Azariah offered a long the king s servants, that put
this strange position "
1
And
SLH. The
O
O
and heat, bless ye the ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord. O ye dews and rime, bless ye the Lord * O ye frost and cold, bless ye the Lord.
Lord
ye
fire
*
:
O
repetition of the
O
ye ice and snow, bless ye the * O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord. O ye light and darkness, bless ye * O the Lord ye lightnings and
Lord
[It is well known how the three young comrades of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, called by the heathen, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, were thrown into a furnace for refusing to worship an idol, and remained unhurt amid the flames. In
prayer.
Moon, bless ye the ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord. O ye showers and dew, bless ye * O the Lord ye winds of God, bless ye the Lord. *
:
:
THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN.
ye Sun and
:
Al
Alleluia, Alleluia; Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
He
O
Lord
words
"be
:
:
clouds, bless ye the Lord. let the earth bless the
O
*
her praise and exalt for ever
let
all
merciful unto
Him
Lord above
!
us"
is
peculiar to the Latin.
:
SUNDAY AT LAUDS.
O
ye mountains and hills, bless * O all the Lord ye green
ye
:
upon the
things
earth, bless ye the
Lord.
of the
O ye wells, bless ye the O ye seas and floods, bless
*
Lord
:
ye the
Lord.
O
ye whales, and
all
move
that
waters, bless ye the Lord all ye fowls of the air, bless
in the
*
O
:
ye the Lord.
O
The king commanded, and year. the Three Children were cast into the furnace, fearing not the flame fire,
from the burning Christ, Alleluia.
from
the
even
grave.
Alleluia.
all
.
:
him
and
praise
for ever
Him
exalt
above
all
!
O
ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye * O ye servants of the bless Lord, ye the Lord.
Lord
O
Psalm CXLVIII.
ye
spirits
and
of the
souls
Lord
men
ye holy and humble bless ye the Lord.
* :
O
of heart,
Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, * ye the Lord praise and
bless
:
Him
exalt
above
we
for ever.
all
and the * let us Ghost Holy and exalt Him above all for
Bless
the
Father,
Son, and the praise
:
ever.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the * and to be firmament of heaven :
praised,
above
and
all
glorified,
and exalted
for ever.
Here the Doxology,
Glory be to the not said, nor "Amen" Father, &c.," answered. But the other Canticles are treated like ordinary Psalvis. "
is
When
there are Five Antiphons, the and the Fifth begun or said through the first time here.
Fourth
this
[To
is repeated,
Psalm
is
prefixed "Alleluia." with the Prophets Haggai and Zechariah. See Thursday and Friday in the fifth week of November.]
The LXX. connect
13RAISE
it
LORD from
ye the *
heavens
:
righteous, bless ye the
^
Blessed be
fiery furnace,
risen
is
:
1
:
He Antiphon for Paschal time. That delivered the Three Children
Third Antiphon.
ye beasts and cattle, bless * O ye the Lord ye children of men, bless ye the Lord. O let Israel bless the Lord * let
the
but saying
God!
:
praise
Him
the
in the
heights.
*
Him, all His Angels praise ye Him, all His hosts. Praise ye Him, sun and moon * praise Him, all ye stars and light. Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens * and all the waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the Praise ye
:
:
:
Name made 2
LORD
of the
For :
!
He spake, and they * He commanded, and
were they
were created. He hath established them for * He hath made a ever and ever decree which shall not pass. Praise the LORD from the earth, * ye dragons, and all deeps Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind, * fulfilling His word * fruitful Mountains, and all hills, :
:
:
trees,
and
all
cedars
:
and all cattle, * creeping and things, flying fowl Kings of the earth, and all people Beasts,
:
Ordinary Antiphon throughout the 1
This verse
given 2
I
is
;
is, of course, a later addition ; more than two verses are omitted, and the last one of those omitted at the beginning.
Taken from
Ps. xxxii. 9.
THE PSALTER.
26 *
and
princes, earth
all
judges
of
* ment written His Saints.
the
:
honour have
this
all
:
Young men, and maidens, old men, and children let them praise * for His the Name of the LORD
[Here
"Alleluia."]
:
Name
is is
*
earth.
the Doxology,
Father,
exalted
alone
His glory
Here
c.,"
Saints,
even of the children of people near unto Him.
Israel,
all
[Here
*
His
of
praise
to the
Psalm CL.
of His people,
The
Glory be
!
above heaven and also exalteth the horn
He
"
not said.
is
a
PRAISE tuary
"Alleluia."]
the Lord in His
*
Him
praise
!
sanc the
in
firmament of His power Praise Him in His mighty acts * praise Him according to His ex !
[Here
"Alleluia."]
Here
"
the Doxology, Glory Father, &c.," is not said.
be
to the
cellent greatness
Praise
Psalm CXLIX.
the trumpet
Alleluia."]
Praise
unto the LORD a new * His praise in the song congregation of Saints. Let Israel rejoice in Him That made him * and let the children
SING
:
:
of Zion be joyful in their King.
Let
them
the dance
Him
unto
praise
*
let
:
with
His
them the
* !
!
Name
in
dance
* !
the
praise
Him
Him
with the timbrel and praise Him with stringed
loud
cym
the
high-
* Let every sounding cymbals breath hath that praise the thing !
LORD
!
[Here
Antiphon.
For the LORD taketh pleasure in * He also will exalt His people
!
Him upon the praise Him upon
Praise
sing praises timbrel and
harp.
with the
!
instruments and organs bals,
sound of
with
psaltery and harp
"
[Here
Him
!
"Alleluia."]
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alle
luia.
:
the
meek unto
Let *
let
the Saints be joyful in glory them sing aloud upon their :
beds: Let the high praises of * and a their mouth :
sword
(The
salvation.
in
their
hands
be in
two-edged
;
;
To
of Five Antiphons
is,
of
after the Epiphany, and from Septuagesima Sunday to the Third Sunday after Pentecost, as also on all On Feasts, a special Chapter is given. the remaining Sundays the Chapter is that given here.
Sunday
God
To execute vengeance upon the * and heathen, punishments upon the people ; To bind their kings with chains, * and their nobles with fetters of iron
last
course, repeated here.} Then follows the Chapter. From the First Sunday in Advent to the Second
execute upon them the judg
CHAPTER.
(Apoc.
vii.
12.)
and wis and honour, and power, and might be and
BLESSING, dom, and
glory,
thanksgiving,
SUNDAY AT LAUDS. God
unto our
and
ever
for
ever.
Beam
on our bewildered mind,
Till its
Amen. Answer.
Thanks be
dreamy shadows
flee
;
Stones cry out where Thou hast shined, JESU musical with Thee.
God.
to
!
This answer
is
always made after
the Chapter.
From
Then follows the Hymn.
the
Sunday in Advent till the Octave and from the First Sunday in Lent till the Octave of Pen
To the Father and the Son, And the Spirit, Who in heaven
First
Ever
of the Epiphany
Praise on earth be ever given.
as also on all Feasts, a special Hymn is given. On the remaining Sundays the Hymn given here is said, except between the Octave of Pentecost and the first Sunday of October.
witness,
Three and One,
Amen.
tecost,
The following Hymn is said from Fourth Sunday after Pentecost till first
the the
Simday of October.
HYMN. 2
HYMN. 1
have grown the shades of
pALER A night, And nearer draws
of the earth and sky, CRAMER Ruler of the day and night,
With a glad variety, Tempering all, and making
light
the day,
Checkering the sky with streaks
of
;
light,
Gleams upon our dark path
Since flinging,
Cutting short each night begun, Hark for chanticleer is singing, Hark he chides the lingering sun. !
!
And the morning star replies, And lets loose the imprison d day And the godless bandit flies From his haunt, and from his prey.
we began
to
pray
:
To pray
for mercy when we sin, For cleansing and release, For ghostly safety, and within For everlasting peace.
;
it sounds, the storm relenting Soothes the weary seamen s ears Once it wrought a great repenting, In that flood of Peter s tears.
Shrill
Praise to the Father, as is meet, Praise to the Only Son, Praise to the Holy Paraclete, While endless ages run.
Amen.
;
Then is said a Verse and Answer. Advent and from Septuagesima Sunday till the end of Paschal time^ as
In
Rouse we let the blithesome cry Of that bird our hearts awaken
also on all Feasts, a special Verse
Chide the slumberers as they
Answer are given.
;
;
And
lie,
and
arrest the sin-o ertaken. 3
Verse.
Hope and health are in his strain, To the fearful and the ailing
is
Answer.
;
Murder sheathes his blade profane, Faith revives when faith was failing. JESU, Master when we sin, Turn on us Thy healing Face It will melt the offence within
The LORD
reigneth,
He
clothed with majesty.
The LORD
is
clothed
with strength, and hath girded self with power.
Him
!
Into penitential grace 1
By
by the 2
St.
late
Ambrose, or Card.
is
at least of the
is
said the following Songfrom It has an Antiphon, whicli
the Gospel.
:
always
special,
Ambrosian school, except the
and which last verse.
is either
Translation
Newman.
By Pope St. Gregory Newman.
Card.
Then
;
the Great, but a
good deal 3
Ps. xcii.
altered. I.
Translation by the late
THE PSALTER.
28
begun or said through the first time be fore z /, according as the Office is Double or not.
Father,
is
&c.,"
Antiphon
Then
THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS.
Verse.
[On the occasion of the circumcision of St. John the Baptist. Luke i. 68-79.]
Answer. unto Thee.
be the Lord
* BLESSED Israel,
for
He
God
and
said,
the
then
repeated.
said :
is
Hear my
And
of
prayer,
my
let
O
LORD.
cry
come
Let us pray.
hath visited
and redeemed His people. And hath raised up an horn of
Then follows
the
at the end of which
salvation for us, * in the house of His servant David
Prayer for the day is answered:
Amen.
Answer.
:
As He spake by the mouth of His holy Prophets, * which have been since the world began That we should be saved from our enemies, * and from the hand of :
all
that hate us
To
:
perform the mercy promised
* and to remember His holy covenant The oath which He sware to our father Abraham, * that He would grant unto us, That we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, * might to our fathers,
:
serve
Him
without
fear,
In holiness and righteousness be Him * all the days of our life.
fore
And
thou, child, shalt be called * for the Prophet of the Highest :
thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways :
To
knowledge of salvation unto His people, * by the remission ;
Through the tender mercy of our * God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, give
light
to
them that sit the shadow of
in darkness, and in * to death, guide our feet into the
way of
peace.
and Answer
"Glory
be
to
the
after the
Prayer {preceded by
Hymn, and "
the
Let us pray
")
which is to After which the Commemorations
the superseded Office
from
be commemorated. following Common are made, if required, according to Chapter xxxv. of the General Rubrics. When more than two Prayers are to be said, the last clause of each (begin ning "Through our Lord, &c.," or Who livest, &c.,") is omitted in all except the first and the last, nor is "
"Amen"
answered except after
these
two.
{Note that if these Commemorations upon a week-day, kept as such, out of Paschal time, they are preceded
be said
by the Commemoratioii of the Cross, given hereafter at the end of the Lauds of Monday.}
I.
Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
{Omitted if the Office of the day is of the Blessed Virgin, or if her Little Office is to be said.}
Antiphon. thou an help
O
Holy Mary,
to
the
helpless,
be a
strength to the fearful, a comfort to the sorrowful pray for the people, for the plead clergy, make inter ;
cession
The Doxology,
Commem
by the Antiphon of Zacharias, the Verse
necessary,
for the Song
give
of their sins
To
Afterwards are made any orations
God
;
for
may
all
all
women vowed
to
that keep thine holy
SUNDAY AT LAUDS. the
feel
remembrance,
of
might
thine assistance. Verse.
Pray
for
O
us,
holy
Mother of God. That we may be made Answer.
2
Verse.
The mouth
Let us pray.
worthy of the promises of Christ.
GOD, Who,
Let us pray. ,
Lord
we beseech Thee, unto
God,
servants, that they
may
O
Thy
all
continually
enjoy soundness both of mind and of body, and by the glorious inter
un-
Own most holy Mother; mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with Thee, we who on earth do reverence
joy of Thine eternal gladness.
our behalf.
After thy delivery thou remainest a Virgin undefiled. Mother of God, pray Answer.
Thine
in
speakable foreknowledge, didst choose Thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of Thine
cession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the
From the Octave of the Epiphany to Candlemas, the Antiphon is the same, but the rest is as follows :
of the right
eous speaketh wisdom. And his tongue talketh Answer. judgment.
him
our
for
defender,
may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to Thee on
Commemoration of the Holy
III.
Apostles, Peter
and Paul.
Verse.
still
for us.
(Omitted in the Votive
Offi-ce
of the
Apostles.} 3
Let us pray.
OGOD,
Who, by
virginity
of
These are glorious Antiphon. over all the earth, they loved one another in their lives, and in their death they were not princes
the
fruitful
Blessed
the
Mary, hast given unto mankind the rewards of everlasting life grant, we beseech Thee, that we may con
divided. 4
Verse.
Their sound
is
gone out
;
might of her inter cession, through whom we have worthily received the Author of our
tinually feel the
life,
our Lord JESUS Christ
Thy
Commemoration of St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church. (Omitted in his Votive Office^ l
JESUS Himself began Antiphon. be about thirty years of age, being the son of Joseph. (as was supposed) to
4
Luke
iii.
Ps. xviii.
23. 5-
all
the earth.
Answer. And ends of the world.
their
words
to the
Let us pray.
Son.
II.
1
through
OGOD, caught
Whose Right
Hand
Blessed
Peter
the
when he walked upon 5
the
water, thrice de
and to sink, livered his fellow-Apostle Paul from and began
the deep of the sea, when he suf 6 fered shipwreck ; graciously hear the sake of them for and us, grant,
2
Ps. xxxvi. 30.
3
5
Matth.
6
xiv. 31.
2 Kings (Sam.) 2 Cor. xi. 25.
THE PSALTER.
30 both, that
we
also
may
For
unto
attain
everlasting glory. Note
1
Peace,
Give peace in our Antiphon. time, O Lord, because there is
l .
In England in this case, by a special rule,
is
made
Commemoration of St. George, Patron of England. * The Saints through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought Antiphon. righteousness, obtained promises. Verse, t LORD, Thou hast compassed him.
O
With Thy favour
Answer.
as with a shield.
Let us pray.
GOD, Who
Thy
dost gladden us through the worthy deeds and prayers of Thy blessed Martyr George ; mercifully grant that all they that seek favour through him, may effectually obtain the gift of Thy grace.
And thus it is said within In the Diocese of
commemoration
is
Hexham
made
St.
George
of St. Cuthbert
is
the Octave.
not commemorated, but instead, the following
:
Antiphon. Holy Cuthbert, our Protector, grace and glory of our father land, look down upon us from Heaven, and pray God for us, that He grant us everlasting joy. At the prayers of Blessed Cuthbert and for his sake, Verse. Ansiver. Be merciful unto Thy people, O Lord.
Let us pray.
GOD, Who,
through the priceless
gift of Thy grace, dost make Thine holy ones glorious, mercifully grant, that the prayers of Thy Blessed Confessor and Bishop Cuthbert may help us worthily there to attain, where are the spirits of just men made perfect.
In the Diocese of Northampton the following commemoration of is
bury
made
before that of St. George
St.
Thomas
of Canter
:
+1 am the Good Shepherd, and know My Antiphon. sheep, and of Mine, and I lay down My life for the sheep. Verse. In your patience Answer. Possess ye your souls.
am
known
C\
Let us pray.
defence of Whose Church the glorious Bishop Thomas fell by the swords of wicked men, grant, we beseech Thee, that all that ask his help may obtain wholesome fruit of their
GOD,
in
petition. In the Diocese of Plymouth the following commemoration of St. Boniface of Maintz made before that of St. George
is
:
Antiphon. *
Heb.
xi. 33.
Many
nations, f Ps.
v.
many thousands 13.
J John
x.
of men, did Blessed Boniface 14, 15.
Luke
xxi. 19.
SUNDAY AT LAUDS.
31
may be
none other that fighteth for us, but only Thou, O our God. l Peace be within thy Verse.
our hearts
walls.
fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness. Through
And
Answer.
prosperity within
our Lord JESUS Christ,
thy palaces.
Who
m
Let us pray.
from
OGOD,
desires,
all
Whom good
all
holy
counsels,
works do proceed give u u unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that both
and
set to
all just
obey Thy
commandments, and also that by Thee we being defended from the
;
Thy
Son,
and reigneth with Thee, tne unity of the Holy Ghost, one liveth
God, world without end. Answer. Amen,
M?^
yA after Low St, md y, **%**** th e E ve of the Ascension, instead of the p receding Commemorations, is said toll
f
the following:
gain for Christ, and forasmuch as he made himself like unto an Apostle, he hath purchased unto himself a great reward in Heaven along with the Apostles.
Be
Verse.
strong in the Lord, be strong. live for ever with God.
That ye may
Answer.
Let us pray.
Who
OGOD, Bishop to
know Thy
feelingly
wast pleased to make the zeal of Thy Blessed Martyr and Boniface the mean whereby Thou didst cause many peoples Name, mercifully grant unto us who honour his memory to be
holpen by the succour of his protection.
(And so
it is
said within the Octave^
In the Diocese of Portsmouth the following commemoration of St. terbury is made after that of St. George
Edmund
of
Can
:
Antiphon. died in exile.
He
loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore he
Verse.
Answer.
Cast out upon a world of woes, In exile here we roam. O Blessed Edmund, by thy prayers, Gain us the love of home.
Let us pray.
Who
in the
abundance of Thy goodness toward Thy Church
OGOD, hast made her bright by the
illustrious life of
and Bishop Edmund, and gladdened her by works, mercifully grant unto
Thy
his following after his ensample, and shielded by that may rise up against them. 1
Thy
blessed Confessor
and wondrous be bettered in protection from all things
his glorious servants that they may
Ps. cxxi. 7.
THE PSALTER. Paschal Commemoration of the {Omitted in the Votive Offices of the and of the Passion?)
He
That was cruci fied is risen from the dead, and hath redeemed us. Alleluia, Al leluia. x
Verse.
Say among
the heathen
Alleluia.
Answer. That the LORD Alleluia. eth from the tree
reign-
Who to
the
enemy
His
;
to
servants
from
us
deliver
est
send Thy death for us
grant
be
Thou mightthe power of unto us Thy
that
upon the Cross,
made
Resurrection.
partakers of Through the
Same our Lord JESUS
Who
Christ
liveth
After the last Prayer
Hear my
Verse.
Answer. unto Thee.
And
said :
is
my
O
LORD.
come
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
to
follow immediately, Otherwise
There
May
is
it
is
begun
souls
of
art in
:
heaven,
Thy
be done in heaven. Give
Thy is
it
the
them
forgive
And
us.
tation
will
that
but
;
us
lead
trespass against not into temp
us
deliver
from
evil.
us
His
Amen. Then aloud :
The Lord
Verse.
give
peace.
And
Answer.
life
everlasting.
Amen. Then follows one of these Four Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, ac cording
to the
From vent
to
season of the year.
the First
Sunday
Candlemas, both
in
Ad
inclusive.
2 Maiden, Mother of redeemed us, thou that
Antiphon. that
s
open
gate,
and the Star
of the Sea, come, succour the fallen Fallen indeed we are, but fain !
would
rise
Thou
said in rather a low voice
the
earth, as
Heaven
Office of the Dead or the Litany (with or without the Penitential Psalms}
here.
said inaudibly
abidest
If the
is
kingdom come.
Him
Bless
Verse.
Answer.
is
Who
OURHallowed be Thy Name. Father,
I.
cry
prayer,
let
The Lord s Prayer
Thy
and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Answer. Amen. Son,
If Prime is to follow immediately, it begun here, a7id what follows is not said till the end of the whole service. Otherwise the Office ends thus: is
us this day our daily bread. And us our as we forgive trespasses,
didst
suffer
Amen.
Answer.
on
Let us pray.
OGOD, Son
rest in
peace.
Blessed Sacrament
Antiphon.
God
through the mercy of
Cross.
by thy succour. beyond nature
that
s course, hast borne in time the Eternal ;
:
Faithful
Thou
Virgin before and after that childbirth remainest, that
a
1
Ps. xcv. 10, old version. i.e. , it is said for the first time after Vespers, if the Antiphon of the B.V. be to be said. and in any case after Compline, on the Saturday evening before Advent Sunday, and it is still similarly said after Vespers on February 2, but not after Compline on that day. It is ascribed to Hermann the Cripple, a monk of Reichenau, who died A.D. 1052. This trans lation is in the same rhymeless measure as the original,
SUNDAY AT LAUDS. From the Archangel s lips quickening message receiving,
the
Mother of JESUS and us, turn mercy on sinners. Verse. The Angel of the Lord announced unto Mary.
And
Answer.
she conceived by
Holy Ghost.
Thee,
Antiphon.
O
by the message of an Angel, so by His Passion and Cross we may be unto
Hail,
O
Clad
in
thine enemies.
glory of the Through the same
Let us pray.
NT, we beseech Thee,
In and after the First Vespers of Christmas Day the Verse and Answer
still
as follows
After
thy
:
delivery
thou
remainest a Virgin undefiled.
Answer.
Mother of God, pray
for us.
Let us pray.
GOD, Who, by
virginity of the Blessed
that
Mary,
we may con
tinually feel the
cession,
might of her inter through whom we have
worthily
received
our
life,
Christ
even
Thy
Answer.
the
our
Son.
Amen.
unto the as
frailty
we keep
of our nature, that
ever alive the
memory
of the holy Mother of God, so by the help of her intercession we may
be raised up from the bondage of our sins. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Amen.
fruitful
given unto mankind the re wards of everlasting life ; grant, we
Thee,
O
most merciful God, a succour
Answer. the
hast
beseech
Mary, Queen
Verse. Holy Virgin, my praise by thee accepted be. Answer. Give me strength against
Amen.
Verse.
O
Virgin Sinners for thy succour sue.
Christ our Lord.
and Prayer are
Hail,
the
Resurrection.
Answer.
Maundy
Lady, bright and glorious, beauty pure and true, o er sin s stain victorious,
!
Lord, pour Thy grace into our hearts ; that, as we have known the Incarnation of Thy Son Christ
brought
to
of Heaven, Queen of Angel worlds on high, Hail, O Rod to Jesse given, Blessed Portal of the sky,
Let us pray. beseech
From Candlemas
Thursday, both exclusive^
thine eyes of
the
II.
33
Author of Lord JESUS
From Easter Sun day ^ till the Saturday after Pentecost, both in
III.
clusive.
Rejoice! rejoice! thou of Heaven, Alleluia, For He That thee for Son was
Antiphon.
Queen
given, Alleluia,
As He promised
is
arisen.
Alle
luia.
1
? .., it is said for the first time after Compline on Feb. 2 (even if the Feast of the Purification be transferred), and for the last time after Compline on Wednesday in Holy Week. The authorship is unknown ; it seems to date from about the eleventh century. i.e., it is said for the first time after Compline on Easter Eve. The date and author are unknown but a has ship become attached to it to the effect that St. Gregory ; legend the Great heard the three first lines uttered by an angel, and himself added the fourth, on the same occasion from which was instituted the procession upon St. Mark s Day.
VOL.
I.
B
THE PSALTER.
34 Mother, pray to
Him
Alle
for us.
O
womb.
merciful,
sweet Virgin Mary
luia.
Be glad and rejoice, O Verse. Virgin Mary, Alleluia, Answer. For the Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia.
Verse.
Pray
the
Who
we be
grant,
of
Thee, that by the help His Mother the Virgin Mary, we
seech
finally
of
unto
attain
life
the
everlasting.
glad
Through
the same Christ our Lord.
That we may be made
Answer.
O ALMIGHTY
and everlasting God, Who, by the co-opera
Holy Ghost, didst make ready both the body and soul of the glorious Virgin and Mother Mary worthily to become a meet dwelling tion of the
for
joice in her
from the IV.
l
From
grant that as we re memory, so by her piti
Thy Son;
ful intercession
Amen.
Answer.
Sunday till the Advent Sunday,
Trinity
Saturday before both inclusive. Hail,
O
!
hail,
our
and our hope
life,
!
To
Ah, groaning in this vale of tears. then, thou our Advocate, turn on us those merciful eyes of thine And, us after this our exile, show to !
JESUS, 1
i.e.,
the it
is
delivered
hang
over us, and finally from everlasting death. Through the same Christ
our Lord.
Amen.
Queen, Mother
our sweet thee we ness, To cry, the banished sons of Eve. ward thee we sigh, weeping and of mercy
we may be
evils that continually
Answer. Antiphon.
O holy Mother
Let us pray.
art
Lord JESUS Christ;
may
for us,
worthy of the promises of Christ.
pleased to gladden the whole world by resurrection of Thy Son our
ness
O
gracious,
of God,
Let us pray.
OGOD,
O
!
blessed
Fruit
said for the
first
of
thy
After each of these Antiphons
is
said
this Blessing:
God s most mighty
strength alway
Be His people s staff and Amen. Answer.
stay.
The above Office, appointed Feasts. for Sunday, is also said on all Feasts whatsoever, even Simples,
day in Paschal
time after Vespers,
if
the
and every
time.
Antiphon of the B.V. be
to
be
before Trinity Sunday. The said, and in any case after Compline, on the Saturday evening in last clause is usually admitted to be an exclamation uttered by St. Bernard of Clairvaux but the authorship of the rest is disputed, some ascribing it to the Cathedral of ;
Spires others to one Peter of Monsoro, Bishop of Compostella, others to It seems to have been well known, at of Podium (Puy-en-Velay). least in Spain, early in the twelfth century.
Hermann the Cripple, one Adhema r, Bishop
35
OR THE FIRST HOUR.
PRIME,
the
Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried He descended into
Sitntrag,
THE LORD S
1
DAY.
:
Before Prime is said inaudibly the Lords Prayer, the Angelic Salutation, and the Apostles Creed. Father,
Who
art in
heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And we
And
us.
tion
;
our
trespasses, as that trespass against lead us not into tempta
forgive
forgive
us
them
but
us
deliver
from
the third day He rose again from the dead He ascended into hell
:
:
and
on the right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic heaven,
:
Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, the Resur rection of the body, and the Life
Then Verse.
--
-*-
of grace; The Mary, Lord is with thee blessed full
:
thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. art
And in JESUS Christ, His Only Son, our Lord Who was con ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of earth.
;
*|
to deliver
is
said alotid :
Make
haste,
O
God,
me.
Answer. Make haste to help me, LORD. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
O
Amen.
T BELIEVE in God the Father ^ Almighty, Maker of heaven and
Amen.
everlasting.
evil.
Amen.
TTAIL,
sitteth
Alleluia.
From Septuagesima Sunday Maundy Thursday instead of
to
"Alle
luia"
is
said:
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of heaven.
1
Prime is the first service of the Church for the day-time, Mattins and Lauds being for the middle and close of Its proper hour is when the sun has fairly risen, and night. day is reckoned to be about 6 A.M., about which time it is generally ^aid in Sometimes Mattins, Lauds, and Prime are said together early in the morning, It is from this aggregation that the forming the complete morning service of the Church. Morning Prayer" of the Anglican Prayer Book is derived.
begun, which choirs. "
THE PSALTER. Then
is
said the following :
HYMN.
when Five Antiphons have
r T*HE star of morn to night succeeds, * therefore meekly pray, May God, in all our words and deeds, Keep us from harm this day. in.
love restrain us
wrath and thoughts that gender
May
shame
Ne er in our breasts abide, And painful abstinences tame Of wanton
flesh the pride
;
So when the weary day is o er, And night and stillness come once more, Blameless and clean from spot of earth We may repeat with reverent mirth
Alleluia.
Antiphon.
Psalm LI 1 1.
still
From tones of strife and words of ill, And wrap around and close our eyes To earth s absorbing vanities.
First
the
Lauds,
We
May He
[The superscription of this Psalm, after some words which are probably a musical of David, "[A Psalm] the Ziphim came and said to Saul, with us?" not David hide himself This was during the same period of his life in the South in which he composed Ps. The Ziphim, or peasantry of the Ixii. neighbourhood of Ziph, betrayed him twice to Saul, and both times, especially the first,
direction, proceeds
when Doth
he was in imminent xxiii.
peril.
I
Kings (Sam.)
God,
in
Thy Name, in Thy
19-29. xxvi.]
* SAVE
O
me,
and
While endless ages
run.
Amen.
Hear my
sometimes said thus, altered in honour of the Incarnation : last verse is
JESU, the Virgin-born, to Thee Eternal praise be given, With Father, Spirit, One and Three, Here as it is in heaven.
Amen.
O God
prayer,
me, and oppressors seek * and have not set :
:
of
// is also occasionally otherwise al tered, which occasions are marked in their places.
Then follow the Psalms. They are said under one Antiphon, and
all
Another Ambrosian hymn.
be
truth.
Thy
To Father, Son, and Paraclete, The slain and risen Son, Amen.
my
God :
I will freely sacrifice
praise and glory, as is meet, While endless ages run.
after
Behold God is mine Helper and the Lord upholdeth my soul. Reward Thou evil unto mine * and cut them off in enemies
* and praise for it is good.
Be
:
2 fore them.
Paschal time it is said thus, altered in honour of the Resurrection : /;/
*
give ear to the words of my mouth. For strangers are risen up against
soul
The
me
judge
power.
To God the Father glory be, And to His Only Son, And to the Spirit, One and Three,
been said
of these Five is the Antiphon at Prime, otherwise that given here is used. at
1
unto Thee
Thy Name, O
:
LORD,
For Thou hast delivered me out * and mine trouble all eye hath seen [my desire] upon mine :
enemies.
O give thanks said only on Sun
The fallowing Psalm, unto the
LORD," is
"
when
the Office is of the Sunday, said from Easter to Pentecost, Moreover it is not said both inclusive. on or after Septuagesima Sunday till
days,
nor
is it
Translation by the late Card.
Newman.
2
SLH.
THE FIRST HOUR.
PRIME, OR Easter, but then
Psalm
substituted for it LORD reigneth
is
"
"The
xcii.,
(given at the beginning of Lauds].
37
They compassed me about like bees ; they burnt out as the fire * but in the Name of thorns of the LORD I was avenged on them. :
!
Psalm CXVII. [From some verses it seems as though this Psalm was written for the Feast of Taber nacles, and perhaps as a processional at the entry of the King (David?) into the place The Vulgate and the LXX. of worship. prefix the word Alleluia.]
thanks unto the LORD, * for His is
OGIVEHe for
good
mercy endureth Let Israel
good
now
He
is
Let * that Let * say, ever.
now
say,
His mercy endureth for ever. them now that fear the LORD that His mercy endureth for
:
upon the LORD
* and the
in
The LORD
on what
is
not fear unto me. will
my
side
man
*
do
The LORD is on my side * and [my desire upon] them :
that hate me.
put confidence in the LORD, * than to put confidence It is better to
voice of rejoicing and salva in the tabernacles 2 of the
is
hand of the LORD hath The right hand of valiantly.
The the
right
LORD
me
hath exalted
:
* the
hand of the LORD hath done
right
valiantly. I shall
not die, but
* and
live,
hath chastened * but He hath not given over unto death. sore
* than to trust in princes. All nations
* but in the
the LORD,
of
:
!
was avenged on them. They compassed me about, yea, * but they compassed me about in the Name of the LORD I was avenged on them. I
:
!
1
Probably a war-cry.
2
The
allusion
is
the gates of right
I will
;
praise the LORD. of the LORD, into
go into them and * This is the gate which the righteous
shall enter. I will praise Thee, for Thou hast heard me, * and art become my
salvation.
The
stone which
refused *
is
become
the
builders
the head-stone
This is the LORD S doing * and it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day which the LORD hath made * let us rejoice and be :
:
glad in
it.
Save me now, O LORD send Thou prosperity.
O
!
*
to the ceremonial of the Feast of Tabernacles, Lev. xxiii. 42,
dwell in booths seven
me me
of the corner.
me about the LORD x
compassed
Name
me
to
Open
3
It is better to trust in
:
eousness
man.
3
and
become my
righteous.
I
:
can
shall see
in
strength
is
The LORD
dis
LORD heard me
[and set me] at large.
I
my
is
and
declare the works of the LORD. called
I
tress
The
done
the house of Aaron
LORD
salvation.
mercy endureth
for ever.
*
me, that I helped
at
* but the
:
song,
tion *
say that
* for His
:
fall
The LORD
my
:
for ever.
thrust sore
They might me.
days."
These two verses were quoted by our Lord.
Matth.
xxi.
42
;
Mark
xii.
10.
LORD,
Blessed
"Ye
shall
THE PSALTER. be he that cometh
LORD
the
in
the
Name
of
l !
We have blessed you out of the * God is the house of the LORD. LORD and hath showed us light Keep the solemn feast-day
:
when I have respect unto all Thy commandments. I will praise Thee with upright ness of heart, * when I shall have learned Thy righteous judgments.
with
* even unto the horns leafy boughs,
I
me
forsake
*
keep Thy statutes:
will
O
not utterly.
of the Altar. 2
Thou praise
and
Thee
*
Thou
:
will
Here
my God,
Father,
God, and
my
art
art
I
"
the Doxology, &c.,"
is
Glory be to the
not said.
Thee. thanks unto Thee, for * and art be hast heard me,
I will exalt
I will give
Thou come my
O for
salvation.
thanks
give
He
is
good
:
unto the LORD, * for His mercy
endureth for ever.
TIT HERE WITHAL shall a young man keep
*
his
taking heed unto
*
way ?
Thy
By
word.
With my whole heart have I sought Thee * O let me not wander from Thy commandments Thy word have I hid in mine :
Psalm CXVIII.
!
3
* that
heart,
T3LESSED U
are the
*
the way, law of the LORD.
undefiled
who walk
in
in
the
me Thy
:
keep Thy precepts diligently. O that my ways were directed * to keep Thy statutes. Then shall I not be ashamed, *
all
I
art
might not
my
sin against
* teach Thou, O LORD :
statutes
With
Blessed are they that keep His * that seek Him with testimonies the whole heart. For they that work iniquity, * walk not in His ways. Thou hast commanded us * to
1
Thee. Blessed
!
lips
* have
I
declared
the judgments of Thy mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of Thy
testimonies,
*
as
much
as
in
all
riches. I
*
and
cepts,
Thy I
on
meditate
will
have
Thy
respect
pre unto
ways. will
statutes
delight
* :
I
will
myself in not forget
Thy Thy
word.
very verse which was sung during the Palm Sunday procession. a corruption of its third and fourth words viz., Ho-shy ah na." Lev. xxiii. 40. "And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days." As to the Feast of Tabernacles, the Jewish tradition understands by "goodly trees" the citron, and by "thick trees" the Branches of willow were fastened to the corners of the altar. myrtle. 3 This long poem in praise of the Divine Law, which the Church recites every day and all day, is B C Darian. Its 176 verses are divided into twenty- two sections, of eight verses each, in each of which sections all the verses begin with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The first eight, therefore, begin with Aleph, which somewhat cor
Notice that
this is the
The word Hosanna
"
is
2
A
.
responds to A. 4 Here begins the
letter Beth,
somewhat represented by
B.
THE FIRST HOUR.
PRIME, OR Continuation of the same Psalm.
39
* so shall I talk works. * soul My sleepeth for heaviness strengthen Thou me according unto Thy word. Remove from me the way of lying * and grant me Thy law graciously. I have chosen the way of truth * Thy judgments have I not for of
of
Thy precepts Thy wondrous :
:
in\EAL *-J will
bountifully with
quicken me, keep Thy word. vant,
Thy
am
that I
out of
a stranger in the earth
soul
is
that
longing
judgments
Thou
* :
Thy commandments from
hide not me.
My
I
:
* Open Thou mine eyes, behold wondrous may things Thy law. I
ser-
* and
an-hungered for the it hath unto Thy
* at
all
times.
hast rebuked the proud that do err from
Remove from me * for
:
I
reproach and have kept Thy
testimonies.
Princes also did sit and speak me * but Thy servant did meditate on Thy statutes.
Thy light,
my de my coun
testimonies also are
Thy
precepts
sellors.
Here
testimonies,
O
!
mandments, larged mine
heart.
The following Creed is only said on Sundays when the Office is of the Sun The ex day, and on Trinity Sunday.
ceptions are Easter and Pentecost Sun days, when it is not said, because they are treated as Festivals.
THE CREED OF ST ATHANASIUS. 3
the Doxology, &c.,"
is
"
Glory be
to the
not said.
willeth
* before WHOSOEVER safe,
necessary that Catholic Faith.
is
Now TV /T-Y
cleaveth
soul
unto
the
iVA ground * quicken Thou me according to Thy word. I have declared my ways and Thou heardest me * teach me Thy :
:
statutes.
Make me
to understand the
Here begins the Here begins the
way
all
to
be
things it the
he
hold
Which faith except every one do * without keep whole and undenled, doubt he shall perish eternally. that
1
Thy
:
:
* and
Father,
I
*
put me not to shame have run the way of Thy com * since Thou hast en
LORD
:
Thy commandments.
against
gotten. I cleave unto
*
they are cursed
contempt
:
the Catholic Faith
we worship One God
and Trinity
is this,
*
in Trinity,
in Unity.
Neither confounding the Persons, * nor dividing the Substance. For there is one Person of the * and Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Ghost.
But the Godhead of the Father,
Ghimel, answering partly to our G. Daleth, answering partly to our D. 3 The translation largely follows that in the Rev. A. E. Burn s Introduction to the The origin and date of this hymn have been the subject of much discussion. Creeds. It is agreed that it was not written by St Athanasius, and that it was written in Latin. In the opinion of Mr Burn the indications point to the South of Gaul as its place of origin, and to the decade A.D. 420-430 as the period of its composition. 2
"
letter
letter
THE PSALTER. of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost * the is One, Glory Equal, the Co-Eternal. Majesty
Such
as the Father
* and such
such
is,
is
the
So there *
One
Father, not Three Son, not Three Sons ; Holy Ghost, not Three Holy
Fathers
One
is
One
;
Ghosts.
Holy Ghost. the Son * and the Uncreated, Holy Ghost
And in this Trinity is nothing afore or after, nothing is greater or
Uncreated. The Father Infinite, the Son In * and the finite, Holy Ghost In
sons are
finite.
Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be wor
Son,
is
the
The Father Uncreated,
less
* but the whole Three Per Co -Eternal together, and
;
Co-Equal. So that in * the
all
things, as
is
afore
said,
The Father
Eternal, the Son Eter * and the Holy Ghost Eternal. And yet They are not Three * but One Eternal. Eternals, As also They are not Three Un * but created, nor Three Infinites, nal,
One
Uncreated, and One Infinite. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, * and the Holy Ghost Almighty. And yet They are not Three Al * but One mighties, Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son * and the Ghost
God,
Holy
And
yet
They
are not
* but One God. So the Father * and the
Lord,
And Lords,
yet
* but
God. Three Gods,
is Lord, the Son Holy Ghost Lord. They are not Three
One
Lord.
shipped. He therefore that willeth
*
to
be
him thus think of the
let
safe,
Trinity.
But
it
salvation,
is
Lord JESUS
The we
that
the
faithfully
to
eternal
also
believe
necessary
*
he
Incarnation
of
our
Christ.
right Faith therefore is, that and confess, * that our
believe
Lord JESUS Christ, the Son of God, God and Man. God, of the Substance of the
is
Father, Begotten before the worlds * and Man, of the substance of His mother, born in the world. Perfect God, Perfect Man, * of a reasoning Soul and human Flesh :
For, like as we are compelled by Christian truth to acknowledge every
subsisting. Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, * inferior to the
Person by Himself to be God and * so are we forbidden Lord, by the Catholic Religion to say, there be
Father as touching His Manhood. Who, although He be God and * Man, yet He is not Two, but One
Three Gods or Three Lords.
Christ.
The Father
made
is
of none, *
neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone *
not made, nor created, but
:
Be
gotten.
The Holy Ghost and
the
created,
ceeding.
Son nor
*
:
is
of the Father,
not
begotten,
made, but
One, however, not by conversion Godhead into Flesh, * but by taking of the Manhood into God. of the
nor Pro
One
altogether, not
* but
of Substance, Person.
For
as
flesh
is
Man
is
the
by confusion by Unity of
reasoning soul and
one man, * so
One
Christ.
God and
PRIME, OR
THE FIRST HOUR.
Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, * rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, * from whence He shall come to judge the quick and
and
Answer.
all
men
And shall
they that have done good * but go into life eternal,
they
that
into
evil
fire.
the Catholic Faith, * which a man believe faithfully and except
This
firmly,
Here
is
safe.
their
clusive
said a fourth
Answer.
the
right
(i
Tim.
i.
Verse.
i.
Thou Son
of the Alle
That
arisen
art
the Son,
to
and
the
Holy
Thou Son
of the
to
Ghost. Christ,
Verse.
Short Responsory.
Thou Son
Thou That
sittest at
the
Have mercy on
Arise, Alleluia.
us.
And
Answer.
Name s
Alle
sake.
O
Christ,
and help
deliver us for
Thou That
Verse.
above the
During still the
art
gone up
stars.
the Octave of Pentecost it is this Verse is
same except that
said thus
:
Thou That sittest hand of the Father.
Verse.
us.
Glory be to the Father,
Thy
Alleluia.
From Ascension Day inclusive till Pentecost exclusive it is the same, ex cept that instead of "Thou That art arisen from the dead" is said:
of the Living
Ps.
VOL.
Thou
Verse.
17.)
hand of the Father.
Answer.
ex
luia, Alleluia.
God, have mercy on us. Answer. Christ, Thou Son of the Living God, have mercy on us. Verse.
Christ,
Living God, have mercy on us.
said the Chapter.
the
Then follows
Day
from the dead. Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
King Eternal, Im mortal and Invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. Answer. Thanks be to God.
Christ,
till Ascension said thus :
Answer.
is
CHAPTER,
UNTO
it is
Living God, have mercy on us.
time, Alleluia.
Then
occasionally al
Alleluia.
and is
is
Christ, Thou Son of the Living God, have mercy on us. Alleluia,
Glory
luia.
In Paschal time
Thy
which alterations are given in proper places. From Low Sim-
day inclusive
"
&c."
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alle
Antiphon.
deliver us for
luia, Alleluia.
said the Doxology,
be to the Father,
And
sake.
This Responsory tered,
is
he cannot be
and help
Christ,
shall
* and again with their bodies, shall give account for their own works.
done
Arise,
Answer.
rise
have
O
1
Verse.
of the
us.
us.
Name s
At Whose coming
Thou Son
Christ,
Living God, have mercy on
the dead.
eternal
the Son, and to the Holy
to
Ghost.
right xliii.
26.
B 2
at the
THE PSALTER. After the Short Responsory follow these prayers called the Preces, except
Who
art
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Give us this day our daily heaven.
And
passes, as
we
forgive
forgive
pass against us.
But
us
deliver
O Lord, hide from my sins. And blot out Answer.
O
Create in
in
face
Thy
mine
me a clean
heart,
a right spirit
within me.
Cast
Verse.
from
God
the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth. And in JESUS Christ, His only Son, our Lord Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was He de crucified, dead, and buried
me
not away from
presence.
Answer. (inaudibly)
filled
all
And renew
Ansiver.
into
evil.
BELIEVE
be
God.
Thy
I
my mouth
4
Verse.
temptation.
Answer.
Let
ness.
iniquities. Verse.
tres
that tres
(Aloud.} lead us not
And
Verse.
our
us
them
morning
with Thy praise. Ansiver. That I may sing of Thy of Thy great glory, all the day long
in heaven,
bread.
3
Verse.
Kyrie eleison. (inaudibly),
the
in
Thee.
fore eleison.
I
my prayer come betimes be
shall
1
OUR Father
unto Thee have
O
LORD. And Answer.
on Doubles and within Octaves, when mark *. they are omitted down to the
Kyrie eleison. Answer. Christe
And
2
Verse. cried,
And
take
holy Spirit from me. Restore unto Verse. of
Thy
Thine
not
me
the joy
salvation.
Answer.
And uphold me
with
:
free spirit. 5 Verse. *%*
Thy
Our help
is
in
the
of the LORD.
name
Answer.
Who made
heaven and
:
scended into hell the third day He He as rose again from the dead
earth.
:
The General Confession.
:
cended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father from thence He shall Almighty come to judge the quick and the
I
to
dead.
to God Almighty, Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, to the Blessed Michael the Archangel, to the Blessed John
the
the
Baptist,
:
I believe in the Holy Ghost, Holy Catholic Church, the Com munion of Saints, the Forgiveness
of sins.
The
Resurrection of the
body.
Answer.
And
the Life everlast
"
1
Greek Litany, signifying
2
ps
.
Ixxxvii. 14.
ingly
the
to
the
and Paul,
Holy Apostles and to all the
sinned exceed and deed, word, thought,
that I have in
by my fault, by my most grievous fault.
fault,
by
my
Therefore
I
beseech the Blessed Mary, always
Amen.
ing.
Peter Saints,
(Aloud.)
Verse.
CONFESS
3
Lord, have mercy Ps. Ixx. 8.
Christ, have mercy 4 Ps. 1. 11-14-
Lord, have 5
Ps.
mercy.""
cxxm.
8.
PRIME, OR
THE FIRST HOUR.
a Virgin, the Blessed Michael the Archangel, the Blessed John the Baptist, the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray to the Lord our God for me.
The Absolution,
A LMIGHTY God ^*-
on
have
words, and works
may be ordered by Thy governance to do always that
Answer.
mercy
Verse.
And
and remission of
all
our
sins.
Amen.
O
Vouchsafe,
LORD.
come
cry
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Answer.
If the Prime of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary is to be said, it is said now. Then is read the Martyr-
:
Lord, this
day.
To keep
Answer.
my
O
ology of the morrow, if it be to be read, the reader co?icluding with the words :
the Office continues as follows
Verse.
let
Bless
Verse.
Then
sight.
Christ,
unto Thee.
the Almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon,
Answer.
Thy
JESUS
Amen. Hear my prayer,
Ansiver.
Y absolution,
in
righteous
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
forgive us our sins, bring us to life everlasting.
Amen.
is
Through our Lord
us,
and Answer.
43
us
And
in other places
holy Martyrs holy Virgins.
without
Thanks be
Answer.
other
many
and Confessors and God.
to
sin.
Verse.
Have mercy upon
LORD. Answer. Verse.
lighten
After which the
O
2
Verse.
O
upon
Have mercy upon us. LORD, let Thy mercy trust is in
Here
Hear
Verse.
Answer.
the
my
prayer,
O
let
my
cry
come
Let us pray.
and reigneth
Almighty,
Who
ever
and
Amen. Make haste, O God,
:
Verse.
O
Make
Answer. LORD.
deliver me.
Whether
Him Who
for
to
deliver me.
same with Thy mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin, but that all our thoughts, 1
His
of
ever.
O
out of Choir.
death
holpen and delivered by
hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day, defend us in the
the
1X/TAY Holy Mary and all the *^ * Saints plead for us with the Lord, that we may worthily be
Verse.
God
*
Precious in the sight of Is
Answer.
LORD
:
the LORD.
liveth
And
thus
Thee.
when
the Office is resumed Preces have been omitted.
LORD. Answer. unto Thee.
Office proceeds
Saints.
us.
As our
Answer.
*
us,
Make
Answer. LORD.
the Martyrology has been read or not. 2
haste to help me,
haste,
Make
God,
to
haste to help me,
The Martyrology
Ps. cxv. 6.
O
is
never binding
THE PSALTER.
44
Make
Verse.
O
haste,
to
God,
deliver me.
O
Make
Answer. LORD.
haste to help me,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world with out end.
Amen.
OUR
Father
and to govern our hearts and our bodies, our thoughts, our words, and our works, according to Thy law and in the doing of Thy com mandments, that we, being holpen
rule
of Thee,
and
may
livered
by Thee,
(inaudibly),
Thy kingdom come. on earth, as it is will done be Thy Give us this day our in heaven. Thy Name.
And
forgive us
our
them
that
(Aloud.) trespass against us. And lead us not Versed
into
daily bread. trespasses, as
we
forgive
temptation.
from
us
But deliver
Answer. evil.
*
Verse.
Look
ser
upon Thy
O
Lord, and upon the works of Thine hands, and order the go ings of their children. Answer. And let the beauty of
vants,
the
and
LORD
our
establish
God be upon Thou the work
Sir,
it
was
in
O
Saviour of the
and
reignest for
Amen.
be pleased to give the bless
The
Blessing.
The Lord Almighty
our
order
days and deeds in His peace. Answer. Amen.
Then is read the Short Lesson. On all other Feasts, even Simples, and some days, this is the same as the Chapter which is to be read at None, which will On other be found in its proper place. ac days one of the following is read, cording to the Season of the year.
From
i.
Octave of the Epiphany First Sunday in Lent, and the Octave of Pentecost till
the
till the
from Advent Sunday,
of
2
And
Thess.
all exclusive. iii.
5.
the Lord direct your hearts God, and into the
into the love of
patience of Christ.
Ghost.
As
ever
ing.
us,
our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands, establish Thou it. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Answer.
for
Who
heaven, Hallowed be
in
and
be saved and de
world, Who livest ever and ever.
Answer. art
here,
ever, worthily
From Advent Sunday inclusive Christmas Eve exclusive.
2.
the be
is now, and ever shall be, Amen. world without end.
till
ginning,
Isa. xxxiii. 2.
O Let us pray.
OLORD and
God, King of heaven
earth,
this
day
to order
may and
it
LORD, be gracious unto us
please
Thee
to hallow, to 1
:
be we have waited for Thee Thou our arm every morning, our for
:
salvation trouble.
Ps. Ixxxix.
1
6,
17.
also
in
the
time
of
THE FIRST HOUR.
PRIME, OR
From the First Sunday in Lent in clusive till Passion Sunday exclusive.
Lastly, unless some other Hour is to follow immediately, the Lord s Prayer is said inaudibly.
3.
Seek ye the LORD, while He may be found call ye upon Him while :
He 4.
is
near.
Isa.
I
hid not
and
1.
The
spitting.
Lord
5.
tion
Amen.
shall
i.
iii.
be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where If ye
hand of on things
Christ sitteth at the right :
your affections
set
;
Note. the
till
it
in
is
Thy
be done heaven. Give
Thy
will
them
that trespass against lead us not into tempta but deliver us from evil.
And
GOD
From Easter Sunday inclusive Ascension Day exclusive. Col.
earth, as
heaven,
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we
shame
help me, therefore also not be confounded.
God
kingdom come.
forgive
*
art in
Father,
us.
face from
my
till
6.
will I
Who OURHallowed be Thy Name. on
From Passion Sunday inclusive Maundy Thursday exclusive.
45
When
Sendee
is
Office is said in Choir ended with the Antiphon
of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time the Choir is left. Otherwise it is only said as given in this book, at the end of
Lauds (or the aggregation of whicJi Lauds forms a part) and Compline. Feasts. The above Office appointed for Sundays is also said on all Feasts
whatsoever, even
dav in Paschal
Simples,
and every
time.
above, not on things on the earth.
When the Reader has finished the Short Lesson, he says: But Thou,
upon
O
Lord, have mercy
PRIME ON WEEK-DAYS. A II the same as on Sunday, except as otherwise given here.
us.
Verse.
Our help
in
is
the
name
Who made
heaven and
earth. Verse.
year.
In Advent the Antipho?i
of the LORD.
Answer.
Antiphon during the Blessed are they that walk.
Ordinary
Answer. Thanks be to God.
Bless ye.
Answer.
May God
Antiphon [bless us].
is
the First
Antiphon which has been said at Lauds on Sunday, unless the day have a set of its own. in Lent.
As
I live.
De Antiphon for me, O Lord. Psalm cxvii., O give thanks unto On Saturday the LORD," is not said. it is simply omitted, and only the three Feast-Day Psalms (viz. liii. and the two Passiontide.
The Blessing.
liver
The Lord >J
us from
bless us, and keep and bring us to life and may the souls of
all evil,
everlasting ; the Faithful,
through the mercy of
God, rest in peace. Answer. Amen.
"
first sections 0/cxviii.) are said, but on the other days of the week one of the
Psalms following 1
The Divine Name.
is
put
in its place.
THE PSALTER.
46
Psalm XXIV.
Psalm XXIII. [Intituled
Psalm of Vulgate and the LXX. add day of the week."] earth
THEthe
is
"for
ABC
The
David."
"A
[Intituled
the
first
O
Thee, UNTO up my soul
LORD
the
and
S
*
I
the
in
trust
ashamed. Neither
in.
over
thereof;
He hath founded * and established
For seas,
it
it
This Psalm
David."
is
Darian.]
world, and they that dwell there
fulness
"Of
Thee,
LORD, do *
I lift
O my
:
me
let
God, be
not
mine enemies triumph none that wait on Thee shall be ashamed ashamed that Let them be
upon the upon the
me
let
*
:
for
:
floods.
transgress
* without cause.
ascend into the moun * or who shall tain of the LORD? stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart, * who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully unto his neigh
Show me Thy ways, O LORD, * and teach me Thy paths. Lead me in Thy truth and teach * for Thou art the God of me; my salvation and on Thee do I
bour.
mercies,
Who
He the
God
shall
shall receive a blessing
LORD, is
seek
face of the
from
nesses,
* and mercy from the
Remember
of Jacob. 1
"
come
Who
* nor youth,
Good and * therefore
*
His way.
in
battle.
gates,
O
!
come
Who
is
The LORD King of
:
* the
All the
ye princes,
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting * and the doors King of glory shall
upright will
The meek
LORD mighty
this
up your
of
my :
He
is
the
teach
LORD
;
sinners
in the way.
in.
ment
Lift
sins
transgressions
According to Thy mercy remem Thou me, * for Thy goodness sake, O LORD.
King of glory ? The LORD strong and mighty, the is
not the
my
ber
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting and the King of glory doors!
shall
O LORD, Thy tender and Thy loving-kind which have been ever of *
old.
the generation of them * that seek the Him,
God
the day.
all
Remember,
of his salvation.
This that
:
wait
will
He
meek
guide in judg He teach
will
paths of the
LORD
are
* unto such as mercy and truth, and His testi His covenant keep monies.
in.
this
of
King hosts,
of
glory
He
is
?
* the
For Thy Name s sake, * pardon mine iniquity ;
1
glory.
great. 1
SLH.
O
LORD,
for
it
is
THE FIRST HOUR.
PRIME, OR
What man LORD ? * him
he that feareth the
is
shall
He
teach in the
way that He shall choose. His soul shall dwell at ease * and his seed shall inherit the earth. :
The LORD
a strong rock unto
is
* and His them that fear Him covenant shall be made known to them. Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD * for He shall pluck my feet ;
:
out of the net.
Turn Thee unto me, and have * for I am desolate mercy upon me, and afflicted. The troubles of mine heart are *
enlarged
O
:
me
bring
out of
affliction
* and pain forgive all my Consider mine enemies, * and are hate :
:
wash mine hands
I will
cency,
* and
Altar,
O
in inno-
compass Thine
I will
LORD.
That
hear
may
I
*
and thanksgiving, wondrous works.
the voice of
tell
of
Thy
all
LORD, I have loved the beauty of Thine house, * and the place where
Thy glory dwelleth. Make not my soul
O
to perish with
* nor
my
bloody men In whose hands
God,
keep
hand
for they
their right But as
me
mine innocence
sins.
they
:
and
with
my
with
life
for
* and
is
mischief, full of bribes.
is
will
I
me,
walk
in
* redeem me, and
:
be merciful unto me.
my
soul,
and
me
deliver
:
me
not be ashamed, for I put my trust in Thee. The undefiled and the upright * for I wait on Thee. cleave to me Redeem Israel, O God, * out of let
I hate the congregation of evil * and will not sit with the doers wicked.
sinners,
cruel hatred.
*
doers.
:
Look upon mine
O
sat with vain persons, I go in with wrong
will
my
distresses.
many
have not
I
* neither
47
My foot standeth in uprightness * in the congregations will I bless Thee, O LORD.
:
:
all his
troubles
Psalm XXII.
!
[Intituled
"Of
me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine innocence * I :
have trusted also in the shall
not *
:
LORD
;
I
slide.
Examine me,
me
try as
O
by
LORD, and prove my reins and
fire
mine heart. For Thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes * and I have walked in :
Thy
truth.
me
down
to lie
He
David."]
JUDGE
THE
my
is
shall not want.
Psalm XXV. [Intituled
Psalm of
"A
LORD
waters.
He
leadeth
*
He
leadeth
*
Yea, though
me
He
beside
restoreth
me
I
maketh the
:
still
soul
my
:
the paths of
in
His
for
Name s
walk through the
shadow of death, :
I
Shepherd,
in green pastures
me
righteousness, sake. valley of the fear no evil
*
David."]
* for
Thou
I will
art with
:
rod and comfort me.
Thy
Thy
staff
*
they
THE PSALTER.
48
Thou prepares! a table before me, * in the presence of mine enemies Thou anointest mine head with * and mine O oil :
overflowing cup,
:
how goodly is it Surely Thy mercy !
*
me
shall follow
the days of my life And I will dwell in the house of
all
the
:
* for ever.
LORD
art He That took me womb * Thou art mine my mother s breasts. I was cast upon Thee from the womb Thou art my God from my
But Thou
out of the hope from
:
mother
me
/TY God, my God, look upon *** me 1 why hast Thou for saken me ? * the voice of mine of :
deliverance far
from me.
O my God, I cry in the day-time, and Thou hearest not * and in the and still it is not fool night season :
ishness in me.
Our
in holiness, *
Praise of Israel
fathers
they trusted,
!
trusted in
Thee
and Thou didst
* :
deliver
them.
:
and were not confounded. But I am a worm and no man * a reproach of men, and despised of :
the people. 2 All they that see :
He
* :
for there is
have compassed
me
me
:
round.
with their * as a ravening and a roar
ing lion.
am poured out like water, my bones are out of joint
I all
* and
;
Mine
heart
in the
midst of
My
strength
jaws
wax *
bowels.
my
is dried up like a and my tongue cleaveth to * and Thou hast brought
potsherd,
my me
like melting
is
:
into the dust of death.
For many dogs have compassed * the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me. They pierced mine hands and my * feet they have told all my bones They look and stare upon me.
me
:
:
:
They part my garments among them, and upon my vesture do they cast
seeing
He
* :
let
LORD,
Him
let
Him
deliver him,
delighteth in him.
The words
But
me
;
not Thine help be far from * haste Thee to save LORD,
let
O
me.
God, deliver my soul from the sword * my darling from the power of the dog Save me from the lion s mouth ; * and mine affliction from the horns of :
the unicorns.
:
trusted in the
rescue him
1 will
brethren
declare
* :
congregation
God, why hast Thou forsaken Lord upon the Cross (Matth. xxvii. 46 ; Mark xv. 34). 2
near
!
me
laugh me to * they shoot out the lip, and
shake their head
1
from
lots.
cried unto Thee, and were * delivered they trusted in Thee,
They
scorn
far
They gaped upon me
1\
But Thou dwellest
is
bulls
Many
mouths,
It has [Intituled "A Psalm of David." a musical (?) superscription, from part of which it appears that it was written for a tune called "The hind of the morning."]
O Thou
* Be not
belly.
strong bulls have beset
JFrttiag.
Psalm XXI.
Thy
s
:
For trouble none to help. *
fences keepeth
:
"My
Read Matth.
God,
My
xxvii. 39-44.
Thy name unto my
in
the
will
I
Me?"
midst of the praise Thee.
were quoted by our
PRIME, OR
Ye
that
*
Him Him
the
fear
LORD, praise
ye seed of Jacob, glorify
all
:
THE FIRST HOUR.
;
Let
the seed of Israel fear * For He hath not despised abhorred the prayer of the
Him. nor
In Advent the Antiphon is the First Antiphon which has been said at Lauds on Sunday, unless the day have a set of its own.
all
poor; Neither hath He hid His face from me * but when I cried unto Him, He heard me. My praise shall be*of Thee in the I will pay my great congregation :
:
vows before them that
The poor fied,
49
shall eat
Him
All the ends of the earth * shall
remember and all
Antiphon for Passiontide. liver me, O Lord, and set side Thee and any man may fight against me. :
CHAPTER.
(Zech.
viii.
De
2
me
be
hand
s
19.)
:
live for ever.
And
live.
shall praise the LORD * their heart shall
and they
that seek
fear Him. and be satis
*
As I live, Antiphon in Lent. saith the LORD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that he turn from his way and
turn unto the
L
OVE
peace and truth, Lord Almighty.
saith the
LORD.
the kindreds of the na
tions * shall worship before Him.
For the kingdom is the LORD S He hath dominion among the :
* and
If the Preces have not been said at Lauds, then the Preces are now said, as on S tin day j but if the Lauds Preces have been said, the following longer
form
is used, all
kneeling:
nations.
they that be
All shall
down
that go
down
My
* and
before
The it
*
all
:
they
Him
:
Him Him
seed shall serve
;
:
generation to come shall tell * and the heavens
unto the Lord
shall declare
:
His righteousness unto
a people that shall be born, the Lord hath made.
whom
OUR
Father
art
in
Give us
heaven.
is
substituted for
Ordinary year. in
Thy
Antiphon
Blessed law, 1
O
our that
trespass against us. (Aloud.) And lead us not Verse.
into
during
forgive
from
But deliver us
evil.
II.
BELIEVE
the
they that walk Lord. xxxiii.
we
as
forgive
it.
are
Ezek.
day our
this
us
bread.
Answer. no other
And
them
daily
temptation.
simply omitted and
cxvii. is
Who
(inaudibly),
heaven, Hallowed be
in
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is
trespasses,
Saturtiag*
Psalm
eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
to the dust shall fall
soul also shall live unto
my
Kyrie eleison. Answer. Christe
upon earth
fat
and worship
eat
1
(inaudibly)
the Father Almighty,
heaven and
earth. 2
Job
And xvii. 3.
in
God
Maker in
of
JESUS
THE PSALTER. His only Son, our Lord was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
Christ,
and buried
dead,
crucified,
descended into
He
:
the third day He rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the hell
:
:
Father Almighty from thence He shall come to judge the quick and I believe in the Holy the dead. :
Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the For giveness of sins. (Aloud.}
The
Verse.
Resurrection of the
body.
And
Answer.
the Life everlast
Amen.
ing. Verse.
And
unto Thee have
O LORD. And Answer.
I
of
my
prayer
the
morning
come betimes
me, O LORD, from the evil man. Answer. And preserve me from the wicked man. 2 Verse. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God. And defend me from Answer. them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the Verse. workers of iniquity. Answer. And save me from bloody men. 3 Verse. So will I sing unto Thy
Name
Thy
Let
my mouth
be
filled
That
glory, all the
I
may
sing
of
Verse.
O
Lord, hide
face
Thy
me
in
O God. Answer. And renew a
all
mine
a
clean
right spirit
within me.
Make
me
not away from
Spirit
And
take
not
Thine
from me.
1
Ps. cxxxix. 2.
5
Called the
"
upon the sea. O God, to
haste to help me,
LORD. 5
Verse.
Holy God, Holy Mighty,
Have mercy on
Answer. 6
Bless the
us.
LORD,
O my
soul.
And all that is within Answer. me, bless His holy Name.
O my soul.
Bless the LORD,
Answer.
And
forget not all his
benefits.
presence.
Answer.
of
haste,
Make
Answer.
Verse.
Cast
O God
us,
Holy Immortal.
heart,
Holy
that are afar off
Verse.
Create
Answer
daily per
deliver me.
O
iniquities. Verse.
Verse.
them
day long of Thy
from my sins. Answer. And blot out
may
Who art the confidence ends of the earth, and of
Answer.
Verse.
greatness.
Thy
4
I
our salvation.
praise.
Answer.
Thy
for ever.
Answer. That form my vows.
of all the
Verse.
with
with
free spirit. 1 Deliver Verse.
before
Thee.
the joy
And uphold me
Answer.
Verse. in
me
salvation.
Thy
Thy
cried, shall
Restore unto
Verse.
:
Who
Verse.
Who
forgiveth
all
thine
iniquities. 2 "
Ps.
Iviii.
2, 3.
3
Ps. Ix. 9.
4
Ps. Ixiv. 6.
in the Eastern Church. Its legendary origin is that it was Trisagion learnt from angels by a boy who was carried up into the air during a tempest at Con It is probably much older than his stantinople in the time of St Proclus (A.D. 434). 6 time. Photius thought it was adapted from Ps. xli. 2. Ps. cii. 1-5.
PRIME, OR Answer.
Who
healeth
all
THE FIRST HOUR. thy
diseases.
Who redeemeth thy life Verse. from destruction. Who crowneth thee Answer. with loving - kindness and tender
Answer.
Thy youth
like the eagle Verse. *J
name
51 is
renewed
s.
Our help
is
in
the
of the LORD.
Answer.
Who made
heaven and
earth,
mercies. Verse.
Who
satisfieth
with good things.
thy desire
is made the General Confession, all proceeds as on Sunday.
Then
and
TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR. for eberg
fiftce
tag in
tfje
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
beginning of Terce the LorcPs Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are said inaudibly.
Who
art in
OURHallowed be Thy Name. them
Thy
And
lead
that trespass against us. us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from
Amen.
evil.
-*
-*
of grace ; The Mary, Lord is with thee blessed full
:
art
thou among women, and blessed
the fruit of thy
womb, JESUS. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.
is
Then Verse.
^
is
haste,
said the following :
Who
Holy Ghost, COME, Reignest with Father 3
It is
ever One, and with
Son, the hour, our souls possess Thy full flood of holiness.
and heart, and lips, and mind, forth our witness to mankind And love light up our mortal frame Till others catch the living flame. Let
flesh,
Sound
Now And Be
;
to the Father, to the Son, Three in One,
to the Spirit,
praise,
and thanks, and glory given, earth, by Saints in heaven.
By men on
Amen.
O
God,
to deliver me.
Answer. Make haste to help me, LORD. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
O
is
HYMN. 2
said aloud :
Make
said:
Then
With
T T AIL,
is
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of heaven.
kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
give
to
"Alle
heaven,
us this day our daily bread. And us we for our as forgive trespasses,
Alleluia.
From Septuagesima Sunday Maundy Thursday instead of luia"
Father,
1
The last verse is sometimes said thus, altered in honour of the Incarnation : JESU, the Virgin-born, to Thee, Father, Spirit, One and Three,
To
Be praise, and thanks, and glory given, By men on earth, by Saints in heaven. Amen.
1 The proper hour of Terce is 9 A.M., about which time it is generally said in communities before the Community Mass. 2 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school. Translation by the late Card. Newman. 3 It was at this the third hour that the Holy Ghost descended on the day of Pente cost. Acts ii. 15.
THE THIRD HOUR.
TERCE, OR
In Paschal time it is said thus, al tered in honour of the Resurrection : JESU, our Risen Lord, to Thee, To Father, Spirit, One and Three, Be praise, and thanks, and glory given, By men on earth, by Saints in heaven.
Amen.
It is also occasionally otherwise al which occasions are marked in
tered,
commandments
53 :
* for therein do
I
delight.
mine heart unto Thy testi * and not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes from be * quicken Thou me holding vanity in Thy way. Stablish Thy word unto Thy ser * that he vant, may fear Thee. Incline
monies,
:
their places.
Turn away my reproach, which
Then follow six sections of Psalm VIII. They are all said under one
CX
Antiphon, and when Five Antiphons have been said at Lauds, the Second of
Five is the Antiphon at Terce. Otherwise those given here are used.
these
dread
* for
:
good. Behold,
Thy Thy
:
righteousness.
Here Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays ; and for every day in Paschal time.
have longed after * quicken me in
I
precepts
I
are
Thy judgments
Glory be to the not said.
the Doxology,
Father,
is
&c.,"
"
Alleluia.
Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Lead me. In Advent the Antiphon is the Second Antiphon which has been said at Lauds on Sunday, unless the day have a set of its o?vn.
Behold now
Antiphon in Lent. is
the day.
O
Antiphon in Passiontide.
Thou
Lord,
hast judged.
And
the
:
way of I
:
1
2
in
the
path
of
Thy
* for
I
I will
walk
at liberty
* :
for
Thy
precepts. I will speak of Thy :
testimonies * and will not be
ashamed.
And
shall
keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I * shall keep Thy law yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
:
Thy judgments. keep Thy law contin
also before kings
O
me
my mouth
* for ever and ever.
seek
1
Lead
shall I
And
CXVIII.
LORD, me, * and TEACH Thy statutes
:
take not the word of truth
utterly out of have hoped in
So
rr
me
Thy
I
\
:
answer him that reproacheth * for I trust in word.
ually,
Continuation of Psalm
come
also unto * even Thy sal vation, according to Thy word. So shall I have wherewith to
mercy LETme,Thy O LORD
I will
delight myself in
*
Thy
commandments, which I have loved. Mine hands also will I lift up unto Thy commandments, which I have loved * and I will meditate :
in
Thy
statutes.
Here begins the letter He, an aspirate, nearly represented by our H. Here begins the letter Vau, variously attempted to be represented by V, W, U,
O, Oo.
THE PSALTER.
54
Continuation of the same Psalm.
I
EMEMBER
13
Thy
4-^*
Thou
my
is
* that
*
servant,
upon which
me
hast caused
This tion,
Thy word unto
to hope. comfort in mine afflic
Thy word
hath quickened
me.
The proud have behaved them *
selves very wickedly
yet have I
:
not turned aside from
Thy
old,
not forgotten
Thy
At midnight
I
have
yet
:
law.
will
to
rise
unto Thee, * because righteous judgments.
thanks
Thy I
am
give of
companion of all them and of them that
the
that fear Thee, *
keep Thy precepts.
The earth, O LORD, is full of * teach me Thy mercy Thy :
statutes.
law.
remembered Thy judgments of O LORD * and have comforted
I
*
compassed me about
Continuation of the same Psalm.
:
myself.
Horror hath taken hold upon me, * because of the wicked that forsake
Thy law. Thy statutes have been my
*
songs * in the house of my pilgrimage. I have remembered Thy Name, O * and have LORD, in the night, kept
Thy
law.
This
I
had,
* because
kept
Thy
O
LORD,
is
&c.,"
"
Thy
according
word.
Thy
:
astray
was
I
afflicted,
I
now
I
therefore
:
Thy word. Thou art good,
Glory be to the
not said.
*
Teach me goodness, and judg * for I have ment, and knowledge believed Thy commandments.
kept
the Doxology,
Father,
to
hast dealt well with
servant,
Before I
precepts.
Here
^PHOU
went have
* and in
Thy
goodness teach me Thy statutes. The proud have dealt very * but I will wickedly with me with keep Thy precepts my whole :
HPHOU *
*
art
keep Thy
my
O
portion,
have said that
I
I
LORD, would
law.
Thy favour with my * be merciful unto me according to Thy word. * and I thought on my ways, turned my feet unto Thy testi monies. I made haste, and delayed not * to commandments. entreated
I
whole heart
:
keep Thy The bands of
1
2 3
4
Here begins the Here begins the Here begins the "
Gross as
the wicked have
heart.
Their heart is curdled as milk * but I delight in Thy law. It is
me
fat is their
heart
(Leeser).
me
that
* that
:
I
Thou
hast
might learn
Thy statutes. The law of Thy mouth
is
better
unto me, * than thousands of gold
and
silver.
Here Father,
The
Glory be to the not said.
the Doxology, &c.,"
letter Zain, answering to Z. letter Kheth, a strong guttural, variously letter Teth, represented by T. "
for
good
afflicted
4 :
is
"
represented by
idea conveyed
is
Kh
and Hh.
that of stupidity.
TERCE, OR
THE THIRD HOUR. in
Antiphon
me and me
hands have made me *
THINE fashioned
that
understanding,
give
:
I
may
learn
Thy commandments. They that fear Thee will be glad when they see me * because I have hoped in Thy word. I know, O LORD, that Thy judg ments are right, * and that Thou :
me. Let Thy merciful kindness be for * according to Thy my comfort, word unto Thy servant. Let Thy tender mercies come unto
in faithfulness hast afflicted
is
* for
Thy
law
Let the proud be ashamed,
for
me, that
my
I
may
live
:
me
out a cause
meditate
my
O
life,
Lord my God.
Then follows the Chapter and the When they are not Short Responsory. given specially, one of the following is used. After the Chapter is always an swered, Thanks be to God." "
On Sundays, from the Third Sun day after the Epiphany inclusive until Septuagesima Sunday exclusive, and from the Third Sunday after Pentecost inclusive until Advent Sunday exclusive are said the following, and the Responsory is used moreover till the First Sunday in Lent exclusive.
Thy
:
* but I
will
CHAPTER,
precepts.
Let mine heart be undented in * that I be not Thy statutes,
ashamed.
iv.
16.)
and he
:
that dwell-
in love dwelleth in
and God in him. Answer. Thanks be
to
God,
God.
Short Responsory. 4
mine heart unto Thy O God. Answer. Incline mine heart unto Thy testimonies, O God. Verse. Turn away mine eyes from Incline
testimonies,
Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Antiphon for every day in Alleluia,
Alleluia,
Paschal Alleluia,
beholding vanity in Thy way.
Alleluia.
Ordinary
love
is
GODeth
testimonies.
time.
John
(i
with
Let those that fear Thee turn unto me, * and those that know
Thy
O
3
Passiontide.
Lord, Thou hast judged the cause Thou hast redeemed of my soul.
delight.
they dealt wrongfully with in
55
Antiphon
Week
for
Lead me in the path Thy commandments, O Lord. 2
days.
O
In Advent the Antipho?i is the Second Antiphon which has been said at Laiids on Sunday, unless the day have a set of its own.
Behold now Antiphon in Lent. the day of repentance, to redeem sin, and save the soul.
ful
is
1
Here begins the
2
Ps. cxviii. 35.
Answer.
Thy
Lam.
4
iii.
58.
5
O
I said,
by
J,
Y,
I,
Holy
mine heart unto God.
LORD, be merci
unto me. Heal my soul, Answer. have sinned against Thee.
letter Jod, variously represented 3
Incline
testimonies,
Verse.
testimonies,
Son, and to the
to the
Ghost.
me
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
quicken Thou
Unto Thy
Answer. God.
of
:
for
Ee.
Ps. cxviii. 36, 37.
5
Ps.
xl. 5.
I
THE PSALTER. On
ordinary Week-days throughout
the year are said the following :
CHAPTER.
T T EAL me,
(Jer. xvii. 14.)
O
* *
LORD, and
I shall
Answer. Come and save us, O Lord God of hosts. Verse. 2 Cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Answer. O Lord God of hosts.
be healed save me, and I shall be saved for Thou art my
and
praise.
Ghost.
:
Thanks be
Answer.
to
God.
my
soul, for
Thy Name,
against Thee.
Answer.
Answer. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. Verse. I said, LORD, be merciful unto me. Answer. For I have sinned against Thee. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. Heal my soul, have sinned against Thee. x
Verse.
for
I
Be Thou mine Helper,
neither leave me, Answer. Nor forsake me, of my salvation.
CHAPTER.
the earth
The heathen
O
shall
fear
And all Thy glory.
the kings
:
CHAPTER.
^PURN
(Joel
ii.
12, 13.)
Me with all your with fasting, and with And weeping, and with mourning. rend your heart and not your gar ments, saith the Lord Almighty. ye to
-
heart,
Thanks be
Answer.
to
God.
Short Responsory.
He hath delivered snare of the fowler.
the days come, saith
the
me from
From
Answer.
the snare of the
fowler.
in the earth.
Answer. He hath delivered from the snare of the fowler.
:
Thanks be
to
God.
Short Responsory. save us,
O
Lord God
of hosts. 1
the
Answer. He hath delivered me from the snare of the fowler. Verse. And from the noisome
LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch and a King shall reign in wisdom, and shall execute judgment and justice
Come and
of
pestilence.
T3EHOLD,
Answer.
O
LORD.
4
(Jer. xxiii. 5.)
us,
In Lent are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only)
O God
In Advent are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only) :
U
3
Verse.
have sinned
I
the
to
Answer. Come and save Lord God of hosts.
Short Responsory.
Heal
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
:
Ps. xxvi. 9.
Ps. Ixxix. 4.
Verse.
and
to
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
He
Verse.
me
shall cover thee with
His wings. Answer. And under His feathers shalt thou trust. 3
Ps.
ci.
1
6.
4
Ps. xc. 3.
TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR. In Passiontide are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only) :
CHAPTER.
Who
Verse.
that forsake Thee ashamed they that depart from Thee shall be written
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. The Lord is risen from
:
the earth because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of
the grave, Alleluia, Alleluia.
living waters.
deed, Alleluia.
in
:
Thanks be
Answer.
Short Responsory. 1
O
God, deliver
soul from
my
the sword.
Answer. O God, deliver from the sword.
And my
Verse.
my
soul
from
darling
mark
my
soul from
risen
is
in
*.
Kyrie eleison. Answer. Christe
My
God, deliver
The Lord
After the Short Responsory, if the Preces have been said at Lauds, all kneel down and the following are said; but if the Preces have been omitted at Lauds, the?i these are also omitted down to the
the power of the dog. Answer. soul from the sword.
O
2
Verse.
Answer. And hath appeared to Simon, Alleluia.
God.
to
upon
Verse.
all
OLORD, shall be
us
for
hung
the tree.
Answer. (Jer. xvii. 13.)
57
the
eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
sword.
O
Verse.
the lion
Lord,
me
save
from
mouth.
s
OUR
Answer. And mine affliction from the horns of the unicorns.
CHAPTER.
risen
The Lord
is
forgive
us.
lead
them
(Aloud.) us not
that
into
temptation.
But deliver us from
Answer. Verse.
God
3
Turn us
again,
O
evil.
Lord
of hosts.
Answer. And cause Thy face to and we shall be saved. Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
shine, us.
from the grave,
Alleluia, Alleluia.
risen
from
the grave, Alleluia, Alleluia. Ps. xxi. 21.
we
And
Verse.
Short Responsory.
Answer.
trespasses, as
vi. 9.)
being raised from the Kdead, dieth no more, death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once ; but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Answer. Thanks be to God.
is
Give us this day our heaven. And forgive us our bread.
daily
trespass against
(Rom.
/CHRIST,
The Lord
in
Thy kingdom come. Thy Name. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in
In Paschal time are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only) :
(inaudibly\ Who heaven, Hallowed be
Father
art
2
Luke
Answer.
Name s
And
deliver us for
Thy
sake.
Here the Office is continued when the above has been omitted. xxiv. 34.
3
Ps. Ixxix.
THE PSALTER. * Verse.
Hear
my
prayer,
O
And
let
my
cry
come
Here is said after which :
the
And
on
Prayer for
Hear my
Answer. unto Thee.
prayer,
let
my
the day,
O
LORD.
cry
come
Mary
Office
of the
in
will
And us this day our daily bread. forgive us our trespasses, as we for give
And
them
that trespass against us. lead us not into temptation ;
Note.
Blessed
is to
follow immediately, begun here, and what follows is not said. Otherwise the Office ends thus : it is
Verse (said in a somewhat lower May the souls of the Faith voice].
through the mercy of God,
in peace.
Answer.
is
it
Thy
be done Give heaven.
Thy
but deliver us from
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
If the Little
ful,
earth, as
heaven,
evil.
Amen.
Bless
Answer.
Virgin
art in
kingdom come.
Let us pray.
Verse.
Lord s
OURHallowed Who be Thy Name. Father,
unto Thee.
Verse.
Lastly, unless Sext follow, the is said inaudibly.
Prayer
LORD. Answer.
Amen.
rest
When
Office is
said in Choir
the Service is ended with the Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time Otherwise it is only the Choir is left. said as given in this book, at the end of Lauds (or the aggregation of which
Lauds forms a part] and Compline.
The above Office, appointed Feasts. for all Sundays and Week-days through out the year, Feasts.
is
likewise said on all
59
THE SIXTH HOUR.
SEXT, OR fSce for eforg foag in
now, and ever
tfje
the beginning of Sext, the Lortfs Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are
shall be, world with Alleluia.
Amen.
out end.
At
1
From Septuagesima Sunday to Maundy Thursday, instead of Alle "
luia"
is
said :
said inaudibly.
Who
art in
heaven,
OURHallowed be Thy Name. Father,
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of Heaven.
Thy Then
kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
And us this day our daily bread. for as we us our trespasses, forgive them
give
And
that trespass against us. not into temptation ;
lead us
but deliver us from
OGOD, Who
Guiding the hours, as they roll by, Brightening with beams the morning pale,
The of grace Mary, Lord is with thee blessed
HAIL, is
;
the
fruit
of thy
womb, JESUS.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray now, and at the hour Amen. of our death.
for us sinners,
Then Verse.
*J
is
Make
haste,
O
As
it
strife,
and was
to the in
Holy Ghost.
the
;
Grant
O
this,
Father, Only Son,
And Holy Spirit, God of grace, To Whom all glory, Three in One, in
every time and place.
to
me. Answer. Make haste to help me, LORD. Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son,
;
Amen. God,
deliver
O
mid-day sky
the fires of hate and
The wasting fever of the heart From perils guard our feeble life, And to our souls Thy peace impart.
Be given
said aloud :
in the
Quench Thou
:
thou among women, and blessed
art
canst not change nor
fail,
And burning full
said the following :
HYMN. 2
Amen.
evil.
is
beginning,
is
The last verse is sometimes said thus, altered in honour of the Incarnation : Hear, JESU, Virgin-born, our cry,
With Father and with Holy Ghost,
To
Whom
On
earth as
be praise, here as on high, mid the Angelic Host.
Amen.
1 The proper hour for Sext is 12 noon. In Choirs it is generally said after the Com munity Mass. 2 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, with one word altered. Translation by the
late
Card.
Newman.
THE PSALTER.
6o
in
In Paschal time it is said thus, altered honour of the Resurrection :
To Thee,
our Risen Lord, we cry, With Father and with Holy Ghost,
How many
are the days of Thy when wilt Thou execute judgment on them that persecute
servant? *
me?
To Whom be praise, here as on high, On earth as mid the Angelic Host.
The wicked have spoken unto me, * which are not after
Amen.
lies
Thy
law. // is also occasionally otherwise al tered, which occasions are marked in their places.
Then follow six sections of Psalm CXVIII. They are all said under one Antiphon, and when Five Antiphons have been said at Lauds the third of these Five is the Antiphon at Sext. Otherwise those given here are
itsed.
All ful
*
Thy commandments they persecute
:
help
Thou me.
They had almost consumed me * but I forsook not upon earth :
Thy
precepts.
Quicken kindness
me *
Here
&c.,"
Thy I
loving-
keep the
Thy mouth.
the Doxology,
Father,
Alleluia.
after
so shall
:
testimony of
Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays and for every day in Paschal time.
are faith
me wrongfully,
is
"
Glory be to the
not said.
Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Hold Thou me
up.
In Advent the Antiphon is the Third Antiphon which has been said at Lauds on Sunday, unless the day have a set of its own.
FOR
is
Let us ap
Lent.
Antiphon prove ourselves. Antiphon in Passiontide.
*
Thy word
Thy faithfulness is unto all genera * Thou hast established the
tions in
O
LORD, ever, settled in heaven.
:
earth,
and
it
abideth.
The day
O My
people.
Continuation of Psalm CXVIII.
continueth by Thine * for all ordinance things serve Thee. Unless Thy law had been my * then perchance I should delight, have perished in mine affliction. I will never forget Thy precepts * for with them Thou hast quick ened me. * for I am Thine, save me have sought Thy precepts. The wicked have waited for me, * but I considered to destroy me :
:
1V/TY
soul fainteth for
*
tion
:
* but
I
Thy
hope
in
salva-
Thy
word.
Mine eyes saying
fail
When
:
*
for
wilt
Thy word, Thou comfort
me? For
I
am become
not forget *
:
testimonies.
Thy
skin in time of frost
2
:
Thy
like
yet
statutes.
Here begins the Here begins the
a wine
* :
letter
letter
do
I
I
tion
have seen an end of :
* but
all
perfec
Thy commandment
exceeding broad.
Caph, a guttural variously represented by C, Q, Ch, &c. Lamed, answering to L.
is
SEXT, OR
THE SIXTH HOUR.
Continuation of the same Psalm.
will offerings
* and teach
*
love
I
Thy
my
is
it
O
law,
meditation
Lord all
hand !
the
through
made me
hast
ments,
Thy command
mine enemies
:
wiser than * for they are ever
with me.
have more understanding than * for testi teachers
I
my
all
Thy
:
monies are my meditation. I understand more than the an * because I cients, keep Thy pre
:
me
soul
*
yet
:
*
I
yet
:
day.
Thou,
of my mouth, O LORD me Thy judgments.
is continually in mine do I not forget Thy law. The wicked have laid a snare for
My
O HOW
61
erred not from
Thy
precepts.
testimonies have
Thy
an heritage
for ever
I taken as * for they are
:
the rejoicing of mine heart. I have inclined mine heart
to
* be perform Thy statutes always, cause of the reward.
Contmuatio7i of the same Psalm.
cepts.
have refrained my * that I
I
every evil way Thy word.
;
feet
from
might keep
not departed from Thy * for Thou hast taught judgments
have
I
:
me.
How my to my
taste
HATE
the unrighteous law do I love.
* but
:
Thy Thou art mine Helper and my * and in Protector Thy word do :
I
sweet are Thy words unto * yea, sweeter than honey !
mouth.
Through Thy precepts derstanding false
T
* therefore
:
I
I
get
un
hate every
hope. Depart from me, ye evil-doers * for I will keep the commandments :
of
my
God.
Uphold me according to Thy * and let me word, and I shall live not be ashamed of mine hope. Hold Thou me up and I shall be * and I will have safe respect unto :
way.
Here
"
the Doxology, Glory Father, &c.," is not said.
be
to the
:
Thy statutes continually. Thou hast trodden down all them * for that err from Thy statutes :
word is a lamp unto my feet, * and a light unto my path. have sworn, and am stedfastly
THY I
* to keep purposed,
Thy
righteous
judgments. I
am
afflicted
*
LORD quicken Thy word. :
Accept,
very
me
much,
O
according to
1
2 3
Here begins the Here begins the Here begins the
:
testimonies.
Make Thou my for fear of
of
Thee
:
flesh to tremble
* for
Father,
am
afraid
the Doxology, Glory be to the is not said. &c.," "
answering to M.
letter
Mem,
letter
Nun, answering to N. Samech, somewhat represented by
letter
I
Thy judgments. Here
beseech Thee, the free
I
thought is falsehood. I hold all the wicked of the earth * therefore I love as liars Thy their
S.
THE PSALTER.
62
O My Antiphon in Passiontide. people, what have I done unto thee, and wherein have I wearied thee? 3
HAVE tice
done judgment and jusme not to mine
* leave
:
Testify against
Me.
oppressors.
Be
for Thy servant for not the proud oppress
surety
*
good
:
let
me.
Mine eyes
for
fail
salva
Thy
* and for the word of
tion,
"
Thy On Sundays, from
righteousness.
Deal with Thy servant according * and teach me unto Thy mercy :
Thy
statutes.
am Thy
I
It is
*
*
servant
derstanding, testimonies.
Then follows the Chapter and the Short Responsory. When they are not given specially, one of the following is used. After the Chapter is always an Thanks be to God." swered,
that I
:
me un
give
may know Thy
time for Thee, LORD, to work
the Third Sunday Epiphany inclusive until Septuagesima Sunday exclusive, and from the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost in clusive until Advent Sunday exclusive, are said the following, and the Reafter the
sponsory is used moreover until the First Su?iday in Lent, exclusive.
:
CHAPTER.
they have made void Thy law. Therefore I love Thy command ments * above gold and the topaz stone.
Therefore did
commandments
EAR
turn to
* :
I
all
hate
Thy
Antiphon for every day in Paschal Alleluia, Alleluia.
Alleluia,
Alleluia,
Hold Thou me
O
4
For ever, LORD, settled [in heaven].
God.
to
up,
O
Lord, and
all
Thy
faithfulness
is
unto
Thy word
is
settled [in
heaven].
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
In Advent the Antipho?i is the Third Antiphon which has been said at Lauds on Sunday, unless the day have a set of its own.
Let us ap Antiphon in Lent. prove ourselves in much patience, in much fasting, by the armour of vi rrV*i-or\n o vi^oo
and
to
the
Ghost.
Answer. For ever, O LORD, Thy word is settled [in heaven]. 5
Verse.
The LORD
is
my Shep
herd, I shall not want.
Answer.
down
righteousness.
in
He maketh me
to lie
green pastures.
the letter Ayin, or Chain, as to the sound of which the learned are not
agreed. 2
is
generations.
Answer.
I
safe.
Thy word
Answer. For ever, O LORD, Thy word is settled [in heaven]. Verse.
Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Here begins
Thanks be
Answer.
Short Responsory.
time.
1
burdens,
every
Ordinary Antiphon for Sunday.
be
s
shall ye fulfil the law
of Christ. I
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
shall
vi. 2.)
ye one another
and so
false way.
2
(Gal.
Ps. cxviii. 117.
3
Micah
vi. 3.
4
Ps
.
cxviii. 89.
5
Ps. xxii.
i, 2.
OR THE SIXTH HOUR.
SEXT,
On
ordinary Week-days throughout year are said the following :
the
CHAPTER. ye BEAR and so
one another
s
Thanks be
to
unto Thy people. Answer. O visit
Verse.
at
I
will
bless the
LORD
CHAPTER.
His praise shall continu ally be in my mouth. Answer. At all times. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
ET
Verse.
Thy
the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him and to our God, for He *
*
;
Answer.
I
the
will bless
abundantly pardon. Thanks be to God. Answer.
LORD
at all times.
The LORD
Verse.
He maketh me
Answer.
down
Short Responsory.
my Shep
45
4
He
in
to
lie
green pastures.
wings. Ansiver. Verse.
CHAPTER. those
(Jerem.
days
and
saved,
and
shall
be
Judah shall
Israel
dwell
name where The LORD
by she shall be called, our Righteousness.
to
God.
us
Answer. LORD. Verse.
Thy mercy, O LORD. Show us Thy mercy, O
And
grant
us
Thy
sal
Thy mercy,
Ps. xxxiii. 2.
thee
2
O
feathers
trust.
With His wings.
Ansiver.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. He shall cover thee Answer. with His wings. Verse. His truth shall be thy shield.
Thou
LORD.
Ps. Ixxxiv. 8.
shalt
not
be
by night.
In Passion fide are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only) :
CHAPTER.
xvii. 18.)
(Jerem.
T ET them be confounded -*
vation.
Answer.
And under His
thou
afraid for the terror
Short Responsory.
Show
shalt
Answer.
Thanks be
Ansiver.
cover
shall
Verse.
xxxiii. 16.)
this is the
He
with His wings.
In Advent are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only] :
:
His
cover thee with
shall
shall not want.
I
herd,
(Isa. lv. 7.)
will
Ghost.
1
with
us
the Chapter on
Answer.
2
O
In Lent are said the following (but Week-days only} :
all
at all times.
safely
mercy,
salvation.
times.
TN ^
Holy Ghost.
Thy
Remember us, O LORD, Thou bearest
God.
LORD
the
bless
will
1
3
us
with the favour that
Short Responsory. 1
to the
Show
burdens, law
shall ye fulfil the
of Christ.
Answer.
and
Answer. LORD.
vi. 2.)
(Gal.
Glory be to the Father,, and
Verse.
to the Son,
secute me, but
confounded 3
;
let
Ps. cv. 4.
let
that per-
not
me
be
them be dismayed, 4
Ps. xc. 4.
THE PSALTER.
64 but
me be dismayed
not
let
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
bring
;
upon them the day of evil, and de stroy them with double destruction, O Lord our God. Answer. Thanks be to God.
and
1
O
me
Lord, save
from the lion
And mine From
Answer.
3
2
Make
me
from
affliction
from
s mouth, from the lion s
not
Nor my
Answer. men.
soul
my
God.
mark
life
with bloody
Kyrie eleison. Answer. Christe
(i
And
the is Christ risen from dead, the first-fruits of them that sleep ; for since by man came death, by man came also the res of the
all
die,
so
in
Christ
be made alive. Answer. Thanks be to God.
risen
in
deed, Alleluia.
hath
not
into
But deliver
Answer.
us
from
Verse.
God
Turn us
of hosts
O
Lord
i
again,
!
Answer.
And
deliver us for
Here the Office is continued when the above has been omitted. * Verse.
Hear
my
prayer,
Lord. 2
Thy
sake.
to
appeared
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Ps. xxi. 22.
that tres
us.
Alleluia.
And
in
evil.
Name s is
is
Answer. And cause Thy face to and we shall be saved. Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
risen indeed, Alleluia,
The Lord
them
(Aloud.) lead us
And
it
day our daily us our tres
shine,
Short Responsory. is
as
temptation.
shall all
The Lord
forgive
pass against us.
For as in
dead.
even
forgive
we
Verse.
earth, this
art
Thy Thy
Thy kingdom come.
be done* on heaven. Give us
passes, as
Cor. xv. 20.)
NOW
Verse.
eleison.
Who
will
bread.
Simon. Answer.
the
(inaudibly), in heaven, Hallowed be
CHAPTER,
Answer.
saw
they
OUR Father
:
urrection
When
*.
Name.
Adam
were glad,
disciples
Kyrie eleison.
In Paschal time are said the follow ing (but the Chapter on Week-days only)
in
After the Short Responsory, if the Preces have been said at Lauds all kneel down and the following are said, but if the Preces have been omitted at Lauds then these are also omitted, down to the
to
O
perish with sinners,
The
Answer.
mouth. Verse.
risen
is
Lord, Alleluia.
the lion
me
Lord, save
The Lord
Answer.
deed, Alleluia, Alleluia.
s
the horns of the unicorns.
O
Holy
Alleluia.
mouth. Answer. O Lord, save the lion s mouth. Verse.
the
to
Ghost.
Verse.
Short Responsory.
and
to the Son,
Ps. xxv. 9.
3
John
xx. 2O.
I
OR THE SIXTH HOUR.
SEXT, Answer. unto Thee.
And
let
my
cry
come
Here is said the Prayerfor after which :
Hear my
Answer. unto Thee. Verse.
Answer.
And
my
the day,
O
Lord.
cry
come
prayer,
let
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Bless
If the Little Office of the Blessed Vir gin Mary is to follow immediately, it is begun here, and what follows is not said. Otherwise the Office ends thus : Verse (said in a somewhat lower tone}. May the souls of the Faithful,
through the mercy of God, peace.
Answer.
VOL.
I.
Amen.
is
Father,
Let us pray.
Verse.
None follow, the said inaudibly.
Lastly, unless
Prayer
rest in
Who
Hallowed be Thy kingdom come. done on earth, as it Give us
art in
Thy Thy is
in
Lord s
heaven,
Name. will
be
heaven.
day our daily bread. forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; this
And
but deliver us from
evil.
Amen.
Note. When Office is said in Choir the Service is ended with the tip/ion of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time the Choir is left. Otherwise it is
An
only said as given in this book, at the end of Lauds (or the aggregation of which Lauds forms a part} and Compline. Feasts. The above Office, appointed for all Sundays and Week-days through out the year, is likewise said on all Feasts.
66
NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR. for e&erg fcag in
ffice
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
tfje
Amen. y4/ beginning of None the Lord s Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are />%*
said inaudibly. Father,
Who
art in
heaven,
be Thy Name. come. Thy will be Thy kingdom done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And
we forgive us our trespasses, as them that trespass against us.
forgive
And
lead us not into temptation Amen. but deliver us from evil.
Mary,
HAIL, Lord
is
;
The of grace blessed with thee full
;
:
thou among women, and blessed
art
womb, JESUS. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour Amen. of our death.
is
Alleluia.
From Septuagesima Sunday to Maundy Thursday instead of Alle "
luia"
OURHallowed
1
is
said:
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of heaven.
HYMN. 2 and True,
Unchangeable OGOD, the Light and Power, Of all
Dispensing
light in silence
Every successive hour
through
;
Lord, brighten our declining day, That it may never wane, Till death,
when
all
things round decay,
Brings back the morn again.
the fruit of thy
This grace on Thy redeemed confer, Father, Co-equal Son, And Holy Ghost, the Comforter, Eternal Three in One.
Amen. Then Verse.
to deliver
O
is
said aloud :
^ Make me.
Answer. LORD.
Make
haste,
O
God,
haste to help me,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 1
2
The proper hour
for
None
is
The last verse is sometimes said thus, altered in honour of the Incarnation : JESU, the Virgin-born, to Thee, Eternal praise be given, With Father, Spirit, One and Three, Here as it is in heaven.
3 P.M., but in Choirs
Amen. it
varies.
Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, with one word
late Card.
Newman.
altered.
Translation by the
NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR. hi Paschal time
it is
said thus, al
tered in honour of the Resurrection
To Father, Son, and Paraclete, The slain and risen Son, Be praise and glory, as is meet, While endless ages
Look Thou upon
and be
me,
merciful unto me, * as to do unto those that
:
Thou
usest
love
Thy
Name.
Order my steps in Thy word * and let not any iniquity have do minion over me. :
run.
Amen. // is also occasionally otherwise al which occasions are marked in their places. tered,
me
Deliver
man
of
from the oppression I will keep Thy
* and
:
precepts.
Then follow six CXVIIL They are
sections all said
of Psalm under o?ie
Make Thy Thy servant :
Antiphon, and when Five Antipkons have been said at Lauds, the Fifth of these Five is the Antiphon at None. Otherwise those given here arc used.
face to shine upon * and teach me Thy
statutes.
Rivers of water run down mine * because they keep not Thy
eyes
:
law.
Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays every day in Paschal time.
and for
Alleluia.
The Doxology, Father,
Glory be not said.
is
c.,"
"
to
the
Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Look Thou upon me. In Advent the Antiphon is the Fifth Antiphon which has been said at Lauds on Sunday, unless the day have a set of its own.
Antiphon for Week-days in Lent. Let us approve ourselves. Week-days in Pas-
Antiphon for siontide.
evil for
Did not they reward me good ?
ID IGHTEOUS
^^
D
very faithful.
My
most I
do
testimonies are wonderful * therefore doth my soul keep
:
them. giveth light
yea,
:
it
Thy words giveth under
standing unto the simple. I
*
opened
for I
I
my mouth and
longed for
panted
Thy command
ments.
mine
Thy
consumed me, * enemies
have
:
is tried to the utter * and Thy servant loveth it. am small and despised * yet not forget Thy precepts. :
:
Thy
righteousness righteousness the truth.
is
an
is
*
1
Here begins the Here begins the
Trouble and anguish have taken * hold upon me Thy command ments are my delight. :
The monies
righteousness of is
everlasting
by P, Ph. F. Tzade, represented by Tz or Ts.
letter Pe, represented letter
ever
and Thy
:
*
Thy
:
understanding, and I shall 2
for
words.
lasting
law of
hath
zeal
because
1
unfolding *
O are
Thy word
CXVIIL
^HY The
and
:
Thy judgments. Thy testimonies that Thou hast commanded are righteous, * and
gotten Continuation of Psalm
Thou, upright
art
*
LORD
testi
give live.
me
THE PSALTER.
68
LORD * quicken me according to Thy judgments. Many are my persecutors, and
Continuation of the same Psalm.
CRIED I
hear
keep Thy
with
whole
my
me,
me command Thy
keep
cepts,
Thy word
look
:
pre
me
Thy
loving-kindness. true from the be
is
Thy for
ever.
Hear my voice according unto
Thy
Thy
quicken
:
* and every one of judgments endureth
ginning righteous
Thee
to
meditate in
may
I
:
up
love
*
O LORD
according to
:
eyes
yet do I not turn testimonies.
not Thy word. Consider how I
word.
* that early word. Thy
Thy :
:
ments. Before the dawning of the morn * for I hoped in Thy ing, I cried
Mine
*
:
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved * because they kept
statutes.
will
I
aside from
will
I
:
I cried unto Thee, save
and
mine enemies
heart,
*
O LORD
:
O LORD
loving-kindness,
and quicken me according
to
*
Continuation of the same Psalm.
:
Thy
judgment.
They sin
to
:
that persecute me draw nigh * but are far from Thy
law.
* and
Thou art near, O LORD Thy ways are truth. Concerning Thy testimonies I * that Thou have known of old :
all
:
hast founded
them
The Doxology, Father,
for ever.
Glory be
to
the
not said.
is
&c.,"
"
have persecuted me a cause * but mine heart standeth in awe of Thy word. * as I will rejoice at Thy word, one that findeth great spoil. * I hate and abhor wickedness but Thy law do I love.
PRINCES without
:
:
Seven times a day do I praise * because of Thee, Thy righteous judgments. Great peace have they that love * and for them there are Thy law :
:
/CONSIDER deliver
^-"
forget
Thy
mine
me
:
affliction,
* for
I
and
do not
law.
Give judgment concerning me, and deliver me * quicken me for :
the sake of Salvation
word.
Thy is
far
from the wicked
* for they seek not Thy statutes. Great are Thy tender mercies, 1
2
no stumbling-blocks. LORD, I hope for Thy salvation * and I love Thy commandments.
My soul hath kept Thy testimonies, * and loved them exceedingly. I have kept Thy precepts and * for all testimonies
Thy
O
Glory be not said.
The Doxology, Father,
&c.,"
is
"
Here begins the letter Koph, generally represented by Ch or Q. Here begins the letter Resh, analogous to R, but concerning the
which the learned are not agreed. 3
my
;
Here begins the
letter Shin,
ways
are before Thee. :
somewhat represented by S and Sh.
to
the
precise sound of
NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR.
n cry
O
Thee,
come near before LORD: * give me according to Thy
understanding word. Let my supplication come before Thee: * deliver me according to Thy word. * shall utter
My
by the armour of righteous by the power of God. Antiphon for Week-days in Pas-
patience, ness,
T ET my "
1
lips
praise,
when Thou
hast
taught
me Thy
4
siontide. evil for
for
my
Did not they reward me
good
?
for they digged a pit
soul.
Then follows the Chapter and the Short When they are not Resppnsory. given specially, one of the following is used. After the Chapter is always an swered: Thanks be to God." "
statutes.
My word
of Thy Thy commandments
tongue shall speak * for all
:
are righteousness.
Let Thine hand help me * for I have chosen Thy precepts. I have longed for Thy salvation, LORD * and Thy law is my de :
:
On Sundays, from
the Third Sunday Epiphany inclusive until Septuagesima Sunday exclusive, and from the Third Sunday after Pentecost in clusive till Advent Sunday exclusive, are said the following, and the Respon-
after the
sory is used moreover till the First Sunday in Lent exclusive.
light.
My
soul shall
Thee
praise
:
live,
* and
me. have gone seek sheep
and
CHAPTER,
shall
it
Thy judgments
R
shall help I
astray
*
not
a
lost
for Thy servant Thy command
:
do
1
like
Him
(i
Cor.
vi.
20.)
ye are bought with a great
God, and bear
price. Glorify in your body.
:
Thanks be
Answer.
to
God.
forget
ments.
Short Responsory. 5
Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays. Alleluia, Alleluia,
1
Antiphon for every day in Paschal Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Al
time.
leluia.
Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days. 2 Look Thou upon me, O Lord, and be merciful unto me.
with
cried
hear me,
Alleluia.
O
my
whole heart,
LORD.
Answer.
I cried
O
heart, hear me, Verse. I will
with
my
whole
LORD.
keep Thy statutes. O LORD. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Hear me,
Answer.
Ghost. In Advent the Antiphon is the Fifth Antiphon which has been said at Lands on Sunday, unless the day have a set of its oivn.
Answer.
I cried
Antiphon for Week-days in Lent. Let us approve ourselves in much 1
2 5
Here begins the Ps. cxviii. 132. Ps. cxviii. 145.
letter
Tau, corresponding somewhat :>J
my
whole
me from
O
Lord. Answer. Preserve Thy servant also from the sins of others. secret faults,
3
with
O
LORD. heart, hear me, 6 Verse. Cleanse Thou
2 Cor. vi. 4, 7. Ps. xviii. 13, 14.
to
T
or Th. 4
Jer. xviii. 20.
THE PSALTER. On ordinary Week-days throughout
The LORD
Answer.
the year are said the following:
upon
O
thee,
CHAPTER,
vi.
20.)
ye are bought with a great Glorify God, and bear price.
Him
God.
to
Upon thee, O Jerusalem.
Answer.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. The LORD shall arise Answer. Verse.
upon
Short Responsory.
O
thee,
Redeem me, O
Lord, and be
merciful unto me.
uprightness.
And be
Pardon the
Son, and to the Holy
to the
Ghost.
Answer. Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
O
sins of
Thy
people.
In Lent are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only} :
CHAPTER. Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
merciful unto
make
tarrying.
Answer.
Redeem me, O Lord, Answer. and be merciful unto me. For my foot standeth in Verse. Answer. me.
no
Jerusalem. O Lord, and
Come,
Verse. 1
glory shall be
seen upon thee.
FOR
in your body. Answer. Thanks be
arise
Jerusalem.
And His
Verse. (i Cor.
shall
(Isa.
Iviii. 7.)
bread to the hungry, the poor that are when thou cast out to thine house seest the naked, cover him, and hide not thyself from thine own thy DEAL and bring
:
Lord,
Cleanse Thou me from O Lord. Preserve Thy servant Ansiver. also from the sins of others. Verse.
secret faults,
flesh.
Thanks be
Ansiver.
to
God.
Short Responsory. In Advent are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only) :
His truth shall be thy shield. His truth shall be thy Answer. shield.
CHAPTER.
(Isa. xiv. i.)
time is near to come, and her days shall not be pro For the LORD will have longed. mercy on Jacob, and Israel shall be
HER
saved.
Thanks be
Answer.
to
Thou
Verse.
for the terror
Answer. Verse.
and
to
be afraid
night. Thy shield.
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
His truth
Answer.
God.
shalt not
by
shall
be thy
shield.
2
O
The LORD
shall arise
upon
thee,
Ps. xxv. 11, 12.
3
God
ways.
Jerusalem. 1
hath given His thee. over angels charge To keep thee in all thy Answer. Verse.
Short Responsory.
2
Isa. Ix. 2.
3
Ps. xc. ii.
NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR. In Passiontide are said the following (but the Chapter on Week-days only} :
CHAPTER.
(Jer. xviii. 20.)
EMEMBER that I stood
T3
before
*
Thee, to speak good for them, and to turn away Thy wrath from them. Thanks be to God. Answer. 4-
Short Responsory. 1
Make
sinners,
not
O
soul to perish with
my
God.
Make
Answer.
not
O
perish with sinners,
Nor my
Verse.
men. Answer.
Make
With
not
sinners, Verse.
O
my
my
soul
to
Deliver
Alleluia.
O
O
me
mark
to the
OUR Father
^-"
our
LORD,
And we
Verse.
And
18.)
the Just for the un
He
Verse.
disciples
were
art
glad.
tres
that tres
(Aloud.) lead us not
God
Turn us
into
O
evil.
Lord
of hosts.
us.
Name s Al
again,
And cause Thy face to Answer. shine, and we shall be saved. Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help Answer.
The
them
But deliver us from
Answer.
Short Responsory. 3
our
us
forgive
forgive
pass against us.
hath once suffered for
sins,
Who
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
temptation.
might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. Answer. Thanks be to God.
just, that
(inaudibly\
in heaven,
In Paschal time are said the follow ing (but the Chapter on Week-days only):
/CHRIST
Christe eleison.
God.
from the
iii.
*.
Answer.
bread.
(i Pet.
toward even
is
After the Short Responsory, if the Preces have been said at Lauds, all kneel dowii, and the following are said. But if the Preces have been omitted at Lauds, then these are also omitted down
passes, as
CHAPTER,
it
Alleluia.
Kyrie eleison.
perish with
me,
For
Answer. ing.
Kyrie eleison.
God. 2
Holy
Answer. The disciples were glad. Alleluia, Alleluia. 4 Abide with us, Lord. Verse.
with bloody
sinners,
soul to
the Son, and to the
to
Ghost.
God.
life
from the evil man. Answer. Preserve wicked man.
and
And
deliver us for
Thy
sake.
leluia, Alleluia.
Here the Office is continued when the above has been omitted.
Answer. The disciples were glad. Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse. they saw the Lord. Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia.
When
LORD. Answer.
Glory be to the Father,
unto Thee.
Verse. 1
Ps. xxv. 9.
Ps. cxxxix. 2.
*
Verse.
John
xv. 20.
Hear
And
my let
4
prayer,
O
come
my
cry
Luke
xxiv. 29.
THE PSALTER.
OURHallowed Who be
Let us pray.
Here is said after which :
the
Father,
Prayer for
the day,
Verse.
Hear my
prayer,
O
LORD.
Answer. unto Thee.
And
my
cry
come
let
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Bless
Verse.
Answer.
rest in
peace.
Lastly,
unless is
Vespers follow, said inaudibly.
it
is
in
heaven.
day our daily bread.
forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against
And ;
lead us not into
but
deliver
us
temp
from
evil.
Amen.
When Office is said in Choir, Note. the service is ended with the Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time Otherwise it is only the Choir is left. said as given in this book, after Lauds (or the aggregation of which Lauds forms a part] and Compline. The above Office, appointed Feasts. for all Sundays and Weekdays through
Amen.
Lord*s Prayer
earth, as this
Thy Name. Thy will be
And
tation
Verse (said in a somewhat lower the souls of the Faithful, voice]. May
Answer.
done on Give us
us.
If the Little Office of the Blessed Vir gin Mary is to follow immediately, it is begun here, and what follows is not said. Otherwise the Office ends thus :
through the mercy of God,
Thy kingdom come.
art in heaven,
the
out the year, is likewise said on Feasts.
all
73
JHUmbap at THE SECOND DAY OF THE WEEK. All as on Sundays, except as other wise given here.
Cleanse Thou the gloom, and bid the light
healing beams renew which have crept in with
Its
O
Invitatory.
*
come,
let
us sing
The
unto the LORD.
;
sins,
night,
With night
When
Invitatory is used the Psalm begins with the words, Let us make a joyful noise." "
Invitatory in Paschal time. * Alleluia.
Al
Alleluia,
leluia,
shall vanish too.
this
On Simple
Feasts
tJie
Invitatory
Our bosoms, Lord, unburthen Thou, Let nothing there offend
;
That those who hymn Thy praises now May hymn them to the end. this, O Father, Only Son, And Spirit, God of grace, To whom all worship shall be done
Grant
is
In every time and place.
special.
Amen.
On Simple Feasts the Hymn is special, but on Week-days kept as such the fol lowing is said from the Octave of the
Epiphany till the first Monday in Lent, andfrom the Octave of Pentecost to Ad The
vent.
Only one Nocturn
is said.
The LORD
Antiphon.
is
the de
fence.
Hymns for the other seasons
are given in the proper Seasons.
office
of the
In Paschal time there is only one Antiphon to the whole Nocturn, Al leluia.
HYMN.
CLEEP
^J
1
Psalm XXVI.
has refreshed our limbs, we
spring
From
off
Lord, on
Of David.
[Intituled the LXX. add 2 Kings (Sam.)
"
our bed, and
Thy
rise
suppliants
;
while they
eyes.
Be Thou the first on every tongue, The first in every heart That all our doings all day long, Holiest from Thee may start. ;
!
1
^HE LORD
"
s
I
^
Card.
VOL.
I.
Newman.
Monday,
4.
is
salvation
fifth
See
week
my light and my whom shall I
* ;
fear?
The LORD life
:
* of
is
whom
Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, with two words
late
ii.
anointing."
after Pentecost.]
sing,
Look with a Father
The Vulgate and
"
before his
the defence of shall I
altered.
my
be afraid
?
Translation by the
C 2
THE PSALTER.
74
When
come upon
the evil-doers
* to eat me, up my flesh, * Mine enemies that trouble me, fall. and they stumble Though an host should encamp * mine heart shall not me, against
Though war should
rise
against * in this will I be confident. me, One thing have I desired of the * that LORD, that will I seek after, dwell in the house of the I
may LORD all
the days of my behold the beauty
To
Wait on the LORD, be of good * and thine heart shall be strengthened, wait, I say, on the
pavilion tabernacle
the
of
:
He
hath
me
hidden
in
the day of trouble.
hath set me up upon a rock * and now hath He lifted up mine head above mine enemies.
He
:
offer
will
I
will
I
yea,
His tabernacle
in
the sacrifice of joy sing
*
will
I
:
sing,
unto
praises
the
LORD. Hear, voice
O :
LORD, when
cry with
I
* have mercy on
me and
My
unto
said
face hath sought Thee LORD, will I seek.
Thee, *
:
Thy
My face,
not Thy face far from * turn not away in anger from
Hide
me Thy :
Psalm XXVII. [Also intituled
leave me, nor forsake me,
my salvation. When my forsake me,
"
Of
David."]
Thee
O
will I cry, LORD; silent to
UNTO my God, be not
*
lest, if
come the
Thou be
like
them
me
silent to
me,
down
that go
:
be
I
into
pit.
Hear the voice of my supplica O Lord, when I cry unto Thee, * when I lift up mine hands toward Thine holy temple. Draw me not away with the wick ed * and destroy me not with the
tion,
:
workers of iniquity. Who speak peace with * but mischief neighbour :
their in
is
their hearts.
deeds,
them according to their * and according to the wick
edness of their inventions. Give them after the works of their hands * render to them their desert. Because they regard not the works :
of the LORD, or the operation of His
servant.
Be Thou mine Helper, *
neither
O God
of
* Thou shalt destroy them, hands, and not build them up. * because Blessed be the LORD He hath heard the voice of my :
father
and my mother
* then the
LORD
taketh
supplication.
The LORD
up.
Teach me Thy way, O LORD and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. *
:
Deliver
LORD.
Give
answer me. heart
:
life,
* and to visit His temple. LORD, For He hath hidden me in His * in the secret of His
me
of the living.
courage
fear.
my
nesses are risen up against me, and iniquity hath belied itself. I believe that I shall yet see the * in the land goodness of the LORD
me
not over unto the will * for false wit
of mine enemies
:
shield
:
is
my
strength and
* mine heart trusted in
my Him
I am holpen. And my flesh greatly rejoiceth * and with my whole heart I will
and
:
praise
Him.
MONDAY AT MATTINS. The LORD people
is
* and
:
the strength of His He is the saving
strength of His Anointed. Lord, save Thy people,
O
and Thine inheritance * and gov ern them, and lift them up for ever.
bless
:
75
the LORD also shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth yea,
3
* and in His temple, one uttereth His glory. every the thickets
:
The LORD fixeth the flood * yea, LORD sitteth King for ever. The LORD will give strength unto His people * the LORD will bless :
l
Antiphon. fence of
my
The LORD
is
the de
life.
Second Antiphon.
Worship.
the
:
His people with peace. Psalm XXVIII. [Intituled
"A
Psalm of
David."
IVE of
unto the LORD, * God give
:
O
ye sons unto the
Lord young rams. Give
unto the LORD glory and give unto the LORD the * wor glory due unto His Name ship the LORD in His holy courts. honour,
:
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters, the God of glory thun* the dereth LORD is upon :
many
waters.
:
voice of the LORD is power * the voice of the LORD is full
of majesty. The voice of the LORD breaketh * the cedars yea, the LORD break eth the cedars of Lebanon. :
He
smiteth them down as though * and it were a calf in the Lebanon, beloved [forest is felled] like a young wild bull.2
The
voice of the LORD forketh * the voice the flames of fire of the LORD shaketh the wilderness, :
1
Ps. xxvi.
[Intituled "A song of rejoicing at the opening of the house of David." The pal ace, for the inauguration of which this
was
written,
(Sam.) fort
v.
is
thus mentioned in
9-11.
"So
and called
"
(on Sion)
2.
song Kinas
David dwelt it
in the the city of
David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. And David went on and grew great; and the LORD God of Hosts was with him. And Hiram, King of Tyre, sent messengers to David, and cedartrees,
built
and carpenters, and masons David an house."]
T WILL
extol Thee,
O
and they
LORD,
Thou hast lifted me not made my foes
hast
;
for
*
and up, to rejoice
over me.
The ful
Psalm XXIX.
The
Vulgate and the LXX. add "for the going forth from the tabernacle, or ending of the tabernacle," apparently meaning the con clusion of the Feast of Tabernacles.]
O LORD my *
Thee,
O my
God, I cried unto and Thou hast healed me. LORD, Thou hast brought up
* Thou from the grave saved me from being one of
soul
hast
them
that
:
go down into the
pit.
Sing unto the LORD, O ye Saints of His! * and give thanks to the
memorial of His holiness. For there is terror in His anger * and in His favour is life. Weeping may endure for a night * but joy cometh in the morning.
:
:
i.
skip like a calf, f
PaleStine
Lebanon an
amid which
is
the town of
THE PSALTER.
76
And
prosperity I said
my
in
I,
server,
:
me. For Thou
to save
never be moved.
I shall
in
*
Thy
Thou
hast
favour, made my glory to stand so fast. Thou didst hide Thy face from
LORD,
* and
me,
my God
and unto
I
O LORD
made
* :
*
for
me my
mourning into rejoicing:
Thou
hast
me
To
my
off
put
girded
turned
my
sing praise unto Thee, silent
*
:
Thee
may
set
my
Worship Antiphon. His holy courts. Deliver me. Third Antiphon.
with the [Intituled "A Psalm of David" farther superscription as Pss. xii. xiii. The Vulgate and the LXX. add of haste or "distraction," meaning apparently that David wrote it, on recovering from the "
"
"
(v.
23),
eyes.
I
am
which he had exclaimed cut off from before Thine in
my
soul,
and
strength
faileth
* grief,
because
of
mine affliction, * and my bones are consumed. I was a reproach among all mine enemies, and among my neighbours * and a fear to mine ac specially, quaintance.
that did see me without fled * I am me from forgotten as a dead man out of mind. * for I am like a broken vessel
They
:
"]
IN
grief,
my life is spent with and my years with sighing.
same
hast
eye
:
For
XXX.
into the
Thou
belly.
My
mental condition
*
wide place. my Have mercy upon me, O LORD, is am in trouble * mine
consumed with
LORD
me up :
feet in a
for I
for ever.
the
Psalm
;
hast not shut
hand of the enemy
and may not God, I will
J
:
:
in adversity
O LORD my
give thanks unto
LORD * I will Thy mercy.
be glad and For Thou hast considered my * Thou hast saved trouble my soul
And glory
*
rejoice in
with gladness.
the end that
have hated them that regard
lying vanities. But I trust in the
and
sackcloth,
:
!
I
:
hast
my
Preserver.
Into Thine hands
spirit
The LORD heard me, and had * the LORD be mercy upon me came mine Helper.
in
art
I commend my Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth 2
* or
Shall the dust praise Thee, shall it declare Thy truth?
be
Thou
:
What profit is there in my blood, * when I ? go down to corruption
Thou
and
strength
:
supplica
for
tion
my
art
* and for Thy Name s my refuge sake Thou wilt lead me and nourish me. Thou wilt pull me out of the net, * that they have laid privily for me :
was troubled.
I
cried unto Thee,
I
*
and an house of defence,
Thee,
O
trust, let
LORD, do
me
I put my never be ashamed :
* deliver
me in Thy righteousness. Bow down Thine ear unto me * deliver me speedily. Be Thou to me a God, a Pre :
:
have heard the slander of many on every side When they took counsel together * they devised to take against me, I
:
away
my
life.
1
Ps. xxviii. 2.
2
This verse was quoted by our Lord on the Cross, Luke
xxiii. 46.
MONDAY AT MATTINS. But *
I
O LORD
trusted in Thee,
said
I
:
Thou
art
my
Thine hand. Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, * and from them that
lot
persecute me.
Make Thy
face to shine
me
servant, save
in
"A
didactic
poem
(?)
* :
me not be ashamed, O LORD, for have called upon Thee. Let the wicked be ashamed and * let them go down into the grave let the lying lips be put to silence Which speak grievous things * and contemptuously proudly I
:
;
against the righteous.
O how
is Thy goodness, Thou hast laid up
great
* which
Lord,
them that fear Thee Which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee, * before
for
!
men
the sons of
Thou
hide
shalt
covert of
Thy
them
the
in
* from the
presence
troubling of men.
Thou shalt keep them secretly * from the strife Thy pavilion tongues. Blessed be the
in
LORD
from
off
* for
:
He
Thine
before
eyes.
Nevertheless voice of
my
Thou
Saints
love
**
:
fulness,
the
* for the
and
will
and in whose spirit there is no guile. Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, * while I groaned all the day long. For day and night Thine hand was * I turned in mine heavy upon me anguish while the thorn was fastened in me. 1 I acknowledged my sin unto Thee * and mine iniquity I hid :
:
not.
said
I
myself :
when
LORD,
LORD
transgression,
* and
ye His loveth truth
plentifully
the proud doers. Be of good courage and heart be strengthened, * hope in the LORD.
all
reward
Thou
my
sin.
against
unto the
forgavest
the
1
For this shall every one that is * in a season godly pray unto Thee, able time.
Surely
*
in the floods they shall not
of
great
come nigh
unto him.
Thou art mine hiding-place from * the trouble that compasseth me :
O Thou
That art my joy deliver me from them that compass me round about. 1 I
will
!
thee
give
and teach thee thou shalt go
all
confess
will
I
:
my
iniquity of
heardest the
supplication,
cried unto Thee.
O
is the man unto whom LORD imputeth not iniquity, *
Blessed the
waters,
:
cut
are they whose trans* and gressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
of
hath showed me His marvellous kindness in a strong city. * I For I said in mine haste
David."]
^
LORD
!
of
T3LESSED
upon Thy
Thy mercy
let
1
[Intituled
in
is
am
Psalm XXXI.
:
my
God,
77
in
* :
understanding, the way which
I will
keep Mine
eyes upon thee. Be ye not as the horse and as the mule, * which have no under standing.
let
your
ye that
1
Whose mouths thou boldest fast with bit and bridle, * else they will not come unto thee. SLH.
THE PSALTER. sorrows shall be to the * but he that trusteth in
Many wicked
heathen to nought
of the
* :
He
him
maketh the devices of the people of none effect, and setteth aside the
LORD, and rejoice, * and shout for ye righteous, joy,
counsel of princes. But the counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, * the thoughts of
:
the LORD, mercy shall compass about.
Be glad
in the
His heart
ye that are upright in heart.
all
l
Antiphon.
Deliver
me
in
Thy
Fourth Antiphon. Praise
is
comely.
Psalm XXXII. [The Vulgate and the "
psalm
to
*r^-
ascribe this
the
the
* :
LORD,
praise
is
O
ye
comely
* with harp with the psaltery
LORD
Him
unto
sing
of ten strings. Sing unto Him a play skilfully unto
:
*
new song
Him
with a loud
:
in truth.
loveth is
mercy and judgment full
* :
of the goodness of
the LORD.
word of the LORD were * and all the made, host of them by the breath of His
By
the
the
heavens
the
no king saved by the mul * a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. There
is
titude of an host
An *
by
horse
is
:
a vain thing for safety he shall not :
his great strength
escape.
gathereth the waters of the
LORD
are
* and upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy.
To
deliver their soul from death,
* and to feed them in time of famine. Our soul waiteth for the LORD * :
for
He
is
our help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in Him * because we have trusted in His
:
holy Name.
mouth.
He
all
:
Behold, the eyes of the
For the word of the LORD is * and all His works are done right
He
looketh upon
fashioneth the heart of every * He considereth all their works.
:
noise.
the earth
He
He
in
righteous
*
:
inhabitants of the earth.
one of them
for the upright.
Praise
His own inheritance. looketh from heaven * He beholdeth all the sons of men. From the set place of His habi for
The LORD
tation
LXX.
David."]
D EJOICE
is
chosen
righteousness.
to all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God the LORD, * the people He hath
us,
Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon * according as we hope in Thee.
sea together as an heap * He layeth up the depths in storehouses. :
Let
all
the earth fear the
LORD
* let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
*
For He spake, and it He commanded, and it
The LORD
was done was made.
:
bringeth the counsel 1
Psalm
XXXI
1 1.
:
"Of David, when he changed behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed." This incident is thus described in I Kings (Sam.) xxi. 10.
[Intituled
his
And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish" (otherwise called Abimelech) "the King of Gath. And "
Ps. xxx. 2.
MONDAY AT MATTINS. Is the servants of Achish said unto him not this David the King of the land ? Did they not sing one to another of him in Saul hath slain his thou dances saying, sands, and David his ten thousands ? And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath. And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. Then said Achish to his servants Lo, ye see the man is mad ; wherefore have you brought him to me ? Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to Shall play the madman in my presence? xxii. this fellow come into mine house ?
David therefore departed thence, and es caped to the cave of Adullam." This Psalm is
ABC
Darian.]
WILL I
bless
the
LORD
at
all
* His praise shall con in be my mouth. tinually make her boast in My soul shall * the humble shall hear the LORD times
:
:
thereof,
and be
glad.
* magnify the LORD with me and let us exalt His Name together. 1 sought the LORD, and He heard * and delivered me from all my me,
*
me
:
I will
the LORD.
What man is he that desireth life, * that loveth to see good days? * and Keep thy tongue from evil, from guile. speaking thy lips * Depart from evil and do good seek peace and pursue it. :
The eyes of the LORD are upon * and His ears are the righteous :
open unto their
cry.
But the face of the LORD is against them that do evil, * to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry and the LORD * and delivereth them out heareth, of
all
their troubles.
The LORD
is
nigh unto them that *
and saveth are of a broken heart, such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the
:
distress.
children, hearken unto teach you the fear of
Come, ye
:
:
79
righteous
:
* but the
LORD
will
de
them out of all. The Lord keepeth all their bones * not one of them shall be broken.
liver
:
The death of sinners is grievous * and they that hate the righteous
:
Draw near unto Him, and be
light
* and ened, your faces shall not be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, * and saved him out of
The
all
:
be
guilty.
The LORD redeemeth His servants that trust in
:
the souls of
* and none of them
Him
shall
be
guilty.
his troubles.
angel of the
LORD encampeth
round about them that fear Him, * and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is
good
shall
* blessed
is
the
man
l
Antiphon.
Praise
Fifth
Fight
Antiphon.
against
that
Him. O fear the LORD, all ye His Saints * for there is no want to them that fear Him. The mighty lack and suffer hunger
Psalm XXXIV.
:
:
LORD
for
comely
them.
trusteth in
* but they that seek the
is
the upright.
shall
"
[Intituled
me DO them
fight against
me.
not want any good thing. 1
right,
Ps. xxxii.
i.
Of
O
David."]
LORD, against
that strive with
them
me
*
:
that fight against
THE PSALTER.
8o
Take hold of arms and buckler * and stand up for mine help. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute :
*
me
say unto
:
my
soul
I
:
am
thy
salvation.
Let them be confounded and put * that seek after my soul. Let them be turned backward and * that devise brought to confusion, to shame,
mine
hurt.
Let them be as dust before the * and let the Angel of the LORD drive them. Let their way be dark and slip * and let the Angel of the pery LORD chase them. For without cause have they hid
wind
:
had been my
friend or brother
bowed down
as
net
for
me
* :
the deadly trap of their without cause have they
digged a pit for Let the snare
my
soul.
come upon him
at
unawares, and let his net, that he hath hid, catch himself: * and into that very snare let him fall.
And my LORD
the
:
soul shall be joyful in
*
it
His
shall rejoice in
salvation.
* themselves together slanders were collected against me,
gathered
and
I
:
knew
not.
it
yet they ceased they assailed me, they laughed me bitterly to scorn * they gnashed upon me with their teeth. Lord, how long wilt Thou look soul from their on ? * Rescue
They disappeared,
not
;
:
my
destruction,
my
* :
LORD,
Who
deliverest the poor from that are too strong for him, *
I
will
give
the poor and the needy from
* :
I
in
the
will praise
Thee among much people. Let not them that are mine ene mies wrongfully rejoice over me, * they that hate me without a cause and wink with the eye. For they spoke to me peaceably * but by their leasing they stirred up the land to anger against me, yea, they plotted against me. :
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me * they said, Aha, Aha, our eyes have seen it. This Thou hast seen, O LORD, * O Lord, be not keep not silence far from me. :
them
Stir
up Thyself, and awake
* unto judgment, and my Lord.
not.
according to
They rewarded
me
evil for
good, from me. But as for me, when they were * sick, my clothing was sackcloth. all
men
far off
humbled my soul with fasting * and my prayer shall return into mine own bosom. I
I
from the
Thee thanks
great congregation
that spoil him? False witnesses did rise up, * they laid to my charge things that I knew
* to put
1
darling
lions.
:
my bones shall say who is like unto Thee ? All
them
I
and is heavy. But against me they rejoiced and
:
den
* :
one that mourneth
:
behaved myself
though he
as 1
"
(Literally,)
Judge
me,
my
cause,
my my God
O LORD my
Thy
to
God, *
righteousness,
and let them not rejoice over me. Let them not say in their hearts
:
Aha, Aha, so would we have
it
* ;
We have neither let them say swallowed him up. Let them be ashamed and brought * that to confusion together, rejoice :
at
mine
mine only
hurt,
one."
MONDAY AT MATTINS. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonour, * that magnify them selves against me.
Let them shout for joy and be glad, that favour my righteous cause * and let them that have pleasure :
the
in
prosperity
say continually,
His
of
servant
LORD be
Let the
magnified.
And my
tongue
Thy all
righteousness the day long.
;
shall
* of
speak
Thy
of
praise,
8l
be abundantly
shall
They
satisfied
with the fatness of Thine house, * and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of
Thy
pleasures.
For with Thee * and in life
is
Thy
:
the fountain of
light shall
we
see
light.
O continue Thy loving-kindness unto them that know Thee, * and Thy
righteousness to the upright in
heart.
Let not the foot of pride come * and let not the hand
against me of the wicked :
Of David,
"
[Intituled LORD,"
now
and a
remove me. There are the workers of
XXXV.
Psalm
the servant of the
not
farther superscription
understood.]
THEownwicked
saith plainly in his heart, that he will go on
in
still
God
sin
* there
:
no
is
fear
of
For he
himself in
flattereth *
f
his
until eyes, found hateful.
The words
1
Antiphon.
Fight
them
against
that fight against me.
Show.
Sixth Antiphon.
to
that
he
Psalm XXXVI.
be
are ini
* he willeth not
:
understand,
his
iniquity
mouth
of his
quity and deceit
may do
[Intituled the ;
Darian
"Of
first,
David."
third,
He
mischief upon his bed * he setteth himself in every way that is not good, but he abdeviseth
:
horreth not
evil.
mercy, O LORD, is in the * and heavens Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Thy
:
Thy
righteousness
is
like
the
* mountains of God Thy judg ments are a great deep. :
LORD, Thou
and beast
*
:
How
O
preservest excellent is
man Thy
God loving-kindness, And the children of men * shall put their trust under the shadow of
and
It
is
fifth
A B C
verses,
and
so on, begin with the corresponding letters of the alphabet.]
because of the be thou of the workers
not
good.
Thy
:
before his eyes.
own
O
iniquity
*
they are cast out, neither are they able to stand.
fallen
thyself * neither FRET evil-doers :
envious
against
iniquity.
For they shall soon dry up like the grass, * and wither quickly as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good * and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with the riches thereof. :
* Delight thyself in the LORD and He shall give thee the desires :
of thine heart.
Show
!
thy
trust also in
bring
wings. Ps. xxxiv.
it
to pass. shall
And He I.
way unto the LORD, * and He shall
Him
:
bring
forth
thy
THE PSALTER.
82
righteousness as the light, and thy * rest in judgment as the noon-day
they shall
wicked
:
make
the LORD, and
satisfied
him
that
* be prospereth in his way, cause of the man that bringeth
pass away like smoke.
wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger and forsake wrath * fret not thyself to do evil. For evil-doers shall be cut off *
eth not again
:
The
ordered by the
shalt not find
utterly cast
:
his
day
*
sword,
To
* to slay such as be upright
ai th<
evil
se<
be blessed. and do good
* :
for ever.
The
unrighteous shall be pun * and the seed of the wicked be cut off.
ished shall
:
But the righteous shall inherit the * and dwell therein for ever.
:
broken. is
not seen nor his
:
Their sword shall enter into their hearts * and their bow shall be
*
shall
be preserved
shall
of heart.
A
I
and dwell for evermore. For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not His saints * they
out the
they have bent their bow, down the poor and the
own
yet have
* and his seed Depart from
:
is
cast
needy,
d<
righteous forsaken, begging bread. He is ever merciful and lendeth
coming.
The wicked have drawn
*
old:
his teeth.
laugh at him
ar
:
upholdeth him with His hand. I have been young, and now
But the meek shall inherit the earth * and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plotteth against the * and just, gnasheth upon him with 1
that
:
Though he fall, he shall not be down * for the LORD
it.
shall
in
lighteth in his way.
:
seeth
man LORD * and He
of a [good]
steps
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be * yea, thou shalt search for his place, and thou
He
pay-
* but the righteous
:
but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
for
the
showeth mercy and giveth. For such as bless him shall * but herit the earth they curse him shall be cut off.
:
But the Lord
* for
The wicked borroweth and
:
*
:
Yea, the enemies of the LORI no sooner than they be honourabl< and exalted, * shall pass away,
thy prayer unto
Him. Fret not thyself because of
be
shall perish.
land
that a righteous man hath better than great riches of the
:
The mouth
of the righteous speaketh wisdom, * and his tongue talketh
little
wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall * but the LORD be broken up-
judgment. The law of his God is in his * none of his heart, steps shall
holdeth the righteous.
slide.
;
The LORD knoweth the
undefiled
:
The wicked watcheth
the days of
* and their inheri
tance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine 1
Matth.
v.
4 seems
the right
* and seeketh to slay him. But the LORD will not leave him * nor condemn him in his hands, eous,
when he to
is
be quoted from
judged. this.
MONDAY AT MATTINS. Wait on the LORD and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee, to in * when the wicked herit the land :
are cut off thou shalt see
it.
have seen the wicked
I
in great exalted like a cedar in
* and
power,
Lebanon.
And
I
:
:
But the transgressors shall be cut * the end of the wicked
off together
:
all
go mourning
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease * and there is no soundness in my flesh. * I am feeble and sore broken I groan aloud by reason of the dis:
quietness of mine heart. Lord, all my desire
* and from Thee.
Thee
:
Mine
destruction.
is
But the salvation of the righteous * and He is their of the LORD :
strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them, deliver
mine
them
*
:
He
de
shall
liver
them from the wicked, and
save
them,
because
they
in
trust
Him.
wrath,
rebuke me not in Thy * neither chasten me
Thine hot displeasure. For Thine arrows stick fast in me * and Thou hast laid Thine hand heavily upon me. There is no soundness in my * flesh, because of Thine anger neither is there any rest in my bones
in
:
:
because of
my
sins.
draw
:
stink
* because of
my
and my neighbours * and stand over against
friends near,
me. they that are nearest to me * off they also that
And stand
afar
:
my
after
sought
have
life
used
violence against me. And they that seek mine hurt have * and mischievous things,
falsehoods
all
the
day
But I, as a deaf man, hear not, * and as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Thus I was as a man that heareth * and in whose mouth are no
not,
reproofs. For in
hope
*
my God
Thee,
Thou
:
O
LORD,
wilt hear
me,
O
do I Lord
!
Let not mine ene said * when mies rejoice over me my feet slip they magnify themselves against me. For I am ready for the scourges * and my sorrow is continually be fore me.
For
I
:
:
:
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head * and as an heavy bur then they are too heavy for me.
wounds
gone from
is
long.
It has [Intituled "A Psalm of David." a further superscription of (now) unknown The Vulgate and the LXX. con meaning. nect it with the Sabbath.]
LORD,
my strength the light of
for
also
it
eyes,
is
me.
spoken imagined Psalm XXXVII.
* as
:
before not hid
is
my groaning
heart panteth,
me
My
is
My
bowed down
troubled and * I :
faileth
after.
rupt,
am
:
passed by, and, lo, he was * and I not sought him, and his place was not found. Keep innocency, and look to the * for the thing that is right peace maker shall have a reward here
and
I
exceedingly the day long.
and are cor foolishness.
For
I will
declare mine iniquity,
* and think upon my sin. But mine enemies are
lively,
and
THE PSALTER.
84
* they are strengthened against me that hate me wrongfully
In Paschal time.
:
and they are many.
The Lord
Verse.
risen
from
for us
upon
is
the grave, Alleluia.
They that render evil for good * because I have speak against me, followed goodness. Forsake me not, O LORD my God * be not far from me. Make haste to help me, * O :
Lord God of
my
salvation
Who
Answer.
hung
the tree, Alleluia.
The rest is the same as the First Nocturn of the preceding Sunday, only the Lessons and sometimes the Responsories are those of the day. Simple Feasts. It is to be remem when a Simple Feast is kept
!
bered that l
Antiphon.
Show
thy
way unto
the LORD.
Antiphon for Paschal
time.
Al
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
on Monday, the Invitatory and Hymn are of the Feast, being taken from the Common of Saints of the class, unless
Then the Psalms and specially given. Antiphons of the week-day, as given above. Then is said a Verse and
Answer Then
is
said a Verse
and Answer.
2
Verse.
Out of Zion, the Perfec
God
Our
shall
come
and
saints
ye
right
Answer. 6 God hath chosen you His own inheritance. Alleluia.
for
manifestly.
/;/
During Verse.
O
eous, rejoice in the Lord, Alleluia.
tion of beauty,
Answer.
:
In the Simple Office for one or many Martyrs in Paschal time.
In Advent. Verse.
as follow
3
the rest of the year.
Thy
mercy,
O
LORD,
is
the Simple Office for one Martyr (out of Paschal time).
Verse.
7
Thou
hast crowned
O
him
in the heavens.
with glory and honour,
Answer. And thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Answer. And madest him to have dominion over the works of
Lord.
Thine hands. /;/
Verse.
4
He
Lent.
hath
delivered
me
from the snare of the fowler. Answer. And from the noisome pestilence.
In the Simple Office for many Martyrs (put of Paschal time). Verse.
8
Be
in
glad
LORD
the
and rejoice, ye righteous. Answer. And shout for
joy, al
ye that are upright in heart. In Passion time. Verse.
5
O
God, deliver
from the sword. Answer. And
my
soul
In the Simple Office for Confessors (whether Bishops or nof). Verse.
my
darling from
Ps. xxxvi.
Ps. xc. 3. 7 Ps. viii. 6,
[In Paschal time, 2
5.
4
5 8
7.
The Lord
Ps. xlix. 2, 3Ps. xxi. 21. Ps. xxxi
loved him anc
beautified him.
the power of the dog. 1
9
II.
add Alleluia.] 3
Ps. xxxv.
6
Ps. xxxii. 12.
9
Ecclus. xlv.
6.
9.
MONDAY AT MATTINS. And
Answer.
clothed him with
a robe of glory.
In the Simple
Woman, l
Verse.
Office for one of any class.
Then
Holy
Reader says
the
be pleased
Sir,
In thy comeliness and
Holy
Amen.
Answer.
add Alleluia.]
[In Paschal time,
the Father, and the Ghost, world without end.
with
:
to give the bless
ing.
First Blessing, if the Lesson be from
thy beauty.
Scripture.
\In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
Go forward, fare pros Answer. perously and reign. \In Paschal time,
the Eternal Father bless us
May
With an everlasting Answer. Amen.
blessing.
add Alleluia.] First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
others, as well as what follows, to the end of the service, are taken from the First Nocturn of the Office Common
The
to Saints of the class, unless something The Lessons are special be appointed. arranged according to the rules in Chapter xxvi. 4, of the general Rubrics.
praise Thee, O God," said at the end, instead of a third
The Hymn, is
Thus: The Lord s Prayer
is
said :
OUR Father heaven, Hallowed (inaudibly],
in
Thy
Who
be kingdom come.
art
Thy Thy
be done on earth, as it is in Give us this day our daily heaven. And forgive us our tres bread. will
we
passes, as
W
And
Verse.
them
forgive
pass against us.
First Blessing on a Simple Feast.
that tres
(Aloud.) lead us not
May His
blessing be upon us doth live and reign for ever. Amen. Answer.
Who
Then is read the First Lesson from Scripture or from the Homily, or on a Simple Feast either the First from Scripture, or, if the Saint or Saints have two Lessons, the whole three from Scripture read together as one.
Then the First Responsory, unless On a week-day kept otherwise directed. as such, this is the First Responsory of On a Simple the preceding Sunday. Feast, the first Responsory in the
mon
Office
Then
But
Answer.
deliver
us
the class to
Com
which the
Saint belongs.
from
evil.
Sir,
the
Reader says :
be pleased to give the bless
ing.
Then
this
Absolution
/^RACIOUSLY Thy
for
into
temptation.
^J
Amen.
Answer.
"We
The Responsories are Responsory. arranged according to the rules in Chapter xxvii. 4, of the general Rubrics.
Name.
Homily. the Gospel s saving Lord T ord. Bless the reading of His
May
Jesus :
O
Who
Scripture.
Lord of
Christ, the prayers
servants,
upon us
hear,
Second Blessing, if the Lesson be of
:
and
have
livest
and reignest
mercy 1
May
the Son the Sole-begotten
In His mercy bless and help Amen. Answer.
Ps. xliv. 5.
us.
THE PSALTER.
86 Second Blessing, if the Lesson an Homily.
God s most mighty
be from
strength alway
Be His people s staff and Answer. Amen.
stay.
On a Simple Feast the Second Res ponsory in the Common Office for the class to which the Saint belongs, with the addition of "Glory be to the and the repetition of Father," the Answer. &>.,
Then
Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.
He
Sir,
(or she or they) we are keeping
whose feast-day
is
Then the Second Responsory, unless otherwise directed. On a week-day kept as such, this is the Second Responsory of the preceding Sunday, but in Paschal time there is added to it : Verse.
to
Glory be to the Father, the
Son, and to the
Holy
Ghost.
And the Answer of the repeated again.
be pleased to give the bless
ing.
be
of
Scripture.
read the Second Lesson, either from Scripture or from an Homily, or on a Simple Feast either the Second and TJiird Lessons from Scripture read together as one, or if the Saint or Saints have two Lessons, the first of these.
and
Reader says :
Third Blessing, if the Lesson
Plead for us before the Lord. Answer. Amen.
Then
the
Responsory
is
May the grace of All our heart and Answer.
God
the Spirit
mind Amen.
enlighten.
Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or if the Lesson be from an Homily.
May He That is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. Answer.
Amen.
Theji is read the
Third Lesson either Scripture, or of the Homily, or on Simple Feasts the Second or only Lesson of the Saint.
from
Then, on Simple Feasts and on any day in Paschal time is said the Hymn, "We praise Thee, O God." But on week-days kept as such out of Paschal time the Third Responsory of the pre ceding Sunday.
at
THE SECOND DAY OF THE WEEK. All as on Sunday, except as other wise given here. The Psalms are as follows
this
Antiphon
"
was shapen
:
:
in
in
my mother
For behold Thou desirest truth * the hidden secrets of Thy wisdom Thou hast made manifest unto me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I * wash shall be clean me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and glad * that the bones which Thou ness :
be used, the
begins with the words,
I
* and in sin did conceive me.
Have mercy.
Anfiphon. If
For behold, iquity
Psalm
Upon me, O
God."
:
Psalm
L.
[This Psalm has a musical (?) superscrip and the title then proceeds, "A Psalm of David, when Nathan the Prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to BathThe whole history is in 2 Kings sheba." tion,
(Sam.)
xi.
xii.
TTAVE of
*
And Thy
after
and 6th Sunday.)]
Pentecost,
*
(Saturday, 5th week
* after
O
God, Thy great mercy
mercy upon me,
:
I :
me
from
*
Against Thee, Thee only, have sinned, * that
and done
evil in
Thy
sight
I :
Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest, and be clear when Thou art judged. 1
mine
sins
* :
iniquities.
Create in me a clean God * and renew a
heart,
right
:
O
spirit
within me.
acknowledge my trans and my sin is ever
* and cleanse
sin.
For
all
my
Thy free Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors * and sinners shall be Thy ways
Wash me thoroughly from mine
gression before me.
rejoice.
face from
my
transgressions.
:
may
Hide Thy and blot out
Cast me not away from Thy * and take not Thine presence holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy * and salvation uphold me with
according to the multitude tender mercies * blot out my
iniquity
:
hast broken
So the Hebrew, the LXX., and
text has the curious
all
:
:
:
converted unto Thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
O
God, Thou God of my salvation 1 my tongue shall sing aloud :
* and of
Thy
O
righteousness.
LORD, open Thou
the versions, including
mistake of exultabit for exaltabit.
my
Doway, but
*
lips,
the
Latin
THE PSALTER.
88
my mouth
and
show
shall
forth
I
praise.
For Thou desirest not sacrifice, would I give it * Thou de-
else
:
Do good unto Zion
:
in
Thy good
pleasure * to build the walls of
Then
Lead
shalt
upon Thine
* righteousness/,
offer
bullocks
altar.
Have mercy upon me,
before
is
no
*
Psalm of
flatter
unto
my
with a
words,
* consider
my
in
inward part
is
with
an open sepulchre * their
;
tongue.
O
God! own coun
their
cast them out in the multi tude of their transgressions, * for they have rebelled against Thee, O sels
;
Lord! let
in
:
dwellest in David,"
faithfulness
their
:
all those that put their * let them Thee, rejoice ever shout for joy, because Thou
superscription.]
ear
O
suppli
cation.
*
mouth
straight
very wickedness.
is
trust
Psalm V. "A
way
;
For there
And
Consider.
Second Antiphon.
GIVE LORD,
Thy mine
Judge Thou them, Let them fall by
God.
(?)
in
of
make my Thy face.
enemies
their
LORD, because
and whole burnt-offer
Antiphon.
[Intituled
fear.
O
me,
they
* then shall they
musical
Thy
:
Thou be
burnt-offering
O
into
Their throat
pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with :
come
temple in
Jerusalem.
ing
will
:
lightest not in burnt-offering. The sacrifice of God is a broken * a broken and a contrite spirit heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
Thine house * toward Thine holy worship
I will
Thy
them
:
Let them also that love Thy Name be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt bless the righteous.
O
LORD, Thou hast compassed
*
us
with
Thy
favour
as
with
a
shield.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King and my God For unto Thee will I pray. * O
Consider Antiphon. O Lord.
!
LORD, in the morning Thou shalt hear my voice In the morning will I stand before Thee and look up. * For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in :
wickedness Neither shall the evil dwell with * nor the Thee, unrighteous stand
my
suppli
cation, art
O
Third Antiphon. my God.
If this Antiphon
Psalm
is used, the
begins with the words,
seek
God, Thou
"
Early
will
I
Thee."
:
Thy Thou * Thou
in
sight hatest all workers of iniquity. shalt destroy all them that
speak leasing
:
The LORD abhorreth and
deceitful
Psalms LXIL, LXVI.
O
:
the bloody
man. * But as
in the multitude of
for
Thy mercy
me,
God, Thou
art
my
God, &c.
(P. 23)-
O God, Thou Antiphon. God, early will I seek Thee. Fourth Antiphon. Thine is
turned away.
art
my
anger
MONDAY AT THE SONG OF [Isa. xii.
ISAIAH THE PROPHET.
The
i.
description of the res
toration of Israel in Isa. xi. (Second Sun day in Advent) is continued to the end of that Chapter, and this Song is then And in that introduced by the words,
day thou shalt say I
From Advent Sunday till the Octave of the Epiphany and from the First Sunday in Lent till the Octave of Pente
At special Chapters are given. other times the following is said on all week-days observed as such. cost
"]
CHAPTER.
will
praise
THE
is
let
and not be afraid For the LORD is my strength and my song * He also is become
let
God
I
is
my
salvation
will trust
:
:
far
is
night at
(Rom.
hand
:
xiii.
12.)
spent, the day us therefore
let
works of darkness, and us put on the armour of light us walk honestly as in the day.
cast off the
*
Behold,
89
:
Thee, though Thou wast angry with * Thine me, anger is turned away, and Thou comfortest me.
OLORD,
LAUDS.
:
HYMN.
1
:
my
salvation.
:
in
Praise the
that
day
LORD and
shall call
ye
say
:
upon His
Name! Declare His doings among the * tell them that His Name
people,
exalted.
is
Sing unto the LORD, done glorious things:
known
this
for "
He
hath
make ye
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabi * for of Zion great is the :
Holy One of
Israel in the midst of
thee!
Thine anger is turned Antiphon. away, and Thou comfortest me. Praise ye. Fifth Antiphon. If this Antiphon be used, the begins with the words "the from the heavens."
Psalm
LORD
Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL. Praise ye the LORD from heavens, &c. (pp. 25, 26).
Praise Antiphon. from the heavens. 1
ye the
the
LORD
Another hymn of the Ambrosian school,
Card.
Newman.
Light from Light, unfailing Ray,
Day
creative of the day.
Truest Sun, upon us stream With Thy calm perpetual beam, In the Spirit s still sunshine Making sense and thought divine.
Seek we too the Father
s
face,
Father of almighty grace, And of majesty excelling, Who can purge our tainted dwelling
;
Who
in all the earth.
tant
Effluence bright, evolving light,
the
of
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of the Saviour
* and
OF Out Father Light
can aid us, who can break Teeth of envious foes, and make
Hours of loss and pain succeed, Guiding safe each duteous deed. And, infusing self-control, Fragrant chastity of soul, Faith s keen flame to soar on high, Incorrupt simplicity. Christ Himself for food be given, Faith become the cup of heaven, Out of which the joy is quaff d Of the Spirit s sobering draught.
With that joy replenished Morn shall glow with modest red, Noon with beaming face be bright, Eve be soft without twilight. It has dawned upon our way, Father, in Thy Word, this day, In Thy Father, Word Divine, From Thy cloudy pillar shine. :
slightly altered.
Translation by the
late
THE PSALTER. To the Father and the Son, And the Spirit, Three and One, As
4 Verse. Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us. Answer. According as we hope in Thee. 5 Verse. Let Thy priests be
of old, and as in heaven, and here be glory given.
Now
Amen. Verse.
early with
l Thou hast Thy mercy.
We
Answer.
us
satisfied
are
the
Songof Zacharias.
God
of Israel.
After the repetition of the Antiphon after the Song of Zacharias, on the week-days of Advent and Lent, the Ember Days, and all Vigils which are fasts except Christmas Eve and the Eve and Ember Days of Pentecost, all kneel down, and the following prayers called the Preces are said :
Kyrie eleison. Answer. Christe
eleison.
the
when we
Who
is
Verse.
kingdom come. on
earth, as
said aloud.
art in
in
And
Verse.
light shine Verse.
Verse.
save
Ps. Ixxxix. 14. Ps. xxxii. 22. Ps. xix. 10.
10
Ps. xxvii. 9. Ps. Ixxxv. 2.
Lord, grant them let the everlasting !
they rest in peace.
Amen. Let us pray
for
our ab
10
O Thou my
servants
Thy
that
God,
trust
Verse. Let us pray for the sor rowful and the captives.
n Redeem
Answer.
of Israel, out of Verse.
12
O
all
them,
O God
their troubles.
Lord, send them help
from the sanctuary.
servants.
2
Ps
5
ps
3 xl<
s
cxxxi
Ps lxxxix
9
This verse never varies, whatever the form of government. 8 p n Ps
in
Thee.
have sinned against Thee. 3 Verse. Return, O LORD, how long? Answer. And let it repent Thee
1
May
Answer.
:
Thy
for the faith
sent brethren.
But deliver us from evil. said LORD, be mer ciful unto me. Answer. Heal my soul, for I
concerning
and
upon them
Answer.
for
Answer.
1
O
eternal rest,
And we
prosperity within
Let us pray
Answer.
Thy
will
that trespass against us. lead us not into temptation ; 2
And
departed.
them
Verse.
congre
Answer. Which Thou hast pur chased of old. 9 Verse. Peace be within thy
ful
heaven,
us this day our daily bread. forgive us our trespasses, as give
Remember Thy
gation.
thy palaces.
be done heaven. Give
Thy is
it
8
walls.
OURHallowed be Thy Name. Father,
hear us in the day
upon Thee. 7 Verse. O LORD, save Thy peo ple, and bless Thine inheritance. Answer. And govern them, and lift them up for ever. call
Answer.
Lord s Prayer
saints
Thy
LORD, save the King.
And
Answer.
Kyrie eleison.
Then
O
6
Verse.
Antiphonfor
let
shout for joy.
glad.
Blessed * be the Lord
And
Answer.
and
rejoice
clothed with righteousness.
s>
.
ixxiij.
2
9 .
xxiv. 22.
13
Ps. cxxi. 7.
Ps. xix. 3.
MONDAY AT And
Answer.
them
strengthen
out of Zion.
now, and ever out end.
Hear my
Verse.
LAUDS.
And
Answer. unto Thee.
O
LORD.
cry
come
prayer,
let
my
Verse.
God
shall be,
Amen. l Turn
of hosts
world with
O LORD
us again,
!
Answer. And cause Thy face to and we shall be saved. 2 Verse. Arise, O Christ, and
shine,
Psalm CXXIX. [Intituled
Song of
"A
meaning of
this
title is
The The
Degrees."
not certain.
Psalms so called may perhaps, like the of the Roman Liturgy, be Graduals intended to be sung during "step-songs,"
help
us.
Name s
processions, Liturgical or of pilgrims.]
Verse.
of the
my
Then follows
Let Thine ears be attentive * to If
my
* iniquities,
stand
Thee
shouldest mark
Lord,
who
there is forgiveness * because of Thy law,
:
O LORD
Thee,
soul hopeth in the Lord. the morning watch
until night * let Israel
*
hope
* :
even in the
For with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous re
demption.
from
all
shall
redeem
Israel,
come
Prayer of the Day.
the
Commemoration of the
Cross.
Through Thy Cross s Antiphon. holy sign, JESUS, guard this soul of mine, from my ghostly enemy. 3 Let all the earth worship Verse. Thee, and sing unto Thee. Let them sing praises Answer. unto Thy Name, O Lord !
Let us pray.
we beseech Thee, keep
his iniquities.
Ps. Ixxix. 2O.
LORD.
frages are said, the following is said before the Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
*
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is 1
my
All proceeds to the e?id of the service as on Sunday, except that when Suf
wait
:
And He
O cry
prayer,
let
with I
word
From
LORD
shall
!
soul waiteth on His
My my
O
?
But for
supplication.
Thou, LORD,
And
Let us pray.
voice.
the voice of
Thy
cried
I
!
hear
Hear my
Answer. unto Thee.
have OUTunto Thee,depths O LORD * Lord,
deliver us for
sake.
"
"
And
Answer.
2
Ps.
OLORD, us in continual
peace,
whom
hath pleased Thee to redeem by the tree of the Holy Cross.
it
xliii.
26.
3
Ps. Ixv. 4.
92
at JRattins.
THE THIRD DAY OF THE WEEK. All as on Sunday, except as other wise given here. Let us make a joyful of our salvation.
Invitatory.
noise to * the
Grant
In every time and place.
Amen. Only one Nocturn
Alle-
* Alleluia. Alleluia,
On Simple
Father, Only Son,
God
Invitatory in Paschal time. luia,
O
this,
And Spirit, God of grace, To Whom all worship shall be done
Feasts the Invitatory
Antiphon. is
special.
That
is said.
I sin not.
In Paschal time there is only one An tiphon to the whole Nocturn, Alleluia.
On Simple
Feasts the Hymn is but on Week-days kept as such the following is said from the Octave
special,
the
the first Tuesday of Epiphany in Lent, and from the Octave of Pente cost till Advent. The Hymns for the other Seasons are given in the proper Office of the Seasons. till
Psalm XXXVIII. [Intituled "A farther notice of It
addressed
is
Psalm of David," with a meaning now uncertain. to
Jeduthun, concerning Par. (Chron.) xvi. 42, that David appointed, along with the Priests who officiated before the Ark, Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who are expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because His mercy endureth for ever. And with them Heman and with Jeduthun, trumpets and cymbals, for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. The Targum says that it was to be used by Jeduthun for his watch in the Sanctuary.]
whom
it is
said, in
I
"
HYMN.
from God, and Light from
OGOD Who
1
Light,
art
Thyself the Day, shall break the clouds of
Our chants
night with us while ;
Be
we
pray.
Chase Thou the gloom that haunts the mind, The thronging shades of hell, The sloth and drowsiness that bind
The
senses with a
T SAID I ^ my ways, my tongue. :
I
spell.
Lord, to their sins indulgent be,
Who, in this hour forlorn, By faith in what they do not see, With songs prevent the morn. 1
"
Another hymn of the Ambrosian school.
will take heed unto * that I sin not with
kept a watch upon
my mouth,
*
while the wicked stood up against
me. I
I
was dumb, and humbled myself, my peace even from good
held
Translation by the late Card.
:
Newman.
TUESDAY AT MATTINS. *
and
sorrow was
my
stirred
93
XXXIX.
Psalm
up
afresh. "A Psalm of David and with same (now) uncertain superscription as "
Mine heart was hot within me * and while I was musing the fire :
[Intituled
the
Ps. xii.]
kindled.
spake with
I
make me
And what
it
to
measure * that
;
*
of
my
days
am.
frail I
Thou
Behold,
made my days
hast
* and mine span age before Thee. nothing as a
:
Verily
man
every
altogether vanity.
Surely every * he a shade :
as
is
*
is
living
1
man is
flitteth
by
like
heapeth
up
riches, shall gather
*
And He my mouth,
I was dumb and opened not my * mouth, because Thou didst it remove Thy strokes away from me. I am consumed by the blow of Thine hand * Thou, with rebukes :
:
man for iniquity. And Thou makest his beauty
surely every
like a spider s
man
shall see
Hear my *
O
prayer, give ear unto
LORD, and
my
Hold not Thy peace
my
for I
am
fear,
* and
:
vanities.
O LORD my
God, are Thy
wonderful works which Thou hast done * and in Thy thoughts there is none like unto Thee. :
would declare and speak of they are more than can be numbered. Sacrifice and offering Thou hast * but mine ears hast not desired If I
them,
*
;
Burnt-offering
a
stranger with Thee, and a sojourner, * as all my fathers were.
and
not required
:
sin-offering hast
* then said
I
:
Lo, I come. In the beginning of the book it is written of me that I should fulfil I will: * O
my God,
Thy
tears. :
it, and LORD.
Blessed is that man whose trust * and the Name of the LORD who respecteth not pride and lying
Thou
:
vain. 1
:
hath put a new song in * even praise unto our
is
to
web
disquieted in
is
* ;
Thou opened.
dost correct
consume away
:
God.
Many,
:
cry
my
and out of the miry clay. And set my feet upon a rock and ordered my goings.
with Thee.
Deliver me from all my transgres * Thou hast sions given me for a reproach unto the foolish.
*
He brought cry also out of an horrible pit,
heard
Many
and knoweth not who them. And now for what wait I ? Is it not for the Lord ? * and mine hope
*
And me up
shall trust in the
He
patiently for the He inclined unto
* and
me,
disquieted also in
vain.
is
LORD,
;
may know how
I
WAITED
T *
LORD,
:
know mine end
the is
my tongue
to
do
it,
yea,
Thy
law
is
delight within mine
heart.
spare me, that I may recover * and strength, before I go hence,
I have preached Thy righteous * ness in the great congregation lo, O I have not refrained my lips
be no more.
LORD, Thou knowest.
O
:
:
SLH
THE PSALTER.
94 have not hidden
I
Thy
ness within mine heart
declared
Thy
Psalm XL.
righteous
*
I
:
have [Intituled "A Psalm of David," with some other words, of meaning now un certain, as in some other Psalms.]
and Thy
faithfulness
salvation.
have not concealed
I
kindness, and
Thy lovingtruth * from the
Thy
13LESSED
:
LORD
Withhold not Thou Thy tender * let mercies from me, O LORD and Thy truth Thy loving-kindness continually preserve me. For countless evils have com * mine iniquities passed me about have taken hold upon me, and I am
trouble.
:
!
The LORD
more in number than of mine head * and mine
made As
:
me
* :
O
O
perish If
destroy
Let them
be
driven
backward, and put to shame, * that wish me
to
soul,
them
quickly
* that say unto
bear
me
:
in
Thee re Thee * and
They evil
:
*
:
me *
it.
whispered
plotted together to do me that he lieth, surely he
up no more.
own
Yea, mine
whom I trusted, my bread, hath
nified.
But I am poor and needy * the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art mine Helper and my * make no Deliverer tarrying, O God. :
me
Now
shall rise
:
familiar friend in
*
who did
lifted
up
eat of
his
heel
2 against me.
But Thou,
O
LORD, be merciful me up * and I
unto me, and raise will requite them.
:
By 1
That I sin not with Antiphon. my tongue. Heal. Second Antiphon. Ps. xxxviii. 2.
* and told
out,
:
such as love Thy salvation say The LORD be mag
continually
he spake
against together against me did they devise mine hurt.
Aha,
those that seek
all
and be glad
went
All they that hate
their
me
gathereth iniquity
:
itself.
He
1
my
?
he came to see * his heart
vanity
evil.
joice
LORD, be
:
* heal
:
:
soul,
shame, Aha. Let
me
have sinned against Thee. Mine enemies speak evil of me * When shall he die, and his name
Let them be ashamed and con founded together that seek after my * to it.
Let
said
I
me,
for I
help me.
let
for
!
merciful unto
LORD, to deliver LORD, look upon me to
pleased,
strengthen him upon *
Thou hast suffering all his bed in his sickness.
bed of
his
are
heart faileth me.
Be
and
him,
preserve :
not able to look up. the hairs
LORD
The
quicken him, and make him to be * and de blessed upon the earth liver him not unto the will of his enemies
:
They
is he that considereth * the the poor and needy will deliver him in time of
*-*
great congregation.
this
I
:
know
me
that
Thou
*
de-
because mine enemy cannot triumph over me. But as for me, Thou upholdest lightest
2
in
:
Quoted by our Lord.
John
xiii.
1
8.
TUESDAY AT MATTINS. me, because of mine innocence
and
me
settest
before
Thy
* :
face for
ever.
the mountains of Little Hill.
Israel
of to
noise of All
gone over me. The LORD hath
Psalm XLI.
praise
the Psalm has a superscription, the meaning of which is not now certain, but which seems in part to imply that it was a didactic poem written to be sung by the [This
choir of the Korahites, a family of Levites and singers in the time of David.]
A
S
panteth after the ^~^ water -brooks * so panteth my soul after Thee, O God the
hart
:
!
My
soul
for
athirst
is
God,
the mighty God, for the living
* when shall
My
God
:
God?
before
and
for
come and appear
I
tears
night,
me When
unto
:
I
Thy waterspouts. Thy waves and Thy
have been my meat day * while they daily say
Where is thy God ? remember these things,
* for pour out my soul in me I will go unto the place of the wondrous Tabernacle, even unto the house of God. :
With the voice of joy and praise, * the noise of a multitude that keep
day-time,
Mine
God God
art
soul, in me?
Hope thou
in
God, for I shall yet the Health of my praise Him, countenance and my God. *
shall
of
my
Thou
:
Why
it
life.
art
be to pray unto the * I will say unto
my
refuge.
*
forgotten me ? go I mourning, while the
Thou
hast
and why
enemy oppresseth me? While
my
that
bones are broken, * me, even mine
trouble
they enemies, reproach
me
;
me God ? * Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me ? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet * the Health of praise Him my countenance and my God. While they say daily unto is
:
thy
:
4 Heal my soul, O Antiphon. for I have sinned against Thee. Lord, Third Antiphon. Mine heart.
Psalm XLIIL
thou cast down, O my * and why art thou disquieted
My
[the
loving- kindness in * and in the night
His song.
holiday.
Why
commanded
His
of]
Where
I
billows *
are
Amen,
everlasting.
2 Hermon, from the
3
calleth unto deep, * at the
Deep be the LORD God from everlasting, and * Amen. 1
Blessed
95
soul
is
[This Psalm has the same uncertain [? musical] superscription as some others, and the Targum farther ascribes its author ship to David.]
*
cast
therefore will
down within me I remember Thee :
from the land of Jordan, and from
have heard with our ears, * our fathers have
O God
:
told us,
What work Thou days,
didst
in
* and in the times of
their old.
this Psalm ends the first of the five books into which the Psalter is divided. chain of mountains in the north-east of Palestine, stretching down on the eastern
1
With
a
A
side of Jordan. 3 Or rather, the hill
ridge of Lebanon.
which had
cities in
(viz. the Little), proper name of a mountain on the eastern not be that the Korahites were among the Levitical families
Mizar
May
it
the north and north-east districts
?
4
Ps. xl. 5.
THE PSALTER.
96
Thine hand scattered the heathen, * Thou didst and planted them afflict the people and cast them out. For they got not the land in pos * neither session by their own sword :
:
own arm save them. But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy counten ance * because Thou hadst a favour did their
fore me, *
art
Who
Jacob
:
we not
Our
our enemies
we
*
:
shall
our horn toss
Thy Name
through
them under
tread
up against us. For I will not
that rise
my bow
God
will
* and long, for ever.
*
we
glory
will praise
all
the day
Thy Name
1
But now Thou hast cast off and * and Thou, O put us to shame wilt
not go
forth
with
our
armies.
Thou hast turned us back behind our enemies * and they that hate us take spoil for themselves. :
hast given us like sheep ap * and hast scat
Thou
* neither
:
Thy
covenant.
not turned back our steps strayed
is
:
;
hast sore broken us
* and the shadow of death hath covered us. If we have forgotten the Name of our God, * or stretched out our hands to a strange god
among
search this out ? * knoweth the secrets of the
Shall not
He
for
God
heart.
Yea, for
Thy
sake are
we
killed all
* we are counted as the day long for the sheep slaughter. :
Awake, why sleepest Thou, Lord? * arise, and cast us not
O
off
for ever.
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy
face,
* and forgettest our affliction and our oppression ? For our soul is bowed down to * our the dust belly cleaveth unto :
the earth. Arise,
O
redeem us
pointed for meat, tered us
have
neither
Though Thou
:
Thou
heart also
from Thy way
:
my sword save me. For Thou hast saved us from them * and hast that afflicted us, put to shame them that hated us.
God,
falsely in
;
trust in
neither shall
In
Thee
forgotten
have we dealt
in the place of affliction,
!
Through Thee will
face
For the voice of him that reproachand blasphemeth, * by reason of the enemy and avenger. All this is come upon us, yet have
*
my King and my God commandest victories for
Thou *
my
eth
:
unto them.
and the shame of
hath covered me,
Lord, help us for
:
Thy Name s
* and sake.
the heathen.
Psalm XLIV.
hast sold
Thy people for * and hast not increased nought, Thy wealth by their price. Thou makest us a reproach to our * a scorn and a derision neighbours, are round about us. that them to Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, * a shaking of the head among the peoples. My confusion is
[This Psalm has a long superscription, the exact meaning of which is not now certain. It seems to have been a marriage-song writ
The Tarten to be sung by the Korahites. ascribes it to the time of Moses, but it seems rather to belong to that of the Jewish
gum
Monarchy.] 1\
/TINE
heart is overflowing wit * I a good matter speak works unto the king. :
all
day long be 1
my SLH.
:
TUESDAY AT MATTINS.
97
the pen * of a ready
entreat thy favour * with gifts, even all the rich among the people.
Thou art fairer than the children of men, grace is poured into thy lips * therefore God hath blessed thee
The King s daughter is all glo rious within, * in a vesture of gold, clad in divers colours.
for ever.
After her shall virgins be brought unto the king: * her fellows shall be brought unto thee.
My tongue
is
writer.
:
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * most mighty In thy comeliness, and thy beauty,
O *
!
go forward,
fare prosperously,
and
reign,
Because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness * and thy right hand shall lead thee wonderfully. Thine arrows are sharp (the * into people shall fall under thee) :
the heart of the 1
King
O
Thy
throne, * the ever
and
Thou and
is
hated
ever.
Thy
a right sceptre. loved righteousness, iniquity
:
:
them princes over all the earth. They shall be mindful of thy
of
hast
*
Instead of thy fathers shall be * thou shalt make
thy children
for ever
enemies. is
:
* unto all generations. Therefore shall the people praise * thee for for ever and
sceptre
:
kingdom
s
God,
With gladness and rejoicing shall * they be brought they shall enter into the King s palace.
therefore,
God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
name,
ever,
3 Mine heart is over Antiphon. flowing with a good matter. Fourth Antiphon. Our help.
fellows.
smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory * palaces, whereby kings daughters among thine honourable women have
yea,
Psalm XLV.
Thy garments
made thee glad. Upon thy right hand
Hearken, O daughter, and con * for sider, and incline thine ear get also thine own people, and thy father s house And the King shall greatly de :
:
thy beauty
:
* for
Lord thy God, 2 and
Him
He
is
the
shall they
worship. And the daughters of Tyre shall 1
So
2
The word
are these
bride, is, "He 3 Ps. xliv. 2.
VOL.
I.
words translated
"God"
is
is
thy lord,
to
imply that it was to be sung by treble from the choir of the Korahite
voices,
And the Targum ascribes it, but apparently by a mere guess, to the time when Korah and his fellow-rebels were destroyed by an earthquake in the wilderness, but "the children of Korah died not" (Num. family.
did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, * bedecked with divers colours.
sire
[This Psalm has a superscription of un certain meaning, but of which part seems
xxvi. 10, n).]
GOD* ourourhelprefuge
and
is
in
is
strength,
trouble,
which
come upon
us exceedingly. Therefore will we not fear, though
the earth be removed, * and though the mountains be carried into the
midst of the sea
Though
Heb. i. 8, 9. Hebrew, and the and bow thou to him." So
;
the waters
thereof roar
in
not in the
original meaning, addressed to the also St Jerome.
D
THE PSALTER.
98
* though the mountains shake with the swelling
and be troubled
;
thereof. 1
the
a
streams
for
Jacob,
whom He
trumpet.
Tabernacle.
praises
God
shall not
the midst of her, she
in
is
*
be moved
:
God
shall
help her right early.
Sing
excellency of
loved. 1
*
our
to
praises
sing
:
God,
sing
unto
praises
our
King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the * earth sing ye praises with under :
The heathen raged, and the king doms were moved * He uttered
standing.
His
*
:
voice, the earth melted.
The LORD
us,
God is gone up with a shout, * and the LORD with the sound of a
river, [There is] whereof make glad the city of God * the Most High hath hallowed His :
* the
tance
of hosts
is
*
with us
:
God of Jacob is our refuge. 1 Come and behold the works
the
of
the LORD, what wonders He hath * He maketh wrought in the earth ;
God God
reigneth over the heathen upon the throne of :
sitteth
His holiness.
The princes of the people are gathered together with the God of * for the ones Abraham mighty
:
of the earth are greatly exalted.
wars to cease unto the end of the 2 Our help in trouble. Antiphon. Great is the Fifth Antiphon.
earth.
He
bow and
breaketh the
cut-
* and weapons in sunder burneth the shields in the fire. teth the
Be
and know
still,
*
God
:
that
am
I
be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted :
will
I
LORD. If
this
Antiphon
be
the
God
of hosts
of Jacob
is
is
with us
our refuge.
Psalm XLVI. Psalm of the sons of [Intituled Korah," with another (now uncertain) direc tion.]
:
your hands, all ye * shout unto God
with the voice of triumph. For the LORD Most High is ter * He is a rible great King over all :
the earth. He hath subdued the people under us, * and the nations under
cur
[Intituled
hath chosen His 1
SLH.
Korah."
assign
it
Song.
A
Psalm of the
The Vulgate and to the second
the
day of the
the LORD, and greatly * in the city of praised our God, in the mountain of His
GREAT to be
own
inheri-
is
holiness.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of * the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the citj of the great King. God is known in her palaces * for a refuge. For,
*
feet.
He
"A
week.]
A
people
Psalm
greatly to
Psalm XLVII.
*
LXX.
CLAP
And
:
1
sons of
"
"
praised."
in the earth.
The LORD
be used the
begins ivith the ivords,
lo,
the kings were assembled
:
they passed by together. They saw, and so they marvelled; 2
Ps. xlv. 2.
TUESDAY AT MATTINS. they
away
:
were troubled, they * fear took hold
woman
There, pain, as of a
Thou
travail.
of Tarshish
ships
hasted
upon them
l
in
break the
shalt
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of * hosts, in the city of our God God hath established her for ever. 2 We have received Thy loving* in the midst O :
kindness, God, of Thy temple.
According so
the earth
to
Thy Name, O God,
praise unto the ends of
Thy
is
*
:
Thy
hand
right
is
full
of righteousness.
Let mount Zion rejoice, and
O
Zion, and go round * tell the towers thereof.
Mark ye and
may
ye
well
consider tell
her it
bulwarks
her to
* :
that palaces the generation ;
following. I
:
for ever.
Psalm
XLVI II.
[This Psalm has the same
this,
-*-
give ear, of the world ;
all all
ye
title
as
Ps.
people:
*
ye inhabitants
Both low and high
:
* rich and
poor together.
My mouth
shall speak of
and the meditation of
wisdom
my
:
heart
be of understanding.
I will incline
able
* :
I
will
mine ear open
to a par
my
saying
A
a
*
?
ransom
Nor *
He
cannot give to
his
God
for himself
yet a redemption for his
own
he should work for ever, and live even unto the end. Nay, though he should not see when he beholdeth destruction, soul,
men
wise
*
die
likewise
and the brutish person
And *
if
and
the
perish,
leave their wealth to others their
grave house for ever
shall
be
:
their
Even their dwelling-place to all generations they called their lands after their own names. :
For man,
having been created honour, hath had no understand * he hath made himself like ing unto the beasts that understand in
and is become like unto not, them. This their way is a stumbling* block for themselves yet their 2 posterity will approve their sayings. Like sheep they are laid in the
very flourishing colony and
* death
will pasture them. the upright shall have do minion over them in the morning :
And
* and the beauty of
emporium of
:
their strength
waste away in the grave. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, * shall
when He shall receive me. 2 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, * and when the glory of his house
is
increased.
For when he dieth he
upon the harp. 1
own
their
Can a man redeem, redeem brother
grave
IT EAR
shall
in
trust
*
:
xlvi.]
*
that
and boast themselves strength, in the multitude of their riches.
:
For this God is our God for ever and ever * He shall be our guide
**
about,
They
let
Walk about :
me
fool
the daughters of Judah be glad, * because of Thy judgments, Lord.
about her
Wherefore should I fear in the * The day of evil ? iniquity of them that dog mine heels shall compass
with a mighty
wind.
99
the Phoenicians in Spain.
shall carry 2
SLH.
THE PSALTER.
100
* his glory shall not nothing away, descend with him. Though while he lived he blessed * and thee when his soul
He
He
shall :
and
heavens from
the
to
that
earth,
judge His people. Gather His saints together unto * those that have made a Him, covenant with Him by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare * for God is His righteousness
thou didst well to him. his fathers
*
He may
praised
;
shall call to the
above,
go to the generation of * and shall never see
:
light.
2 Judge Himself.
Man, having been created in honour, hath had no understand * he hath made himself like ing unto the beasts that understand not, and is become like unto them.
speak
gods.
Antiphon
with
begins
the
be used, the
words,
I
will
testify
*
I
;
I
am God,
will
even
not reprove thee for thy * for thy burnt -offerings are continually before Me. I will take no bullock out of thine * nor he house, -goats out of thy sacrifices
:
folds.
Psalm
"Even
and
and
will
I
this
;
people,
Israel,
thy God.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. The God of Sixth Antiphon.
If
O
against thee
l
Antiphon.
O My
Hear,
:
For every beast of the forest is * the cattle and the bulls Mine,
the
LORD."
upon the mountains. Psalm XLIX.
I
Psalm of Asaph." This Levite, chief of the singers I Par. (Chron.) xvi. appointed by David. "And he (David) appointed certain of 4. the Levites to minister before the Ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel. Asaph the chief, and next to him Zachariah, Jeiel, [Intituled
"A
Asaph was a
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps but Asaph made a sound with cymbals."] ;
;
God
THELORD,
gods, even the hath spoken, * and of
called the earth, From the rising of the sun unto
the going down thereof. * Out of Zion, the Perfection of beauty,
God
shall
come
manifestly,
*
even our God, and shall not keep silence.
A
fire shall
* and
it
shall
devour before Him be very tempestuous :
round about Him. 1
Ps. xlvii.
know
* and Mine.
the birds of the sky
beauty of the
field
thee
:
and the fulness
thereof.
* the flesh of bulls, ? or drink the blood of goats Offer unto God the sacrifice of * and pay thy vows unto the Will
praise
I
eat
:
Most High
And trouble
call
* :
:
upon I
will
Me
day of and
in the
deliver thee,
thou shalt glorify Me. But unto the wicked, God saith * What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, that thou shouldest take My covenant in thy mouth ? * Seeing thou hatest instruction, and easiest My words behind thee ? When thou sawest a thief then * and thou tookest pleasure in him :
:
hast been partaker with adulterers. 2.
:
is
were hungry, I would not * for the earth is Mine,
If I tell
all
the
3
SLH.
TUESDAY AT MATTINS. Thy mouth aboundeth with evil * and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Thou
O
satest
thy brother,
* these things hast thou done, and I kept silence. Thou thoughtest wickedly that I * I will was such an one as
own mother s son
:
Consider ye
God
*
:
lest
ye that forget
this,
He
tear
and there be none to
The
Me in I
:
you
sacrifice of praise shall
*
for ever
The
honour
of God.
shall take thee away,
say
righteous
and
see
shall
shall
at
and and
it,
him,
laugh Lo, this is the man not God his strength ;
fear,
* :
made
But trusted
that
abundance of
in the
* and hardened himself in his wickedness. his riches
* and there is the path where will show unto him the salvation
He
:
of the living. 1
in pieces,
deliver.
!
and pluck thee out of thy dwellingplace, and root thee out of the land
thyself:
reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
lovest all deadly words, * thou deceitful tongue Therefore God shall destroy thee
Thou
:
and spakest against and slanderedst thine
101
But
I
:
am
a
like
mercy of God
in the
olive-
fruitful
house of God, *
tree in the
I
trust
and
for ever
ever. I
Psalm LI. [After another uncertain superscription, the title of this Psalm proceeds: "[A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him David is come to the house of Ahimelech."
will
Thee for ever, be done it * and I
will praise
Thou
cause
hast
:
on Thy name,
wait
good before Thy
for
it
is
saints.
:
The circumstances may be read xxii. (Saturday, fourth After Doeg told Pentecost). latter sent for Ahimelech and
(Sam.)
in
i
week
Kings after
Saul, the the other Priests, and ordered them to execution. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the Priests of the LORD. And the king said to Doeg Turn thou, and fall upon the Priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned and fell upon the Priests, and slew on that day four-score and five persons that did wear a linen ephod." The inhabitants of the Priestly city of Nob were also brutally massacred. One of the sons of Ahimelech escaped and told David.]
2
The God of gods, Antiphon. even the LORD, hath spoken. Antiphon for Paschal time. Al leluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia.
"
Then
is
said a Verse
WHY
Verse.
:
1
SLH.
2
Ps. xlix.
Lamb,
"
"
mount
O of of
the daughter of Zion.
During Verse. rifice
3
the rest of the year.
Offer unto
God
the sac
of praise.
Answer. to the
And
pay thy vows un
Most High. In Lent.
Verse.
He
shall
cover thee with
His wings.
uprightness. 1
forth the
the wilderness unto the
O
mighty in iniquity? Thy tongue deviseth unrighteous ness all the day long * like a sharp razor hast thou wrought treachery. Thou lovest evil more than good ; * iniquity rather than to speak of
Send
Lord, the ruler of the land. Answer. Rock From the
boastest thou thyself in * thou that art
mischief,
and Answer.
In Advent.
:
I.
3
Ps. xlix. 14.
THE PSALTER.
102
Answer. And under His feath shalt thou trust.
ers
O
Verse.
me
Lord, save
And
Ansiver.
from
affliction
Paschal
The Lord
Verse.
3
The Lord chose him
[In Paschal time,
To
Answer. time. is
a Bishop and for
a priest unto Himself.
from the horns of the unicorns. /;/
Office for
Confessor. Verse.
mine
them exceed
let
ingly rejoice.
mouth.
s
Yea,
In the Simple
In Passion time.
the lion
Answer.
add Alleluia.]
up unto
offer
Him
the sacrifice of praise. in
risen
Paschal time, add
[7;z
Alleluia.]
deed, Alleluia.
And hath appeared un Simon, Alleluia.
Answer. to
In
the
Office for a Confessor not a Bishop.
Simple 4
Verse.
The rest Nocturn on
same as the Second the preceding Sunday, only is
the
the Lessons, and sometimes the Responare those of the day.
sories,
Simple Feasts. It is to be remembered that when a Simple Feast is kept on Tuesday, the Invitatory and Hyvm are of the Feast, being takeji from the Com mon of Saints of the class, unless speci
Psalms and Antiphons of Then is the Week-day, as given above. said a Verse and Answer as follows : Simple Office for one or ma?iy Martyrs in Paschal time.
the
The
Verse.
shine
shall
Lord.
upon
everlasting
Thy
O
Alleluia.
Even unto
Answer.
everlasting.
Alleluia. /;/
the
Simple
Office for
one Martyr
(put of Paschal time}. Verse.
O
Thou
*
5
Lord, of precious stones. Answer. Upon his head.
In the Simple
Office
for many Martyrs
(put of Paschal time]. Verse.
2
joice before 1
4
Let the
God.
Ps. xx. 4.
Ps. xxxvi. 30.
God
tongue talk of
add Alleluia.]
shall give her the
God
is
in the
add Alleluia.]
what follows,
others, as well as
end of the Service, are taken from the Second Nocturn of the Office common to the
to Saints of the class, unless something The Lessons are special be appointed. arranged according to the rules in Chap ter xxvi. 4 of the general Rubrics. "
We praise
Thee,
re
O
God,"
said at the end, instead of a Third The Responsories are ar Responsory. ranged according to the rules i?i Chapter Thus ; xxvii. 4 of the general Rubrics.
is
The Lords Prayer
said :
is
OUR Father heaven, Hallowed (inaudibly),
righteous
midst of
be moved.
[In Paschal time,
The
The Hymn,
hast set a crown,
time,
her, she shall not
light
Saints,
his
help of His countenance. \In Paschal time, add Alleluia.] Ansiver.
I71
of the right
For one Holy Woman, of whatever kind. Verse.
the
And
Answer.
judgment. [In Paschal
ally given.
Then
The mouth
eous shall speak wisdom. [In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
in
Name.
Who
art
be Thy Thy kingdom come. Thy
3 Cf. Ecclus. xlv. Ps. Ixvii. 4. Ps. xlv. 6 (Alexandrian version).
1
6, 27.
TUESDAY AT MATTINS. be done on Give us
will
heaven.
And
bread.
passes, as
we
forgive forgive
pass against us.
as
it
is
in
day our daily us
them
our
tres
into
Then Sir,
the
be pleased to give the bless
But deliver us
from
Second Blessing, if the Lesson
evil.
this
Absolution
:
AY
His loving kindness and mercy help us, Who liveth and reigneth with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Answer. Amen. Then Sir,
the
Reader says
May Christ to all His people give For ever in His sight to live. Amen. Answer. Second Blessing, if the Lesson an Homily.
God s most mighty :
be pleased to give the bless
ing.
be from
strength alway
Be His people s staff and Amen. Answer.
stay.
Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.
First Blessing, if the Lesson be Scripture.
from
God
the Father the Almighty Show on us His grace and mercy.
Answer.
Homily. the Gospel s saving Lord Bless the reading of His Word.
May
Answer.
Amen.
First Blessing on a Simple Feast.
May His
blessing be upon us, doth live and reign for ever. Answer. Amen.
Who Then
is
read the First Lesson from
Scripture or from the Homily, or, on a Simple Feast, either the First from Scripture, or, if the Saint or Saints have two Lessons, the whole three Scrip ture Lessons read together as one.
Then
He
(or
She or They) whose feast-day
we
are keeping Plead for us before the Lord. Answer. Amen.
Amen.
First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
First Responsory, unless otherwise directed. On a week-day kept as such, this is the First Responsory of the
be of
Scripture.
Then
\l\ ^ *
Reader says :
ing.
temptation.
Answer.
Sunday. On a Simple Feast, it is the first Responsory in the Common Office for the class to which the Saint belongs.
that tres
(Aloud.} lead us not
And
Verse.
earth, this
103
the
Second Nocturn of the preceding
77^7? is read the Second Lesson, either the Scripture or from an Homily, the Second or, on a Simple Feast, either
from
and Third Lessons from Scripture read or Saints together as one, or, if the Saint have two Lessons, the first of these.
Then
the
Second Responsory, unless
On a week-day kept otlierwise directed. as such, this is the Second Responsory of the preceding Sunday, but in Paschal time there is added to it : Verse.
and
Glory be to the Father,
to the Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost.
And the Answer of the Responsory is repeated again.
On
a Simple Feast the Second Re i?i the Common Office for the
sponsory
which the Saint belongs, with the Glory be to the Father," and the repetition of the Answer.
class to
addition of &*c.,
"
THE PSALTER.
IO4 Then Sir,
the
Reader says
be pleased
:
to give the bless
May He that is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. Answer.
Amen.
ing.
Then
Third Blessing, if the Lesson
be
of
Scripture.
May
the Spirit
s fire
divine
In our inmost being shine.
Answer.
Amen.
Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or if the Lesson be from an Homily.
is read the Third Lesson either Scripture, or of the Homily, or, on Simple Feasts, the Second or only Lesson of the Saint.
from
Then, on Simple Feasts and on any day in Paschal time save Rogation
is said the Hymn, We praise Thee, O God." But on week-days kept as such out of Paschal time the Third Responsory of the preceding Sunday.
Monday
"
105
nt
THE THIRD DAY OF THE WEEK. All as on Sunday, except as otherwise given here. The Psalms are as follows :
O
Antiphon.
Lord.
Upon the harp will I praise * Thee, O God, my God why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me ? Hope thou in God for I will still * Who is the health of !
:
praise
Psalm
my
L.
Have mercy upon me, &c.
(/.
8 7 ).
O
Antiphon.
Lord, blot out
Him,
countenance, and
God.
my
The health Antiphon. countenance, and my God.
of
my
Third Antiphon. Early.
my
transgressions.
The
Second Antiphon.
Psalms LXII., LXVI.
health.
O God, (/ 23).
Psalm XLII. [The Vulgate and the Psalm "to
LXX.
me,
Antiphon. Early
God, and plead
O
JUDGE my cause * nation
O
:
against an ungodly deliver me from the
*
God, &c.
my
seek Thee,
will I
God. Fourth Antiphon. Save
us.
THE SONG OF HEZEKIAH, KING
unjust and deceitful man.
O God, art my strength
For Thou,
art
ascribe this
"David."]
O
Thou
JUDAH.
:
OF
(Isa. xxxviii. 10.)
why dost Thou cast me off? and why go I mourning, because of the oppression of the enemy ? O send out Thy light and Thy truth * let them lead me and bring
King of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness." The his tory will be found in 4 (2) Kings xx. (nth Sunday after Pentecost).]
me
T SAID,
[Intituled
"The
writing
of
Hezekiah,
:
unto Thine holy
hill,
Thy tabernacles Then will I go unto
and unto
*
-*
!
the Altar of God, * unto God, the Gladdener
of
my
youth
VOL.
i.
!
grave I
years.
In the midst of
I shall
go
my
days,
to the gates of the
:
looked * I
for
the
said, I shall
of
rest
my
not see the
D
2
THE PSALTER.
io6
LORD my God l living I shall
*
praise Thee, as I do this day the father to the children shall make
in the land of the
:
:
the
with
*
man no
behold dwellers
in
more, the land of
rest.
Mine age is departed, and is * as a shepherd s up from me,
known Thy
O
truth.
me
LORD, save
* and we
:
will
of our sing our songs all the days life in the house of the LORD.
rolled
tent
:
My
cut off as by a weaver was scarce begun when He
life is
my web cut me
:
* from day even Thou make an end
off:
night wilt
to
ing all
:
thought * as a
I
doth
lion, so
bones
my
live
might
till
morn
He
break
wilt
Thou
:
From day even to night make an end of me.
the days of
the
Praise ye
Antiphon.
Fifth
all
LORD.
of
me. I
Antiphon. Save us our life, O Lord.
Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL. Praise ye the LORD from heavens, &c. (pp. 25, 26).
Like a
swallow s fledgling so did I twitter, I did coo as a dove Mine eyes fail, * with looking
Praise
Antiphon.
from the heavens,
all
LORD
the
ye
the
His Angels.
:
CHAPTER.
(Rom.
xiii.
upward.
LORD, I am seized, undertake me. * What shall I say, or what will He answer me, seeing that He Himself hath done it?
for
1 will call to
Thee
ness of
O
Lord,
and
live,
of
remembrance before
my years my soul.
all
my
in
spirit,
* in the bitter
by these things men such things is the life so mayest Thou chasten
if
:
But Thou hast delivered my soul * Thou hast cast from destruction behind sins all my Thy back. For the grave cannot praise Thee, :
death cannot celebrate Thee
go down into the
hope
far spent,
is
night
for
The
HYMN. 2 bird heard, Telling its morning torch is lit, And small and still Christ s accents thrill Within the heart, rekindling it.
herald DAYAtS length
is
Thy
living,
pit
*
:
they
cannot
truth.
the living,
he
shall
Away, He cries, With languid eyes,
And sickly slumbers I am at hand, As watchers In awe,
He
and
will
-
!
stand,
truth,
and
holiness.
appear, to cheer
The hearts Of suppliants
Who
profitless
pale and abstinent
;
cannot sleep Because they weep
With holy
grief
and
violent.
My God is not in the Hebrew, but the Divine Name is repeated. d. Author of original, Aurelius Prudentius Clemens: b. 348 A.D., Translation by the late Card. Newman. 1
&c. (as on
p. 89).
;
Be me, and make me to live. hold, mine anguish is [turned] into peace
that
The
Monday,
12.)
"
"
after
405 A.D.
TUESDAY AT LAUDS. Keep us awake, The fetters break,
Verse.
which night has forged for us Yea, melt the night
JESU
To
107
!
;
sinless light,
Till all is bright
and
Answer.
satisfied
us
We rejoice and are glad.
Antiphonfor the SongofZacharias. raised up * an horn of salvation for us, in the house of His servant David.
glorious.
The Lord hath
To Father, Son, And Spirit, one, To the Most Holy
Trinity, All praise be given In earth and heaven, Now, as of old, and endlessly.
Thou hast Thy mercy.
1
early with
Commemoration of the other general
Amen.
Long Preces
in
the
Cross before
Commemorations, and
Advent and
on Fast-days, as on Monday.
Ps. Ixxxix. 14.
Lent,
and
loS
8ftebtu0baj!
at
Jftattin*.
THE FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK. Psalm LI I.
All as on Sunday except as otherwise given here. hand, O depths of
In Thy Invitatory. * are the inmost
Lord,
the earth.
HYMN. 1 all and dost control, Lord, with Thy touch divine, Cast out the slumbers of the soul, The rest that is not Thine.
WHO madest
[Intituled
"of
David,"
with
a
further
perhaps musical, but of a The Targum (now) uncertain meaning.
superscription,
it the additional superscription, "to render praise, for the reward of the impious who blasphemed the Name of the Lord." It is a repetition of Ps. xiii.]
gives
fool hath said in his heart
THE* There
:
no God. Corrupt are they and have done there is abominable iniquity none that doeth good. God looketh down from heaven is
:
Look down, Eternal Holiness, And wash the sins away Of those, who, rising to confess,
* upon the children of men,
Outstrip the lingering day.
Our hearts and hands by
We
O
night,
Lord,
our need As holy Psalmists give the word, And holy Paul the deed. lift
them
in
to see
there be any that will understand, or that will seek God.
if
;
Every one of them is gone back, they are altogether become unprofit * there is none that doeth able good, no, not one. Have the workers of iniquity no * who eat up my people knowledge, :
Each sin to Thee of years gone Each hidden stain lies bare
by,
;
We
shrink not from Thine awful eye,
But pray that Thou wouldst spare.
Grant
O
Father, Only Son, Spirit, God of grace,
this,
And To Whom
all
and
Only one Nocturn
place.
?
They have not called upon God * there were they in great fear, where no fear was. For God hath scattered the bones of them that work that which is :
worship shall be done
In every time
as they eat bread
Amen.
is said.
pleasing in the sight of men they are put to shame, because God *
:
Antiphon.
is
God
bringeth back.
In Paschal time only one Antiphon said to the whole Nocturn. Alleluia. 1
Another hymn of the Ambrosian school.
hath despised them.
O
that
the
salvation
Translation by the late Card.
of
Israel
Newman.
WEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. * when were come out of Zion God bringeth back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. !
Psalm LIV. [This Psalm has a superscription of which nothing can now be certainly interpreted, To except the ascription of authorship "
David."]
If he also that hated me had * magnified himself against me, then haply I would have hidden myself from him.
But it was thou, a man like* minded, my guide and mine ac quaintance We took pleasant meats together * we walked unto the house of God :
:
in
IVE
ear to
my
prayer,
O
God,
company.
* Let death come upon them and let them go down quick into :
and
despise not my suppli * attend unto me and hear
hell;
* and
ings,
troubled, because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the
God
oppression of the wicked.
me.
cation
:
me.
For wickedness
mourn
I
in
exercise
my
;
*
am
For they cast iniquity upon me * and in wrath they hate me. heart is sore My pained within me * and the terrors of death are
But as
He
:
fallen
upon me.
come upon me
* :
trembling are and darkness
against
like a
I
said
dove,
:
O
God
had wings then would I fly
that I
* for
off,
and from tempest. divide their Destroy, O Lord * for I have seen tongues iniquity and strife in the city. Day and night iniquity goeth * round about upon her walls !
:
midst of her. *
depart
deliver
my
soul
from
them
me
* for there were
:
that
not
from her streets. For if mine enemy had reproached * then I could have borne it. me, 1
in
draw nigh
many
* even
and afflict them, abideth of old. 1
shall hear
He That
Because they have no changes,
He to
:
:
and unrighteousness are guile
save
shall
:
spirit
Usury and
LORD
requite them. They have broken His covenant the anger of His countenance hath * and His wrath put them to flight, pursueth them. His words were softer than oil, * yet were they drawn swords. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee * He
waited for Him Who hath de me * from distress of
in the
have called upon
therefore they fear not God. hath stretched forth His hand
!
trouble also
I
*
away and be at rest Lo, then would I wander far * and remain in the wilderness. 1 livered
me
against me.
hath overwhelmed me.
And
shall
peace
and
Fearfulness
for
* and the
:
their dwell
in
is
among them.
Evening, and morning, and at noon will I complain and cry aloud, * and He shall hear my voice.
:
I
I0 9
shall
never suffer the righteous to
be moved. But Thou, O God, shalt bring of destruc them down * into the pit
tion.
SLH.
Bloody and deceitful men
shall
no
THE PSALTER. * but
not live out half their days I will trust in Thee, O Lord.
:
l
Antiphon.
God
back
the captivity of His people.
For
*
they mark
:
my steps. When
bringeth
Second Antiphon.
and hide themselves
they wait for my soul, nothing shalt Thou deliver * in Thine them anger Thou for
:
my
shalt cast
soul.
down
the people.
God, I have declared my unto Thee, * Thou hast put Psalm LV.
tears in
[This Psalm has a long and very obscure From part of this it seems superscription. that it was written to be sung to a tune called "The dumb dove among foreigners."
The authorship is ascribed "To David, when the Philistines took him in Gath." This may either be the occasion described in the note on Ps. xxxiii. (p. 78), or that narrated thus in I Kings (Sam.) xxvii. And David said in his heart I shall now there perish one day by the hand of Saul is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philis tines ; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel so shall I escape out of his hand. And David arose, and he passed over, with the "
:
;
;
hundred men that were with him, unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. And it was told Saul that David was six
.
.
.
fled to
for
Gath, and he sought no more again
him."]
Thy
life
my
sight,
Even as Thou hast promised. * Then shall mine enemies turn back, In
whatsoever *
Thee
behold,
:
my God. God will
art
In
the
in
word trust,
:
I
day I
I
know
cry that
praise His word,
LORD will I * in God have
His
praise I
my
put
not be afraid can do unto me. I
unto
Thou
will
what
man Thy vows
are upon me, O God, pay them, even praises unto Thee. For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from * that I walk before *
will
I
falling
God
may
;
in the light of the living.
O
IT) E- merciful unto me, God, for *man treadeth me down * he
Psalm LVI.
:
fighteth
the day long, and
all
op-
Mine enemies tread me down all * for the day long they be many that fight against me. :
The
me
height of the morning r
afraid,
but
I
will
makes
word, * I
:
-*-
merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me * for soul trusteth in Thee. :
my
Yea, in the shadow of Thy wings * until this make
not fear what flesh can do unto
me.
will I
All the day long- they wrest
words
to
in
trust
God I will praise His God I have put my trust
will
title
T3E
Thee. In in
of uncertain meaning. have been written for a tune called "Destroy not," "by David, when he fled from Saul in the cave" I "David therefore Kings (Sam.) xxii. I departed thence" (viz. from Gath) "and See the escaped to the cave Adullam." note on Ps. xxxiii., p. 78.]
[Another long
The Psalm seems
presseth me.
*
:
against
me
all
their
thoughts
my are
for evil.
They gather themselves
together 1
Ps.
my
refuge,
be overpast. 1 will cry unto God Most High * unto God, That performeth all me. for things iniquity
:
lii.
7.
WEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. He
hath sent from heaven, and * He hath given for a
me
saved
1
and
soul from I
my
;
As
for
the lions whelps
among
was troubled
my
in
;
sleep.
sons
the
of men, their and arrows, * and
teeth are spears
tongue a sharp sword. Be Thou exalted, O God, above * and let the heavens Thy glory be over all the earth.
their
:
prepared a net for my * and bowed down my soul.
They steps
;
pit before
They digged a into fallen
whereof
midst
the
me
they
* :
are
themselves. 1
Mine
heart
psaltery
O
ready,
*
God,
will sing,
I
:
glory
*
awake,
;
will
I
:
awake
early.
Thee, O Lord, among * and sing unto Thee
I will praise
the people ; among the nations.
For Thy mercy
* and heavens,
Be Thou
Thy
be above
all
* and
God, above
let
Thy
For
Third Antiphon.
* speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of * a serpent they are like the deaf that adder, stoppeth her ears That will not hearken to the voice of charmers, * nor of the sorcerer charming never so wisely. God shall break their teeth in * the LORD shall their mouth
belly,
:
;
:
break
off
the
teeth
great
of
the
lions.
They shall melt away as waters * He bendeth which run down His bow until they be shattered. They shall melt away like melting wax * fire taketh hold upon them and they see not the sun. As thorns that are plucked up before ever they be grown into a bush
* so even in their greenness,
:
He
shall
in
His
righteous shall rejoice
when
root
them
up
my
The
he seeth the vengeance * he shall wash his hands in the blood of the :
wicked.
And man
glory
the earth. 2
Antiphon. in Thee.
O
exalted, :
estranged from astray from the
anger. great unto the truth unto the
is
clouds.
the heavens
The wicked are womb, they go
the
:
my
up,
and harp
the earth.
:
is
mine heart is ready and give praise.
Awake
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness your hands weigh out violence in
:
*
:
reproach them that trod me down. God hath sent forth His mercy His truth * and delivered
Ill
is
soul trusteth
Judge
a
reward
verily there the earth.
shall say for the
a
is
:
Verily, there
righteous,
God That
judgeth
uprightly.
Psalm LVII1. Psalm LVII.
[This Psalm has the same title as the two when Saul sent, with the addition and they watched the house, to kill him." The occasion is thus described in I Kings Saul also sent messengers (Sam.) xix. 1 1. unto David s house, to watch him, to slay him in the morning and Michal, David s If thou save not thy wife, told him, saying "
[This Psalm has the same
title
as the last,
except the historical reference.]
last,
:
"
F I
ye indeed speak righteousness, * judge uprightly, O ye sons of
men.
;
:
1
SLH.
2
Ps.
Ivi.
2.
THE PSALTER.
112 life
to-night,
to-morrow thou
escaped."]
F^VELIVER me from mine ene* and *-^ mies, O my God defend me from them that rise up :
against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity
* and save
:
And
shalt be slain.
So Michal let David down through a window, and he went, and fled, and
me
from bloody
end they
the
at
be
shall
cursing and lying * and in the wrath at the end they
spoken of
for
:
shall perish.
And
know
they shall
God
that
* and unto the Jacob, ends of the earth. 1 They shall return at evening,
ruleth
in
and hunger like dogs: and go round about the They shall wander up and down * and for meat grudge if they be city<
men. lo, they lie in wait for my * the mighty have fallen upon
For, life
:
;
not satisfied.
me.
But
Not
my
for
my
transgression, not for
*
O LORD
sin,
I
;
and
ran
ordered myself without fault. Awake to meet me, and behold * O the LORD God of
Thou,
God of Israel Awake to visit
the
* be
:
hosts,
I
* yea,
I
will
sing
:
not merciful to any wicked
:
trouble.
O my
Unto Thee, the heathen
Thy power of Thy
aloud
mercy in the morning. For Thou hast been my defence, * and refuge in the day of my
!
all
of
sing
will
I
sing,
the
for
God
of
1
God
my
strength, will
my
is
defence,
*
mercy.
transgressors.
They come like
the
dogs
;
at evening and hunger * and go round about
city.
O
2
Antiphon. Judge uprightly, ye sons of men. Fourth Antiphon. Give us.
Behold, they yelp with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips * for who, say they, doth hear ? :
at
But Thou, O LORD, shalt laugh them * Thou shalt bring all :
Psalm LIX. [This Psalm has a superscription, prob ably musical, but the meaning of which is now uncertain. It then proceeds Of "
:
the heathen to nought.
O my
strength, I will wait
upon
Thee, for Thou, O God, art * the defence mercy of my :
shall receive
God desire
shall
upon
my God
me. let
me
mine
see
all
enemies
:
my slay
them not; * lest my people forget. * Scatter them by Thy power and bring them down, O Lord our
David, when he strove with Mesopotamia, and with Western Syria, when Joab re turned and smote of Edom in the valley of Salt (viz. the Jordan valley near the "
Dead
Sea)
casion
was some very
"twelve
David carried on
thousand."
The Psalm seems
xviii.
written
under
some
even be taken
their lips
:
mouth, and * let them
in their pride 1
SLH.
;
have
to
temporary
been
reverses
during the campaign.]
GOD, Thou
!
For the sin of the words of their
oc
ing kings, and which are described in 2 Kings (Sam.) viii. and I Par. (Chron.)
:
shield
The
successful wars which against several neighbour
hast cast us
off,
* Thou and scattered us hast been displeased, and hast had :
mercy upon a
us. Ps.
Ivii. 2.
WEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. Thou tremble, heal the
hast
made
and
hast
the
earth
broken
breaches
:
[Intituled
for
thereof,
it
shaketh.
us
showed Thy people
hast
*
things
:
Thou
made
hast
drink the wine of astonish
to
ment.
Thou them
hast
that
a
given
fear
to
warning
* that
Thee,
they
from before the bow. 1 That Thy beloved may be deliv * save with ered
may
fly
Thy
:
God
David.
"of
:
has also a of uncertain
It
now
superscription
hath
*
will
I
:
in
spoken
rejoice
From
prayer.
ends
the
* attend
:
of the earth
I
* when mine unto Thee heart was overwhelmed, Thou didst cried
:
me up upon a rock. Thou didst lead me,
lift
Thou
for
His holi and divide
for
valley
a
abide *
will
I
ever
:
the
in
refuge
in I
tabernacle
Thy will
make
covert
of
my Thy
1
wings.
Manasseh
and
mine,
is
*
mine
O God
cry,
right hand,
of booths. 2
Gilead
my HEAR unto my
been a shelter for me, * strong tower from the enemy.
Shechem, and mete out the
For Thou, O God, hast heard * Thou hast given the my vows :
Ephraim also is the 3 strength of mine head. * Moab is is Judah my King the vessel [of the triumph] of mine
is
(?)
hast
and hear me. ness
musical
meaning.]
Thou hard
Psalm LX.
to
*
it
:
:
4
heritage
those
to
that
fear
Thy
name.
Thou life
* :
wilt
prolong
and
his
the
King
to
years
s
many
hope.
Edom
Over shoe have
*
triumphed. will bring * who
Who
city?
strong into
not
Wilt
my "
"
5
Strangers
me
the
into
will
me
lead
O
Thou,
us
Who
God,
generations.
He
shall
*
ever
* and wilt not go out with our armies, O
Thou God?
:
for vain
us
name
for ever
perform
is
Through God we :
my
off?
help from trouble the help of man. shall
do
* for He it is That down our enemies.
:
abide before God for will seek for His
who
mercy and truth ? So will I sing praise unto Thy :
6
O
* that
may
I
daily
vows.
Antiphon. trouble,
Give
1
out
Edom ?
hast cast
antly tread
cast
I
the
over
:
I
will
help from
us
Give
Lord.
Fifth Antiphon.
Doth not my
soul. vali
shall
Psalm If this Antiphon be used the commences with the words Wait upon "
God."
SLH.
and Gerizim, called the Shechem, now Nablus, in the valley between Mounts Ebal Gen. xxxiii. 17. there for his cattle. erected which from those of booths Jacob valley 3 These three form the central district of the Land of Promise. 2
"
"
4
The Hebrew
is"
Moab
is
my
wash-pot,"
that
is,
a receptacle for off-scounngs.
of Judah, respecting comparison is with the Divinely appointed sovereignty Gen. xlix. 10. 5
That
is,
the Philistines.
6
Ps.
lix.
13.
whom
see
THE PSALTER.
114
Psalm LXIII.
Psalm LXI. [This Psalm has exactly the same super scription as Ps. xxxviii.]
not my soul wait upon * for from Him com-
God ? eth
my salvation. He only is my God and my * He is salvation my defence, I :
be greatly moved. will ye run together
shall not
How
long
against a man ? of you [one that
"
Do
ye
slay,
all
TT EAR
with
*
thirst
:
mouth
their
they blessed and cursed in
their heart. 1 l
:
:
*
:
He and
strength,
Trust
the
is
my
in
God
refuge
is
of in
my
God.
Him, ye congregation
of the people, pour out your heart * God is our before him help for :
ever.
my
in
For they whet their tongue like * bend their sword they bitter even words, that they bow, :
shoot
secret
in
at
the
per
fect.
Suddenly do they shoot at him * and fear not they encourage :
But wait thou on God, O my soul for mine expectation is from Him. For He only is my God and my * He is mine salvation helper, I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory
God,
iniquity.
may
my
O
:
Truly they imagined to cast me down from mine honour, when I in
voice,
-^
a
ran
my
"
* preserve my life prayer from fear of the enemy. Thou hast hidden me from the * from secret counsel of the wicked, the insurrection of the workers of *
a bowing is] wall and as a tottering fence ? as
David with a meaning now
[Intituled "A Psalm of farther superscription of uncertain.]
1
themselves in
evil
purpose. of laying snares
They commune *
privily
them
:
they say
:
Who
shall see
?
*
out
They search
iniquities
:
they accomplish a diligent search.
Man are
thoughts that but God shall
shall attain to
very
deep
* :
be exalted. of babes have pierced * and their them tongues are weakened against them. All that saw them were moved * and all men [still]
The arrows :
:
Surely the sons of men are vanity, the sons of men are a lie in the balance * they are a deceit, alto :
gether lighter than vanity. Trust not in iniquity, and desire * if riches not robbery increase, :
not your heart upon them. God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard ; that power beset
longeth unto God also unto Thee, O * for Thou Lord, belongeth mercy shalt render to every man according to his works. :
:
1
SLH.
feared,
And
the
declared
*
God,
and
work
understood
of
His
doings.
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in Him * and all the upright in heart shall :
glory.
Antiphon. wait
2
Doth not my
soul
upon God ?
Sixth
Antiphon.
God. 2
Ps.
Ixi. 2.
O
bless
our
WEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. *
Psalm LXV.
burnt-offerings
Psalm or Song" the [Except the words title of this Psalm is not now certainly The Vulgate and the LXX. understood. add "for the uprising."] "
TV /T
f
AKE
**
all
a joyful noise unto God, ye lands, sing forth the
honour of His name
*
:
make His
praise glorious.
God How terrible art * Thy works, O Lord! of the through Thy power greatness Say unto
Thou
:
in
Thine enemies
shall
feign to
submit
themselves unto Thee. Let all the earth worship Thee, and sing unto Thee let them j
:
sing praises to Thy Come and see the
Name. 1
my vows, which my And my mouth when
I
will
I
sacrifices
pay Thee have uttered, hath spoken, * will
I
:
lips
was in trouble. offer unto Thee
burnt-
with
of fatlings,
the
in
cense of rams * I will offer unto Thee bullocks with goats. 1 Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare * what He hath :
done I
for
my
soul.
cried unto
* and extolled
Him with my mouth, Him with my tongue.
If I regard iniquity in mine heart, * the Lord will not hear me. Therefore God hath heard me, * and attended to the voice of
my
works of God * He is terrible in His counsels toward the children of men.
;
He turned the sea into dry land, they went through the flood on foot * there did we rejoice in Him.
prayer.
Blessed be God, * Who hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me.
:
He ruleth by His power for ever, His eyes behold the nations * let :
not the rebellious exalt themselves. 1 * bless our God, ye people and make the voice of His praise to
Psalm LXVII. [The meaning of the title of this Psalm, To except the ascription of authorship "
David,"
is
now
uncertain.]
God
arise,
:
be heard.
Who
holdeth
my
* and suffereth not
moved. For Thou, us
*
Thou
:
as silver
O
soul
my
in
life
feet to
:
be
hast tried us with
fire,
is tried.
:
We went through fire and through water * and Thou broughtest us out into a place of refreshment. 1 will go into Thine house with 2
and
His
let
scattered
* :
let
them also that hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so let as wax them be driven away: "
ride over our heads.
1
be
:
God, hast proved
Thou broughtest us into the net, Thou laidst affliction upon our back * Thou hast caused men to
:
LETenemies
melteth before
the
fire,
so let the
wicked perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous be glad, and * let them before God rejoice
:
yea,
exceedingly rejoice. Sing unto God, sing praises to His name * spread a path before Him That rideth upon the heavens :
:
The LORD 2
is
His name.
SLH. LORD" is here, as elsewhere, substituted out of profound reverence for the real of God, the Unspeakable Word, called the Tetragrammaton," from its four letters.
"The
name
"
u6
THE PSALTER.
Rejoice before
Him
* fear shall
:
Him
go before the face of
the Father of the fatherless, Jucjge of the widows
That is and the
Even God
in His holy habitation God, That maketh men to be of one mind in an house. He bringeth out those which are bound with chains, * but they that :
*
Him
dwell
among
the
forth
God,
when
before
Thy
Thou The
Thou people,
march
didst
wentest * when
through
the
l
wilderness also
shook
the
;
heavens
at the presence of the of Sinai, * at the presence of
dropped
of Israel.
with snow was Salmon, 5 * that
hill
of God, that fruitful hill. An hill of many peaks, a fruitful * hill why look ye enviously upon :
the high
This
6
hills ? is
the
will
dwell in
which God de-
hill
* :
LORD
yea, the
unto the end.
it
The chariots of God are many times ten thousand, even thousands * the Lord is of the blessed among
flock dwelt therein
God, didst provide
in
*
:
:
The Lord gave great company
Sinai,
[so]
the
in
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive * Thou hast received gifts among
the
Even them
Thou,
Thy good word *
men, that the
that
believe
LORD God
dwelleth
*
not
among
them. Blessed be the Lord daily * the God of our salvation maketh our :
ness for the poor. the
in
them; [as] Holy place.
:
O
God, didst send a plen 2 tiful rain upon Thine inheritance Thou didst refresh Thine inheri tance when it was weary.
Thou,
Thy
the [God] of heaven had it, then white as
:
earth
God the God
O
When
sireth to dwell in
graves.
O
gold.
scattered kings in
:
provoke
* and her tail-feathers with yellow
to
that published
it.
7
way prosperous. He That is our God is the God of salvation * and unto the LORD, :
3
The
king of the hosts is [fallen into the hands] of the Well-beloved * and the fair ones that tarried at home have divided the spoils. :
Though ye have sheep-folds,
4
lien
among
the
yet shall ye be as the
wings of a dove, covered with
silver,
even the Lord, belong from death.
But God
shall
wound
the
issues
the head
* the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still of His enemies
:
in his trespasses. The Lord said
:
I
will
bring
SLH.
a Perhaps the manna is meant. need not be remarked that the sense of this verse is In the view of very obscure. the there seems to be a play upon the name of David, which signifies Greek^translatois Beloved." Perhaps an allusion to an army camping out in the fields. & mountain in Samaria, near Shechem, where David won great victories over some See Ps. lix., p. 63. Gesenius thinks that "white as with snow is neighbouring kings. to be understood "white with the bleached bones of the slain." But a modern writer, describing a battle in the Soudan, and the defeat and flight of the Dervishes, says, they broke, and fled, leaving the field white with jibbah-clad corpses, like a meadow dotted with snowdrifts." 6 Namely, perhaps, the group of hills on which Jerusalem stands, as opposed to the 7 higher and more picturesque mountains at Shechem. SLH. 3
It
"
A
"
"
WEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. them again from Bashan l * I will bring them back from the depths :
of the sea.
That thy foot may be dipped in * the the blood of thine enemies, tongue of thy dogs in the same. They have seen Thy goings, * even the God, goings of my God, my King, Which dwelleth in the
O
O sing praises unto God, even unto Him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens * from the dayspring.
on
*
ye strength
the
is
in the clouds.
places
That
the damsels playing
unto
with timbrels. in
the
congrega
* ye that are tions, even the Lord, of the fountains of Israel There is little Benjamin, * in the !
The
Command strength
*
it,
O
in
God,
Thy
O
God, that strengthen, hast wrought for us.
:
which Thou Because of thy temple
at Jeru * shall kings bring presents unto Thee.
salem,
2
Rebuke the beasts of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls with the
cows of the people, * [who watch] that they
may
cut off
tried like silver.
Scatter
:
ambassadors
shall
come
* out of Egypt Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of * O unto the earth :
sing praises
:
the Lord. 4
this
bless our
Antiphon for Paschal
Then
is
God, ye Al
time.
and Answer.
said a Verse
In Advent.
The LORD cometh
Verse.
His holy place. Answer. He His people.
During 6
will
out of
come and
save
the rest of the year.
O
God, I have declared unto Thee. my Answer. Thou hast put my tears Verse. life
in
Thy
sight.
In Lent.
His truth
shall
be thy
shield.
Thou
Answer. afraid for the
shalt
terror
not
be
by night.
In Passion time. Verse.
Take not away my
with sinners,
The campaign
extended to
He
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Verse.
the people that de
is
:
O
that are
3
Thou
war
them
His holy
in
of Israel
shall give strength and power * blessed be God. his people
of
Judah, their princes * the leaders, princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
1
God
the
people.
joy of his heart,
light in
wonderful
is
:
Antiphon?
God
Bless ye
;
His excellency, and His strength
followed
instruments
among
after,
before,
send out His voice, voice. Ascribe unto God * over Israel
shall
is
God went
singers
players
He
Lo,
and that a mighty
sanctuary.
The
117
of David related in 2 Kings (Sam.)
viii.
O
soul
God.
and
I
Par. (Chron.) xviii.
neighbourhood.
of the enemy to wild cattle, Perhaps meaning wild buffaloes. As to the comparison Ps. xxi. 13, Many bulls have compassed me, strong bulls have beset me round." If the words are to be taken thus, the reference is perhaps to David s veterans, but the meaning seems more likely to be those that submissively offer in tribute pieces of silver." 2
"
compare 3
"
4
SLH,
5
Ps. Ixv. 8.
6
Ps. lv. 9.
THE PSALTER. Nor my
Answer. men.
with bloody
life
Answer.
In Paschal time.
The
Verse.
[In Paschal time,
disciples were glad,
When they saw the
Answer.
[In Paschal time,
Simple Feasts. It is to be remem bered that when a Simple Feast is kept on Wednesday, the Invitatory and are of the Feast, being taken from the Common of Saints of the class, imless Then the Psalms and specially given. Antiphons of the -week-day, as given above. Then is said a Verse and
time. x
Verse.
Everlasting
their heads,
Answer.
They
and gladness,
2
His
glory
is
Honour and Thou lay upon
Answer.-
For many Martyrs,
great
in
(out of Paschal
The
righteous shall live
Their
reward
[In Paschal time,
[In Paschal time,
add Alleluia.] to
add Alleluia.]
what follows,
others, as well as
end of the Service, are taken from the Third Nocturn of the Office Common to Saints of the class, unless something to the
special be appointed, except necessary
The Lessons are arranged according to the rules in Chapter xxvi. 7^he Hymn 4, of the general Rubrics. We praise Thee, O God," is said at the end, instead of a Third Responsory. The Responsories are arranged accord ing to the Rules in Chapter xxvii. 4, 5, of the General Rubrics. Thus : The Lord s Praer
will
be done on Give us
also
is
Thou
art
we
And
Verse.
Priest
for
Answer. 2
add Alleluia.] Ps. xx. 6.
3
as
it
is
them
(Aloud?) lead us
that tres
not
into
But deliver
us
from
evil.
Wisd.
in
temptation.
ever.
[In Paschal time,
earth, this
forgive
pass against us.
Confessor.
a
said :
is
day our daily forgive us our tres
And
bread. passes, as
For a Bishop and
xxxv. 10.
kind.
hath chosen her, and
Answer. He hath made her dwell in His tabernacle.
heaven.
with the Lord.
4
add Alleluia.]
Father (inaudibly], Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy
evermore.
Answer.
not
fore-chosen her.
ma
great
him.
time} 3
Alleluia.]
"
(out of Paschal time.}
salvation.
Isa.
is
differences.
obtain joy
shall
Alleluia.
For one Martyr, Verse.
upon
joy
Alleluia.
God
Verse.
The in Paschal
add
For one Holy Woman of any
:
For one or many Martyrs
1
God
his steps shall
[In Paschal time,
An
Verse.
Bishop.
of his
slide.
Hymn
swer as follows
And
Answer.
Rubrics.
Verse.
The law
in his heart.
The rest is the same as the Third Nocturn of the preceding Sunday, ex The Lessons cept necessary differences. are those of the day. The Responsories are arranged according to the rules in Chapter xxvii. 4, 5, of the General
for
5
Verse.
Lord,
Alleluia.
jesty shalt
add Alleluia.]
For a Confessor not a
Alleluia.
Thy
After the order of Mel-
chisedeck.
v.
1
6.
4
Ps. cix. 4.
Ps. xxxvi. 31.
WEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. Then
this Absolution
Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.
:
the Almighty -and merciful loose us from the bonds
MAYLord of our sins.
Amen.
Answer. Then Sir,
the
First Blessing, if the Lesson be
from
Scripture.
upon
Who
doth live and reign Amen. Answer.
She or They) whose feast-day
we
are keeping Plead for us before the Lord. Answer. Amen.
us,
for ever.
First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
is
read the Second Lesson, either
from Scripture or from an Homily,
these.
TJien the Second Responsory, unless otherwise directed. On a week-day kept as such, this is the Second Responsory of the preceding Sunday, but in PascJial time there is added to it :
Homily. the Gospel s saving Bless the reading of His
May
Answer.
Lord Word.
Amen.
First Blessing on a Simple Feast.
blessing be upon us doth live and reign for ever. Answer. Amen.
May His
Who
Then is read the First Lesson from or on a Scripture or from the Homily, First from Simple Feast either the or, if the Saint or Saints
the First Responsory, unless otherwise directed. On a week-day kept as such, this is the First Responsory of
Then
On a Simple the preceding Sunday. the Com Feast, the First Responsory in mon Office for the class to which the Saint belongs.
Then Sir,
the
Reader says :
to the
Ghost.
And the Answer of the
be pleased to give the bless
Second Blessing, if the Lesson be of Scripture or from an Homily. strength alway
Be His people s staff and Answer. Amen.
Responsory
is
repeated again.
On a Simple Feast the Second Re sponsory in the Common Office for the class to which the Saint belongs, with the addition of "Glory be to the Father,"
fr-v.,
and
the
repetition
of
Answer.
tJie
Then Sir,
the
Reader says
:
be pleased to give the bless
ing.
Third Blessing.
May He That is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. Answer.
Amen.
is read the TJiird Lesson either or of the Homily, or on Scripture, from Simple Feasts the Second or only Lesson of the Saint.
Then
ing.
God s most mighty
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
and
Scripture,
have two Lessons, the whole three from one. Scripture read together as
or
on a Simple Feast either the Second and Third Lessons from Scripture read together as one, or if tJie Saint or Saints have two Lessons, the first
of
blessing be
(or
Then
to give the bless
ing.
May His
He
Reader says :
be pleased
119
stay.
Then, on Simple Feasts and on any day in Paschal time is said the Hymn, But on God." "We praise Thee, O week-days kept as such out of Paschal time the Third Responsory of the pre ceding Sunday.
120
at
THE FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK. All as oji Sundays, except as other wise given here, The Psalms are as follows
the
is
man whom Thou
and causest to come near * he shall dwell in unto Thee :
:
courts
Thy
We
Wash me.
Antiphon.
Blessed choosest,
:
be satisfied with the * goodness of Thine house Thy in is terrible temple holy, right shall
:
Psalm
L.
eousness.
Have mercy upon me,
&c.,
8 7 ).
tion
Wash me throughly Antiphon. from mine iniquity, O Lord. bePraise Second Antiphon. cometh Thee. If
Answer
(j>.
this
Antiphon
begins with
the
be
used the Psalm O God, in "
words,
Zion."
Psalm LXIV.
of
* :
of our salva
that art the confidence
ends of the earth, and
the
all
O God
us,
Thou
of the uttermost parts of the sea Thou that by Thy strength settest !
fast
the
with
mountains, being * Thou that
power
:
up the depth of the noise of his waves
sea,
girded stirrest
and the
!
The heathen shall be troubled. They that dwell in the uttermost parts shall be afraid at Thy tokens * Thou makest the outgoings of the :
A Song of Psalm. David," with a musical (?) superscription. The Vulgate adds that its use was pre scribed by Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the exiles when they began to return from [Intituled
"A
the Captivity.]
morning and evening
Thou
to rejoice. visitest the earth and water-
* Thou it greatly enrichest it The river of God is full of water Thou makest ready their corn, * for Thou hast so prepared it. est
:
:
:
becometh Thee, O God, pRAISE * and unto Thee *in Zion :
shall the
vow be performed
in
Jeru
salem.
Hear my prayer shall all flesh
Drench her
:
* unto
Thee
come.
* Iniquities prevail against us but as for our transgressions, Thou shalt purge them away. :
furrows, increase the
* the springing there of shall rejoice at her showers. Thou crownest the year with Thy * and goodness Thy fields teem with fruitfulness. fruits
thereof
:
:
The green
places of the wilder-
WEDNESDAY AT LAUDS. wax
ness
fruitful
* and the
:
little
are girded with joy. The pastures are clothed
flocks
the
;
with
overflow
also
valleys
*
they shout
:
for
joy,
:
:
children
they sing.
yea,
that were full have hired * and themselves for bread that were are filled. they hungry So that the barren hath borne * and she that had fruitfully many
They
out
hills
with corn
121
is
waxed
The LORD
O
becometh Thee,
Praise
Antiphon.
God, in Zion. Third Antiphon.
alive
* :
He
feeble.
killeth,
bringeth
maketh
and
down
to the
and bringeth up. The LORD maketh poor, maketh rich * He bringeth and lifteth up.
grave,
O my
God.
and low,
:
Psalms LXIL, LXVI.
O
God, Thou
my
art
He
God, &c.,
(P- 23).
raiseth
* and
dust,
up the poor out of the lifteth up the beggar
from the dunghill,
O my
Antiphon. shall praise
Fourth
Thee
my
God,
while I
to
live.
LORD
The
Antiphon.
To
lips
glory
THE SONG OF HANNAH, (Sam.)
(i
Kings
/TINE
heart
LORD,
rejoiceth
in
the
* and mine horn
my GOD
exalted in
is
1 :
My mouth enemies
is enlarged over mine * because I rejoice in Thy
:
salvation.
There for
is
there
neither
is
God. Talk
none holy as the LORD none beside Thee *
;
is
of the
pillars
saints,
will keep the and the wicked
in darkness shall
He
S,
feet
shall
of
be
His
silent
* for by his strength
:
no man
earth are
hath set the
prevail.
The adversaries of the LORD shall * out of be made to fear Him :
heaven also them.
shall
The LORD
He
thunder upon
judge the ends and He shall give * and exalt strength unto His King, the horn of His Anointed. of the earth
shall
:
:
there any mighty like our
no
LORD
He
ii.)
[Composed by her when she brought her son Samuel and presented him to the LORD. See i Kings (Sam.) i. ii., (Monday and Tuesday after Trinity Sunday.)] **-*
:
* and world upon them.
the
*
and princes, inherit the throne of
them among
For the
shall judge.
IV
set
make them
more
"
so
exceeding
Antiphon.
The LORD
shall
judge
the ends of the earth. Praise God. Fifth Antiphon.
proudly.
Let your old arrogancy depart out
LORD is a God of knowledge, * and by Him thoughts are judged. The bows of the mighty men are * and broken, they that stumbled are girded with strength. of your
mouth
:
for the
1
Psalms CXLVIIL, CXLIX., CL. Praise ye the LORD from heavens, &c., (pp. 25, 26).
Antiphon. of heavens.
The Divine Name.
the
Praise God, ye heavens
THE PSALTER.
122
CHAPTER.
(Rom.
xiii.
Much
it needs Thy light divine, Spot and stain to clean Light of Angels, on us shine
12.)
;
The
night
Monday, p.
far spent, &c., (as
is
on
With Thy
89).
HYMN.
To the And
1
Here
HAUNTING shades,
gloom
and
By
flitting
Ghastly shapes, away is rising, and pervades Highest Heaven with day. !
early with
Answer.
He
with His bright spear the night Dazzles and pursues Earth wakes up, and glows with light Of a thousand hues.
O
;
O
Christ,
With a
We
and Thee
1
Hymn
Card.
all
alone,
single mind,
with chant and plaint would To thy flock be kind. founded on
Newman.
hymn
in the
Father, and the Son, the Holy Ghost, be glory, as is done Amen. the angelic host.
Verse.
Christ
Thee,
face serene.
own
:
Thou hast Thy mercy.
satisfied
us
We rejoice and are glad.
Antiphonfor the Song of Zacharias. * from the hand of Lord, save us that hate us.
Commemoration of the Cross before the other Commemorations, and Long Preces in Advent and Lent, on the Ember Wednesdays (except that of Pentecost) and on Fast-days, as on Monday.
Cathemerinon of Prudentius
;
translation by the late
123
at
THE FIFTH DAY OF THE WEEK. Psalm LXVIII.
All as on Sunday, except as other wise given here. It
Invitatory.
made
hath
us
* :
[Intituled "Of David," with a certain) musical (?) direction.]
the Lord That
is
O
let
come,
us
me,
worship Him.
SAVE waters HYMN.
ALL
spots of guilt, sin
Who
sink
I
there
s
I
sea,
soul,
in
for
the
unto
my
;
that
am
throat
while
is
mark, Shrinks in its silent lair, Or gropes amid its chambers dark For Thee, Who art not there.
*
where
weary of "
dried:
my
my
crying,
mine eyes God.
my fail,
me without a * are more than the hairs of
cause,
their
deep mire,
wait for
I
that
They
bears
in
am come into the depth of the * and the flood overfloweth me.
I
wages base,
we own in Thy grace,
didst for sins atone.
The sluggard
come
are
no standing.
is
;
Searcher of hearts, Wash us and robe us
* ;
soul.
1
tender lights, all hues divine, The night has swept away Shine on us, Lord, and we shall shine Bright in an inward day.
The
O God
(now un
hate
mine head.
They that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are * then I restored that mighty which I took not away. :
Redeemer send Thy piercing That we may bear to be !
Set in the light of
And Grant
rays,
O
Thy
pure gaze, yet rejoice in Thee.
this,
O
Father, Only Son,
And Spirit, God of grace, To whom all worship shall be done
God, Thou knowest my fool * and my faults are not hid from Thee. Let not them that wait on Thee, O Lord, be ashamed for my sake, *
In every time and place.
Amen.
ishness
:
Thou LORD
of hosts.
Let not those that seek Thee
be confounded for Only one Nocturn
Make
Antiphon. is
is said.
haste.
Ambrosian hymn
;
sake,
of Israel.
In Paschal time only one Antipho?i said to the whole Nocturn. Alleluia. 1
my
*
O God
translation
Because for Thy sake I * shame borne reproach covered my face. :
by the
late
Card.
Newman.
have hath
THE PSALTER.
I2 4
am become
a stranger unto * and an alien unto brethren, I
my my
mother s children. For the zeal of Thine house hath * and the eaten me up reproaches :
them
of
that reproached
Thee
are
upon me. And I chastened my soul with * and that was to my re fasting fallen
:
proach.
made
I
sackcloth
* and
ment, them.
They
Thee, time,
gar to
sat in the gate
that
* and I against me, the drunkards.
But
my
also
became a proverb
I
as for
me,
O LORD O God
:
spake was the song of
on me, and there was none * for comforters, and I found :
none.
They gave me also gall for meat * and in my thirst they gave me
:
vinegar to drink.
Let their table be made a snare before them, * and a recompense, and a stumbling-block. Let their eyes be darkened, that * and ever bow Thou they see not :
down
their back.
Pour out Thine indignation upon * and let them, Thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate * and let none dwell in their tents. For they persecute him whom * and Thou hast smitten they embitter the pain of my wounds. Add iniquity unto their iniquity * and let them not come into Thy :
prayer is unto * in an acceptable
my
:
!
In the multitude of Thy mercy hear me, * in the truth of Thy salvation
pity
and
!
me
:
out of the mire, that * deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep
righteousness.
waters.
written with the righteous. But I am poor and sorrowful
Deliver
I
sink not
:
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me * and let not the shut her up,
pit
mouth upon me. Hear me, O
me
for
* :
Thy turn
according to the multitude
tender mercies. And hide not Thy face from Thy * for I am in trouble hear servant, ;
of
Thy
me
speedily.
Draw deem it
nigh unto * deliver
:
my soul, and me because
re
of
mine enemies.
Thou knowest my
reproach, and dishonour. Mine adversaries are all before Thee * mine heart hath looked for
my
shame,
* and
my
:
reproach and
And
I
:
Thy
salvation,
up on I
LORD, loving kindness is good unto
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living * and not be
bitterness.
looked for some to take
O
God, hath
set
* :
me
high.
will
praise
the
name
God
of
with a psalm, * and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
And
it
shall
please
GOD
better
than a young bullock, * that hath horns and hoofs. Let the humble see this and be * seek God, and your soul glad, shall live.
For the LORD heareth the poor * and despiseth not His prisoners. Let the heaven and earth praise * the and :
Him,
moveth For God
that
sea,
everything
therein.
*
and will save Zion, the cities of Judah shall be built up.
THURSDAY AT MATTINS. And
*
it,
name
servants
and
they that shall dwell therein.
{;
[Intituled "
of Jonadab are the descendants of the son of Rechab, of whose faithfulness to observe a nomadic life, and to abstain from wine, it is written in Jer. xxxv. 19: "Therefore thus saith the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel Jonadab, the son of Rechab, shall not want a man to stand before me for :
They had taken refuge at Jeru salem to escape the incursions of Nebu chadnezzar, and the meaning seems to be that when they and others were carried away as captives, they made special use of this Psalm.] ever."
Psalm LXIX. membrance
sons
Jonadab,
of His
also
inherit
love His
*
there,
in possession.
it
The seed shall
dwell
shall
they
and have
125
Of David, to bring to re with another (now uncertain)
The Vulgate musical (?) superscription. how and the LXX. add to remembrance the Targum the Lord had saved him associates the Psalm with the offering of This Psalm is a repetition the incense. "
;
:
of the last four verses of Ps. xxxix.]
TV/TAKE V*-
O
haste,
me
liver
* :
God,
haste to
O
LORD. Let them be ashamed and con
help me,
*
founded,
seek
that
my
after
soul.
Let them be turned backward and put to confusion, * that de sire mine hurt. Let them be turned back with
shame, Aha. Let joyful
O
Thee,
my
* that say unto me, Aha,
LORD, have let
trust,
me
I put never be put
* deliver me in Thy righteousness, and cause me to es to confusion
de-
to
make
TN ^
:
cape. Incline
Thine ear unto me, * and save me. Be Thou my God, my Pro tector, and my strong habitation, * to save me.
For Thou
my
my
art
rock,
*
and
fortress.
Deliver me, O my God, out of hand of the wicked, * and out
the
hand of the unrighteous and man. For Thou art mine hope, O Lord O LORD, Thou art my trust from
of the all
those that seek
and glad
in
Thee be * and
Thee,
let
such as love Thy salvation say con Let the Lord be magnified. tinually :
But
am
I
O
help me,
Thou
poor and needy God.
* :
:
:
*
my
youth.
By Thee have
I been holden up * Thou art from the womb my defence from my mother s bowels. shall be continually My praise * I am a wonder unto of Thee :
mine help and * O LORD, make
my
art
deliverer
cruel
no
tarrying.
:
Antiphon.
l
Make
haste,
O
many Lord
Let
Be Thou my
Psalm LXX.
Thy Thy Thy
"
old
my mouth
praise,
that
*
glory,
all
I
my
be
filled
strong
my
Ps. Ixix.
i.
may
with
sing
of
the day long of
age
me :
not off in the time of * forsake me not when
;
1
art
greatness.
Cast [The Vulgate and the LXX. give the A Psalm of David of the Sons heading, The of Jonadab, and the first Captives."
Thou
but
refuge.
God, to deliver me. Second Antiphon. God.
:
strength faileth.
THE PSALTER,
126
even Thy truth God, unto Thee will I sing with
For mine enemies speak against * and me, they that lay wait for
psaltery,
soul take counsel together, Saying God hath forsaken him * for there persecute and take him, is none to deliver him. O God, be not far from me *
the
my
:
:
:
O my
God, make haste
O Thou
harp,
Israel
Holy One
of
!
My lips shall be fain when I sing unto Thee, * and my soul which Thou hast redeemed.
mine
for
:
My
shall talk of
tongue also
Thy
* for righteousness all the day long and are confounded brought they :
help.
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to * let them be covered my soul with reproach and dishonour, that seek mine hurt.
unto shame that seek mine hurt.
:
But I and will
*
will
hope continually, Thee more and
Of
Solomon,"
My
shall
*
And
because
thereof, I will
show
forth
know not
I
Thy
salvation
Thy
all
the tale
in the strength of
go
Lord * O LORD, I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only. God, Thou hast taught me * and hitherto from my youth have I declared Thy wondrous
the
:
:
is,
written
GIVE God,
* and
Thy judgment, O Thy righteousness
unto the king s son. To judge Thy people with right * and eousness, Thy poor with judgment. The mountains shall receive peace * and the little hills with the people,
righteousness.
He
judge the poor of the
shall
and save the children of the * and shall break in pieces needy, people,
the false accuser.
works.
Now
when
also
grey-headed,
*
O
am
I
old and
me
God, forsake
And he shall endure with the sun, and before the moon, * throughout all
not,
Until I have showed
* unto
all
Thy
strength generations, that are to
come.
Thy power and Thy righteous ness, O God, are in the highest, Who hast done great things * O God, who is like unto Thee ? Thou Who hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me * and bring me up again again :
:
Thou
hast increased
Thy
great
* and again comforted me. will
also
praise
Thee on
generations.
He
.
fleece,
flourish,
like
rain
* and as showers that
water the earth. In his days
shall
righteousness
and abundance of peace,
* so long as the moon endureth. He shall have dominion also from * and from the river sea to sea :
unto the ends of the earth.
The Ethiopians :
shall
fall
before
* and his enemies shall
lick
the dust.
The the
come down
shall
upon a
him
from the depths of the earth. :
that
concerning him.]
the king
mouth
righteousness, the day.
1
[Intituled
LXXI.
yet praise
more.
ness
PSALM "
.isles
kings of Tarshish, and of the * the bring presents
shall
:
THURSDAY AT MATTINS. of Arabia
kings
and
1
Saba
Psalm LXXII.
shall
offer gifts.
shall
the kings of the earth all down before him
all
Yea,
fall
:
For he shall deliver the needy from the strong, * the poor also that hath no helper.
He
the
shall
poor and
spare * and shall save the souls of needy, the needy.
He
redeem
shall
fraud and violence shall their
from
their soul :
* and precious
name be
And he
shall
in his sight. live, and to
be given of the gold of Arabia prayer also shall be made for him
;
*
And
there
all
the day long shall
shall
be
a
of
staff
bread in the land, upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof * shall be higher than Lebanon :
and they of the like
shall flourish
city
grass of the earth. :
:
him
blessed.
Blessed be the LORD * Who rael, only doth
God
of Is
wondrous
such
to
is
good
as
are
But as for me, my feet were al * most gone my steps had well :
nigh slipped.
For
I
was envious
pression.
Amen,
set
They heavens,
mouth
their
:
And
after
them.
they say
* and
Most High
:
who Be Thou my God,
rod.
hast re
doth
God
?
the
are
prosper in the world,
ungodly, * they
increase in riches.
And Thou
How
there knowledge in
is
Behold, these
protector.
against the
* and their tongue walketh
through the earth. Therefore my people turn aside * and the men of their after them
the
:
Amen. 2
deemed the
un
:
earth be filled with his glory
Third Antiphon.
the
For they have no thought of * and death they are uncon cerned in trial. They are not in trouble as other * neither are men, they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasseth them * violence and about, ungodliness cover them as a garment. Their iniquity ariseth as it were * from fatness they have more than heart could wish. They think and speak wickedness * they speak loftily concerning op
know,
r
:
3
at
* when I saw the pros righteous, perity of the wicked.
And blessed be His glorious Name for ever * and let the w hole
Antiphon.
to Israel, * upright in
heart.
day run
things.
my
God
"TRULY
Asaph."]
:
* Blessed be his name for ever his name endureth as long as the sun. And in him shall all the kindreds * all nations of the earth be blessed
shall call
Psalm of
"A
:
him
shall
continually ; he be blessed.
[Intituled
^
nations shall serve him.
127
I said
mine heart mine hands
Then
:
in
vain,
have cleansed * and washed
I
in innocency.
1
This seems to be Meroe, a province of Ethiopia. After this, there is the following notification, "The prayers of David, the son of the Jesse, are ended," and this is the end of the second of the five books into which 2
Psalter
is
divided.
3
Ps. Ixx. 3.
THE PSALTER.
128 For
the day long have
all
*
plagued,
morning. If I
I
been
That
every
praises,
declare
may
the
in
all
Th] the
of
gates
daughter of Zion.
:
Psalm LXXIII.
children.
*
thought to know was too hard for me I
"
[Intituled
this,
A
didactic
Psalm
(?)
of
Asaph."]
;
Until of
I
God,
went into the Sanctuary * and understood their
Thou
Surely
places
slippery
down
them
them
dost
set
*
Thou
:
even
in
easiest
their
pros
Remember Thy which Thou hast
the *
congregation, of
purchased
Thou hast redeemed the rod of Thine inheritance * Mount Zion
are they brought into deso In a moment are they
?
:
*
sumed As a dream when one awaketh, *
Lord,
Thou
shalt
bring
Thou
wherein
they are utterly con because of their wickedness.
perished,
;
Lift up Thine hands against their * even all that perpetual pride the enemy hath done wickedly in
the sanctuary in
as a beast before
* nevertheless
am
I
Thee
:
continually with
Thee:
the midst of
Thy
me me
holden
hast
right hand,
by
my
accord and guided * and received me
will,
to glory.
For what have I in heaven, * and what is there upon earth that I
Thee ? and mine
desire beside
My
flesh
Thou
art the
and God
is
God
of
my
:
mine
heart, for ever.
they
lo,
:
*
Thy solemn con
set
up
their
ensigns
for
* on the pinnacles [of Thy as though it had been the temple] and con gate [of their own city] trophies
it
is
good
near to God the Lord GOD, :
sidered not
!
a wood of thick did they hew down the * they have broken gates thereof: it down with axes and hammers.
As the
fellers in
so
trees,
They have *
:
dwelling casting
The
-
it
set
they place
down
sort
of
on of
Thy Sanc
fire
have
defiled
the
Thy name by
to the ground. said in their
them
hearts with one consent
:
* Let us
put away the feast-days of God out of the land. see not our signs, there is no
We
ing from Thee.
But
roar,
gregation.
tuary heart faileth
portion that go far from * Thou hast Thee shall perish destroyed all them that go a whor For,
Thee
;
Thou ing to
!
also that hate
They
They
:
became
hast dwelt.
:
their
image to nought in Thy city. For mine heart was on fire, and * and I 1 was pricked in my reins was brought to nothing and knew I
:
old.
How
not
for
off
anger smoke against sheep of Thy pasture?
in
perity.
lation
Thou cast us * why doth
hast
OGOD, whyever Thine
hereafter.
*
I
*
:
Thy
And it
I
chastened
* I will speak thus should disown the gener
say
behold, ation of
and
* to
me to draw put my trust in
for
more any prophet knoweth us any more. :
O
God, how long
and shall
none
the ad-
THURSDAY AT MATTINS. versary reproach
* Shall the
?
blaspheme Thy name
enemy
:
* remember
Why withdrawest Thou Thine hand, even Thy right hand, * from Thy bosom for ever ? But God is our King of old, * working salvation in the midst the earth.
of
Thou by Thy strength didst make the sea to stand on an heap * Thou brakest the heads of the :
Thou brakest the heads of le * Thou viathan in pieces gavest him to be meat to the people 1 of :
Ethiopia. didst cleave
and the floods
* :
the fountains
Thou
driedst
up
the rivers of Ethan. 2
The day
Thine, the night also * Thou hast is Thine created the light and the sun. is
:
hast set
all
*
the borders of
Thou
hast made summer and spring. Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached the LORD * and
earth
:
:
that
a
foolish
people
have
blas
phemed Thy name.
O
not
deliver
souls of
unto
them
beasts
that praise forget not the souls of
and
Thee
the
* :
Thy poor
for ever.
Have nant
respect unto Thy cove * for the dark places of the
:
earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
O
let
ashamed praise
that
pride
:
Thee ascendeth
hate
continually.
3 Thou hast redeemed Antiphon. the rod of Thine inheritance.
And we
Fourth Antiphon.
will
call.
Psalm LXXIV. "
[Intituled
A
A
Psalm
of
Song
with a superscription of meaning certain,
in
but,
part,
indicating the tune says that it
The Targum
not."
"Destroy
Asaph,"
now un
was composed as a thanksgiving at the time when David said Destroy not thy people," and the occasion meant is probably that of the plague provoked by David s number "
Thou
Thou
the foolish
reproacheth Thee daily. Forget not the voice of Thine enemies * the of them
dragons in the waters.
the
how
man
ever?
for
cause
I2 9
:
not the oppressed return * let the poor and needy
Thy name.
Arise,
O
God, judge Thine own
ing of the people, as related chapter of 2 Kings (Sam.)]
INTO
T
O
in the
last
will we we will give thanks and call upon Thy name. We will declare Thy wondrous works * when I shall take a set
^-
Thee,
give thanks
God,
*
:
:
I
time,
The
will
judge uprightly.
earth and
all the inhabitants * I bear thereof are dissolved up the pillars of it. 4 :
I said unto the wicked Deal * and to the evil not wickedly doers Lift not up your horn on :
:
:
high. Lift not
up your horn on high not
speak
wickedness
:
against
God. For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains * for God is the judge He putteth down one, and setteth * for in the hand of the up another :
:
:
1
People probably referring to the wild beasts, (as in Proverbs xxx. 25, 26, "The ants are a people not strong the conies are but a feeble folk who ate the dead bodies of the Egyptians (whose power seems meant by the leviathan) washed upon the shores of the Red Sea. ")
2 3
Ethan = continuity Ps. Ixxiii. 2.
VOL.
I.
"The
continuously flowing
streams."
4
SLH. E
THE PSALTER.
130
LORD
there
turneth it this way and surely the dregs thereof are * all the wicked of not wrung out the earth shall drink them. * I But I will declare for ever that
:
:
of Jacob. will sing praises to the All the horns of the wicked also will I
break
* and the horns of the be exalted.
:
righteous shall
Psalm LXXV.
A
before Thee.
Vow, and pay unto the LORD
* all ye that are round your God about Him bring presents, Even unto Him That ought to be :
and that cutteth off the spirit of princes, * to Him That is terrible among the kings of the earth. feared,
Antiphon.
of
The Vulgate and the LXX. add preceding. ; the meaning pro "against the Assyrians as a bably is that it was found appropriate Psalm of thanksgiving after the destruction of the Assyrians (3 (2) Kings xix. 35).]
Judah is
is
God known
:
to shine forth right
Thou
the
art
Psalm LXXVI. Psalm of Asaph," with a [Intituled to Jeduthun.] (?) direction, addressed "A
CRIED
2 "Peace,"
make Thy
call
musical
the battle. 3 didst
will
Lord.
Fifth Antiphon.
* His
* and His dwelling-place in Zion. There brake He the arrows of the * the shield, the sword, and bow,
When Thou
O
God.
great in Israel.
And His tabernacle is in
And we
upon Thy name,
"
IN name
of
:
4
A
Psalm Asaph," Song [Intituled with a farther superscription similar to the "
shall
*
the remainder praise Thee his thoughts shall keep holy his days
:
God
man
For the thoughts of
And he
*
arose to judgment, of the earth. 3
meek
to save all the
1
of mixture.
full
When God
a cup of strong wine
is
light
wondrously from * all that
the everlasting hills they were foolish of heart were troubled :
I
unto the Lord with my * even unto God with voice, and He gave ear unto voice
my
me. In
;
my
day of
the
trouble
I
in the night with ; * and failed I sought
sought the Lord
my hands
Him
not.
:
*
soul refused to be comforted
My
:
They have slept their sleep and all the men of riches have found
remembered God, and rejoiced, and pondered, and my spirit was
nothing in their hands. At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * they that rode upon horses are cast into a dead sleep.
overwhelmed. 3
:
be feared ; and who withstand Thee, * when once
Thou shall
art
to
Thou art angry ? Thou didst cause judgment be heard from heaven trembled and was still,
:
I
Mine eyes watches
Peace
a translation of
years.
to
* the earth
"Salem."
anticipated the night was troubled, and
I
spake not. I have considered the days of old, * and had in mind the everlasting
In the night also
I
commune
with
* and I mine own heart mused, and searched out mine own spirit.
1 Aromatic herbs, &c., were mixed with wine Smith s Diet, of the Bible, Wine.
2
*
:
:
to
make
SLH.
it
more
intoxicating. 4
See
Ps. Ixxiv. 2.
THURSDAY AT MATTINS. cast off for ever? * or be favourable no more ? Or will He put away His mercy for ever, * to generation and genera
God
Will
tion
E be
to
forgotten
* or will He in His gracious ? anger shut up His tender mercies ? l
And
said
I
Now
:
have
I
begun
:
* the change cometh of the right hand of the Most High.
remembered the works of the LORD surely I will remember I
*
:
Thy wonders work
of old.
meditate also of
will
I
* and talk of
:
Thy
way,
O
Who is
tuary.
*
God?
God,
Thy is
in
so great a art the
Thou
all
Thy
God as our God That
:
Thine arm redeemed Thy people, and Joseph. 1
the sons of Jacob The waters saw
Thee,
God,
* and they the depths also were
Thee
the waters saw
were
O
afraid,
*
a
the
noise as of
clouds
sent
many out
a
-.sound.
Thine arrows also went abroad * the voice of Thy thunder rolled. :
world
:
lightnings lightened * the earth trembled
the
and
and Thy * and paths in the great waters Thy footsteps are not known.
Thy way
is
in the sea,
:
flock,
will
1
bles
*
Aaron.
leddest
Thy people
like
poem
(?)
of
people, to
my
:
my mouth
open I
:
utter
will
in para dark sayings
of old.
Which we have heard and known, * and our fathers have told us. They are not hidden from their * in the children, generation to
come
:
wonderful works that
a
by the hand of Moses and
He
hath done.
He
established also a testimony * and Jacob, appointed a law
in in
Israel.
Which He commanded our fathers that they should make known to their children
to
:
* that the generation
come may know them, Even the children which
born and
shall be * and declare them
arise,
;
That they may set their hope in God, and not forget the works of * but God, keep His command ments.
*
And may a
not be as their fathers, stubborn and rebellious gen
eration,
A
:shook.
Thou
O my
ear,
to their children
There was
Thy
didactic
* incline your ears to the words of my mouth. law
:
troubled.
waters,
A
Showing the praises of the LORD, and His mighty acts, * and His
doings. the sanc
doest wonders. Thou hast declared Thy strength * Thou hast with among the people
2
"
[Intituled Asaph."]
?
Or hath God
1
Psalm LXXVII.
He
will
generation
that
set
not their
*
and whose was not steadfast with God. heart 2
aright,
spirit
The
children of Ephraim bend and shooting with bows, * turned back in the day of battle. ing
They kept not
the covenant of
SLH.
The next few verses perhaps relate to the refusal of the children of Israel to in vade the Land of Promise when they first reached it, owing to fear of the inhabitants. INumb. xiv.
THE PSALTER.
132 * and God, law. His
And
walk
to
refused
and had showed H
His works,
forgot
He
His wonders that
in
them. Marvellous things did
He made
He
in the
divided the sea, and caused * and He pass through, the waters to stand as an
to
the
day
-
time
also
He
led
* and all the cloud, fire. of a with light night He clave the rock in the wil * and gave them drink derness, as out of the great depth. He brought water also out of * and caused waters to the rock,
them with a
run down like rivers. And they sinned yet more against * and the Most
Him, High
provoked
they tempted God in their * to ask meat for their
hearts,
manna upon gave them of
did
eat
He sent them He caused
Angels
meat
oread
* :
to the full.
an east wind to blow in the heaven * and by His power He brought in the south :
wind. rained flesh also upon them
as dust, * and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea. And it fell in the midst of their
* round about their habita
camp, tions.
So they did eat, and were well and He gave them their own
filled,
*
they were not disap pointed of their lust. But while their meat was yet in * the wrath of God their mouths desire
:
:
came upon them,
in the wilderness.
And
*
And
slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
lust.
Yea, they spake against they said
:
Can God
God
* :
furnish a table
in the wilderness?
He
smote the rock, and Behold, * and the the waters gushed out, also,
*
or
furnish a table for His people? Therefore the LORD heard this,
and was wroth kindled
against
* :
a
so
Jacob,
was
fire
and
anger
against Israel. Because they believed
and
trusted
works. Therefore
sumed
days were con * and their years
their
in vanity,
not
not in
in
His
salvation.
And He commanded
When He slew them, they sought Him * and they returned, and :
enquired early after God. And they remembered that * and the was their
God
came up *
* For all this they sinned still, wondrous His and believed not in
in trouble.
streams overflowed. Can He give bread
God,
Man
He
heap.
In
eat,
the
opened
the bread of heaven.
in the land of sight of their fathers, * in the Tanis. 1 of plain Egypt,
them
from above, * and doors of heaven. And rained down * and them to
the clouds
strength, their redeemer.
God High
Yet they flattered Him with their * and lied unto Him with
mouth,
their tongue. For their heart
was
not
right
1 An ancient city (mentioned here and subsequently) in Lower Egypt, called both by and close to a Shemitic name, Zoan, as well as by its Egyptian name, surrounded by plains, the natural and constant border of Palestine.
THURSDAY AT MATTINS. with
* neither were His covenant.
Him,
steadfast in
He
But forgave
being
their
they
^ and
de
stroyed them Yea, many a time did He turn His anger away, * and did not stir
His wrath.
all
up
but
passeth
flesh
How
Yea,
in the wilderness like a flock.
And He led them on in hope, * and He and they feared not overwhelmed their enemies in the
not
sea.
And He brought them to the mountain of His Sanctuary, * even the mountain, which His right hand
turned * and
they
again,
and
provoked the
How He set His signs in Egypt, * and His wonders in the plain of Tanis.
turned * and
their
rivers
into
their
floods,
that
they could not drink. He sent divers sorts
He the
flies :
which destroyed them. also their increase unto gave
frogs,
* and their labour
caterpillar,
hath purchased. He cast out the heathen also before them, * and allotted the land
among them by line, And made the tribes
Yet they tempted and provoked Most High God, * and kept not His testimonies. And turned back, and observed not His covenant, like their fathers they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. the
They provoked Him to anger with their high places, * and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.
God
unto the locust.
And He with
*
destroyed
and
hail,
their
their
vines
sycamore
trees with frost.
He
gave up their cattle also to
the hail, * and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
He
cast
upon them the
fierceness
His anger, * indignation, and wrath, and trouble, by sending evil of
Angels among
He made He spared
them.
a
way
not
of Israel to
dwell * in their tents.
;
of
among them, which devoured them * and
:
the
pressor.
:
people to go * and guided them
that
Holy One of Israel. They remembered not His hand, in the day when He delivered them from the hand of the op
And
:
often
tempted God,
blood
Ham. And made His own
they
did they provoke wilderness? * grieve to anger in the desert? in
of
that
a
again.
Him Him
:
wind cometh
also
* ;
and
away
He smote also every first-born in * the first-fruits the land of Egypt of all their labour in the tabernacles
forth like sheep
He remembered were
* and cut off their cattle in
death with them.
of compassion,
full
iniquity, not.
death,
133
*
heard
and
and
it
brought
cast
Israel
them out utterly
:
to
nought. He forsook also the tabernacle of * even His where tabernacle,
Shiloh,
He
dwelt
among men.
And He into
delivered their strength
*
captivity,
into the
enemy
s
and
their
beauty
hand.
He gave His people over also unto the sword * and cast off His :
to
their
His anger; soul from
inheritance.
The
fire
consumed
their
young
THE PSALTER.
134
men
* and their maidens
:
made no
of
Their priests fell by the sword * and their widows made no lamen
:
Then the Lord awaked as one * like a out of sleep, mighty man heated with wine.
And He smote His
enemies
How
in
* He the hinder part put them to shame. a perpetual Moreover, He refused the taber * and chose not the nacle of Joseph, :
tribe of
Ephraim. * But chose the tribe of Judah, loved. he Mount Zion, which And He built His sanctuary like the horn of an unicorn upon the * which He hath established earth, for ever.
LORD?
long,
angry for ever
Thou be Thy jealousy
wilt
* shall
?
burn like fire ? Pour out Thy wrath upon the heathen, that have not known Thee, * and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon Thy name For they have devoured Jacob, * and laid waste His dwelling-place. O remember not against us our !
former iniquities, let Thy tender * for mercies speedily overtake us :
He
chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds * from following the ewes great with :
To
unto the beasts of the
saints
Their blood have they shed like * and water round about Jerusalem them. to none was there bury We are become a reproach to our * a scorn and derision neighbours, to them that are round about us.
:
tation.
young
Thy
earth.
funeral song.
He
brought him, * and feed Jacob His servant,
we
are brought very low. God of our salvation, Help us, and for the glory of Thy name de
O
* and forgive our
liver us,
O
sins, for
Thy name
Lord
:
sake.
s
His inheritance. So he fed them according to the * and guided integrity of his heart them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Lest haply they should say among Where is their God ? the heathen * And make known the
Thou art the God Antiphon. That doest wonders. Be merciful. Sixth Antiphon.
Thy
Israel
:
l
Psalm LXXVIII.
:
among
nations in our sight The vengeance of the blood of servants,
which
shed
is
*
:
let
the sighing of the prisoners come before Thee. According to the greatness of Thine arm, * preserve Thou the children of the slain.
[Intituled
"A
Psalm of
Asaph."]
the heathen
are
come
OGOD, into Thine inheritance, Thine * holy temple have they denied they have made Jerusalem like an heap of stones in an orchard. The dead bodies of Thy servants have they given to be meat unto * the flesh the fowls of the :
heaven,
1
And render unto our neighbours * their sevenfold into their bosom :
reproach
wherewith
O
proached Thee,
have
they
Lord
re
!
But we Thy people, and sheep of
Thy
*
pasture,
thanks for ever
We
will
show
to all generations.
Ps. Ixxvi. 15.
will
give
Thee
:
forth
Thy
* praise
THURSDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm LXXIX. [Intituled "A Psalm of Asaph," with a direction, perhaps musical, the meaning of which is not now certain. The LXX.
adds
the that it was the destruction
"concerning
probably used as a prayer of Jerusalem by
Assyrian,"
meaning after
Nebuchadnezzar. ]
* so that all hedge ? they which the pass by way do pluck her? The boar out of the wood doth root it up, * and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Shepherd of Israel, * Thou That leadest Joseph
GIVE
Thou That
sittest upon the Cheru * shine forth before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh. Stir
up Thy
* and save
shall
strength,
and come
again, face to
Thy
O
God,
shine,
* and and we
be saved.
O LORD God
*
of hosts,
how
long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy servant ? Wilt Thou feed us with the bread * and of us tears to drink give
tears, in great
measure ? Thou makest us a strife unto our * and our enemies neighbours jest :
us.
upon Turn us again, O God of hosts * and cause Thy face to shine, and :
we
shall
* look
:
vine
;
protect that
Thy
hand
right
hath planted, * and the son of
madest strong
for
man Thy
self.
with fire, and cut they shall perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance. Let Thine hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, * and upon the son of man whom Thou madest It
burnt
is
*
down
us.
Turn us cause
And
of hosts
heaven, and behold, and
whom Thou
like a flock.
bim,
O God
Return,
down from visit this
O
ear,
135
:
strong for Thyself. So will we not
back
go
from
Thee * quicken us, and we will call upon Thy name. Turn us again, O LORD God of * and cause hosts Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. ;
:
2
Antiphon. sins, O Lord.
Antiphon leluia,
in
Be
merciful unto our
Paschal
Al
time.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
be saved.
Thou
hast brought a vine out of * Thou hast cast out the Egypt heathen and planted it.
Then
is
said a Verse
and Answer.
:
*
Thou preparedst room Thou didst cause it to
root,
and
The
filled
it
hills
shadow of
before
it
:
take deep
In Advent.
1
1
That
is,
come
shall
manifestly.
During the 3
Verse.
when
I
Thou broken down
the dominion of the 2
her
Thou
My
rest
of the year. shall
lips
be
fain
sing unto Thee.
Answer. hast
Euphrates.
Per
the
it,
with the boughs thereof. She sent out her boughs unto the * and her branches unto the sea,
Why
Zion,
Our God
Answer.
the land.
were covered with the * and the cedars of
God
river.
Out of
Verse.
fection of beauty,
And my
soul,
which
hast redeemed.
Israelites stretched Ps. Ixxviii. 9.
from the Mediterranean to the 3
Ps. Ixx. 23.
THE PSALTER.
136 /;/
Verse.
He
In Paschal time.
Lent.
hath
y
delivered
me
from the snare of the fowler. And from the noisome Answer. pestilence.
Verse.
The Lord
is
risen
from
for us
upon
the grave, Alleluia.
Answer.
Who
hung
the tree, Alleluia.
In Passion time.
O God, deliver my soul from the sword. Answer. And my darling from Verse.
the power of the dog.
is the same as the First the preceding Sunday, only the Lessons, and sometimes the Responsories, are those of the day.
The rest Nocturn on
137
at
THE FIFTH DAY OF THE WEEK. A II as
on Sunday except as otherwise ,
here.
given
nothing,
* even as a watch
in
the night. In the
The Psalms are as follows : Against Thee, Thee
Antiphon.
as
only.
morning they are like which soon fadeth away in morning it flourisheth, and * in the then it fadeth away evening it is cut down, drieth up, and withereth. For we are consumed by Thine * and anger by Thy wrath are grass the
:
:
Psalm
L.
Have mercy upon me,
&c.,
(p.
87).
:
Antiphon. only, have
Against Thee, Thee sinned, have mercy
I
upon me, O Lord Second Antiphon. If this
troubled.
Thou
hast set our iniquities be * our life in the Thee, light of Thy countenance. For all our days are passed away,.. * and we are consumed by Thine, fore
!
Lord.
be used, the Psalm the words, "Thou hast
Antiphon
begins with
we
been."
anger.
The works whereon we
LXXXIX.
Psalm
our
[Intituled
of
"A
Prayer of Moses the
man
God."]
ORD, Thou
i
hast been our re* in all fuge generations. Before the mountains were brought
forth,
or
world
were formed,
ever
the
earth
*
and the
even
everlasting to everlasting,
from
Thou
art
Turn not man of
but
toil
all
structures
frail
web * the days of our years are threescore years and ten
:
:
And
if by reason of strength they fourscore years, * yet is their increase but labour and sorrow * For weakness
be
:
and we
cometh,
are cut
off.
Who
God. for
years are like a spider s
Thou
to destruction
* ;
sayest, Return, ye children
men. For a thousand years
in
Thy
sight
* are but as yesterday when it is past, And their years shall be reckoned VOL.
i.
knoweth the power of Thine * or can measure Thy wrath, anger, that he may fear Thee as Thou oughtest to be feared? Show Thou the might of Thy * and right hand apply our hearts ;
to
wisdom. E
2
THE PSALTER.
138
O
Return,
and
let
it
LORD, how long?
He Him
*
Thee concerning
intreat
Thy Thou hast satisfied us early with * and we rejoice and Thy mercy,
We
the days * wherein Thou hast afflicted us ; for the years wherein we have seen
He
bottom
O
hand, of
LORD, hath shattered the *
enemy.
;
the work of our hands upon * yea, the work of our hands
Thou
Thy Thou
I
God, Thou
meditate.
my God,
Thy
forth
sentest
The
art
greatness hast over
Thou
wrath,
upright,
the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. &c.,
The enemy
said
and overtake, * Antiphon. I meditate upon Thee in the night watches. Let us sing. Fourth Antiphon.
If this Antiphon be used the Canticle Unto the begins with the words,
spoil
them I
my
;
LORD."
:
I
will
will
I
pursue
divide
soul shall be sated
the
upon
:
will
hand
draw
my
shall destroy
Thy wind covered them
sword,
* ;
* mine
them.
blew,
"
and
the
sea
they sank as lead
mighty waters. Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, * who is like among the mighty? unto Thee, glorious in holiness, terrible, and worthy to be praised, doing wonders?
in the
THE SONG OF MOSES
(Exod. xv.)
[On the occasion of the successful escape of the Israelites through the Red Sea.]
unto the
us
for
LORD, sing LETHe hath triumphed gloriously * the horse and his rider hath thrown into the sea.
The LORD
my my
the
in
which consumed them as stubble. * And with the blast of Thy fury the waters were gathered together, * and floods stood
hast
Psalms LXIL, LXVI.
O
And
majesty
thrown them that rose up against Thee.
it.
Third Antiphon.
they sank into the
:
as a stone.
Thy right hand, O LORD, is be come glorious in power: Thy right
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us and establish
Thou
:
is
cast into the sea.
covered them
their children.
Lord, Antiphon. been our refuge.
s
man
of war His name. chariots and his host 1
His chosen captains are drowned Red Sea. * The depths have
Look upon Thy servants, and * and establish upon Thy works,
Thou
I
in the
evil.
establish
God, and
like a
is
ALMIGHTY"
* Pharaoh
hath
I will glorify
Him.
The LORD "THE
are glad all our days. are gladdened for
:
*
will exalt
servants.
us
my God, and my father s
is
:
*
song, salvation 1
But
is
and
:
He
my strength and He is become
:
in the present
Hebrew
text,
Thou
stretchedst out
Thy
right
hand, and the earth swallowed them. * Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth the people which Thou hast redeemed And hast borne them in Thy :
here stands again the Divine name.
THURSDAY AT LAUDS. * unto Thine holy habi
strength,
139 Praise
Antiphon.
tation.
God
His
in
Sanctuary.
The people came up and were angry
* sorrow took hold on the
:
CHAPTER.
inhabitants of Philistia.
The
the princes of Edom were amazed, the mighty men of Moab, * trembling took hold upon them all the inhabitants of Chanaan
Then
night
is
is
Which have
led us far and long, In a labyrinth of wrong.
as a stone
still
May May
bring us peace serene cleanse, as it is clean Plain and clear our words be spoke, And our thoughts without a cloak
:
Thy people pass over, O LORD, Thy people pass over, which Thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in and till
O LORD
;
hands
O
There is One Who from above Watches how the still hours move Of our day of service done,
The LORD
Lord, which
have shall
From
established.
reign
for
ever
As
For the horse of Pharaoh went into
LORD brought
the waters of
the sea
again
upon them
to setting sun.
of old, and as in Heaven, and here be glory given.
Amen. Verse.
early with
:
But the children of Israel went on * in the midst of the sea. dry land
Thou hast Thy mercy.
Answer.
We
satisfied
rejoice
and
us are
glad.
Antiphon for the Songof Zacharias. Let us serve the Lord * in holiness, and He will deliver us from our
Let us sing gloriously Antiphon. unto the LORD. Fifth Antiphon.
dawn
Now
with his chariots
horsemen
the
To the Father, and the Son, And the Spirit, Three and One,
ever.
and with his the sea, * and the
s
"
:
In the Sanctuary,
Thine
;
;
account shall stand, Guileless tongue and holy hand, Steadfast eyes and unbeguiled, Flesh as of a little child."
them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, * in Thy most sure dwelling, which Thou hast made,
it
it
So the day
plant
in
1
CEE, the golden dawn glowing, ^ While the paly shades are going,
till
and
(as
&c.,
:
Let them be as
*
12.)
spent,
HYMN.
melted away. Let fear and dread fall upon * them, by the greatness of Thine
*
far
xiii.
on Monday, p. 89).
:
arm
(Rom.
Praise God.
enemies.
Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL. Praise ye the
LORD,
Commemoration of the Cross before the other Commemorations, and Long Preces in Advent and Lent, and on
&c., (pp. 25,
Fast-days, as on Monday.
26). 1
Extracted from
hymn
by Prudentius
;
translation
by the
late Card.
Newman.
140
Jfribap
at Jftattin*.
THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK. Grant
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise Let us worship the is our Maker.
Invitatory.
* Lord, for
this,
O
Father, Only Son,
And Spirit, God of grace, To whom all worship shall be done
here.
given
In every time
and
place.
Amen.
He
Only one Nocturn
HYMN.
MAYswaysdread Three the
in
One,
Who
in the night,
We To
when
If
balm
this
be
Antiphon
begins with the words,
used the Psalm Unto God our
"
strength."
In Paschal time o?ily one Antiphon is saidfor the whole Nocturn. Alleluia.
all is still,
spurn our bed and
find the
Sing aloud.
Antiphon.
All with His sovereign might, Accept from us this hymn of praise, His watchers in the night.
For
is said.
1
rise,
for ghostly
Psalm
ill,
LXXX.
His bounteous hand supplies. [Intituled
And make
us white again
scription
;
Shine on Thine own, Redeemer sweet Thy radiance increate Through the long day shall keep our !
feet,
Asaph."
now
It
has a super but
was
Hymn
That so with bodies braced and bright, And hearts awake within, All fresh and keen may burn our light, Undimmed, unsoiled by sin.
In their pure morning state.
"Of
of meaning
uncertain, it part of which perhaps means that for the vintage.] a
by night our envious foe With guilt our souls would stain, May the deep streams of mercy flow, If e er
O ING aloud unto God ^ make *
God
our strength a joyful noise unto the
of Jacob. a psalm,
Take the
timbrel:
:
and bring hither
* the
pleasant harp with the psaltery. Blow the trumpet in the new * in the time 2 appointed, moon, on our solemn feast-day.
From a hymn of the Ambrosian school, very slightly altered translation by the late Newman. 2 And the The ordinance referred to in this and the next verses is found in Numb. x. LORD spake unto Moses, saying Make thee two trumpets of silver, of a whole piece shalt And in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and thou make them. 1
;
Card.
"
:
.
.
.
over your burnt-offerings, beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings ; that they may be to you for a memorial I am the LORD your God." before God. in the
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. For this is a statute for Israel * and a law of the God of Jacob. This He ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out of * he heard a the land of Egypt language that he understood not. He removed his shoulder from the burden, * his hands were done
Psalm LXXXI.
:
:
Thou and
calledst
upon
Me *
in trouble,
answered the secret place of thunder I
delivered thee
I
thee in
:
I
:
1
proved thee at the waters of strife. Hear, O My people, and I will * O testify unto thee Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto Me, there shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any :
strange god.
For
the
LORD
thy God,
Who
brought thee out of the land * of Egypt open thy mouth wide :
and I But
will
fill
it.
My people would not hearken unto My voice * and Israel would not obey Me :
:
So
own
I
them up unto
gave
hearts
lust
own
in their
*
:
they
walked
counsels.
Mine
hand
against
their
:
How
*
long do ye judge and accept the person ?
unjustly,
of
the
2
Defend the poor and fatherless do justice to the afflicted and
:
*
needy. Deliver the poor, * and rid the needy out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither do they
understand, they walk on in dark * all the ness foundations of the earth are out of course. 3 1 have said Ye are gods, * and all of you are children of the :
Most High; * But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes. :
O
Arise,
*
Thou
for
God, judge the earth shalt inherit all na
haters of the
:
tions.
4 Antiphon. Sing aloud unto our strength. Second Antiphon. Thou alone.
Psalm [Intituled
"A
LXXXI
LORD would
I.
A
Song.
Psalm
of
Asaph."]
who
adversaries.
The
Asaph."]
God
people had heark ened unto Me, * that Israel had walked in My ways! 1 should quickly have brought their enemies under them, * and turned
Psalm of
standeth in the congrega * He tion of the mighty judgeth among the judges.
their
My
that
"A
:
am
I
[Intituled
wicked
with slaving over the baskets.
141
OGOD, unto Thee?
be likened * hold not Thy
shall
have feigned submission unto Him * but their time should have en dured for ever. He would have fed them also * with the finest of the wheat
peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, Thine enemies make a tumult * and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
and with honey out of the rock would He have satisfied them.
and con against Thy people, sulted against Thine holy ones.
:
:
1
2
SLH. SLH.
For
"the
3
waters of Meribah
"
or
:
They have taken
"strife,"
crafty
see note on Ps. xciv., p.
This verse was quoted by our Lord.
John
x.
4
34.
counsel
*
2.
Ps. Ixxx. 2.
THE PSALTER.
142
They have them
said
us cut tion
*
off
name
the
that
:
may be no more
Come and
:
in
of
And name art
:
the
the
It
3
unto them as unto Midian, * as unto at :
HOW
Make
they
* who said princes Let us take to ourselves the Sanc All their
:
God
O my
:
in possession.
when
;
harvest and vintage were
lovely
are
O LORD
Thy
taberna
*
of hosts
!
my soul longeth and fainteth the courts of the LORD Mine heart and my flesh * rejoice for
for the living
God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an * and the dove a nest for house, where she may lay her herself, young,
God, make them
wheel [of whirling dust]
the males of
:
nobles like Oreb * as Zebah and Zeeb;
their
and like Zalmunna,
all
over.]
cles,
They perished at Endor became as dung for the earth.
up of
Israel to Jerusalem to observe the Feast of
the brook of Kishon.
*
the
all
"A Psalm of the sons of has the same superscription as
ring to the going
Jabin,
:
:
High over
Ps. Ixx., referring possibly to the vintage. It reads as if it were a pilgrim-song refer
Tabernacles,
of Lot. 2 Sisera
perish.
men know that Thy LORD * Thou alone
Most
Korah."
:
tuary of
is
the
[Intituled
inhabitants
Assur also is joined with them * they have holpen the children
Do
let
let
PsalmLXXXIII.
of Tyre.
and
yea,
earth.
:
with
* :
be put to shame and
Israel
remembrance.
and them
confounded
be
troubled for ever
For they have consulted together * with one consent they are con the taberna federate against Thee 1 cles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites. Of Moab, and the Hagarenes ; * the Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek, "Strangers"
them
Let
let
from being a na
like
a
* and as
the stubble before the wind As the fire that burneth a wood, * and as the flame that setteth the
Even Thine altars, O LORD * hosts, my King and my God
of
dwell
in
!
Blessed
!
they that
are
So pursue them with Thy tem * and trouble them in Thine pest,
Thine house, O Lord; * they will 2 be ever praising Thee. whose Blessed is the man strength * who hath settled in is from Thee his heart to go up [to thy Sanctu
anger.
ary,]
mountains on
fire.
Fill their faces
they 1
will
Of
the
seek list
with shame
Thy Name,
:
* and
O LORD
of tribes in the next
!
;
4
through the vale of tears, to the place which he hath appointed. He That hath given the Law will
few verses, the Ishmaelites are the inhabitants of Edom;
and south-east of Moab, and the Hagarenes, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, tribes to the south Canaan the Strangers are the Philistines Assur is Assyria the children of Lot are SLH. the Moabites and Ammonites. "
"
;
;
j
The Midianites invaded Israel during the Judgeship of Gideon, who defeated Barak had previously, by a great victory between the Kishon and Endor, delivered his of the Canaanites. whose general, Sisera, lost his life people from the tyranny of Jabin king on the occasion. Oreb and Zeeb were two princes, and Zebah and Zalmunna two kings of occasion. the Midianites, whom the Israelites took prisoners and put to death on the second See Judges iv.-viii. 4 name of a place, but, literally, weeping. Baca," probably the proper Hebrew, them.
.
"of
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. His blessing they shall go from strength to strength * they appear before the God of gods in
give
;
:
Zion.
LORD God prayer
cob
of hosts, hear my * God of Ja give ear,
O
:
to cease.
Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever? * wilt Thou draw out Thine
anger to
Anointed. For a day in Thy courts is better * than a thousand. 1 had rather be a menial in the house of my God, * than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For God loveth mercy and truth the LORD will give grace and :
us
:
in
Thee.
No good
thing will
He
withhold *
of hosts, blessed
Thee
that trusteth in
the
man
!
Thou
2
Antiphon.
is
alone art the
* for He will speak in me unto His people, speak peace And to His saints, * and unto :
them
changed in heart. is nigh them His salvation Surely fear
* that
"
Mercy and
have met to
truth
*
:
:
which
is
the
LORD
good
:
shall
yield her increase.
before
Psalm usual
of
footsteps
:
in the way.
Psalm LXXXIV. the
that
give
* and our land shall
Righteousness shall go * and shall set His
"A
may
glory
righteousness and peace gether have kissed each other. Truth hath sprung out of the * and earth righteousness hath
Him
with
Him,
dwell in our land.
favourable."
[Intituled
that are
Yea,
If this Antiphon be used the Psalm words Thou hast been
Korah,"
!
looked down from heaven.
Most High over all the earth. Third Antiphon. LORD. begins with the
?
us
will
from them that walk uprightly.
O LORD
generations
* Thy mercy, O LORD and grant us Thy salvation. 1 will hear what the LORD God
Show
that
glory.
all
God, Thou shalt again quicken * and Thy people shall rejoice
1
:
*
Turn us, O God of our salvation, * and cause Thine anger towards us
!
* Behold, O God, our shield and look upon the face of Thine
H3
sons
the
of
Psalm
(now uncertain)
LXXXV.
superscription.] [Intituled
LORD, able
Thou unto
hast been
Thy
land
hast brought back the
:
Thou
captivity of
down Thine
and needy.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of * Thou hast covered Thy people
*
Preserve
:
their sins.
Thou
hast
*
David."]
my
I
soul, for I
O Thou my God,
O
ear,
* for
:
save
LORD,
am
poor
am
Thy
holy servant :
that trusteth in Thee.
1
taken away all Thy hast turned Thyself
Thou
wrath from the fierceness of Thine anger. :
Prayer of
BOWand hear me
Jacob.
all
"A
favour
*
1
SLH.
merciful unto me, O Lord, Thee all the day long unto cry
Be
I
rejoice the soul of
Thy
Ps. Ixxxii. 19.
for * :
servant, for
THE PSALTER.
O
unto Thee,
Lord, do
I lift
my
up
soul.
For Thou, Lord,
mercy
Thee. Give
art
*
good and
and plenteous forgive, to all them that call upon
* :
servant,
!
Show me
a token for good, that which hate me may see it and be they ashamed * because O
Thou, LORD, and comforted me.
:
O
ear,
LORD,
unto
my
* and attend to the voice prayer of my supplication. In the day of my trouble I called * for Thou hast heard upon Thee,
strength unto
Thy
give
and save the son of Thine handmaid
Thy
ready to in
upon me
hast holpen me,
:
me. the gods there is none like unto Thee, O Lord * neither are there any works like unto Thy works.
Among
:
All
made fore
O
Lord Thy name.
For Thou
:
* and
shall
and doest won Thou art God alone. Teach me Thy way, O LORD, and I will walk in Thy truth * let mine heart be glad, that it may fear Thy name. drous things
art great
*
will
praise Thee,
God, with
in the
"Is
holy
mountains."
LXXXVI. A Song
Psalm [Intituled
"A
Psalm.
of the
sons of Korah." The Targum adds that it was based upon words of the ancients, perhaps meaning that the two first verses before the SLH were an ancient saying to which the rest was a later addition.]
:
:
I
If this Antiphon be used the Psalm begins with the words,
nations shall
Thee,
glorify
whom Thou hast come and worship be
1
LORD, Thou hast Antiphon. been favourable unto Thy land. Fourth Antiphon. Her foundation.
all
mine
O
heart,
Lord my * and I
Thy name for evermore. For great is Thy mercy toward me * and Thou hast delivered my will glorify
:
soul from the lowest
hell.
O
God, the wicked are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my * and have not set Thee before soul,
TTER foundation *1 mountains * :
in the
is
the
LORD
holy lov-
eth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob Glorious things are spoken of !
thee,
*
O
city of
God
2 !
make mention of Rahab 3 and Babylon * that know me. I
will
Behold the "Strangers," 4 and * Tyre, and the people of Ethiopia, these were there
them.
And of Zion shall it not be said This and that man was born in her, * and the Highest Himself hath established her? 5
But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, * long-
when He
suffering, and truth.
plenteous
in
mercy
and
O
look upon me, and have mercy
1
Ps. Ixxxiv. 2.
3
That
:
The
LORD
make count, the up people [and * of all that are in her. 2 shall
writeth
the princes,] 6 All they that dwell in thee * are in gladness. 2
SLH.
4 Insolent One," namely, Egypt. I.e., the Philistines. 5 Is the meaning that Jerusalem shall be illustrious as the birth-place of all kinds of distinguished persons ? The Targum, curiously enough, says that the persons meant are David and Solomon, whereas David is a native of Bethlehem. 6 Displaced from the beginning of the next verse. is
"the
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm LXXXVII. [This Psalm has a long superscription, in which its authorship is attributed to Heman the Ezraliite, one of five brothers, descen dants of Zarah, the son of Judah. Four of them were celebrated for wisdom. 3 (i) Kings iv. 31. This Psalm was written for the sons of Korah, and intended to be sung with an accompaniment of pipes and flutes.]
God of my OLORD have day cried
I
salvation,
*
and night
before Thee.
Let
my
declared in the grave, * and faithfulness in destruction ?
come
before
* incline Thine ear unto
my
Thee
;
cry.
For my soul is full of troubles * and my life draweth nigh unto the :
am
counted with them that go down into the pit * I am as a man that hath no strength, lying :
nerveless
among
the dead,
Like the pierced that lie in the whom Thou rememberest no more * and they are cast off from Thine hand. They have laid me in the lowest * in darkness and in the shadow pit, grave,
:
:
*
why
Thou off my Thou Thy face
easiest
LORD, why prayer,
hidest
me? am afflicted, and
in toil from * and when I was youth up lifted up, then was I brought down I
my
:
and troubled
Thy
fierce
* and
:
wrath goeth over me,
Thy terrors have troubled me. They came round about me all * the day like a flood they com :
passed me about together. Friend and neighbour hast Thou * mine put far from me, acquaint ance also, because of my misery. 2 Her foundation Antiphon. the holy mountains. Blessed. Fifth Antiphon.
in
of death.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, Thou hast afflicted me with 1 all Thy waves. Thou hast put away mine ac
in
But unto Thee have I cried, O * and in the morning shall my prayer come before Thee.
LORD
grave. I
Thy wonders be known
Shall
the dark, * and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness ?
from
prayer
Thy
* and
is
LXXXVII A didactic (?) Poem
Psalm
I.
of Ethan This Ethan was a brother the Ezrahite." of the author of the last Psalm. ] "
[Intituled
quaintance far from me they have made me an abomination unto them. I am shut up, and cannot come * mine forth eyes fail by reason
LORD for ever. my mouth will known Thy faithfulness
of affliction.
generations.
:
:
LORD, Thee * :
1 I
have called daily upon have stretched out my
hands unto Thee Wilt
dead
?
them,
Thee
?
!
Thou show wonders to the * or can physicians quicken so that they may praise !
Shall
* of sing of the mercies
T WILL ^
the
With
For Thou hast said
loving 1
SLH.
-
kindness
be
to
Mercy
all
shall
heavens * Thy faithfulness shall be estab lished in them. I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant * thy seed will I
be
built
up
for ever in the
:
Thy
:
make
I
*
establish for ever. 2
Ps, Ixxxvi.
I.
:
THE PSALTER,
146
And
*
build up thy throne
to
all
generations. And the heavens shall praise
Thy
heaven can be *
LORD ? of God among likened unto GOD ? pared
unto the
the sons
:
For thou *
O LORD God
strength
Who
our horn shall be exalted.
can be
For
?
Thou
rulest
For Mine hand
"
Inso
The enemy
:,
wickedness
And before
in
Strong
right
judgment
:
I
Thy
:
foundations
of
5
Mercy and truth
shall
go before * Blessed is the people Thy face. that know the joyful sound 3
Two
to flight.
truth
set
hand
his
also
in
the
* and his right hand in the 4
Also *
I will
My 2
mercy
R a hab
unto *
my
me
Thou and
salvation.
My
first
than the kings of
will *..,
:
God,
make him
born, higher the earth.
!
SLH.
him
He shall cry art my Father, the rock of my
throne.
1
will
rivers.
the
beat down his foes * and put them
face,
:
sea,
Thine hand, and high * hand justice and
are
his
and My mercy * and in be with him My Name shall his horn be exalted.
a mighty arm.
Thy
:
nothing son of
nor the him.
shall
Hermon shall re * Thou hast Thy name. is
*
afflict
And My
Tabor and
joice
him
shall help
shall prevail
:
will
I
that hate
:
3
him
against
mies with Thy strong arm. The heavens are Thine, the earth also is Thine, as for the world and the fulness thereof Thou hast founded them * the North and the South Thou hast created them
spakest in vision to
* Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
2
as one that is slain one, Thou hast scattered Thine ene
*
of
anointed him.
thereof
:
lent
One
:
the
of
raging
arise
"
de
our
is
:
!
when the waves Thou stillest them. Thou hast broken the
sea
LORD
the
Then Thou
of hosts,
the
of
* I Thine holy ones, and saidst have laid help upon one that is and have exalted one mighty, chosen out of My people. I have found David My ser vant * with Mine holy oil have I
*
round about Thee
and
:
* and of the Holy is our King.
fence, Israel
who is Thou art strong, O LORD, and Thy faithfulness is unto Thee
the glory of their in Thy favour
art
com
God, Which is glorious in the * assembly of the saints, great and terrible to all them that are about Him. like
in
LORD,
also shall they be exalted.
Saints in
O
walk,
Thy countenance, and in Thy name shall they rejoice all * in the day Thy righteousness the light of
* wonders, O LORD ; Thy faithful ness also in the congregation of the
For who
shall
They
1
I
keep
for
him
Egypt.
prominent mountains in the North of Syria. I will make his That is ; power to be bounded on the West by the Mediterranean, and on the East by the Tigris and Euphrates. 5 The next verses are a sort of quotation of the Divine message given by Nathan to David, z Kings (Sam.) vii. 14-16. 4
"
"
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. * and evermore, My covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to * and his throne endure for for
ever,
* and walk not in
My
My
judg
ments,
My
break
My
keep not
Then
I
* and
statutes,
not utterly take from
I
* nor
My
in
fail
him,
truth.
My covenant
* nor
make
also will I not break, void the thing that is
gone out of My Once have holiness, :
lips.
I
sworn
Mine
by
unto * his seed shall endure for that
I
not
will
lie
made
his brightness to
hast
long,
LORD,
for
ever?
Thyself,
down
Thou
covered
wilt
Thou
hide
*
Shall
Thy
wrath burn like fire?
Remember how short my time is Thou made all the sons of men in vain ? What man is he that liveth, and :
* wherefore hast
not
shall
see death
?
deliver his soul from
the grave ? 2 Lord, where are
* Shall he the hand of
Thy former lov Thou swarest
ing-kindnesses,
* which
unto David in
Thy
truth
?
the reproach of * Thy servants, (that I bear in my bosom) even the reproach of many
Remember, Lord,
ever,
And
his throne, as the
* and as the
:
and as the
ever,
full
sun before
moon
for
faithful witness in
heaven. 1
spised,
and de * Thou hast put away Thine off
Anointed.
Thou
hast
made
nant of
Thy
servant
void the cove * Thou hast :
profaned his crown [by casting] to the ground.
Thou hedges
hast broken
* :
Thou
hast
down
all
his
brought
his
:
neighbours. Thou hast set up the right hand * Thou hast of his adversaries :
all
SLH.
his
enemies to
Is the
rejoice.
"faithful witness"
gesima Sunday. ) 3 Here ends the third of the
O LORD * wherewith have they reproached the woes of Thine Anointed. Blessed be the LORD for ever more * Amen. 3 reproached,
!
Amen,
it
strongholds to ruin. All that pass by the way spoil * he is a him reproach to his
made
people
Wherewith Thine enemies have
But Thou hast cast
1
hast
* Thou shortened him with shame. 2
How trans
their
visit
with the rod, * and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless My loving-kindness
Me
Thou
and cast his throne cease, to the ground. The days of his youth hast
commandments,
will
gressions
David
in battle.
:
If they
will
hast turned the edge of his* and hast not upholden him
*
as the days of heaven. But if his children forsake law,
Thou sword,
Psalm XCIII. [The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this Psalm to David, and assign it to the fourth day of the week. ]
HTHE
LORD God
Whom
ven-
shown Himself. Lift up Thyself, Thou judge of
the rainbow?
See Gen.
(Thursday after Sexa-
ix. 2
five
to
* the God geance belongeth, to Whom vengeance belongeth hath
*
books into which the Psalter
is
SLH.
divided.
THE PSALTER.
148 the earth
:
* render a reward to the
proud.
*
LORD, how long
how
shall the wicked,
shall
long
wicked
the
*
?
triumph
How long shall they utter and * all the workers of speak iniquity ? wickedness boast themselves ? They crush Thy people, O LORD !
* and
afflict
Thine
widow and the They slay * and murder the father stranger, the
less.
The LORD shall Yet they say not see, * neither shall the God of Jacob understand. Understand, ye brutish among the * and ye fools, some time people be wise He That planted the ear, shall He not hear ? * or He That formed the :
!
!
eye, can
He shall
He
not see
Thy
man knowledge? The LORD knoweth the
:
mercy,
My foot slippeth O LORD, held me
In the multitude of the sorrows within mine heart, * Thy comforts
my
delight
Hath
soul.
the
throne
of
iniquity
* which frameth mischief by a law? They that gather themselves together
Thee?
with
fellowship
against
* and nocent blood ?
righteous,
the
of
soul
condemn
the
the in
But the LORD is my refuge, * and my God is the stay of my trust.
And He *
shall
upon them
bring
own
iniquity, and shall cut off in their own wickedness
their
them
?
That chastiseth the heathen, not He correct? * He That
had almost dwelt
up.
1
heritage.
LORD had been mine
Unless the *
help, my soul in the grave. When I said
:
the
them
LORD
God
our
shall
cut
off.
teacheth
thoughts of men, * that they are vanity. Blessed is the man whom Thou * and teachest O
2 Blessed be the Antiphon. for evermore. Sixth Antiphon. Sing.
chastenest, LORD, out of Thy law.
Psalm XCV.
That Thou mayest give him
rest
from the days of adversity, * until the pit be digged for the wicked. For the LORD will not cast off His people, * neither will He for sake His inheritance. Until righteousness return unto * and all the judgment, upright in heart follow
Who
will
rise
up with me iniquity
up
* or
for
me
who
against
stand against the workers of ?
[In
I
Par. (Chron.) xvi.
it
is
stated ths
David gave this Psalm to Asaph and his brethren upon the day that the ark was
The text is there brought to Jerusalem. given somewhat differently, and the whole forms the second part of one Psalm, of which the first part consists of the first The Vulgate and fifteen verses of Ps. civ. the LXX. note that it was sung at the rebuilding
of the
Temple
after the
Cap
tivity.]
it.
the evil-doers
LORD
will
OSING song all
:
unto the LORD a new * sing unto the LORD,
the earth.
Sing unto the LORD, and
?
bless
1 This verse is translated according to the sense of the Hebrew, the LXX., Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, and St Jerome, but the Latin has the second, instead of the
third,
person singular in the
last clause.
2
Ps.
Ixxxviii.
53.
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. :
Name
His
:
* show forth His
Psalm XCVI.
sal
vation from day to day.
Declare His glory among the * His wonders heathen, among all |
people.
For the LORD is great, and greatly * He is to be to be praised feared above all gods. For all the gods of the heathen * but the LORD are devils made :
:
the heavens. Praise
Him in
are
beauty
His sanctuary. Give unto the LORD,
before
solom.]
LORD reigneth ; let the * let the earth rejoice mul titude of isles be glad thereof. *
:
Clouds and darkness are round * about Him righteousness and
and honour
glory
* :
give
the
:
Him.
He
earth
reigneth established
He
shall
it
shall
the
not be
world
moved
:
judge the people right
like
wax
at
*
the
at LORD, of the Lord of the
earth.
eousness,
*
declared His right all the people
and
glory.
Confounded
be all they that * and that worship graven images, boast themselves of idols. all ye His An * Zion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Judah * because of rejoiced, Thy judg ments, O LORD For thou, LORD, art high above * Thou art exalted all the earth
Worship Him,
eously.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: * let the fields be joyful and all that is therein.
Then shall wood rejoice
all
the trees
before the
of the
LORD, cometh
for
* for He to cometh, the earth. judge He shall judge the world with * and the righteousness people with His truth. 1
He
:
1
of
The heavens saw His
!
melted
hills
presence presence
the
before
fear
hath that
The
whole
!
Say among the heathen,
The LORD also, *
the
all
of
:
Bring sacrifices, and come into His courts * O worship the LORD
Let
foundation
A fire shall go before Him. and burn up His enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the * the earth saw world and trem bled.
His holy temple
the
judgment are His throne.
unto the LORD the glory due unto His name.
in
"
-
*
O
ye kin dreds of the people, give unto the
LORD
[The Vulgate and the LXX. have the "[A Psalm] of David when his country was re established per haps meaning after the usurpation of Absuperscription
:
and
* holiness and majesty are
:
149
gels
!
!
:
far
above
Ye
all
gods. that love the
LORD, hate evil the Lord preserveth the souls of His saints ; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. :
*
Light
is
sprung
up
for
the
I Par. (Chron.) xvi. the Psalm continues: "O give thanks unto the LORD, for for His mercy endureth for ever. And say ye Save us, O God of our good salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to Thy holy Name, and glory in Thy praise. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said Amen and praised the LORD"
He
In is
:
:
:
possibly in Ps. cxxxv.
THE PSALTER.
150 *
and righteous, upright in heart.
that
Rejoice in the LORD, ye right * and eous, give thanks to the
memorial of His holiness l
Antiphon.
and
!
Sing unto the LORD,
His name. Antiphon for Paschal bless
Al
time.
Alleluia.
Alleluia,
leluia,
Simple Feasts. It is to be remembered when a Simple Feast is kept on
gladness for the
Friday, the Invitatory and Hymn are of the Feast, being taken from the Com mon of Saints of the class, unless speci ally given.
Then the Psalms and Antiphons of the Week-day, as given above. Then is
and Answer
said a Verse
In the Simple Office for one or many Martyrs in Paschal time.
The
Verse.
Then
is
and Answer.
said a Verse
shall
In Advent. Verse. Send forth the Lamb, Lord, the ruler of the land.
From
Answer.
the
O
During the 2
of
mount
of
O
of the year.
my
O
Lord.
come
prayer
shall cover thee with
His wings. And under His feath Answer. ers shalt thou trust.
O
Verse.
Lord,
save
from
And mine affliction Answer. from the horns of the unicorns. In Paschal time. Verse.
The Lord
is
And
the
righteous
re
them exceed
let
a Bishop
Office for
and
Confessor. 5
The Lord chose him
for
a priest unto Himself. [In Paschal time,
To
Answer.
add Alleluia.]
offer
up unto Him
the sacrifice of praise. [In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
In the Simple risen
Office for a Confessor not a Bishop.
in-
deed, Alleluia.
Answer.
Let
In the Simple Verse.
me
many Martyrs,
ingly rejoice.
mouth.
s
4
joice before God. Ansiver. Yea,
In Passion time. the lion
Office for
(put of Paschal time]. Verse.
In Lent.
He
O
3 Thou hast set a crown, Lord, of precious stones. Answer. Upon his head.
In the Simple
cry.
Verse.
light
Saints,
In the Simple Office for one Martyr, (out of Paschal time}.
Incline Thine ear unto
Answer.
Thy
Verse.
Let
before Thee,
my
rest
everlasting
upon
Lord. Alleluia. Ansiver. Even unto everlasting.
the daughter of Zion.
Verse.
shine
Alleluia.
"Rock"
the wilderness unto the
as follows :
Verse.
hath appeared un
to Simon, Alleluia.
The rest is the same as the Second Nocturn on the preceding Sunday, only the Lessons, and sometimes the Respon.sories, are those of the day.
6
The mouth
of the right
eous shall speak wisdom. [In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
Answer.
And
judgment. [In Paschal
1
Ps. xcv. 2.
2
Ps. Ixxxvii. 3.
4
Ps. Ixvii. 3.
5
Ecclus. xlv.
1
time, 3
6
his
6
tongue talk of
add Alleluia.]
Ps. xx. 3. Ps. xxxvi. 30.
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. For one Holy Woman, of whatever
First Blessing, if the Lesson be from
kind, l
Verse.
God
Scripture.
shall give her the
help of His countenance. \In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
God
Answer.
her, she shall not
is
The
in the midst of
First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
what follows,
end of the Service, are taken from the Second Nocturn of the Office common to Saints of the class, tmless something The Lessons are special be appointed. arranged according to the rules in Chap
May the Gospel s saving Lord Bless the reading of His Word.
!
of the general Rubrics. The Hymn, We praise Thee, O God," is said at the end, instead of a Third The Responsories are ar Responsory. xx vi. 4
ter
First Blessi?ig on a Simple Feast.
May His
blessing be upon us, doth live and reign for ever. Answer. Amen.
Who
"
\
ranged according to the rules in Chapter xxvii. 4 of the General Rubrics. Thus:
The Lord s Prayer
said:
is
Who
Father (inaudibly), in heaven, Hallowed
art
be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Give us this day our daily heaven. bread.
And
passes, as
forgive
us
them
we
our
tres
that tres
forgive (Aloud.} pass against us. And lead us not Verse.
this
His MAYmercy
Absolution
:
loving kindness and
help us, Who liveth and reigneth with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end.
Then Sir,
Then the First Responsory, unless otherwise directed. On a week-day kept as such, this is the First Responsory of the preceding Sunday. On a Simple Feast, it is the First Responsory in the
Common
Amen. the
Office
for the class
to
which
the Saint belongs.
Sir,
evil.
Answer.
have two Lessons, the whole three Scrip ture Lessons read together as one.
Then
But deliver us from
Answer. Then
Then is read the First Lesson from Scripture or from the Homily, or, o?i a Simple Feast, either the First from Scripture, or, if the Saint or Saints
into
temptation.
Amen.
Answer.
to the
\
Amen.
Homily.
add Alleluia.]
others, as well as
the Father, the Almighty, Show on us His grace and mercy.
Answer.
be moved.
\In Paschal time,
God
the
Reader says :
be pleased to give the bless
ing.
Second Blessing, if the Lesson
be
of
Scripture.
Christ to all His people give For ever in His sight to live. Answer. Amen.
May
Second Blessing, if the Lesson be from an Homily.
Reader says :
be pleased to give the bless
ing. 1
God s most mighty
strength alway
Be His people s staff and Answer. Amen.
Ps. xlv. 5, (Alexandrian version).
stay.
THE PSALTER.
152
Then
Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.
He
She or They) whose
(or
feast-
day we are keeping Plead for us before the Lord. Amen. Answer.
Sir,
the
Reader says :
be pleased to give the bless
ing.
Third Blessing, if the Lesson
read the Second Lesson, either Then from the Scripture or from an Homily, or, on a Simple Feast, either the Second and Third Lessons from Scripture read together as one, or, if the Saint or Saints have two Lessons, the first of these.
be
of
Scripture.
is
Then the Second Responsory, tmless otherwise directed. On a week-day kept as such, this is the Second Responsory of the preceding Sunday, but in Paschal time there is added to it : Verse.
and
Glory be to the Father,
to the
Son, and to the
Holy
Ghost.
A?td the Answer of the Responsory
is
repeated again. On a Simple Feast the Second Re sponsory in the Common Office for the
which the Saint belongs, with the Glory be to the Father," &C., and the repetition of the Answer. class to
addition of
"
May
the Spirit
s fire
divine
In our inmost being shine.
Answer.
Amen.
Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or if the Lesson be from an Homily.
May He that is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. Answer.
Amen.
Then
is read the Third Lesson either Scripture, or of the Homily, or, on Simple Feasts, the Second or only Lesson of the Saint.
from
Then, on Simple Feasts and on any day in Paschal time is said the Hymn, But on "We praise Thee, O God." week-days kept as such out of Paschal time the Third Responsory of the pre ceding Sunday.
153
Jfribap
at
THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK. All as on Sunday, except as other wise given here. The Psalms are as follows
spirit
Psalm
me
heart within
:
heart.
L.
is my me mine
overwhelmed within
:
troubled.
is
remember the
I
Uphold mine
Antiphon.
Therefore
dead.
long
of
days
old
the
stretch forth
mine hands unto
meditate
I
muse
on
on
all
thy
:
hands.
Have mercy upon me,
&c.,
I
(/.
Thee
*
soul
my
:
after
[thirsteth]
1 Thee, as a thirsty land.
Uphold mine
Antiphon. with
O
God.
In
Thy
free spirit,
Thy
Second Antiphon.
Hear me
heart
my
be
I
down Psalm of
David,"
LXX.
and the
add,
and
"when
kindness
in
in
O
lift
Thy
to
righteousness. enter not into
And with Thy sight
servant
* :
no man
shall
judgment
for
living
in
tified.
For the enemy hath persecuted * he hath smitten my my soul :
life
down
He
to the
hath
darkness, as
ground
made me
dwell in
those that have been
*
the *
:
my
O
me, :
I
for
:
know
to
loving:
should walk soul unto Thee.
I
way for
I
LORD,
from
unto
Thee
flee
* Teach
me to do my God. Thy good Spirit lead me
hide me. will
Let
for
Thou
land
of
:
into
the
For
Thy name s
Thou
shalt
art
uprightness. sake,
quicken
me
O
LORD, in
Thy
righteousness.
Thou
:
to
Thy
morning
trust
I
Deliver
Thy
hear
the
mine enemies
Thy
be jus
up
pit.
to
me
Cause
LORD, prayer, give ear to my supplication * answer me, Thy faithfulness
my
:
in
Thee do
wherein
HEAR in
into the
me
he was being persecuted by Absolom his son."]
face from me, * unto them that go
like
Cause
Psalm CXLII. "A
:
:
Hide not Thy
faith
fulness.
*
O LORD
speedily,
spirit faileth
lest
[Intituled the Vulgate
:
* works of Thine works
I
cut off
SLH.
bring my soul out * and of Thy mercy
shalt
of trouble
:
mine enemies,.
THE PSALTER.
154
And destroy my soul
flict
them
all
*
for
:
that
His glory covered the heavens,. the earth was full of His
af
am Thy
I
servant.
* and praise.
His brightness was as the light He had horns 2 coming out of His hand There was the hiding of His * Before Him went death. power. And the destroyer went forth at His feet. * He stood and mea :.
In Thy faithfulness, answer me, O Lord. Third Antiphon. O Lord. Antiphon.
Psalms LXIL, LXVI.
O
God, Thou
my
art
God, &c.,
r
:
sured the earth
:
He
(/-
O
Antiphon, face to shine
the
Lord, cause
upon
If
this
Antiphon with
begi?is
Thy
us.
O
Fourth Antiphon. have heard.
ticle
LORD,
be used the the words,
I
Can "Thy
:
ing mountains were crushed The everlasting hills did bow :
:
land of Midian did tremble. 4
Wast
THE SONG OF HABAKKUK THE PROPHET.
(Hab.
iii.)
"A prayer of Habakkuk the with a direction, perhaps musi
[Intituled Prophet"
cal.]
Thou displeased against O LORD ? * was Thine
the rivers,
anger against the rivers? wrath against the sea?
Thee
have heard tell of * and was afraid :
in LORD, revive Thy work the midst of the years ; In the midst of the years shalt
Thou make it known * in Thou wilt remember mercy. God shall come from :
* South,"
Thou
I :
and
the
from Mount Paran. 1
Holy
wrath,
Thy
That Thou didst ride upon Thine horses, * and Thy chariots were salvation
LORD,
* :
because the Eternal passed by. 3 I saw the tents of Ethiopia in * the curtains of the affliction
speech."
OO
beheld, and drove asunder * and the everlast nations
bow,
*
?
didst seize
and draw Thy
according to the oaths that utteredst unto the tribes. 5
Thou Thou
the earth
didst :
cleave the rivers of
the mountains saw
and they trembled
Thee
* the overflow
:
ing of the water passed by The deep uttered his voice :
"
the
One
he
lifted
up
his
*"
:
hands on high.
The sun and moon
stood
still
SLH. "The South" is, in the original, "Teman," the name of a country and nation eastward of Idumea, but used for the south generally. Paran, or Pharan, is an uncultured and mountainous region, lying between Arabia Petreea, Palestine, and Idumea. The pas The sage is an imitation of the words of Moses when blessing the tribes. Deut. xxxiii. 2. LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them He stirred forth from Mount Paran, and He came with ten thousands of Saints from His right hand went a fiery law 1
"
;
:
for
them."
"
Horns is here used of flashes of lightning, just as the Arabian poetsbeams of the rising sun to horns, and call the sun itself a gazelle." The present Hebrew simply is The ways are everlasting to Him. 4 Proper name of an Arabian nation whose territory lay from the eastern shore of the 5 /Elanitic Gulf as far as the land of Moab. SLH. Gesenius says
compare the 3
"
first
"
FRIDAY AT LAUDS. * at the light of Thine arrows they went forth, at their habitation
in
Yet
:
*
!
will
will
rejoice in the LORD in the God of my
I
:
joy
the shining of Thy glittering spear. Thou didst tread down the
salvation. 5
* Thou didst land in indignation thresh the heathen in anger. Thou wentest forth for the sal* even for vation of
* and He will hinds feet:
The LORD God is my make my
:
!
I
155
Thy
And He make me
people,
to
will
strength
me
lead
to
forth,
walk upon mine high
* as a conqueror, to Him. 6 unto praises
Thine Anointed. 1 Thou didst smite the head of 2 Thou the house of the wicked
salvation with
:
like
feet
places,
sing
*
;
:
O LORD, I have heard was afraid. and Thy speech, Praise God. Fifth Antiphon.
didst lay bare the foundation unto
Antiphon.
the neck. 3
Thou
didst
curse
his
sceptre,
even the head of his fighting men, * when they came out as a whirl
wind to scatter me Their rejoicing was as the
Psalms CXLVIIL, CXLIX., CL.
:
I)
* joicing of him the poor secretly.
Thou sea
didst
make
a
horses, the mire of great waters. I
*
in
way
Thine
for
*
the
my belly trembled quivered at the voice
*
under
me
That trouble
I
and
CHAPTER.
:
The
my
swarm
corruption
may
in
the day of
may
go up unto
rest I
Of
SLH.
stalls
the Almighty Only Son, the Virgin s Holy One
Thee from
;
rise
gratitude.
Now the day-star keenly glancing, Tells us of the sun s advancing While the unhealthy shades decline, Rise within us, Light Divine
be cut off from * and there shall be no
herd in the Moses?
p. 89).
Raise us, Lord, and we shall In a sober mood, And a zeal which glorifies
flock shall
3
12.)
spent, &c., (as on
And
:
1
is far
of the eternal Heaven, Hope to mortals given,
yield
fail,
the fold,
xiii.
GLORY Blessed
:
The
(Rom.
HYMN. 7
our people that are girded. Although the fig-tree shall not * neither shall fruit be blossom, in the vines The labour of the olive shall * and the fields shall
no meat
night
Monday,
4
I
with the
:
* that
:
into
enter
rottenness
bones,
God
:
lips
Let
Praise
Antiphon.
the
timbrel and dance.
through
heard, and
my
Praise ye the LORD, from heavens, &c., (pp. 25, 26).
re
devoureth
that
;
!
:
Pharaoh?
Some critics read of the rock instead of Accinctum. The Latin translator probably meant "
"
"
unto the
neck."
as the dead were girt, cf. So the Hebrew. Jesu Meo. John xi. 44. wit! 6 This last clause seems to be only a musical direction, which has got confounded the text. Given to the leader of the string band." Some translate it 7 late Card. Newman. Hymn of the Ambrosian school, slightly altered ; translation by the 4
5
"
:
"girt,"
THE PSALTER.
156 Rise, and, risen,
Stay and
Streaming
go not hence,
make
Verse.
us bright,
through
each
cleansed
sense, On the outward night.
early with
Answer.
Thou hast Thy mercy.
We
satisfied
rejoice
and
us are
glad.
Then
the root of faith shall spread In the heart new fashioned Gladsome hope shall spring above, And shall bear the fruit of love. To the Father, and the Son, And the Holy Ghost, Here be glory, as is done, By the Angelic host. ;
Amen.
Antiphon for the Song of ZachThrough the tender mercy of our God * the day-spring from on
arias.
high hath visited
us.
Commemoration of
the Cross before
Commemorations, and Long Advent and Lent, and on Fast-days, as on Monday.
the other Preces in
157
bat)
at
Jttattins.
THE SABBATH. All as on Sunday, except as other wise given here.
Psalm XCVII.
O
come, let us Invitatory. * the Lord our God. ship
wor
SING
HYMN. 1
FATHER
;
Accept our chants, accept our tears, A mingled stream we pour Such stream the laden bosom cheers, To taste Thy sweetness more. ;
Purge Thou with fire the o ercharged mind, Its sores and wounds profound; And with the watcher s girdle bind The limbs which sloth has bound. their chants
by
night Before Thy presence come, All may be fill d with strength and light
From
their eternal
home.
O
Grant
Father, Only Son, this, And Spirit, God of grace,
To whom
all
worship shall be done
In every time and place.
Only one Nocturn Antiphon.
Amen.
is said.
For the Lord.
In Paschal time only one Antiphon is said for the whole Nocturn. Alleluia. 1
unto the LORD a new * for He hath done song marvellous things. His right hand, and His holy arm, * have gotten Him the victory. The LORD hath made known His * His salvation righteousness hath :
of mercies infinite, Ruling all things that be, Who, shrouded in the depth and height, Art One, and yet art Three
That they who with
A
Psalm." The Vulgate and [Intituled the LXX. ascribe it to David.] "
:
He
openly showed in the sight of
the heathen.
He hath remembered His mercy, * and His truth towards the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen * the salvation of our God. Make LORD, loud
a
joyful
the
all
noise
and
Newman.
*
rejoice,
unto
the
make and
a
sing
praise.
Sing unto the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice * With of a psalm. trumpets and
sound of
cornet,
Make
a joyful noise before the * Let the sea LORD, the King. roar, and the fulness thereof, the worltf
and they
that dwell therein.
Let the floods clap their hands, let the hills be joyful together be-
Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, considerably altered
Card.
noise
earth,
;
translation
by the
late
THE PSALTER.
158 * For
LORD.
fore the
to judge the earth
He cometh
:
With righteousness shall He judge * and the the world, people with equity.
When the following Psalm, "Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands," is to be said at Lauds (as would be the case, for instance, if Christmas Eve fell on a Saturday) it is not said here, nor its A ntiphon. But instead is said Psalm It is a good thing to give thanks xci., unto the LORD," from the Saturday Lauds which are to be displaced, with * to is a good thing the Antiphon, give thanks unto the LORD," in which case the Psalm begins with the words To give thanks unto the LORD." "
Psalm XCVIII. [The Vulgate and the Psalm to David.]
LXX.
ascribe this
be the reigneth, * people never so impatient
LORD
"It
"
:
He
sitteth
The LORD
He
is
in
great
high above
is
all
i
Zion
:
Name, for it King s majesty
and the
is
Antiphon
ye
Thou equity Thou executest judgment and right establish
:
eousness in Jacob. Exalt ye the LORD our God, and at
worship
"
His footstool
:
for
it
holy.
Moses
among His
Aaron
and
* and Samuel among them upon His name.
priests, that call
They
called
upon the LORD, and *
Psalm XCIX.
:
them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. est
the
LORD
x
Antiphon.
done marvellous
:
"
M
AKE all
a joyful noise unto GOD, * serve the ye lands :
LORD with gladness. Come before His presence,
Know God
* :
ye that the LORD, is He That hath
He
and not we ourselves are His people, and
us,
is
made
it
:
We
sheep of his pasture.
the
* Enter into
gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise give thanks unto Him, For the LORD Praise His Name. * is good, His mercy is everlasting and His truth endureth to all gen-
His
into
:
erations.
Psalm
I
Ps. xcvii.
Psalm of
David."]
sing of mercy and judg * unto Thee, O LORD ment, will sing and behave myself !
I
things.
"A
C.
WILL
t
i
:
[Intituled
1
* with
singing.
* for the
For the Lord hath
thanksgiving."
for the Sacrifice
thanksgiving."]
God and
our
worship at His holy hill LORD our God is Holy.
of
Psalm of A Psalm
"A
The Targum has
He
He answered them. spake unto them in the cloudy pillar They kept His testimonies, and the ordinance that He gave them. Thou answeredst them, O LORD * O our God! God, Thou forgavExalt
"
:
[Intituled
dost
Psalm Unto GOD, all
be tised, the
lands."
holy loveth judg
ment.
is
this
If
begins with the words,
people.
Let them praise Thy great and terrible
a joyful
noise.
the earth never so unquiet.
and
Make
Second Antiphon.
upon the Cherubim, be
i.
j
SATURDAY AT MATTINS. *
wisely in a perfect way. wilt
O
when
Thou come unto me ? * in
I walked within mine house, the innocence of mine heart. I set
eyes
* :
no wicked thing before mine I hate the work of them
that turn aside.
In
* answer
For
me
I
call
:
days are wasted away like * and my bones are con as a firebrand.
am is
smitten like grass, and mine * for I have withered :
froward heart cleaveth not unto me * the wicked person that turned aside from me, I would not
forgotten to eat my bread. By reason of the voice
know.
flesh.
:
Whoso
* him did
bour,
Him Mine
eyes are
upon the
that
dwell
* he that walked in a he ministered unto
:
way,
perfect
me.
He that doeth proud things shall not dwell within mine house * he :
that
speaketh wickedness was
upright in
my
I will early
sight.
the wicked
all
am
I
*
and am as a sparrow watch, alone upon the house-top.
Mine
reproached me and they that sworn together
enemies * day
the
all
:
me
praised
are
against me. For I have eaten ashes like bread, * and mingled my drink with weep ing
:
Because of thine indignation and wrath * for Thou hast lifted me up and cast me down.
My
days are like a shadow that * and I am withered like
declineth
:
But Thou, O LORD, endurest for * and Thy remembrance unto
ever, all
generations.
Thou upon
Psalm CI. [Intituled
he
is
"A
of
Prayer
the
and
overwhelmed,
out his complaint before the
TJEAR -^
my my
grass.
l Make a joyful noise Antiphon. unto GOD, all ye lands. Third Antiphon. O God.
-*-
*
of
bones cleave to
a pelican of the wil like an owl in his
like :
I
:
LORD.
when
my
:
destroy
* that I may cut off wicked doers from the city of the
of the land all
not
*
hole.
faithful
may
they
am
I
derness
expose.
:
land,
me
with
I
had an high look and * with him I will
that
a proud heart not eat. of the
groaning
privily slandered his neigh
upon
speedily.
my
smoke sumed heart
A
day when
the
Thee,
I
159
and
my let
prayer,
my
cry
afflicted,
poureth
LORD."]
O
shalt arise
Zion
* :
and have mercy
for
favour
her,
yea,
come. For
Thy
servants
in
her stones
:
the
the set
take
time
to
time,
is
pleasure
* and have pity on
her dust.
LORD,
*
come unto
Thee.
So the heathen shall fear Thy O LORD, * and all the kings
name,
of the earth
Hide not Thy face from me * in the day when I am in trouble incline Thine ear unto me. :
Thy glory. LORD shall
When
the
*
He
Zion, glory.
shall
appear
build in
up His
THE PSALTER.
i6o
He
Psalm CII.
had regard unto the * and hath prayer of the destitute, hath
not despised their supplication. Let this be written for the gen * and the eration to come people which shall be created shall praise :
the LORD.
He
For
down from
hath looked
* of His sanctuary behold LORD the did heaven from the
height
:
the earth To hear :
the groaning of the * to loose the children prisoners, of the slain. To declare
the
the
of
Jerusalem.
When
the people are gathered * and the kings, to serve together,
LORD.
the
He
1
answered him in the way * Show me the
of his
strength shortness of my days. Call me not away in the midst of
my
:
*
days
:
Thy
years are unto
all
hast
in
Lord,
beginning, foundation of the
the
laid
the
* and the heavens are the works of Thine hands. They shall perish, but Thou remainest * and they all shall wax old as doth a garment earth
:
:
:
And
a
as
vesture
shalt
change them, and they * but Thou changed Same, and Thy years
Thou
shall
be
art
the
shall
not
:
fail.
The
children of
continue
:
Thy
servants shall
* and their seed shall be
"He"
may be
4
His holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, * and forget not all His benefits.
L
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities I Who healeth all thy diseases. Who redeemeth thy life from | * Who crowneth thee destruction :
*
:
with
loving mercies.
W ho
-
kindness
and
tender
satisfieth
thy
*
:
for all that are oppressed.
He made known Moses, dren of
re
is
executeth mercy, * and
The LORD judgment
with
desire
thy youth good things newed like the eagle s.
* His
will
His ways unto unto the chil
Israel.
The LORD
is
merciful and gra
* slow to anger, and plen in teous mercy. He will not always chide * neither will He keep His anger for cious
:
ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins * nor rewarded us accord ing to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above * so is His the :
earth, mercy great toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the * so far hath He removed our
west,
transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his
dren, so the fear
taken for the
"afflicted
man"
LORD
Him. * For
chil-i
them that knoweth our
pitieth
He
;
who
has just given utterance to
his
reads He afflicted in the* hopes of a brighter future. The Hebrew, (as now pointed,) an! way his (my) strength, he cut short my days." The Alexandrian translators, using clause to mean "he answered" instead; unpointed text, took the opening word of the of "he afflicted" as they might easily do, the letters being the same for either word. "
:
The Hebrew
f
:
BLESS
frame
established for ever. 1
David."]
* the LORD, O my soul and all that is within me, bless
:
generations.
Thou,
"of
T
name
* and His in Zion, praise in
LORD
[Intituled
text itself
is
not quite settled.
(
SATURDAY AT MATTINS. He remembereth dust
we
that
are
a flower of the field
as
grass, shall
Who
so
that fear
s
Who walkest upon wings of the wind Who
Him,
rits
of
*
do
hearken word.
remember His
ever
that
excel
in
of
in
all
LORD,
places
bless the
LORD,
all
His works
O my
soul
up, and the * into the place which Thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound, that * that they may not pass over turn not again to cover the they :
earth.
:
Who
;
valleys
!
the 1
:
hills.
:
in their thirst.
By them among
"
He
Psalm CIII.
upper
O my
the LORD,
O LORD my
very great
Thou 1
Ps.
VOL.
ascribe this
I.
ci.
i.
fowls of the
* ;
they sing
watereth the
chambers with
the
from His
hills
* :
the
earth
of
fruit
is
Thy
works.
art
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, * and herb for the service of men
honour and
That Thou mayest bring forth food out of the earth, * and wine
soul
God, Thou
* :
:
!
art clothed with
the
the rocks.
satisfied
13 LESS
build
heaven their habitation
If this Antiphon be used the Psalm O my soul." begins with the words,
i-*
sendeth springs into the * the waters run among
All the beasts of the field drink thereof * the wild asses seek them
LORD.
LXX.
at
go down,
valleys
O God, let my cry Antiphon. come unto Thee. Fourth Antiphon. Bless the
[The Vulgate and the Psalm to David.]
* :
The mountains go
His
of His dominion
fled
Thy thunder they hasted
fearfully away.
pleasure.
Bless the *
coveredst it with the deep a garment, * the waters
At Thy rebuke they
:
do His
!
the voice of
strength, to
voice
layest the foundations of the it shall not be removed for
* ;
stood above the mountains.
commandments, the
spi
ministers a flame
2
with
as
Thy
!
Thou
Bless ye the LORD, all ye His * ye ministers of His that
hosts
fire
earth
His unto
makest Thine Angels
* and
:
Who
* to do them. The LORD hath prepared His throne in heaven, * and His king dom shall rule over all. Bless the LORD, all His ye Angels,
the
!
commandments,
that
*
chariot,
His covenant, to those that
!
stretchest out
!
righteousness unto chil children ; * to such as keep
And
garment
the heavens like a curtain, * Who coverest their upper chambers with the waters Who makest the clouds Thy
And His dren
Thyself with
covering
light as with a
he flourish. For the wind passeth over it, and * and the it is gone, place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting * to everlasting
upon them
*
majesty,
* as for man, his days are as
:
161
So
is
this
passage translated, Heb.
i.
7,
THE PSALTER.
162
maketh
that
Thou
of
heart
the
glad
man
;
Oil to
and
make
bread
*
his face to shine,
to
strengthen
man
*
Thou trees of the field
the cedars of [with sap],
He
which
also,
hath
seasons
:
forth
Thy
spirit,
* and
Thou
Lebanon
renewest the face of the earth. Let the glory of the LORD endure * the LORD shall in ever
planted:
the sun knoweth
for
:
rejoice
!
His works.
He maketh
looketh on the earth and * He touchit to tremble :
eth the mountains
and they smoke.
sing unto the
I will
as I live
his
*
I will
:
LORD
as long
sing praise to
my
God
while I have my being. of Him shall be My meditation * I will be sweet glad in the
going down. Thou makest darkness, and it is * wherein all the beasts of night the forest do come forth.
:
:
The young
sendest
to their
and they are created
:
*
and return
are filled
there the birds make their nests. The stork s nest is the highest * the high hills are a among them and the refuge for the wild goats, conies. the rocks for He hath appointed the moon for
LORD. Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more * bless thou the LORD, O
lions roar after their
* and seek their meat from prey,
God.
:
my
The sun ariseth, and they gather * and lay themselves together: them down in their dens. goeth forth unto his work, * and to his labour, until the even
O
LORD, how manifold are Thy * in wisdom hast Thou made them all the earth is full of !
:
is
* wherein are things creeping numerable.
him
to play with
:
upon Thee, that Thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them, they * when Thou openest Thine wait
:
all filled 1
with good.
"Alleluia"
rest
is
our
"Alleluia."]
thanks unto the LORD, name *
call
:
the
heathen.
made
gather hand, they are
The
which see with the The Vulgate and the LXX. xcv.,
upon His make known His deeds among
* :
whom
all
Psalm
OGIVE and
there go the ships; There is that Leviathan
* these
present
:
in
Both small and great beasts
Thou
brought to Jerusalem.
prefix
sea great and wide
this
hast
verses of this Psalm [The are found in a slightly different edition in of a I Par. (Chron.) xvi. as the first part Psalm given by David to Asaph and his ark was brethren, on the day that the fifteen
notes, p. 148.
riches.
So
l !
first
ing.
works
soul
Psalm CIV.
Man
Thy
:
breath, they die, dust.
s
heart.
The
Thy face, they are Thou takest away their
hidest
troubled
is
Sing unto Him, and sing psalms * talk unto Him: ye of all His
wondrous works. * Glory ye in His holy name: that them of heart let the rejoice seek the LORD. Seek the LORD, and be strong: * seek His face evermore.
here appended in the Hebrew.
j
;
SATURDAY AT MATTINS. Remember His
marvellous works hath done: * His won
He
that
ders and mouth.
O vant,
the
of
judgments
He
the
LORD
He nant
God
our
* His
:
to a
thousand gen
erations
[The covenant]
Abraham
with
that
*
He made
and His oath
:
unto Isaac.
He confirmed the same * and to Jacob for a law, for an everlasting covenant.
And unto Israel
Israel also came into Egypt, * and Jacob sojourned in the land
Unto thee will I give Saying the land of Canaan, * the lot of your inheritance. When they were but a few men in number, * very few, and strangers it.
And to
they went from one nation * and from one king to another people.
:
He
He wrong
no man
suffered
*
He
yea, for their sakes. :
Touch not Mine do
My
* and
anointed,
called for a famine
*
:
He
do them
staff
man
sent a
Joseph was sold
Whose the iron
for a servant
* :
Until his word came, The word of the LORD tried him * the king sent and loosed :
him and
even the ruler of the people, let him go free.
He dark
Here ends the portion found
sent
* :
none
of
darkness and made it not His words
He made effect.
He
into turned waters their * and slew their fish. blood, Their land brought forth frogs, * in the chambers of their kings.
He
and there came divers * and lice in all their
spake,
sorts of
flies,
coasts.
He
gave fire
flaming
He
them
He
hail
for
rain,
*
in their land.
smote
their
their fig-trees, * of their coasts.
vines also
and brake the
and trees
spake, and the locust came, * the without caterpillar,
number,
And *
ate
up
all
the herb in their
and devoured all the fruit land, of their ground. He smote also all the first-born in their land, * the chief of all their travail.
He
;
1
hate
Ham.
:
feet they hurt with fetters, entered into his soul. *
to
to deal subtilly *
and
before them
heart
their
people
He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen. He showed signs among them, * and wonders in the land of
and brake the
of bread.
His
them stronger
with his servants.
reproved kings
1 prophets no harm.
Moreover He upon the land whole
to
turned
His people, * and
another,
dom
increased
*
and made greatly than their enemies.
:
in
Ham.
of
And He
ever,
He commanded
princes at his teach his elders
wisdom.
in all the earth.
hath remembered His cove * the word which for
his
and
"
judgments are
lord of his house, substance.
all his
instruct
pleasure,
!
is
To
his
ye seed of Abraham, His ser * ye children of Jacob His
chosen
He made him * and ruler of
silver in
I
brought them forth also with and gold * and there was :
Par. (Chron.) xvi. 22.
THE PSALTER.
164 not one feeble person
among
their
tribes.
Thou showest unto
the favour that
*
Thy people Thy salvation That I may
O
:
Egypt was glad when they de * for the fear of them fell parted :
upon them.
He
spread a cloud for a cover * and fire to give light in the ing,
chosen, that gladness of
visit
us
with
:
good of Thy
see the
may rejoice in * Thy people,
I
Thou mayest be
the that
Thine
praised in
night.
inheritance.
They asked, and the quail came, * and He satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock and the
We have sinned with our fathers * we have done wickedly, we have
the gushed out, ran through the dry places. For He remembered His
waters
*
promise,
Abraham His
And He with joy,
He made
that
rivers
gave them the lands of the * and heathen, they inherited the labour of the peoples. That they might observe His * and statutes, keep His laws.
my
"Alleluia."]
O
Bless the LORD,
:
Red
Him when sea,
they * even the
Sea.
Nevertheless
He
saved them for
His name s sake, * that He might make His mighty power to be known. He rebuked the Red Sea also, * and He and it was dried up :
them
the
depths as through the wilderness. And He saved them from the hand of them that hated them, * and redeemed them from the hand led
through
of the enemy. And the waters
!
Fifth Antiphon.
Thy
wonders in Egypt * they remem bered not the multitude of Thy But provoked went up unto the
And
1
iniquity.
fathers considered not
mercies,
gladness.
soul
Our
holy
brought forth His people * and His chosen with
Antiphon.
committed
unto
servant.
[Here the Hebrew adds
:
Visit us.
enemies
them
Psalm CV.
:
covered their * there was not one of
left.
And
[Superscribed
thanks unto the LORD, * for His is
OGIVEHe for
"Alleluia."]
good
mercy endureth
:
they believed His words * and sang His praise. * They soon forgot His works and waited not for His counsel. :
And
for ever.
Who
:
lusted
can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? * who can show forth all His praise? Blessed are they that keep judg * and ment, they that do righteous
wilderness
ness at
camp,
all
times.
Remember
us,
O
LORD,
with 1
Ps.
in
* :
exceedingly
in
and tempted
the
God
the desert.
And He
gave them their request, * and sent fulness into their soul.
They provoked Moses LORD.
also in the
* and Aaron, the saint of the
SATURDAY AT MATTINS. The
opened and swallowed * and covered the com 1 pany of Abiram. And a fire was kindled in their * the flame burned up assembly, the wicked. earth
up Dathan,
2
made
They
a
calf
also
in
* and the Horeb, worshipped graven image. Thus they changed their Glory * the
into
of a calf that
similitude
eateth grass.
*
God
their
They
forgat
Who
had done great things
Saviour,
Ham,
by the Red
terrible things
They joined themselves 3
Baal-peor, of the dead.
:
the
carcasses
thick
lay
them
chosen
He
would * had not Moses His
off,
stood
said that
Him
before
the
in
breach,
To
turn away His wrath, lest * should destroy them yea, the land they despised pleasant They believed not His words * but murmured in their tents
He
:
;
:
:
they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
He
His hand * to overthrow them against them, also
lifted
up
in the wilderness.
Numbers
xvi.
They
tried
to stir
among
them.
Then made a
stood
up
propitiation
Phinehas and * and the :
plague was stayed.
And
that
was counted unto him unto all genera
for righteousness, * tions for evermore.
They angered Him
He
Therefore
1
also unto * and ate the sacrifices
And they provoked Him to * and anger with their inventions
Sea.
cut
overthrow
their seed also the nations, * and to scat ter them in the lands.
in
Egypt, wondrous works in the land of
To
among
waters that
of
their sakes his spirit ; So that his
5
lips.
at
4
*
the so
Provocation,"
went
it
also
"
;
ill
with
Moses
for
because they provoked
he spake unadvisedly with * They did not destroy
the nations concerning whom the LORD commanded them 6 And they were mingled among :
and learned their heathen, * and served their idols and it became a snare to them. the
works,
:
Yea, they sacrificed their sons * and their daughters unto devils.
up a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, upon
levelling principles, "and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up," while some of their partizans were consumed by a fire which issued from the sanctuary. 2
For the well-known history of the golden calf, see Exod. xxxii. "the Lord of Mount Peor," an idol of the Moabites. The whole history of this lapse of the Israelites, and how Phinehas stopped the plague by killing one pair of 3
I.e.,
in Numbers xxv. "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying: of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, hath turned My wrath from the children of Israel. I unto him covenant of Behold, away give peace; and he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting
the
transgressors, the son
is
Phinehas,
.
.
My
.
Priesthood." 4
Meribah.
5
Numbers
See note on Ps.
xciv., p. 3.
said unto them: Hear now, ye rebels, must Moses "And the LORD spake unto Moses you water out of this rock?" v. 12. and Aaron Because ye believed Me not, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have
we
xx.
10.
"And
.
.
.
fetch
:
given them." 6 In Judges
i.
is a long they lived.
21 to the end,
Canaan and among
whom
list
of the districts of idolaters
whom
they
left
in
1
THE PSALTER.
66
And shed innocent blood, * even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Chanaan And the land was polluted with :
blood. They were defiled also with their own works, * and went a whoring with their own inven tions.
Psalm CVI. thanks unto the LORD, * for His is
OGIVEHe for
good mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He hath redeemed * from the hand of the enemy and gathered them out of the :
:
Therefore was the wrath of the kindled against His people, * and He abhorred His own in
lands,
heritance.
the north and from the south.
From
LORD
And He
gave them into the hand * and heathen they that hated them ruled over them. Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into * under their hand. of the
:
subjection Many times did
But their
He
provoked * and
they
Him
with
they
were
brought low for their iniquity. But He regarded their affliction, * and heard their cry. And He remembered His cove * and nant, repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
He made them * of
all
those
be
pitied
carried
them
also to
that
us,
O LORD
and
from
us
gather nations
our God,
among
* the
To
thereof,
*
from
in the wilderness * dry land they found no pathway to a city to dwell in * their soul and
a
:
:
Hungry
thirsty,
fainted in them.
Then their
livered
they cried unto the LORD trouble ; * and He de
them out of their distresses. led them forth by the
And He
* that right way, they might go to a city to dwell in. that men would praise the LORD for His goodness * and for
O
:
His wonderful works to the children of
men
soul
:
!
He
For
the longing the hungry soul
satisfieth
* and
filleth
give
*
Such
as
thanks unto
and
to
Thy
holy
in
Thy
triumph
praise.
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlast * and let all the ing people say :
:
Amen, Amen.
sit
in
darkness and in
the shadow of death, * being in affliction
!
Name,
setting
with goodness.
captives.
Save
the rising of the sun and
the
They wandered
in
in
deliver them,
counsel,
from
and
bound
iron.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, * and contemned the counsel of the Most High. Therefore their heart was brought down with labour * they fell down, :
and there was none
to help.
they cried unto the LORD * and He de in their trouble livered them out of their distresses. And He brought them out of
Then
:
[The Hebrew adds "Alleluia," which the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to Here ends the fourth the next Psalm. of the five books into which the Psalter is
divided.]
darkness and the shadow of death * and brake their bands in sunder.
:
SATURDAY AT MATTINS.
O
for
His
for
men would
that
LORD
goodness wonderful works
He
and
to
the
still.
And the
gates cut the bars of iron
O
of
Their soul abhorred all manner of meat * and they drew near even unto the gates of death. Then they cried unto the LORD * and He de in their trouble :
He
sent His word and healed * and delivered them from
men would
that
praise
the
His goodness * and for His wonderful works to the children
LORD of
for
men
!
:
elders.
He
turneth
A *
them
sacrifice the
He
* standing-water, into water-springs. there
in ships, *
vineyards, of increase.
and do business
in great
are lifted up. the heaven, to the depths melted because of
is
to
:
trouble. reel to and fro, and stagger drunken man, * and are at
They
their wits
Then
cry unto
the
LORD
in their trouble, * and delivereth them out of their distresses.
He
the hungry city
the
fields,
and plant
blesseth
them
also,
fruits
and they
*
and He are multiplied greatly suffereth not their cattle to decrease. :
* and Again they are minished, brought low, through oppression,
and sorrow.
He ces,
poureth contempt upon prin * and He causeth them to
in the wilderness, and in the land where there is no way. Yet helpeth He the poor from
wander
affliction, lies like
end.
they
He maketh
* and bring forth
affliction,
They mount up and go down again
and dry ground
:
And sow
He
;
These see the works of the LORD, * and His wonders in the deep. He commandeth, and the stormy wind riseth, * and the waves thereof
like a
a
turneth the wilderness into a
* and they prepare a
sacri
of thanksgiving, * and declare His works with rejoicing. They that go down to the sea
* their soul
into
rivers
land into a salt desert, wickedness of them that
fice
waters
the
fruitful
for the
to abide, to dwell in
Yea,
also in the
*
And
!
let
Him
and congregation of the people, praise Him in the assembly of the
dwell therein.
their straits.
O
men
:
* and the wilderness, water-springs into dry ground ;
dis
tresses.
them,
for
Let them exalt
:
their
desired
their
men would praise the His goodness * and for His wonderful works to the children
iquities.
of
:
that
LORD
:
out
quiet
them unto
bringeth haven.
He saved them from the way * for of their transgression they were afflicted because of their in
them
they are glad because [the * so He be
breakers]
in sunder.
livered
the storm a * and the waves thereof are
calm,
!
hath broken
of brass, * and
And He maketh
the
*
:
men
children of
For
praise
His
16;
The
* and maketh him fami
a flock. righteous shall
* and rejoice her mouth. :
all
see
it
and
iniquity shall stop
THE PSALTER.
i68
Who
is
and
wise,
LORD.
Edom
Over
observe
will
these things ? * even he shall un derstand the loving-kindness of the
shoe I
will
* over the
:
cast out
I
"
"
Strangers
my have
triumphed. Who will bring me into the strong * who will lead me into ?
city *
Antipkon.
O
salvation,
Visit
us with
Thy
LORD.
Edom ? not Thou, O God, Who us off? * and wilt not go forth with our armies,
Wilt
Sixth Antiphon.
will
I
greatly
hast
cast
Thou O God?
praise.
Psalm C VI I.
Give us help from trouble * for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do val * and He it is That shall iantly tread down our enemies. :
Song. A Psalm of David." a compilation of Ps. Ivi. 8-12, and
[Intituled It is
"A
Ps. lix. 6-14.]
:
A/TINE
V will
my
*
heart
is
O
ready,
God,
* I mine heart is ready sing and give praise, even with :
Psalm CVIII.
glory.
Awake
up,
my
and harp
psaltery
*
awake,
[Intituled
will
awake
superscription, uncertain.]
O
LORD,
glory, I
!
Psalm of David," with a probably musical, but now
"A
right early. I
will
Thee, *
praise
and sing unto among the people Thee among the nations. For Thy mercy is great above the heavens * and Thy truth unto the :
:
clouds.
Thou
Be above
the
exalted,
heavens,
glory be above all 2 that Thy beloved livered
may
God,
let
Thy
earth
be
*
:
not
Thy
my
praise
Thy right hand and God hath spoken in :
rejoice,
booths.
peace,
*
:
O God for
the
mouth of the wicked, and the mouth of the deceitful are opened
me
against
:
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue they com passed me about also with words of * and me hatred :
fought against
:
de
and divide She* and mete out the valley of
will
chem,
the
O
:
Save with hear me. * His holiness I
and
HOLD of
without a cause. In return for
mine adversaries
my
love they were
*
but I gave myself unto prayer. And they have rewarded me evil * and hatred for for good, my love. Set Thou a wicked man over him * and let the devil stand at his right hand. :
:
mine
and Manasseh is mine Ephraim also is the strength of mine head * Moab is Judah is my King the vessel [of the triumph] of mine Gilead
is
;
:
:
:
hope. 1
Ps. cv. 4.
2
Here begins the
extract from Ps.
lix.
When
he
is
judged,
let
* and condemned sin. become prayer forth
:
him go let
Let his days be few; * and another take his office. See that Psalm and notes on
it,
p.
112.
his
let
SATURDAY AT MATTINS. Let his children be fatherless, * his wife a widow. Let his children be continually and let vagabonds, and beg them be driven out of their dwell-
and
*
:
m Ss
Thy name s sake, O Lord, * Thy mercy is good. Deliver Thou me, for I am
for
because
poor and needy is
wounded
it
declineth
I
-
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath * and let the stranger spoil :
ones.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be :
blotted out.
be
before
LORD memory
the
continually, and let their be cut off from the earth.
* Be-
he remembered not to
cause that
show mercy, But persecuted the poor and * and the broken in needy man, that he might slay him. he loved cursing, so let
As come unto him
it
* as he delighted blessing, so let it be far
in
like
water,
:
as with
come and
like
* so
a garment,
into
his
oil
bowels
faileth
I became also a reproach unto them they looked upon me, and shaked their heads,
O LORD my God
Help me,
me
save
to
according
!
Thy
mercy That they also may know that * and this is Thine hand Thou, LORD, hast done it Let them curse, but bless Thou * when they arise against me let them be ashamed but let Thy :
into
his
:
:
servant rejoice. Let mine adversaries be clothed * and let them be with shame :
covered
with
own confusion
their
I
will
praise
greatly
the
LORD
*
I will my mouth yea, praise Him among the multitude. For He standeth at the right hand of the poor, * to save my
with
:
soul from
them
that persecute me.
like
bones.
be unto him as the garment which covereth him, * and for a girdle wherewith he may be Let
through
flesh
as with a mantle.
from him As he clothed himself with cursit
my
!
Let them
ing,
:
O
* remembered before the LORD and let not the sin of his mother be
let
weak
knees are * and
fasting of fatness. *
blotted out.
not
shadow when
:
Let his posterity be cut off: * in one generation let their name be
heart,
like the
* and tossed up and
:
as the locust.
My :
* and mine heart
:
within me.
am gone
down
his labour.
Let there be none to extend * and let there mercy unto him be none to have pity on his little
169
it
girded continually. Let this be the reward of mine
1
Antiphon. the
LORD
I
will
greatly praise
mouth. Antiphon in Paschal time.
leluia,
Then
with
Alleluia, is
* and adversaries from the LORD of them that speak evil against my
my
Al-
Alleluia,
said a Verse
and Answer.
:
soul.
In Advent. Verse,
And do Thou
for
me,
O
LORD, 1
VOL.
I.
His holy
The LORD cometh place.
Ps. cviii. 30.
F 2
out of
THE PSALTER. He
Answer. His people.
During l
Verse.
come and
will
save
my
with bloody
O
prayer,
Verse.
The
disciples
were glad,
Alleluia.
LORD. Answer.
And
my
let
cry
come
Answer.
When they saw the Lord,
Alleluia.
unto Thee. In Lent. Verse.
life
In Paschal time.
the rest of the year.
Hear
Nor my
Answer. men.
His truth
shall
be thy
shield.
Thou
Answer.
afraid for the terror
shalt
by
not
be
The rest Nocturn of
the same as the Third the preceding Sunday, ex
is
7~he Lessons cept necessary differences. 7^he Responsories are those of the day. are arranged according to the rules in xxvii. 4, 5, of the General
Chapter
night.
Rubrics.
In Passion Verse.
time.
Take not away my
with sinners,
O
soul
God. 1
Ps.
No Festal Office can occur, except that of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ci. 2.
at
THE SABBATH. All as given
oji
Sunday, except as otherwise
here.
will
Do
good.
:
hands.
The Psalms are as follows : Antiphon.
* and I Thy work triumph in the works of Thine
glad through
O
how great Thy thoughts
LORD, *
works
.
!
are are
Thy very
deep.
Psalm
A
L.
man knoweth
brutish
not
neither doth a fool understand
Have mercy upon me,
&c.,
(/.
87).
* :
this.
When the wicked spring up like * and when all the workers grass of iniquity are seen, It is that they may be destroyed :
Do
Antiphon.
Thy good
O
good,
Lord,
in
pleasure.
Second Antiphon.
good
be used the
Psalm
is
thing.
If
this
Antiphon
with
begins
the
words,
*
ever but Thou, LORD, art Most High for evermore. For, lo, Thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, Thine enemies shall perish * and all the workers of iniquity for
a
It
give
"To
thanks."
:
:
be scattered. But mine horn shall be exalted * and like the horn of an unicorn mine old age shall be crowned with shall
Psalm XCI.
:
[Intituled
Sabbath
FT ^
"A
A
Psalm.
Song
the
for
Day."]
Thy
a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, * and to sing is
unto
praises
Thy name,
O
Most
High!
To show ness
in
forth
the
Thy
morning,
loving-kind * and
Thy
faithfulness in the night
Upon strings
:
an *
;
instrument
upon
the
of
ten
harp with
solemn sound. For Thou, LORD, hast made Hebrew
"
:
I
a
me am
mercy.
1
Mine eye
shall look upon * and mine ear shall hear of the wicked that rise up against me.
also
mine enemies
:
The righteous shall flourish like * he shall the palm tree grow like a cedar in Lebanon. :
Those
that
are
planted
in
the
house of the LORD, * in the courts of the house of our God shall flourish.
anointed with fresh
oil."
THE PSALTER.
172 shall
They
old age to declare in
bring forth fruit they shall flourish,
still
* :
perfect
ment
and
:
A God
:
That the LORD our God is up * and that there is no un right righteousness in Him.
of
They
and by not His children
unwise
my
They
*
God, &c.,
O
consider all
the ends
of
tion
Ascribe
Antiphon.
ye
?
the
and he
father,
THE SONG OF MOSES.
When the Most the nations, * when the sons of Adam,
unto me," xxxi. 28: "Gather the elders of your tribes, Moses) and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and For I know earth to record against them. that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves and turn aside from the way and evil which I have commanded you because will befall you in the latter days ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to [Deut.
"all
;
*
For the LORD * Jacob
people
and
the words of
earth,
My rain,
*
dew; As tender
shall
teaching
my
herb,
small
and
mouth.
rain
He ness
portion is His the lot of his
found him
in a desert land,
:
led him about and instructed * and kept him as the apple
of His eye. As the eagle that stirreth up her to
fly,
* and fluttereth over
the
them,
the
So spread He abroad His wings, and took him, * and bore him on
upon
the
His pinions
as
LORD.
Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. * The works of God are
;
The LORD
the
grass proclaim the name of the :
is
He
young
showers * because I will as
S
:
distil as
drop
speech shall
the
upon the
my
I
O
separated
* in the waste and howling wilder
him,
;
He
inheritance.
"]
O
High divided
He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the
:
ear, ye heavens, * and GIVE will speak hear,
will
children of Israel.
;
provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands. And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended
show
thee.
tell
(Deut. xxxii.)
will
* thine elders, and they
thee
greatness.
(said
and
people
:
Ask thy
the earth fear the Lord.
Fourth
foolish
* days of old, after generation genera
Remember Let
and crooked
ye thus requite
?
and created thee
2 3)-
Antiphon.
Do
* That Is not He thy Father? hath bought thee, and made thee,
Psalms LXIL, LXVI. art
*
:
are a perverse
ends.
God, Thou
He.
sinned against Him, their defilement they are
generation. the LORD,
O
without
is
right
have
It is a good thing to Antiphon, unto the LORD. thanks give Let all the Third Antiphon.
(p.
and
truth,
and
just
iniquity,
:
His ways are judg
all
:
*
alone did lead him,
and there was no strange god
with him.
He made him high
places
of
the
ride
upon
earth,
*
the that
SATURDAY AT LAUDS. he might fields
the increase
eat
And
of the
:
And He made him to suck * and oil honey out of the rock, out of the flinty rock Butter of kine, and milk of * with fat of lambs and sheep, rams of the breed of Bashan
And
goats, with the fat of wheat, to drink the pure blood of
* and
the grape.
The
provoke them to anger with
a foolish nation.
A
fat,
and
kicked he fat, was grown plump, he was covered :
with fatness He forsook :
God That made him, and departed from the God of
*
his salvation.
They provoked Him with
gods,
strange
*
to jealousy
abominations provoked
and
with
they
Him
to
sacrificed unto
things
that were
devils,
and
no gods, *
to
whom they knew not, New gods that came newly up, whom their fathers feared not. The God That begat thee hast
gods *
fire is
and
shall
kindled in Mine anger, burn unto the lowest
hell,
And shall consume the earth with her increase, * and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. * and them.
heap mischiefs upon them, spend Mine arrows upon
will
They *
be wasted with hun
shall
and
ger, shall
the
of
birds
the
air
prey on them with a very grievous devouring I will send the teeth of beasts ** with the poison of upon them, ;
serpents creeping in the dust. The sword without and terror
within
to anger.
They
*
I will 1
waxed he was waxen
"Beloved"
move them to jealousy who are not a people,
I will
with those * and
:
:
173
shall
destroy the
*
both
the
virgin,
the
young man and with
suckling
the
man
of
grey
hairs. I
said
Where
:
make
will
are
they
*
?
remembrance
the
I
of
thou forsaken, * and hast forgotten
them to cease among men But I forbore because of the
God That formed thee. When the LORD saw
adversaries should triumph,
wrath it,
He
was
roused to anger, * because of the provoking of His sons and of His daughters.
And He
said
I
:
:
will
hide
My
from them, * and see what their end shall be For they are a very froward * children in whom is face
:
sel,
Me to jealousy not God, * and to anger with their
provoked vanities 1
Me
Jeshurun
now reckoned
is
there
them.
any
O
under
that they
their latter
How
should one chase a thou * and two put ten thousand
sand, to flight
!
their
God had
but that this pet-name of the Israelite people means certain.
*
and would consider
Except
:
their
lest
were wise, and that they understood
end! is
neither
standing in this,
They have moved
*
:
no
with that which
enemy,
And lest they should say Our * high hand, and not the LORD, hath done all this. They are a nation void of coun
generation, faith.
of the
sold them,
"Beloved"
is
not
THE PSALTER.
174 * and the
LORD had
delivered
them
I whet My glittering sword, and Mine hand take hold on
If
*
up
!
For
their
*
God,
even
gods are not as our our enemies them
selves being judges.
vine is of the vine of * and of the fields of Go
Their
Sodom, morrah
:
Their grapes are grapes of
gall,
* and their clusters are bitter Their wine is the poison of * and the cruel venom of dragons, :
asps. Is not this laid
up and sealed up among
*
Me,
treasures
belongeth vengeance, * to repay in due time,
will
I
My
?
Me
To and
in store with
make their foot The day of
to slide. their
;
render vengeance to Mine * and will enemies, requite them that hate Me. I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, * and My sword shall I will
devour
flesh
;
With the blood of the slain * and of the captives, and of the despoiled chief of the enemy.
people, ye Rejoice with His * for He will avenge the blood of His servants, And will render vengeance to * and will be their
nations
:
adversaries,
unto
merciful
land
the
of
His
people.
calamity
is
at
* and the things that shall
hand,
judgment
come upon them make haste. The LORD shall judge His people,
Ascribe ye greatness Antiphon. unto our God. Praise God.
Fifth Antiphon.
* and take pity on His servants,
When He
seeth that their
weakened,
* and there
is
shut that
up and
remained are
And He their gods,
shall
* in
Of whose the
left,
fat,
is
hand none
and that consumed. say
:
Where
they are
whom
they trusted ? sacrifices they did eat
Let them rise up, and help you, and be your protection in the time of need. See now that I, even I, am * and there is no with
god
He,
Me:
25,
CHAPTER.
The
God upon
night
(Rom.
is
far
the
26).
xiii.
spent,
the
12.)
&c.,
(as
on Monday, p. 89).
HYMN.
1
n^HE
dawn is sprinkled o er The day steals softly on
-A-
the sky, ;
are scattered far and nigh, that fraudful is, shall fly
Its darts
I kill, I
and
heal
:
I
make
alive
* neither
is
:
I
wound
there any
Mine hand. Mine hand to
that can deliver out of will
lift
up
heaven, and say 1
LORD from
Praise Antiphon. loud cymbals.
?
*
I
Praise ye the heavens, &c., (pp.
* and drank the wine of
their drink-offerings
and
Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.
Hymn
Newman.
of the
:
*
I live for ever.
And
all
Before the brightening sun Spectres of ill, that stalk at will, ;
And forms And hideous Under
of guilt that fright, that ventures in the cloak of night.
Ambrosian school, considerably altered
;
sin,
translation by the late Card.
SATURDAY AT LAUDS. And
175
We rejoice and
of our crimes the tale complete, us in Thy sight, Up to the latest, they shall fleet, Out-told by our full numbers sweet, And melted by the light.
Antiphon for the Song of Zacharias. Give light, O Lord, * unto
To
them
Answer.
Which bows
,
Father, Son, and Spirit, One,
Whom
we adore and
our
love,
^-^
that
feet
Tho
/-
7
i
Jr
early with
r^,
Thou hast Thy mercy.
r.
,
satisfied
in darkness, and guide t h e way of peace, of Israel
sit
O
nto
^od
!
us
the Cross before
and Long Preces in Advent and Lent, and on Fast-days. the others,
Verse.
/7
Commemoration of
Amen.
are glad.
the Pentecost.
except
^
of Christmas
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG.
1
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
THE LORD S At
Amen.
DAY.
the
beginning of Vespers the the Angelic Salu tation are said inaudibly.
Lord s Prayer and
Who
Father,
Hallowed
art in
be
Thy Thy
Thy kingdom come. done on Give us
And we
earth, as
And
us.
tion
;
is
Name. will
be
heaven.
in
day our daily bread.
this
our trespasses, as that trespass against lead us not into tempta us
forgive
forgive
it
heaven,
Alleluia.
From Septuagesima Sunday Maundy Thursday i?istead of
to
"Alle
is
luia"
said:
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, Eternal King of heaven.
O
Then follow the Psalms. They are said under Five Antiphons, except in Paschal time when there is only one, and when these are not specially given, those given here are used.
them
but
us
deliver
from
Antiphon.
The LORD
said.
evil.
If
Amen.
Antiphon be used the Psalm Unto my with the words
this
"
begins Lord."
TTAIL, *
-1
art
Mary,
Lord
thou
is
full of grace; The with thee blessed :
among women, and blessed
Antiphon for Paschal
the fruit of thy
womb, JESUS. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.
is
Then Verse.
to deliver
Answer.
is
Make ^ me.
Make
haste,
haste
O to
God, help
me, O LORD. Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the 1
The proper hour
recitation,
The [Intituled "A Psalm of David." verse was quoted by our Lord. Matth. xxii. 44 ; Mark xii. 36 ; Luke xx. 42.] first
Until
LORD said unto my Lord Thou at My right hand, * I make Thine enemies
:
Sit
Thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of * rule Thy strength out of Zion Thou in the midst of Thine ene :
to
Holy Ghost.
mies.
sunset, reckoned to be about 6 P.M. Vespers they ought not usually to be begun before noon. for
is
Al
Psalm CIX.
THE*
said aloud:
time.
leluia.
In private
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. Thine shall be the dominion in the day of Thy power, amid the * from the brightness of the saints womb, before the day-star have I :
begotten Thee. The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent * Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek. The Lord at hand * :
Thy
shall
strike
through
right
kings
the
in
day of His wrath. He shall judge among the hea then,
He
shall
dead bodies
* :
fill
He
the places with shall wound the
heads over many countries.
He the
up
shall drink
way
of the
in lift
his head.
The LORD said unto Antiphon. * Sit Thou at My right hand. Second Antiphon. All His com
my Lord
covenant. He will show His people the power of His works,
That He may give them * heritage of the heathen. works of His hands are verity
:
mandments.
begins,
Psalm
is
:
;
:
covenant for ever *
Holy and
The
I
:
terrible
is
LORD
fear of the
His Name. is the be
ginning of wisdom A good understanding have all they that do His commandments * His praise endureth for ever. :
1 A11 His command Antiphon. ments are sure they stand fast for ever and ever. Third Antiphon. In His com mandments. ;
Psalm CXI.
prefixes "Alleluia," will praise the LORD."
A B C
and
judgment All His commandments are sure * they stand fast for ever and ever, being done in truth and uprightness. He sent redemption unto His He hath commanded His people
Psalm CX. [The Hebrew "
the
The
:
brook * therefore shall he
:
177
and
The
Darian.]
T WILL praise Thee, O LORD, * in the ^ with my whole heart
[The Hebrew
"Alleluia."
prefixes
The
Vulgate adds to the superscription "on the return of Haggai and Zechariah [from the See Thursday, fifth week in Captivity]."
November.
The Psalm
ABC
is
Darian.]
:
assembly of the upright, and
in the
congregation.
The works
of the
LORD
are great, for the doing of
* meet to serve His will. His work is honourable and glo * and His rious, righteousness en
dureth for ever. He hath made a memorial of His wonderful works the LORD :
is *
gracious and
He
full of compassion. hath given meat unto them
that fear
He
will
Him
BLESSED eth the lighteth
ever be mindful of His i
man
the
LORD
greatly
in
that fear-
*
that
:
de-
command
His
ments.
His seed
shall be mighty upon * the generation of the up right shall be blessed. Glory and riches shall be in his house * and his en
earth
;
righteousness
:
dureth for ever.
Unto the upright light
in
gracious,
:
is
and
Ps. ex. 8.
there
the
darkness
and
full
righteous,
of
:
ariseth
he
is
compassion,
THE PSALTER. Happy
man
the
is
favour and lendeth
;
that
he
showeth
will
guide
words with discretion * surely be moved for ever The righteous shall be in ever * He shall lasting remembrance. not be afraid of evil tidings His heart is ready, trusting in the LORD. His heart is established, * he shall not be afraid until he see his
he
That
:
shall not
:
:
his desire
his enemies.
upon
He
hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor his righteousness en* his horn shall dureth for ever :
:
be exalted with honour. The wicked shall see it, and be grieved ; he shall gnash his teeth, * the desire of and melt away the wicked shall perish.
* and
the dust,
He
even princes, of His people.
He maketh to ful
;
him
set
may
*
the needy
lifteth
out of the dung-hill
with
the
with
the
princes
barren
woman
* and to be a joy keep house, mother of children.
[The Hebrew adds the Vulgate and the next Psalm.]
Alleluia,"
prefix to the
Blessed be the
Antiphon.
LORD
of the
which
"
LXX.
Name
for evermore.
We
Fifth Antiphon.
that live.
Psalm CXIII.
:
In His command Antiphon. ments he delighteth greatly. Fourth Antiphon. Blessed be the
Psalm CXI I. [The Hebrew
PRAISE
prefixes
the
servants,
LORD, *
O
ye His
praise the
Name
His dominion. * sea saw it and fled Jor dan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, * and the little hills like lambs. Israel
evermore
!
From
the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, * the
LORD S Name is to be praised. The LORD is high above
all
* and His glory above the
heavens.
Who is like unto the LORD our * God, Who dwelleth on high, beholdeth
ailed
thee,
what
like
like
thou
fleddest?
Hebrew
rams? * lambs?
that
and ye
ye
skipped
little
hills,
standing water, a fountain of waters. 1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us: * but unto Thy Name give glory, For
their
In the
sea,
:
heaven, and in the earth? He raiseth up the poor out of
lowly
thou
*
The earth trembled at the pres ence of the Lord, * at the presence of the God of Jacob Who turned the rock into a * and the flint into
truth
is
O
and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ?
that
in
1
:
Ye mountains,
Blessed be the Name of the * from this time LORD, forth, and
and
* and Judah was His sanctuary,
What
"Alleluia."]
of the LORD.
nations,
a people of strange language,
The
Name.
for
Israel went out of Egypt, * the house of Jacob from
WHEN
the
s
Thy sake.
heathen
mercy, and for Thy * Wherefore should say
:
Where
God?
here ends Ps. cxiv. and the next words begin cxv.
is
now
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. But our God is in the heavens He hath done whatsoever He
The dead
:
*
hath pleased.
The
men
the heathen are * the work of gold,
and
silver
O
LORD,
down of
idols
have * not
speak they see not. :
They have ears, but they hear not * noses have they, but they smell not They have hands, but they handle not feet have they, but they walk not * neither speak they through
Thee,
they that go
all
into the grave.
[The Hebrew adds
mouths, but they eyes have they, but
They
shall not praise
* neither
But we that live bless the LORD, * from this time forth for evermore.
hands.
s
179
We
Antiphon.
"Alleluia."]
that live bless the
LORD. Antiphon for Paschal
Alle
time.
:
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
:
:
:
Here follows the Chapter. When a special one is not given, the following is used:
their throat.
CHAPTER.
(2 Cor.
i.
make them be * even every one that trusteth in them. The house of Israel trusteth * He is their in the LORD help
the
and
forteth us in all our tribulation.
May
that
they
unto them
like
:
:
their shield.
T3LESSED
God, even the Father of our Lord JESUS Christ, the Father of mercies, and *-*
The house of Aaron trusteth in LORD * He is their help and
the
God
Answer. This
They
that
the
LORD
and
fear
* :
LORD
the
all
Who
comfort,
Thanks be
com-
God.
to
He
is
their
is
always made after
the Chapter.
help
When a Then follows the Hymn. special one is not given, the following
their shield.
is
used:
of
* and blessed us He hath blessed the house of Is * He hath blessed the house rael of Aaron. He hath blessed them that fear * the both small and LORD, us,
Answer
trust
The LORD hath been mindful
HYMN.
1
:
ATHER T7 *
great.
The LORD increase you more and more, * you and your chil dren.
Ye
blessed of the LORD, *
are
Who made
heaven and earth. of heavens is the
The heaven LORD S * but :
the earth hath
given to the children of men.
Hymn
Newman.
He
of Lights, by
Whom
each
day
:
1
of
:
their shield.
in
3.)
be
Is
kindled out of night,
Who, when
the heavens were didst lay
made,
Their rudiments in light Thou, Who didst bind and blend in one The glistening morn and evening pale, ;
Hear Thou our
plaint,
gone, And lawlessness and
when
light is
strife prevail.
the whelming weight of crime us with life in view Lest thoughts and schemes of sense
Hear,
lest
Wreck
;
and time Earn us a sinner s
of the Ambrosian school, very slightly altered
;
due.
translation
by the
late
Card.
THE PSALTER.
i8o So may we knock
And
at
Heaven
s
from their seat, * and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with * and the rich He hath
door,
immortal prize to win, Continually and evermore Guarded without and pure within. strive the
good this,
O
And To Whom
all
Grant
sent
Father, Only Son, Spirit, God of grace,
things,
empty away.
He
worship shall be done In every time and place.
hath holpen His servant Is * in remembrance of His
rael,
Amen.
mercy
Then is said a Verse and Answer. If a special one is not given, the follow ing is used
to
:
As He spake to our fathers, * Abraham, and to his seed for
ever.
:
1
Verse.
be
Let
my
prayer,
O
The Hymn,
Lord,
&c.,"
set forth.
As
Ansiver.
incense
before
is said,
from which
is
always
special,
and which
(Luke
*
soul
i.
doth
magnify
hath rejoiced * in
hold, from henceforth me blessed.
all
generations
For He That is Mighty hath done me great things * and holy is His :
name.
come
Amen.
Afterwards are made any
Commemo
rations necessary, by the Antiphon for the Song of the Blessed Virgin, the Verse and Answer after the Hymn, and the Let us pray,") Prayer, (preceded by
which is to commemorated. After which the fol lowing Common Commemorations are made, if required, according to Chapter xxxv. of the General Rubrics. When more than two Prayers are to be said, the last clause of each (beginning or "Who "Through our Lord,
from
the superseded Office
be
c.,"
And His mercy Him,
is
on them that
* from generation to gen
eration.
hath *
His arm
in
:
showed strength with
He
the
hath scattered the imagination of their
heart.
He
LORD.
"
He
shall call
proud
O cry
Then follows the Prayer for the day, end of which is answered;
the
:
He
my
at the
Answer.
hath regarded the low * liness of His handmaiden for, be
fear
prayer,
let
Let us pray.
46.)
Lord:
And my spirit God my Saviour.
to
And
is
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY.
For
said:
not.
THE SONG
MY
is
Hear my
Answer. unto Thee.
either begun or said through the first time before it, according as the Office is
Double or
then the Antiphon re
Then Verse.
said the following Canticle the Gospel. It has an Antiphon is
Glory be to the Father,
peated.
Thee.
Then
"
and
hath put
down
the
mighty I
s.
livest,
&c.")
is
omitted in all except the
and the last, nor is Amen an swered except after these two. (Note that if these Commemorations, with the exception of those of St Joseph, and SS. Peter and Paul, be said upon a week-day, kept as such, out of Paschal "
"
first
time, they are preceded by the Commem oration of the Cross, given hereafter at the end of the Lauds of Monday.}
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
I.
(This Commemoration is omitted if the Office of the day be of the Blessed Virgin, or if her Little Office is to be
the might of her intercession, through have worthily received the Author of our life, our Lord JESUS
whom we Christ
said.)
Commemoration of St Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church.
Holy Mary, be thou
Antiphon. an help to the helpless, a strength to the fearful, a comfort to the sorrow
(Omitted in the Votive
rV
/
make intercession for all women vowed to God may all that the clergy,
;
keep thine holy remembrance, feel the might of thine assistance. Verse. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. Answer. That we may be made
7
\
1
Antiphon. wise servant
made be
they
may
may be
all
Thy
O ser
continually
delivered
from
present sadness, and enter into the joy of Thine eternal gladness.
choose
most
in Thine unspeakdidst foreknowledge, blessed servant Joseph
thy delivery remainest a Virgin undefiled. Mother of God, pray Answer.
still
for us.
may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to Thee on our behalf. III.
Commemoration of the Holy Apostles, Peter
(
Omitted
i?t
the fruitful vir
Peter
have taught us 3
Thou
princes over
Thee, that we
of
may
the
Apostle,
continually feel 2
Thy
law,
O
Lord. Verse.
of the
Matth. xxiv. 45.
Votive Office of the
the
Antiphon.
Blessed Mary, hast given unto mankind the rewards of everlasting life ; grant, we beseech
1
and Paul.
Apostles.)
tiles,
OGOD, ginity
Own
Mother;
holy
and Paul the Teacher of the Gen
Let us pray.
Who, by
Thy
mercifully grant that now that he is in heaven with Thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our defender,
thou
After
his righteousness
ever.
be the husband of Thine
to
From the Octave of the Epiphany to Candlemas, the Antiphon is the same, but the rest is as follows : Verse.
And
Let us pray.
enjoy soundness both of mind and body, and by the glorious inter cession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin,
and Lord hath
faithful
GOD, Who,
we beseech Thee,
that
his
his house.
in
able
vants,
Behold a
whom
His household. Glory and riches shall
2
Answer. endureth for
Let us pray.
God, unto
of J St
ruler over
Verse.
worthy of the promises of Christ.
GRANT, Lord
Office JJ
Joseph.)
pray for the people, plead for
;
Son.
Thy
II.
O
ful
181
all
shalt
make them
the earth.
Answer.
Ps. cxi.
They shall be mindful Thy Name, O Lord. 3
3.
Ps. xliv. 17,
1
8.
1
THE PSALTER.
82
the deep of the sea, when he suffered shipwreck; graciously hear us and S rant for the sake of them
Let us pray.
Hand
Whose Right OGOD, caught the Blessed when he walked upon and began to sink, and
Peter
>
>
both
the
water, thrice de-
we
also
ma Y
attain unto
everlasting glory,
N
livered his fellow- Apostle Paul from 1
that >
ote
In England, by a special rule in this case,
is
i.
made
Commemoration of St George, Patron of England.
The
Antiphon.
Saints
through
subdued
faith
kingdoms,
wrought
righteousness, obtained promises. Verse. LORD, Thou hast compassed him.
O
With Thy favour
Answer.
as with a shield.
Let us pray.
GOD, Who
dost gladden us through the worthy deeds and prayers of Thy blessed Martyr George; mercifully grant that all they which seek Thy favour through him, may effectually obtain the gift of
Thy
grace.
(And
Antiphon. land, look
is
it is
Hexham
In the Diocese of
commemoration
thus
made
St George of St Cuthbert
said within the Octave.} is
not commemorated, but instead the following
:
Holy Cuthbert, our
down upon
Protector, grace and glory of our father us from Heaven, and pray God for us, that He grant
us everlasting joy. Verse. At the prayers of Blessed Cuthbert and for his sake, Answer. Be merciful unto Thy people, O Lord.
Let us pray.
GOD, Who,
through the priceless
gift
of
Thy
grace,
dost
make
Thine holy ones glorious, mercifully grant, that the prayers of Thy Blessed Confessor and Bishop Cuthbert may help us worthily there to attain, where are the spirits of just men made perfect. In
the
Diocese
Canterbury
is
of Northampton the following before that of St George
made
commemoration of St Thomas
of
:
I am the Good Antiphon. Shepherd, and know My sheep, and of Mine, and I lay down My life for the sheep. In your patience Verse. Answer. Possess ye your souls.
am
known
Let us pray. defence of Whose Church the glorious Bishop Thomas fell by the swords of wicked men, grant, we beseech Thee, that all that ask his help may obtain wholesome fruit of their petition.
GOD,
in
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. For
Peace.
Let us pray.
Give peace in our Antiphon. O Lord, because there is none other that nghteth for us, but only Thou, O our God.
time,
Peace
Verse.
be
within
thy
wa lls-
And
Answer.
183
prosperity within
thy palaces.
r\ ^^ and
GOD,
from
desires, all
just
Whom
all
good works do
all
holy
counsels,
proceed;
give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that
both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee we being defended
In the Diocese of Plymouth the following commemoration of St Boniface of Maintz before that of St George
made
is
:
Antiphon. Many nations, many thousands of men, did Blessed Boniface gain for Christ, and forasmuch as he made himself like unto an Apostle he hath purchased unto himself a great reward in Heaven along with the Apostles. Verse.
Answer.
Be
strong in the Lord, be strong. live for ever with God.
That ye may
Let us pray.
GOD, Who
wast pleased to make the zeal of Thy Blessed Martyr and Bishop Boniface the mean whereby Thou didst cause many peoples to know Thy Name, mercifully grant unto us who honour his memory to be feelingly holpen by the succour of his protection.
(And so
it is
said within the Octave?)
In the Diocese of Portsmouth the following commemoration of St is made after that of St George
bury
Edmund
of Canter
:
He loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore Antiphon. he died in exile. Verse. Cast out upon a world of woes, In exile here we roam. Answer. O Blessed Edmund, by thy prayers, Gain us the love of home. Let us pray.
GOD, Who
abundance of Thy goodness toward Thy Church hast made her bright by the illustrious life of Thy blessed Confessor and Bishop Edmund, and gladdened her by his glorious and wondrous works, mercifully grant unto Thy servants that they may be bettered in following after his ensample, and shielded by his protection from all things that
may
in the
rise
up against them.
1
THE PSALTER.
84
from the
fear of our enemies, may time in rest and quiet
our
pass ness.
Through
Christ,
Thy
our Lord
JESUS liveth and
Son, Who with Thee, in
reigneth of the
Holy
Ghost, world without end.
the
unity
God,
Amen.
Answer.
From
the
one
Monday
After the last Prayer
Low Sunday
till Rogation Tuesday, instead of the preceding Commemorations, is said the following:
And
is
May
O
LORD.
cry
come
said in rather a low voice :
the
souls
of the
Faithful, rest in
through the mercy of God, peace.
Amen.
Answer.
Compline follow, the
Lords Prayer inaudibly :
Cross.
OURHallowed Who be Father,
(Omitted in the Votive Offices of the Blessed Sacrament, and of the Passion.}
art in
Thy Thy
Thy kingdom come. done on
earth, as
it
heaven,
Name. will
be
in heaven.
is
this day our daily bread. forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ;
Give us
our trium JESUS, Antiphon. phant Head, On the Cross s transom dread
The Hands
my
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Then, unless
Paschal Commemoration of the
prayer,
let
said:
Bless
Verse.
Answer. Then
after
Hear my
Verse.
Answer. unto Thee.
is
And
of power and mercy
but deliver us from
evil.
Amen.
spread
That brake the dead.
of
prison
the
Alleluia.
Say among the heathen
Verse.
Alleluia.
That the LORD reign
Answer.
eth from the tree, 1 Alleluia.
When Office is said in Choir, Note. the service is ended with the Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time Otherwise it is only the Choir is left. said as given in this book, after Lauds, (or the aggregation of which Lattds forms a part} and Compline. ever
Let us pray.
is preceded
Who didst send Thy Son to suffer death for us
OQOD,
upon the Cross, est
the
enemy;
Thou
that
us from
deliver
it is said,
the
might-
power of
grant unto us Thy be made partakers of
Verse.
When
except after Compline, it
by:
^ The Lord give us His
peace.
Answer.
And
life
everlasting.
Amen.
Thy
Ij the Office of the Dead follow im mediately, the above prayer for the Faithful departed, and the "Our Fa are omitted. ther,"
and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Answer. Amen.
The above Office, appointed Feasts. for Sunday, is also, speaking in a gen eral sense, used on all Feasts above the rank of Simples.
servants
His
to
Resurrection.
Through
Same our Lord JESUS Son,
Who
Christ
the
liveth
1
Ps. xcv.
10, old version.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG.
I8 5
Second Antiphon,
JHontrag.
THE SECOND DAY OF THE WEEK.
If
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise
this
be
Antiphon
begins with the words, I
believed.
I
"
used the Psalm Therefore have
spoken."
given here.
Psalm CXV.
The Psalms are as follows ;
The Lord
Antiphon.
hath
in
clined.
[In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continua tion of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX. prefix
In Paschal time only one Antiphon is said,
Alleluia.
I BELIEVED, *
spoken said in
I
[The Vulgate and the LXX.
"Al
prefix
leluia."]
AM
^
well
LORD
of
my
because the hath heard * the voice pleased,
supplication
my
all
straits
:
Sorrow and trouble did
Then
the
called I
LORD
I
God
our
*
I
is
:
He
:
and LORD.
men
call
pay my vows unto the LORD the presence of all His people. * Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His Saints. in
LORD, *
I
am Thy
truly I
am Thy
will
to
:
:
hast loosed
offer
servant
and the son of
servant,
Thee
my
*
bonds.
I
the sacrifice of
thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 1 will
helped
me.
pay
my
vows unto the LORD,
* in the presence of all His people in the courts of the LORD S house, in :
Return unto thy
* for the
LORD
rest,
O my
soul
:
hath dealt bountifully
the midst of thee,
with thee.
For He hath delivered my soul from death, * mine eyes from tears,
and
* All
take the cup of salvation, upon the name of the
will
*
Thou
merciful.
preserveth the simple
was brought low and
:
I render unto the His benefits toward
shall for all
Thine handmaid
:
The LORD
What LORD * me?
find.
upon the name of
* Gra LORD, deliver my soul. cious is the LORD, and righteous yea,
haste
my
I will
compassed of hell found
:
*
I
liars.
I
days. of death
The sorrows me * and the me
are
:
Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, * therefore will I call upon
Him
have I was greatly
therefore
* but
:
afflicted.
Psalm CXIV.
T
"Alleluia."]
my
1 will
from falling. walk before the
[Here the luia,"
O
Jerusalem
Hebrew appends
which the Vulgate and the
!
"Alle
LXX.
prefix to the next Psalm.]
feet
* in
LORD
the land of the living.
Antiphon.
l
The Lord hath
clined His ear unto me.
I believed, therefore Antiphon. have I spoken. Third Antiphon. O praise.
in
If
this
Antiphon
be
begins with the words, 1
Ps. cxiv.
2.
used the Psalm "The
LORD."
1
THE PSALTER.
86
Psalm CXX.
Psalm CXVI.
O
PRAISE
the
nations
* :
[Also a Song of Degrees.]
LORD, all ye praise Him, all
WILL I
ye people.
lift
* hills,
up mine eyes unto the from whence cometh
For His merciful kindness is great toward us * and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever.
mine help. Mine help cometh from the LORD, * Who made heaven and earth.
Alle [Here the Hebrew appends which the Vulgate and the LXX.
not suffer thy feet to be He That keepeth thee will not slumber.
:
He
"
will
*
moved
luia,"
prefix to the next Psalm.]
:
Behold,
O praise the LORD, Antiphon. all ye nations. I cried. Fourth Antiphon.
He
That keepeth Israel slumber nor sleep.
shall neither
The LORD is thy keeper LORD is thy shade * upon thy
the
:
right
hand.
Psalm CXIX.
grees,"
the
is
[This
or
first
"Gradual
The sun
Songs of De Psalms." See note
of the
day, all
unto the heard me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from * and from a deceitful lying lips, distress
I
* and
moon by
by
night.
The LORD
to Ps. cxxix., p. 91.]
my IN LORD,
shall not smite thee
* nor the
"
cried
evil
:
shall keep thee from * the Lord shall keep thy
soul.
He
The LORD
shall keep thy coming and thy going out, * from this time forth and for evermore.
in
tongue.
What what
3
be given unto thee, or be done unto thee, * thou
shall
shall
Antiphon.
mine
false
tongue ? * with Sharp arrows of the mighty, hot burning coals.
Woe
me
that
!
Antiphon in Paschal
:
as an exile I With them that hate peace. when I spoke was peaceable unto them, they fought against me
Alle
time.
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
HYMN. 4
my
sojourn is of I dwell with the dwellers long Kedar. 1 * My soul hath long dwelt is
From whence cometh
help.
unbounded space, the sky and main Should mix, and heaven should lose of
LORD Who,
lest
its
place,
Didst the rude waters chain
;
:
without a cause.
Parting the moist and rare, That rills on earth might flow To soothe the angry flame, whene er It ravens from below ;
Antiphon.
2
I cried,
and
He
heard
Pour on us of Thy grace
me. Fifth
Antiphon.
From whence
cometh. 1
"
Properly
tribe sprung 4
Hymn
Newman.
Black-skin."
from him.
The
everlasting spring,
Lest our frail steps renew the trace Of the ancient wandering.
This was the name of a son of Ishmael, and of an Arabian 2
Ps. cxix.
3
i.
of the Ambrosian school, almost unchanged;
translation
Ps. cxx.
by the
I.
late Card.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG.
May
faith in lustre
Verse. Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us. Answer. According as we hope in Thee. Verse. Let. Thy priests be clothed
grow,
And
rear her star in heaven, Paling all sparks of earth below Unquenched by damps of even.
Grant
O
it,
Father, Son,
And Holy Spirit of grace, To Whom be glory, Three in One,
with righteousness.
And
Answer.
In every time and place.
O
Verse.
Antiphonfor
My
Virgin.
* for Lord,
Song of the Blessed
soul doth magnify the
God
hath regarded
my
lowliness.
After the repetition of the Antiphon after the Song of the Blessed Virgin, on the Week-days of Advent and Lent, the
Ember Days, and
all Vigils
which are
Fasts, except Christmas Eve and Eve and Ember Days of Pentecost,
the all
kneel down, and the following prayers, called the Preces, are said:
when we
call
Verse.
O
Remember Thy
Verse.
Christe eleison.
art in
heaven,
Thy
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we
them
And
us.
that
trespass against lead us not into tempta
Let us pray
light shine Verse.
But deliver
us
from
evil.
Verse.
I
said
LORD, be merci
:
unto me. Heal my soul, Answer. have sinned against Thee. ful
Verse.
long? Answer. concerning
Return,
And Thy
O
let it
O
LORD, repent
servants.
for
I
how Thee
for the Faith
grant them the everlasting
Lord,
and
let
upon them.
May
they rest in peace.
Answer. Amen. Verse. Let us pray
our absent
for
brethren.
O
Answer.
Thy
Thou,
my
God, save
servants that trust in Thee.
Verse. ful
tion.
Answer.
prosperity within
departed.
eternal rest,
kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
forgive
And
Answer.
said aloud.
OURHallowed beWho Thy Name. Father,
congre
walls.
ful is
people,
Answer. Which Thou hast pur chased of old. Verse. Peace be within thy Answer.
Lord s Prayer
Thy
gation.
Verse.
the
Lord, save
and bless Thine inheritance. Answer. And govern them, and lift them up for ever.
thy palaces.
Kyrie eleison.
Then
LORD, save the King. hear us in the day upon Thee.
And
Answer.
Kyrie eleison.
Answer.
Saints
Thy
let
shout for joy.
Amen. the
187
Let us pray for the sorrow
and the Answer.
captive.
Redeem
them,
O God
of Israel, out of all their troubles. Verse. O Lord, send them help from the sanctuary. Ansiver. out of Zion. Verse.
LORD. Answer. unto Thee.
And
Hear
And
strengthen them
my let
prayer,
my
cry
O
come
THE PSALTER.
i88
Psalm
Thou
L.
Have mercy upon me,
O
God,
&c., (/. 87).
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever
hast vouchsafed to
the tree of the
Holy
redeem by
Cross.
Simple Feasts. If the Vespers of a Simple Feast be kept on a Monday, the Office is of the Feast, from the Chapter inclusive.
world without end.
shall be,
Amen. Verse.
God
Turn us
again,
THE THIRD DAY
O LORD
OF THE WEEK.
of Hosts.
And
Answer.
cause
Thy
face to
shine, and we shall be saved. Verse. Arise, Christ, and help
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise given here.
O
The Psalms are as follows :
us.
And
Answer.
Name s
deliver us for
sake.
Verse.
Hear my
Ansiver.
And
prayer,
let
my
In Paschal time only one Antiphon
O
LORD.
cry
come Psalm CXXI. [Intituled
Let us pray. the
T
Prayer of the Day.
Allproceeds to the end of the service as on Sunday, except that when Suffrages are said, the following is said before the Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
WAS me
J-
Song of Degrees, of
"A
glad when they :
Cross.
(Omitted in the Offices of the Blessed Sacrament, and of the Passion.} Antiphon. Through Thy Cross s holy sign, JESUS, guard this soul of mine, from my ghostly enemy. Verse. Let all the earth worship
Thee, and sing unto Thee. Answer. Let them sing praises to Thy name, O Lord.
of the LORD.
Our feet have been wont to stand * within thy gates, O Jerusalem * Jerusalem is builded as a city !
LORD, we
:
of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. For there are set thrones for judg
ment, David.
* the thrones for the house of
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, * and prosperity within thy palaces.
:
*
For
my brethren and *
I will
within thee
beseech Thee, keep
us in continual peace,
is compact together Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, * the testimony
sakes,
Let us pray.
whom
David."]
said unto
* Let us go into the house
that
Commemoration of the
is
said, Alleluia.
unto Thee.
Here follows
Let us go.
Antiphon.
Thy
now
companions Peace be
say
!
Because of the house of the LORD our God, *
I will
seek thy good.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. Let us go with glad Antiphon. ness into the house of the LORD.
O Thou
Second Antiphon.
against us
[Intituled
"A
of
Song
Degrees."]
Thee lift I up mine eyes, * O Thou That dwellest in
UNTO
the heavens
!
Behold, as the eyes of servants * look unto the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maiden unto * so hand of her mistress
the
us,
The stream had gone *
soul
Psalm CXXII.
* then the waters had
:
overwhelmed
That
dwellest.
189
then
:
the
over our
overwhelming
waters had gone over our soul. Blessed be the LORD, * Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird * out of the snare of the fowlers The snare is broken, * and we :
are escaped.
Our help *
LORD,
in
is
name
the
Who made
of the
and
heaven
earth.
:
LORD
our eyes look unto the
God, until on us.
that
He
Have mercy upon
our
l
Our help Antiphon. of the LORD.
have
mercy
name
O
LORD,
Fourth Antiphon. LORD.
us,
have mercy upon us * for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled * with the
is
Do
the
in
good,
O
:
I
of those
scorning are at ease, and with tempt of the proud.
O Thou
Antiphon. est
in
the
heavens,
upon us. Third Antiphon.
that
That dwell have mercy
Our
Degrees,"
to
which
Targum add
"
of
it
Who
* :
dwelleth
in Jerusalem be moved. The mountains are round about * and the LORD is Jerusalem round about His people, from :
* lest the lot of the righteous the righteous put forth their hands :
unto iniquity. Do good, O LORD, to the good, *
and
rose
up against us then they had swallowed us up
:
to
them
that are upright in
their hearts.
As their shall
When men
LORD
the
be as Mount Zion
shall
that
Degrees."]
in
henceforth, and for ever. For the Lord will not suffer the rod of the wicked to rest upon
help.
side, *
*
Song of trust
shall never
had not been the LORD was on our side now * if it had not may Israel say been the LORD Who was on our *
A
"PHEY that
he
but this ascription of authorship David," does not occur in the Vulgate or the LXX.]
TF
"
[Intituled
con
the
Psalm CXXIII. [Intituled "A Song of the Hebrew and the
Psalm CXXIV.
such as turn aside unto crooked ways, the LORD
for
upon
them
lead
workers
of
Israel
forth
iniquity
* :
with
peace
the
be
!
quick,
When
their
wrath
was
kindled 1
Antiphon.
Ps. cxxiii. 8.
Do
good,
O
LORD,
THE PSALTER.
190
the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. to
We
Fifth Antiphon.
WHEN
"A
like.
Song
of
In the cool freshness of
Thy grace
;
we obey Thy full behest, Shun the world s tainted touch and
Till
Degrees."]
breath,
LORD
the
our smarting wounds and
hot, Till tears start forth the past to blot, And cleanse and calm Thy holy place,
CXXV.
Psalm [Intituled
were
Wash Thou
turned again * we of
the captivity
Joy
what highest is and best, gain a spell to baffle death.
in
And
Zion,
were like them that come again from sickness. Then was our mouth filled with * and our tongue with laughter,
Grant
it,
O
Father, Only Son,
And Holy Spirit, God of grace, To Whom all glory, Three in One, Be given
in
every time and place.
Amen.
singing.
Then
said they among the hea The LORD hath done great
*
then
:
things for them. great things
* whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, O * as the streams in the LORD, :
south.
sow
that
They
in
tears
* shall
reap in joy.
They go
Song
my
Commemoration of
weeping,
*
rejoicing,
re
Saviour. the
Cross before
Commemorations, and Long Preces at certain times as on the other general
Monday. Simple Feasts. If the Vespers of a Simple Feast be kept on a Tuesday, the Office is of the Feast from the Chapter
*
come
sow again their
bringing
sheaves with them.
THE FOURTH DAY
We were like them Antiphon. that come again from sickness.
given
Antiphon in Paschal leluia,
of the
spirit
inclusive.
forth
ing their seed; They shall doubtless
with
the
Let
my
joice
The LORD hath done for us
Antiphon for Blessed Virgin. * in God
Alleluia,
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise here.
The Psalms are as follows :
Al
time.
OF THE WEEK.
Alleluia.
He
Antiphon.
shall
not
be
ashamed.
HYMN. 1
In Paschal time only one Antiphon
A LL-BOUNTIFUL Creator, Who, ** When Thou didst mould the world, didst drain the mass, that so
The waters from
Earth might immovable remain
is said, Alleluia.
Psalm CXXVI. [Intituled mon."
;
"A
Song of Degrees, of Solo
The LXX. omits
the ascription to
Solomon.]
That
its
dull clods
it
might transmute
To golden flowers in vale or wood, To juice of thirst-allaying fruit, And grateful herbage spread for food 1
Hymn
LORD build the they labour in vain
the
;
house, that build it
of the Ambrosian school, hardly altered
*
:
;
translation by the late Card.
Newman.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG.
*
Except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in
vain. It
vain
is
*
rise
early,
ye
rested,,
sorrow
for
rise
up
ye bread
are
when
up
that
to
you the
eat
of
* and mayest thou see the all the days of
:
good of Jerusalem thy life. Yea, mayest
dren
s
thou see thy chil * and peace upon
children,
Israel.
:
For He giveth His beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the * LORD, the fruit of the womb is His reward. As arrows are in the |
Zion
hand of a * so are the children mighty man,
Blessed
Antiphon.
every one
is
LORD.
that feareth the
Third Antiphon.
Many
a time.
If this Antiphon be used, the Psalm the words, Have they
begins with afflicted
"
me."
of the out-cast.
Happy
man
the
is
that hath his
them * he shall not be ashamed when he speaketh desire satisfied with
with his enemies in the gate.
He
not be aAntiphon. shamed when he speaketh with his enemies in the gate. Blessed. Second Antiphon. shall
If this Antiphon be used the Psalm commences with the words, every "Is
CXXVI II.
Psalm
:
"
[Intituled
M
ANY
may Many against
1
my
Degrees."]
from
now
from not
my
my
say
a time have
have
back
me
Israel
me
The
Song of
a time have they warred
against
*
they me.
A
they warred * youth yet :
prevailed
ploughers * they :
youth
:
against
ploughed upon
made
long their
furrows.
Psalm CXXVII. [Intituled
"A
Song
of
Degrees."]
T3LESSED is every one that feareth the LORD, * that walketh in
*-*
His ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of * thine hands happy shalt thou be and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine * on the sides of thine house :
:
Thy
* children like olive plants
round about thy
table.
before
it is plucked up Wherewith the mower filleth not * nor he that bindeth his hand, sheaves his bosom. Neither do they that go by say The blessing of the LORD be upon
man
:
:
you
Behold, that thus shall the be blessed * that feareth
the
!
* we bless you in the
LORD
Antiphon.
The
LORD
bless
thee
Le.,
"They
furrowed
my
"
Gesenius.
out
name
of
!
the
LORD.
plough.
The LORD is righteous, He hath broken the necks of the wicked. * Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. Let them be as the grass upon * which withereth the house - tops,
of
back with
afflicted
me
stripes as the
Many a time have my youth up.
they
from
ground
is
furrowed with the
THE PSALTER. Out
Fourth Antiphon.
of
the
depths.
If
this
Antiphon
Psalm
be used, the
begins with the words,
unto
"
Have
I
cried
have OUTunto Thee,depths O LORD * Lord, of the
I
O
iniquities,
stand
But there
is
*
who
Lord,
shall
forgiveness with Thee Thy law, I wait for :
O LORD!
Thee,
on His word
:
soul hopeth in the Lord. From the morning watch even
my
until night * let Israel
LORD
hope
HYMN. 1
OLORD, height,
throned
in the
holy
Who
didst, on the fourth day, in heaven, Light the fierce cresset of the sun,
And And
meek moon at even, stars that wildly run ; the
:
That they might mark and arbitrate Twixt alternating night and day,
And
And He all
shall
redeem
Israel,
*
his iniquities.
Antiphon. Out of the depths have unto Thee, O LORD. Let Israel hope. Fifth Antiphon.
tend the train sedate
Of months upon
tion.
Psalm
Crumble Grant
it,
its
O
giant load.
Father, Only Son,
Amen.
heart is not haughty, * nor mine eyes lofty Neither do I exercise myself in * or in wonderful great matters, things that are above me. :
Hymn
;
In every time and place.
T ORD, mine
Newman.
way
And Holy Spirit, God of grace, To Whom all praise be done
CXXX.
[Intituled "A Song of Degrees," to which the Hebrew and the Vulgate, but not the Targum or the LXX., add "of David."]
*-
their
Clear, Lord, the brooding night within, And clean these hearts for Thy abode, Unlock the spell of sin,
I cried
1
Who
Through plains of ether didst diffuse The dazzling beams of light, In soft transparent hues
in the
For with the LORD there is mercy, * and with Him is plenteous redemp
from
Alle
time.
;
soul doth wait
My
in the
supplication.
?
* because of
soul
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Thou, LORD, shouldest mark *
my
Let Israel hope
Antiphon.
Antiphon in Paschal
my
weaned
is
* so be
:
LORD.
voice.
Let Thine ears be attentive * to the voice of
as a child that
from his mother
cried
!
my
Even
have not thought lowly of * (but lifted up my soul)
Let Israel hope in the LORD, * from henceforth and for ever.
Psalm CXXIX.
If
I
rewarded.
Thee."
hear
If
myself
of the Ambrosian school,
Antiphon Blessed
*
regarded
That
is
at
Virgin.
my
the
Song
of
The Lord lowliness,
and
mighty hath done
in
the
hath
He me
great things.
Commemoration of the other general
somewhat
altered
;
the Cross before
Commemorations, and
translation
by the
late
Card.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. Preces in Advent
Long
We
and Lent, and
go into His tabernacle worship in His footprints.
will
on Fast-days, as on Monday.
* we
Simple Feasts. If the Vespers of a Simple Feast be kept on a Wednesday,
*
the Office is of the Feast from the ter inclusive.
holiness.
Chap
193
will
O
LORD, and the
Arise,
Thou Let
Thy
Thy
ark
of
rest,
Thine
be clothed with
priests
righteousness,
into
:
* and
let
Saints
Thy
shout for joy.
For Thy servant
THE
FIFTH
DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise given here.
David
s
sake,
* turn not away the face of Thine Anointed. The LORD hath sworn in truth
unto David, and He will not turn from it * Of the fruit of thy body :
will I set
The Psalms are as follows :
upon thy throne.
If
Antiphon.
And
all.
In Paschal time only one Antiphon is said, Alleluia.
Psalm CXXXI. * [Intituled
Song
of
It
Degrees."
reads like a Processional for some transla tion of the Sacred Ark, perhaps that de scribed in 3 (i) Kings vii. (Saturday before 8th Sunday after Pentecost.)]
J
* and
David,
his meekness he sware unto the LORD * he vowed a vow unto the God of all
:
How
Jacob
:
;
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of mine house, * nor go into
up
my bed
;
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, * or slumber to mine eyelids I will not give the temples of mine head any rest, until I find out a place for the LORD, * an habita ;
tion for the 1
Lo,
we
* we found
God
of Jacob. heard of it at Ephratah it
in
the fields of
testimony ever
This
My
is
rest for ever
will I dwell, for I will
widows
* :
abundantly will
I
:
it.
bless
satisfy
her
her poor
with bread.
her Priests with * and her Saints shall shout aloud for joy. There will I make the horn of David to bud * I have ordained a lamp for Mine Anointed. His enemies will I clothe with shame * but upon him shall My I
clothe
will
salvation
:
:
:
sanctification flourish.
And Antiphon. Second Antiphon.
all
his meekness. Behold.
If
this
Antiphon
be used, the
begins with the words,
"
Psalm
How good
and
pleasant."
This verse relates to the fetching of the ark from Kirjath-jearim, (literally "The which stood at the borders of the territory of Ephraim, here called See 2 Kings (Sam.) vi. (Thursday, 5th week after Pentecost.) Ephratah. 1
town-of-the-woods,")
VOL.
I.
:
* here
have chosen
:
"the
*
thy throne.
sit
tion.
how
Wood."
keep
My
upon For the LORD hath chosen Zion He hath chosen it for His habita
I
T ORD, remember
My
will
that I shall teach them, Then their children for shall
"A
children * and
thy covenant,
G
THE PSALTER.
194 Psalm CXXXII. "
[Intituled
Whatsoever
A Song of Degrees," to
which
Hebrew and the Vulgate, but not the David."] Targum or the LXX., add the
the
LORD
did He in heaven * in the seas, and earth,
pleased,
and
that
all
in
deep
"of
how good and how
BEHOLD, pleasant
*
is
it
brethren
for
to dwell together in unity. 1 is It like the precious
*
ment upon the head,
ran
that
s
beard,
down
That went
the
to
;
For there the LORD commanded the blessing, * even life for evermore.
how good
Behold,
Antipkon.
it
for brethren
is
first-born of Egypt, unto beast.
He *
Whatsoever.
from
tokens and midst of thee,
man even wonders
sent
into the
O
upon Pharaoh and upon
Egypt, all
his
servants.
He
smote great nations, * and
slew mighty kings. 3 Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, * and all
the kingdoms of Canaan. gave their land for
And
to dwell together in unity.
Third Antiphon.
:
He maketh lightnings for the rain He bringeth the wind out of * He smote the His treasures.
skirts
* As the dew of Hermon, that descendeth upon 2 the mountains of Zion of his garments.
and how pleasant
:
Causing the vapours to ascend * from the ends of the earth ;
oint
the beard, even Aaron
down upon
places
heritage,
an * an heritage unto Israel
His people. Psalm
Thy Name, O LORD, endureth for * Thy memorial, O LORD,
CXXXIV.
ever [To
Psalm
this
PRAISE LORD,
is
ye *
prefixed
the
LORD
of
Him,
O
the
ye
!
Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, * in the courts of the house of our God :
Praise the is
*
good
Name,
:
for
it
LORD,
for
sing praises is
the
LORD
unto His
pleasant.
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, * and Israel for His peculiar treasure. For I know that the LORD is * and that our Lord is above great, all
gods.
!
throughout all generations For the LORD will judge His * and will Himself !
Name
praise
servants of the
"Alleluia."]
repent concerning His servants. The idols of the heathen are * the work of and
people,
silver
men
s
gold,
hands.
A mouth have they, but they * eyes have they, but speak not not. see they Ears have they, but they hear * neither is there not any breath in their mouths. Let them that make them be made like unto them, * and every one that trusteth in them. :
:
The reference is to the unction of Aaron with holy chrism at his consecration, described in Lev. viii. 12. 2 is Probably not the mountain at Jerusalem, but one of the chain of Hermon, which once mentioned elsewhere. Deut. iv. 48. 3 Sihon, a king of the Amorites, reigning in Heshbon ; Og, a giant, king of Bashan. They were both defeated and slain by the Israelites. Num. xxi. 1
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. the
Bless Israel
LORD,
O
* bless the LORD,
!
house of O house
of Aaron Bless the LORD, O house of * Levi ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD !
!
!
be
Blessed Zion,
salem
the
Which
:
LORD
dwelleth
out at
of
Jeru
* for His mercy endureth
heavens for ever.
To Him That
[The Hebrew adds
"Alleluia,"
which
the Vulgate places at the beginning of the next Psalm.]
spread
earth above the waters
out the * for His
mercy endureth for ever. To Him That made great lights - * for His mercy endureth for ever.
The sun
!
195
to rule
* for
by day
His mercy endureth for ever. The moon and stars to rule by * for His night mercy endureth for ever.
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did He. His Fourth Antiphon. For Antiphon.
[It is not at the
sung
CXXXV.
improbable that this Psalm was Dedication of the Temple, for,
in 2 Par. (Chron.)
vii. 3, it is
said that
when
the congregation on that occasion saw the fire miraculously descending upon the sac rifice, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, for He "
for ever.
"
good, for His mercy endureth for ever. looks very like a continuation of the song given by David to certain singers, I Par. (Chron.) xvi. 7, especially as it is afterwards to give said that some of them were chosen thanks to the LORD, because His mercy endureth for ever." Some consider that the latter verses refer to the return from the captivity, but these may be an addition.]
With a strong stretched out arm endureth
It
"
thanks unto the LORD, * for His is
for
mercy endureth
good!
for
O
give thanks unto the God of * for His gods mercy endureth !
for ever.
O lords
thanks to the Lord of * for His mercy endureth
give !
And made
To Him Who Alone * for
doeth great His mercy endureth
Israel to pass through * for His mercy
it
endureth for ever. But overthrew Pharaoh and his * for His host in the Red Sea for ever. endureth mercy To Him That led His people * for His through the wilderness ever. endureth for mercy
To Him That smote for
His
great kings
mercy endureth
for
ever.
* for His slew mighty kings for endureth ever. mercy Sihon, king of the Amorites * for His mercy endureth for
And
.
And *
Og, the king of Bashan for His mercy endureth for
ever.
for ever.
To Him That by wisdom made VOL.
the midst of
ever.
for ever.
wonders
* for His mercy
To Him That divided the Red * for His Sea into parts mercy endureth for ever.
- *
ever.
hand and with a
for ever.
is
OGIVEHe
in their
* for His mercy endureth
To Him That brought out Israel from among them * for His mercy endureth for ever.
mercy.
Psalm
To Him That smote Egypt first-born
I.
the
And
gave their land
an
for
G
2
heri-
THE PSALTER.
196
* for His mercy endureth for
tage ever.
Even an *
servant
heritage unto Israel His
His mercy endureth
for
for ever.
Who
remembered us *
estate
for
in our
low
His mercy endureth
* let Jerusalem, my right hand forget her cunning Let my tongue cleave to the roof * if I do not remember of If I forget thee,
my
hath redeemed us from our enemies * for His mercy endureth
my
* above
chief joy.
Remember, O LORD, th-e chil of Edom, * in the day of
dren
Jerusalem
Who
for ever.
Who
mouth,
thee, If I prefer not Jerusalem
for ever.
And
O
:
said
:
Rase
it,
rase
* even
it
food to all flesh * for His mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of heaven * for His mercy endureth
to destruction, * happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast
for ever.
served us
giveth
!
to the foundation thereof.
O
daughter of Babylon,
doomed
!
give thanks unto the Lord of * for His lords mercy endureth for
he be that taketh, * and dasheth thy little ones against
ever.
the rock.
O
!
For Antiphon. dureth for ever.
His mercy en-
Fifth Antiphon. the songs.
Sing us one of
Psalm
Happy
Antiphon. Sing us one of the Zion. of songs Antiphon in Paschal time. Alle luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
CXXXVI.
HYMN. 1
[The Vulgate and the LXX. connect this Psalm with the name of Jeremiah. They also style it a Psalm of David, the apparent meaning of which would seem to be that it was composed in imitation of his poems.]
13 Y
we we wept, * when
the rivers of Babylon, there sat
-
down,
shall
yea,
we remembered Zion. We hung our harps
upon
the
willows * in the midst thereof.
For there they that carried us * a away captive required of us song; And they that had taken us * said Sing us one of the songs
Who
hast given OGOD, The sea and the sky,
To
fish and to bird For a dwelling to keep, Both sons of the waters One low and one high,
Ambitious of heaven, Or sunk in the deep
;
Thy servants, Thou hast new made
Save, Lord,
Whom
In a laver of blood Lest they trespass and die Lest pride should elate, Or sin should degrade, And they stumble on earth
Or be
dizzied
;
on high.
:
of Zion.
How song 1
shall
we
sing
the
* in a strange land
Hymn
Newman.
of the
LORD
S
Now
and always,
Glory and Praise.
?
Ambrosian school,
To the Father, and Son, And the Spirit be done,
slightly
altered
;
translation
by the
Amen. late
Card-
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed * show Virgin. O God, strength with Thine arm put down the mighty, and exalt them of low degree. :
* for Thee, O LORD, they have heard all the words of Thy mouth. praise
Commemoration of the Cross before Commemorations and Long Preces in Advent and Lent, and on Fast- days, as on Monday.
let
Yea,
LORD
the the other general
197
them
:
sing of the ways of is the glory
* that great
of the LORD.
For the LORD is high, yet hath * but respect unto the lowly the proud He knoweth from afar. Though I walk in the midst of
He
:
Thou
trouble
Thou
wilt
OF THE WEEK.
and Thy
right
The LORD All as on Sunday, except as otherwise given here.
The Psalms are as follows : Antiphon.
my
Thine hand mine enemies,
*
shall save
me.
recompense
give
Thy
mercy,
O
forsake LORD, endureth for ever not the works of Thine own hands. :
will is
hand will
behalf:
Antiphon.
Behold the Angels.
In Paschal time only one Antiphon
on
* :
shalt stretch forth
against the wrath of
THE SIXTH DAY
me
revive
I
sing
Before the Angels praise unto Thee, O
God. Second Antiphon.
my
said, Alleluia.
O
LORD.
If this Antiphon be used the Psalm commences with the words, Thou hast
Psalm CXXXVII.
"
[Intituled
"Of
LXX. the
which the
to
David,"
adds Haggai and meaning apparently being "of
Thou
O
Thee, heart
:
that
was some
it
Lord, with * because
hast heard the words of
my
mouth.
Psalm CXXXVIII. [Intituled "A Psalm of David," with a musical (?) direction, the meaning of which is not now certain.]
LORD, Thou
hast searched * Thou me, and known me knowest my down-sitting and mine :
Before the Angels will I sing * I will praise unto Thee. worship toward Thine holy temple, and
Thy Name. For Thy loving-kindness, and for * for Thou hast Thy truth mag praise
:
Thine every name. nified
holy
Name
:
strengthen all
my the
above
up-rising
Thou afar
call
Thou
upon wilt
soul exceedingly. kings of the earth
off.
:
understandest my thoughts * Thou searchest
my
path,
and
my line, And art acquainted
ways
my
In whatsoever day I * Thee, answer me
Let
me."
Zechariah,"
his composition, but that they made special regulation as to its use.]
T WILL praise ^ my whole
searched
:
* before there
with is
all
my
a word on
tongue.
Lo,
O
LORD, Thou knowest
* things both new and old hast made me, and laid Thine :
upon me.
all
Thou hand
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198
Such knowledge *
me
for
is
it
:
unto Whither
attain
too wonderful
is
and
high,
Surely
O God
cannot
I
from
go
shall
Thy
vain
flee
I
Thou
wilt slay the wicked, depart from me, ye bloody
*
:
men. For ye
it.
shall
* or whither
Spirit?
I
from Thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou * if I are there go down into hell,
cities.
Thou
grieved at
Do
art there.
thought people take
Thy
not
hate them,
I
*
In
:
O
Thy
LORD,
Thee? * and am not I those that rise up against
that hate
:
in
say
shall
If I take the wings of the morn * and dwell in the uttermost ing,
Thee ?
parts of the sea; Even there shall
they are to me as enemies. Search me, O God, and know me and know mine heart *
* and
me, me.
Thy
I say cover
If shall
be
shall
Thine hand lead hand shall hold
right
the darkness * even the night about me in my
Surely
:
me
:
light
pleasures.
For the darkness is not darkness Thee and the night shineth as * the darkness and the the day are both alike. Thee light to For Thou didst form my reins * Thou hast upholden me from :
to
:
:
I
them with
hate
I
will praise
ness
Thy
terrible
is
me
in
way way
works
knoweth
:
everlasting.
O LORD, Thou hast Antiphon. searched me and known me. Third Antiphon. Preserve me.
that
soul
my
My bones were not hid from Thee, when Thou madest me in * nor secret my substance in the lower parts of the earth. Thine eyes beheld my substance :
imperfect
:
and
in
Thy
were written * day by day were they to be fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
book
all
But
me,
should count them, they are * I more in number than the sand arose, and am still with Thee. If I
:
1
David,"
with the
direction as before.]
O
me,
man wicked man
the evil
"-^
*
:
Which imagine
LORD, from preserve
me
:
mischiefs in their
*
continually are they gath ered together for war.
heart
:
They have sharpened their tongues * adders poison
like a serpent under their lips. 1 :
Keep me,
O
of the wicked from the evil
Who
O
:
(?)
CXXXIX.
Psalm of
T^vELIVER
:
God, Thy friends * their are exceeding honourable waxen is strong. right power to
A
"
from the
right well.
yet being
Psalm [Intituled
:
and
there be any wicked * and lead me in the
if :
same musical
Thee, for Thy great * marvellous are
:
my
try
:
thoughts. And see
:
my mother s womb.
perfect hatred
*
goings.
LORD, from the hands * and preserve me :
man
:
purpose to overthrow my * The proud have hid a
snare for
And
is
me
:
*
spread a net with cords by the way-side have they set a trap for
SLH.
me. 1
:
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. said unto the
I
my God
O LORD
supplication,
LORD, of
my
mine
LORD
Thou
:
* hear the voice of
:
art
my
*
Thou
Strength hast covered
day of battle Give me not up, O LORD, to the * desires of the wicked they take !
:
counsel together against me forsake me not, lest they exalt themselves. 1 As for the head of those that * let the mis compass me about, chief of their own lips cover them. :
Let burning coals fall upon them them be cast into the fire: * when they are in trouble they will not be ;
let
able to stand.
An
evil-speaker shall not prosper * evil shall hunt the
in the earth
:
wicked man, 1
know
to
overthrow him.
that the
LORD
main
will
* and
tain the cause of the afflicted, will
revenge the poor. the
Surely
shall
righteous
upright
give
* and the Thy Name shall dwell in Thy presence.
thanks unto
Let my prayer be set forth as in cense before Thee * the lifting-up :
of mine hands as the evening sacri
!
my Lord, Thou
salvation, head in the
;
fice.
Set a watch, O LORD, before my * keep the door of my lips. Incline not mine heart to any evil * to excuse word, myself in my sins,
mouth
Preserve me, Antiphon. from the wicked man.
O
Lord,
LORD.
If this Antiphon be used, the Psalm cry unto
begins with the words,
"I
Thee."
;
:
:
For yet
[Intituled
1
my
prayer shall be against
*
2
Their judges shall be left [to their fate beside] in the hands of the rock [And] they [that have wreaked their vengeance on them] shall hear * that are their lusts.
:
my
words,
they
mighty.
Like clods of earth broken by the ploughman, So are our bones scattered at the * But mine eyes are grave s mouth. unto Thee, O LORD, my Lord in :
is
my
trust,
leave not
my
life
to destruction.
Keep me from the snare which * and the they have laid for me, gins of the workers of iniquity.
The wicked shall fall into their own net * as for me, I dwell alone, ;
T ORD, !* me
2
:
until I depart hence.
Psalm CXL.
when
:
With men that work wickedness * and let me not eat of their dainties. Let the righteous smite me in kindness and let him reprove me * but the oil of the wicked shall not anoint mine head
Thee
Fourth Antiphon.
199
I
"A
Psalm of
David."]
hear cry unto Thee * give ear unto my voice cry unto Thee. I
!
:
Antiphon. hear me.
LORD,
Fifth Antiphon.
I
O
cry unto Thee,
Lord, let
my
portion.
SLH.
The Targum is, "They are torn away from the house of instruction by the strong hands of their judges." The Syriac, "And their judges are crushed by the strong hand." Messrs Jennings and Lowe render, "When their judges have been thrown down the sides of the rock, then they shall hear my words as welcome;" and continue, "When the its ven usurping rulers have been deposed, and the disappointed rabble has executed geance on them, it shall bethink it again of David s divinely constituted authority, and This is the only rational interpretation oMhe verse. gladly recall him to the throne. For the mode of punishment mentioned, cf. 2. Chron. xxv. 12, Luke iv. 29."
THE PSALTER.
200
And
Psalm CXLI.
A didactic (?) Psalm of David. Prayer when he was in the cave," namely, on the same occasion as that on which he wrote Psalm Ivi. See note on that Psalm,
huge make
the
Of wild or
gentler animal.
"
A
[Intituled
no.]
p.
voice
:
LORD
unto the * with
with
my
voice unto
my
LORD
did I make supplication. I pour out my complaint before Him * before Him also I show my :
trouble.
When my
from me,
faileth
spirit
* then Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked * have they privily laid a snare for me. I looked on the right hand, and * but there was no man beheld :
failed
Refuge cared for
my
:
Thou
Lurk
it
in
Or through our
Upon
!
by passion s sudden stress, our mind s habitual dress, our
actions seek to press
will.
Vouchsafe the prize
Of sacred joy s perpetual mood,
And And If
service-seeking gratitude, love to quell each strife or feud, it
arise.
Grant
it,
O
Lord
!
To Whom, the Father, Only Son, And Holy Spirit, Three in One, and earth
In heaven
all
W ith one accord. T
praise be done
Amen.
:
soul.
art
Come
ill
:
O LORD
unto Thee,
I cried
said
me me * and no man
would know
that
call, all
;
Shield us from
T CRIED the
Springing from nothing at Thy serve in their due time, and For sinners sake
To
my
* !
Antiphon at I
and my
refuge,
portion in the land of the living.
*
Attend unto my brought very low Deliver me from
cry,
for I
am
the
He
Song of the Blessed
put down the * that persecute His Saints mighty, and hath exalted them of low degree, Virgin.
hath
:
that confess
His
Christ.
:
my
persecutors
:
* for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I Name * the
may
praise Thy righteous wait for me,
Commemoration of the Cross before the other general Commemorations, and Long Preces in Advent and Lent, and on Fast- days, as on Monday.
:
till
Thou
deal
bountifully with me.
O Lord, let my por Antiphon. tion be in the land of the living. Alle Antiphon in Paschal time.
Simple Feasts. If the Vespers of a Simple Feast be kept on a Friday, the service is of the Feast from the Chapter inclusive.
Saturfcag.
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
THE
HYMN. 1
\X,rHOM vv
Maker
all
of
obey,
man
!
Who
from Thy
height Badest the dull earth bring to light All creeping things, and the fierce might Of beasts of prey ;
1
Hymn
Newman.
SABBATH.
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise given
here.
The Psalms are as follows : Antiphon.
of the Ambrosian school, considerably altered
;
Blessed.
translation
by the
late Card.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. If
this
Antiphon
my
Psalm
be used, the
begins with the words,
"
Be
the
LORD
God."
of
2OI
whose mouth
children,
strange
* and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood Whose sons may be as saplings * in their
speaketh vanity
:
:
In Paschal time only one Antiphon
is
said, Alleluia.
grown up
youth Their daughters decked out, * adorned after the similitude of the
Psalm CXLIII. Of David. [Intituled the LXX. add "against "
"
The Vulgate and
Goliath."]
T3LESSED
be the LORD my God, *~J Which teacheth mine hands * and to war, my fingers to fight. My goodness, and my fortress * my strength, and my Deliverer :
:
My trust
and
shield,
*
Who
:
He
in
subdueth
under me. LORD, what
Whom
my
I
people
is
* his days are as a shadow that passeth away. Bow Thy heavens, O LORD, and come down * touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Cast forth the bright lightning, * send out and scatter them is
:
stores
like to vanity
:
*
garners
Their
sheep
affording
full,
store
upon
:
in
fruitful
countless in their pastures
oxen fat There
:
young, * their
:
no breach
is
nor inroad
in their walls,
* nor wailing in their
:
streets.
Happy
man, that Thou takest knowledge of him ? * or the son of man, that Thou makest ac count of him ?
Man
temple Their
;
is
such a case
whose God
:
is
the Lord.
Blessed be the
Antiphon.
my
that people, that is in * happy is that people
LORD
God.
Second Antiphon.
:
Every day.
Psalm CXLIV. "
[Intituled
David
ABC Darian.]
s
song of
praise."
It is
:
Thine arrows, and make them
to
1
quake.
Send Thine hand from above rid me, and deliver me out of great * from the hand of waters, strange :
children
:
Whose mouth and
their right
speaketh vanity
hand
is
* :
a right hand
new song unto Thee, upon a psaltery of ten
sing a
I will
*
strings
;
will
I
sing
praises
unto
Thee:
Who hast given salvation unto * Who deliveredst David kings servant from the hurtful sword. Thy :
Rid me,
And
extol Thee,
my God, O
* and I will bless King! name for ever and ever.
Thy *
Every day will I bless Thee and I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised * and His greatness is ;
:
unsearchable.
of falsehood.
O God
T WILL
deliver
me
from the hand
One
generation shall praise
Thy
works to another, * and shall declare Thy mighty acts. They shall speak of the glorious honour of Thy Majesty, * and tell of
Thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might * and declare of Thy terrible acts, Thy greatness.
THE PSALTER.
202
of
Thy
shall
sing
record
and
abundantly utter the *
shall
They
great goodness, of Thy righteous
that love
The LORD compassion
:
is gracious and full of * slow to anger and of
great mercy.
The LORD
is
good
to
* and
all,
His tender mercies are over
His
all
works.
the wicked
all
He destroy. My mouth shall
will
of the
ness.
* but
Him,
LORD
speak the praise * and let all flesh
;
Name
His holy
bless
for ever
and
ever.
Antiphon. Every day will Thee, O Lord. While I Third Antiphon.
May all Thy works praise Thee, O LORD * and let Thy saints bless
I
bless
live.
Psalm CXLV.
!
Thee!
They
shall
Thy kingdom, power
speak of the glory of * and talk of
Thy
dom.
Thy kingdom *
kingdom, endureth
is
and
an
everlasting
dominion
Thy all
throughout
genera
The Lord *
words, works.
faithful
is
and
holy
in
in
His His
all all
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, * and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lord * and Thou givest them !
due season. Thou openest Thine hand, * and
meat
fillest all
in
is
prefixed
"Alleluia."
the LORD,
while
live will
I
O my I
soul;
praise the
LORD * I will sing praises unto my God while I have being. :
Put not your trust in princes, * son of man, in whom is no
in the
help.
returneth
to
his
and he * in that
forth,
earth
:
very day their thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob
his help,
for
LORD
in the
his
God
heaven and earth, the that therein
is
his
*
:
hope
is
Who made and
sea,
all
:
Who keepeth truth for ever. Who executeth judgment for the * Who giveth food to oppressed :
the hungry.
LORD
all
* the
His
blind
The LORD looseth the prisoners LORD openeth the eyes of the :
The
is
in
righteous
His ways, * and holy in
all
works.
The LORD that call
He
TDRAISE
things living with plenteous-
ness.
upon
Psalm
His breath goeth
!
their
this
;
To make known to the sons of men Thy mighty acts, * and the of Thy king majesty glorious
tions
[To
The Vulgate and the LXX. connect it with the names of Haggai and Zechariah. ]
nigh unto all them * upon Him, to all that call
Him
is
that fear their cry
Him and
the desire of
* :
will
The LORD
He
the righteous
The LORD
in truth.
will fulfil
:
The LORD bowed down
them
also will hear
preserveth
all
them
* the
them
that are
LORD
loveth
:
preserveth the stran
He
defendeth the fatherless gers and widow * but the way of the ;
:
wicked
save them.
raiseth :
He
will
The LORD
turn aside.
shall reign
for
ever
!
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG.
O
even thy God, generations
Zion,
* unto
all
!
[The Hebrew adds the Vulgate and the next Psalm.]
"
Alleluia,"
LXX.
which
prefix to the
He delighteth not in the strength of an horse ; * neither taketh He pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD taketh pleasure in them * and in those that fear
Him,
While LORD.
I
Antiphon.
Fourth Antiphon. of our God.
live
will
that
His mercy.
in
hope praise the
203
I
Let the praise
Let the praise of our Antiphon. be pleasant.
God
Fifth Antiphon.
If
this
Antiphon
Praise the
LORD.
be used the
Psalm
begins with the words,
Psalm CXLVI. [The Vulgate and the LXX., as stated, "Alleluia," and the LXX. adds "of Haggai and Zechariah."]
"
O
Jerusalem."
Psalm CXLVII.
prefix
good
ye the LORD, for it is * the
to
sing praises
God
praise of our
is
The LORD doth * :
He
pleasant and
build up Jeru
gathereth
together
the outcasts of Israel.
He He
telleth
their
the
number
of
the
;
:
infinite.
The LORD but
He
lifteth
up the meek
casteth the wicked
down
* ;
to
the ground.
Sing unto the *
LORD
with thanks
sing praise upon the harp unto our God. Who covereth the heaven with * and clouds prepareth rain for the
giving
:
:
earth,
Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains, * and herbs for the service of men :
He
giveth to the beast his food, * and to the young ravens which cry
unto Him.
Zechariah."]
the LORD,
* PRAISE praise
O
Jerusalem
!
thy God, O Zion For He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates * He hath blessed thy children within thee !
:
He maketh
in thy borders filleth thee with the finest of
* and
wounds.
* and calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great * and His power understanding is stars
Haggai and
"of
:
healeth the broken in heart, *
and bindeth up
adds
:
comely.
salem
[In the Hebrew this is the continuation of the preceding Psalm. The Vulgate and the LXX. prefix "Alleluia," and the LXX.
peace
:
the wheat.
He
sendeth forth His command * His word run
ment upon earth neth very
:
swiftly.
* He giveth snow like wool scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
He
:
He
casteth
morsels
* :
forth
who can
His
ice
like
stand before
His cold? He sendeth out His word, and * He causeth His melteth them wind to blow, and the waters flow. He declareth His word unto * His statutes and His Jacob, judgments unto Israel. :
He nation
known
hath not dealt so with any * neither hath He made
:
to
them His judgments.
[The Hebrew adds the Vulgate and the next Psalm.]
"Alleluia,"
LXX.
which
prefix to the
THE PSALTER.
204 Praise the
Antiphon. Jerusalem.
LORD,
O
:
Antiphon in Paschal
Alle
time.
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Octave
oj the Epiphany, andfrom Septuagesima Sunday till the Octave of Pentecost spe cial Chapters are given.
other times the following is said:
CHAPTER.
(Rom.
God
:
knowledge
how unsearchable
are
of
His
judgments and His ways past find ing out
!
The following Hymn and Verse and Answer is used during the same seasons as the above Chapter, and likewise from Septuagesima
to Lent.
HYMN. 1
T^HE
/
red sun
is
gone, of the heart,
Blessed Three, Holy One, To Thy servants a sun Everlasting impart. 1
To the Father be praise, And praise to the Son, And the Spirit always, While the infinite days Of eternity run.
Amen. Verse. Let the evening prayer ascend unto Thee, O Lord. And let there descend Ansiver.
upon us Thy mercy. The following Antiphon is said only the Octave of the Epiphany till
from
Septuagesima.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
God hath holpen His ser Virgin. * as vant Israel spake to :
Abraham and
Thou Light
Heaven.
in
xi. 33.)
of the riches and
depth OTHE wisdom and
Thy temple new born With our voices
From Advent Sunday till the
At
There were Lauds in the morn, Here are Vespers at even Oh, may we adorn
them of low
He
to his seed, to exalt degree for ever and
ever.
Prayer of the succeeding Sunday.
Hymn of the Ambrosian school, altered almost the late Card. Newman.
beyond recognition
;
translation
by
205
COMPLINE. in
for tberg fcag
fiftce
tl)e
1
kingdom come. on
^4/
the
beginning of Compline the
Reader says :
give
be pleased to give the bless
Sir,
Thy
will
be done
Give And our daily bread. forgive us our trespasses, as we for earth, as us this day
And
it
is
in heaven.
them
that trespass against us. lead us not into temptation ;
but deliver us from
Amen.
evil.
ing.
The Blessing.
May the Almighty Lord grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. Answer. Then
is
Amen.
(i Pet. v. 8.)
T3RETHREN,
be sober, be vigilbecause your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
U
ant
whom
:
resist ye, stedfast in the faith.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Thanks be to God. Answer. 2
Verse.
Name
*J*
Our help
is
in
the
of the LORD.
Answer.
Who made
heaven and
earth.
is
said the General Confes
and Absolution.
T CONFESS
to God Almighty, to Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, to the Blessed Michael the Archangel, to the Blessed John the Baptist, to the Holy Apostles Peter *
read this Short Lesson.
SHORT LESSON,
After this sion
the
and Paul, and
to all the Saints, that
have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, by my fault, by my fault, by my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, the Blessed Michael the Archangel, the Blessed I
John the Baptist, the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray to the Lord our God for me. The Absolution.
Then
the
Lord s Prayer
is
said in-
audibly.
O UR
Father,
Who
art in
heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy
A LMIGHTY God ** on us, forgive and bring us to life Answer. Amen.
have mercy our sins,
us
everlasting.
1 end of Compline (Completorium) is the last office of the Church, and is proper to the the evening before going to bed, reckoned to be about 9 p.m., but it may be said any time before midnight. It is very frequently recited along with Vespers, thus forming the com the Evening plete Evening Service of the Church, and it is from this aggregation that 2 Ps. cxxiii. 8. Prayer of the Anglican Prayer Book is derived. "
"
THE PSALTER.
206
the Almighty and merLord grant us pardon,
*J*1\/TAY *-
ciful
and remission of
absolution,
our
all
sins.
Answer. l
But know that the LORD hath set apart for Himself him that is holy
:
* the LORD will hear call unto Him.
Be ye angry and
Amen. Turn us,
O God
of our
me when not
sin
I
* what
:
salvation.
ye speak in your heart, repent upon 2 your bed.
Answer. And cause Thine anger toward us to cease.
ness,
Verse.
^ Make
Verse.
haste,
O
to
God,
deliver me.
O
Make
Answer. LORD.
haste to help me,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
Alleluia.
From the Saturday before Septuagesima Sunday to Maundy Thursday i7isteadof"
Alleluia
"
is
Offer the sacrifices of righteous and put your trust in the LORD.
* There be
their
corn, increased.
me
time.
Alle
Psalm IV. [Intituled (?)
"A
Psalm of
direction
of
* *
I called,
with a uncertain
David,"
(now)
the
God
of
my
* righteousness heard me hast enlarged me when I was :
Thou
in distress
prayer.
O
ye sons of men, how long * ye be dull of heart ? Why and seek will ye love vanity, after will
leasing
?
that oil
*
XXX.
eight verses of Psalm xxx., p.
76.]
Thee,
ed
O let
* deliver
;
LORD, do
me me
I put my never be asham
in
Thy
righteous
Bow down Thine ear to me speedily. Be Thou to me a God,
me,
*
server, and to save me.
a Pre an house of defence, *
For Thou
my
art
my
* and for refuge,
sake
Thou
wilt lead
strength and
Thy Name
me and
s
nourish
me.
:
Have mercy upon me, * and hear
my
Thou
deliver
meaning.]
TWHEN
*
ness.
luia.
musical
will
upon us the
set
and wine, and
Psalm first
IN trust,
Have mercy.
Who
to dwell in safety.
[The
Antiphon in Paschal
:
I will both lay me down in peace, * and sleep, For Thou, LORD, only * makest
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of heaven.
Antiphon.
that say
light of Thy countenance. hast put gladness in my heart, More than in the time
said:
Then follow the Psalms. They are all said under one Antiphon.
many
show us any good ? LORD, Thou hast
Thou wilt pull me out of the net, that they have laid privily for me, * for Thou art my Preserver. Into Thine hands I commend my * Thou hast redeemed me,
spirit
:
O LORD God
2 1
Ps. Ixxxiv. 5.
of truth! 2
SLH.
COMPLINE. Psalm XC. [The Vulgate and the LXX. give the "A Psalm of praise of David."]
heading,
HE
that dwelleth in the help of
Most High, * shall abide under the shadow of the God of the
heaven.
He will say to the LORD Thou * my refuge, and my fortress, in Him will I trust. God, my For He shall deliver me from the :
art
snare of the fowler, * and from the
noisome
pestilence. shall cover
He wings,
shalt thou trust
:
upon Me, therefore will I deliver him * I will defend him because he hath known My Name. He shall call upon Me, and I will * I am with him in answer him trouble I will deliver him and :
:
:
glorify him.
With long life will I satisfy him * and show him My salvation. Psalm CXXXII1.
shall
shalt
terror
by night For the arrow that ;
[Intituled
by day, the pestilence that walketh in * for the evil darkness, spirit that wasteth at noon-day. shall fall at thy side,
and ten thousand at thy right * but it shall not come hand :
nigh thee. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou * and see the reward of behold the wicked. Because Thou, O LORD, art my * thou hast made the Most trust
"A
OEHOLD *-*
LORD,
flieth
for
thousand
:
:
be thy shield. * not be afraid for the
His truth
A
Thou shalt tread upon the adder and the cockatrice * the lion also and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Because he hath set his trust
thee with His and under His feathers
*
Thou
2O7
Song
of
Degrees."]
bless ye the ye servants of the
now, *
all
LORD.
Which stand in the house of the * even in the courts of the LORD, house of our God, Lift up your hands By night. toward the sanctuary, * and bless the LORD. The LORD That made heaven and earth, * bless thee out of
:
:
High thy refuge. There shall no
evil
befall thee,
neither shall any plague
*
come nigh
thy dwelling. For He hath given His Angels * to keep thee in charge over thee, all
thy ways
They hands,
lest
Ps. iv. 2.
2
Hymn
Newman.
up
in their
haply thou dash thy
foot against a stone. 1
!
l
Have mercy upon Antiphon. me, O Lord, and hear my prayer. Antiphon in Paschal time. Al leluia,
Alleluia,
Then
is
Alleluia.
said the following :
HYMN. 2
:
shall bear thee
*
Zion
NOWBy
that the clay- light dies away,
all Thy grace and love, Thee, Maker of the world, we pray To watch our bed above.
of the Ambrosian school, very slightly altered; translation by the late Card.
THE PSALTER.
208
Let dreams depart and phantoms
Answer.
fly,
The offspring of the night, Keep us, like shrines, beneath Thine eye,
Pure
our foes despite.
in
This grace on Thy redeemed confer, Father, Co-equal Son, And Holy Ghost, the Comforter, Eternal Three in One.
Verse.
and
to
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Answer.
Amen. The last verse is sometimes said thus, altered in honour of the Incarnation : JESU, the Virgin-born, to Thee Eternal praise be given, With Father, Spirit, One and Three, Here as it is in heaven.
3
Verse.
Keep
hi Paschal time it is said thus, al tered in honour of the Resurrection :
Into Thine hands,
Be praise and glory, as is meet, While endless ages run. Amen.
Lord,
I
leluia,
Alleluia.
(Jer. xiv. 9.)
x leave us upon us O our God. not, LorcJ Answer. Thanks be to God.
Then
the
:
O
Lord,
Thou
Answer.
O
Lord, I
com
Alleluia, Alleluia.
O
hast
Al
spirit.
redeemed
us,
of truth.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Into Thine hands, O Verse.
I
commend my
Alle
spirit.
luia, Alleluia.
Verse.
Keep
us,
apple of the eye.
O
Lord, as the
Alleluia.
Answer. Hide us shadow of Thy wings.
under
the
Alleluia.
Then
Short Responsory.
Into Thine hands,
commend my
the
Into Thine hands,
O LORD God
Lord,
O
LORD, art in the midst of us, and Thine holy
2
under
commend my
Verse.
Then follows the
called
spirit.
Answer.
// is also occasionally otherwise al tered, which occasions are marked in their places.
is
as
Lord,
from the Saturday after Easter in clusive to the Saturday after Pentecost exclusive, the above is said thus :
To Father, Son, and Paraclete, The slain and risen Son,
Name
O
us,
the apple of the eye. Answer. Hide us
mend my
YET
spirit.
shadow of Thy wings.
Amen.
Thou,
O
Into Thine hands,
commend my
I
Lord,
CHAPTER.
O
Into Thine hands,
commend my spirit. Verse. Thou hast redeemed us, O LORD God of truth. Answer. I commend my spirit. I
Lord,
I
from
is said the following Canticle the Gospel, with its Antiphon.
Antiphon.
spirit.
O
Lord, keep
us.
1 The allusion seems to be to the invocation of the Name upon Israel by the Priests, Numb. vi. 22. "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying Speak unto Aaron, and unto The his sons, saying, On this wise shall ye bless the children of Israel, saying unto them LORD bless thee and keep thee the LORD make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious :
;
LORD lift up His countenance upon My Name upon the children of Israel and
unto thee
;
the
shall put 2 Ps. xxx. 6.
;
thee, and give thee peace I will bless them. "
3
Ps. xvi. 8.
and they
COMPLINE.
THE SONG OF
SIMEON.
(Luke
ii.
29.)
[Uttered by Simeon at the presentation of our LORD in the Temple. Then took he Him up in his arms, and blessed God, "
and said
"]
servant
according to
Thou Thy
lettest
in
depart
Thy word
*
peace,
:
For mine eyes have seen * Thy Salvation,
*
hast
before the face of
prepared people ;
all
A
Israel.
The Doxology, &c.,"
"Glory
be
to
O
guard
we may wake
Lord,
keep
us
the
called
kneeling.
Kyrie eleison.
in
bread.
trespasses,
as
And we
And
us
us
our that
deliver
O
Thou,
and
for ever.
Bless we the Father, and and the Holy Ghost. Answer. Let us praise and exalt Him above all for ever. Verse.
Verse.
not
Answer.
into
Verse.
But
art
fathers, to be praised
May
the
Lord, the Al
Vouchsafe,
O
and
bless
Lord, this
night,
temptation.
Answer.
Blessed
the Son,
Verse.
(Aloud}
lead
l
Lord God of our Answer. And glorified above all
mighty and merciful, keep us. Answer. Amen.
day our
them
forgive
forgive
trespass against us. Verse.
this
ever
glorified, ever.
heaven, Hallowed be
Give us
Life
Answer. And to be praised, and and exalted above all for
Who
(inaudibly,)
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is heaven.
the
x Verse. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven,
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
art
the
Amen.
Verse.
and within Octaves. In Advent, Lent, and the Ember Days they are said
Father,
And
Answer.
Th ey are omitted on Doubles
Answer.
God
of
body.
"Alleluia."
Thenfollow these shortprayers,
hand
us
:
lasting.
the Preces.
right
Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the quick and
the Communion of Saints, the For giveness of sins, (aloud} Verse. The Resurrection of the
that sleeping with Christ and rest
In Paschal time,
daily
:
the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church,
in peace.
in
of
the
is said.
Antiphon. waking,
Maker
heaven and earth. And in JESUS Christ, His only Son, our Lord Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was buried: He crucified, dead, and descended into hell the third day He rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven, and sitteth
on
Light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people
Father,
God
in
(inaudibly}
the Father Almighty,
:
Thou
Which
*
T BELIEVE -*
;
:
T ORD, now "-*
209
LORD. Answer.
from
us
evil. 1
Dan.
iii,
52, 56.
To keep
us without
Have mercy upon Have mercy upon
sin.
us,
us.
O
THE PSALTER.
2IO
O LORD, let Thy mercy upon us. Answer. As our trust is in Thee. Verse.
lighten
when
Here the service is resumed, the above has been omitted.
Heaven
s
open
and the Star
gate,
of the Sea, come, succour the fallen Fallen indeed we are, but fain would rise by thy succour. Thou that beyond nature s course !
hast borne in time the Eternal Verse.
Hear my
And
Answer. unto Thee.
O
prayer,
let
my
LORD.
come
cry
Let us pray.
we
VISIT, Lord,
beseech
this
drive far from
it
Thee,
O
1
and habitation, all snares of the
Thine holy Angels dwell enemy herein, to keep us in peace, and may Thy blessing be always upon us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth :
let
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Answer. Verse.
Amen. Hear my
And
Answer. unto Thee.
prayer,
let
my
O cry
LORD.
come
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Bless
Verse.
Answer.
The Blessing. the Almighty and Merciful Lord, *%* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and keep us.
;
and
Thou
that a Virgin before, after that childbirth remainest,
From the Archangel s lips the quickening message receiving, Mother of JESUS and us, turn thine eyes of mercy on sinners.
The Angel of the Lord Verse. announced unto Mary, Answer. And she conceived of Holy Ghost.
the
Let us pray.
WE
beseech Thee,
that, as
we have known
Thy
nation of
O
Lord, pour
grace into our hearts
;
the Incar
Thy Son JESUS
Christ by
the message of an Angel, so by His
Passion
and
Cross
brought
unto
the
we
may
glory
of
be His
Through the same
Resurrection.
Christ our Lord.
Answer.
Amen.
May
Amen.
Answer.
Then follows immediately one of Four Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, according to the season of the year. these
From
After thy delivery thou remainest a Virgin undefiled. Mother of God, pray Ansiver. Verse.
still
for us.
the Vespers
Maiden Mother of redeemed us, thou that
Antiphon.
Him Who
!
abidest 1
Prayer are as follows :
Let us pray.
of the Saturday Advent Sunday till those of before Candlemas, both inclusive.
I.
From the First Vespers of Christmas inclusive, the Verse and Answer and
OGOD,
the
fruitful
Mary,
given unto mankind the re wards of everlasting life; grant, we hast
beseech tinually
was
Who, by
virginity of the Blessed
Thee, feel
that
we may con
the might of her
This Office originally the last Prayer before going to rest for the Order of St Benedict.
monks
in-
of the
COMPLINE. tercession
our
life,
Thy
Son.
whom we
through
;
received
worthily
Lord
our
For
have Author of
the
JESUS
211
He That
As He promised
Christ
Son was
thee for
Alleluia,
given,
arisen.
is
Alle
luia.
Amen.
Answer.
Mother,
Him
to
pray
for
us,
Alleluia.
From
II.
day
O
Compline of the 2nd February inclusive to Thursday exclusive.
Verse. Be glad and rejoice, Virgin Mary, Alleluia, Answer. For the Lord is risen
the
of
Maundy Antiphon. of heaven,
Hail,
O
indeed.
Let us pray.
of Angel worlds on high,
Queen
GOD, Who
dost vouchsafe to gladden the whole world by the resurrection of Thy Son our Lord JESUS Christ grant, we be seech Thee, that by the help of His Mother the Virgin Mary, we may finally attain unto the glad
Hail, O Rod to Jesse given, Blessed Portal of the sky,
O
Hail,
Clad
Lady, bright and glorious, pure and true,
in beauty, o er sin Virgin !
s
;
stain victorious,
Sinners for thy succour sue.
ness Verse.
Holy
my
Virgin,
merciful God, grant,
Vespers of Saturday before vent Sunday exclusive.
we
beseech Thee, a succour unto the frailty of our nature, that
Antiphon. ther
as we keep ever alive the memory of the holy Mother of God, so by
Easter Vespers
of
O
hail,
Queen, our
life,
Mo our
and
Ah, groaning then, thou our Advocate, turn on us those merciful eyes of thine And, after this our exile, show to us JESUS, !
First
inclusive
!
sigh, weeping in this vale of tears.
Amen. the
Hail,
Toward thee we
Through the same Christ
From
of mercy
Ad
To thee sweetness, and our hope. we cry, the banished sons of Eve.
the help of her intercession we may be raised up from the bondage of
III.
Through
everlasting.
IV.
Let us pray.
Answer.
life
From the First Vespers of Trinity Sunday inclusive till the
thine enemies.
our sins. our Lord.
of
same Christ our Lord. Answer. Amen.
the
praise
by thee accepted be. Answer. Give me strength against
MOST
Alleluia.
Mary, Queen
Compline the
till
Trinity
of
First
Sunday ex
the blessed Fruit of thy
O O
womb.
most merciful, O most gracious, most sweet Virgin Mary 1 !
Verse.
clusive.
Pray
for
us,
holy
Mo
ther of God.
Rejoice! rejoice! thou of Heaven, Alleluia,
Antiphon.
Queen
1 Of these four Antiphons, monk of Reichenau, who died
"Maiden
A.D. 1052.
Answer. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Mother" is
ascribed to Hermann the Cripple, a it of the second is unknown
The authorship
:
THE PSALTER.
212 Let us pray.
O ALMIGHTY
Mary,
and everlasting
God, Who, by the co-opera
Holy Ghost, didst make the body and soul of the glorious Virgin and Mother Mary worthily to become a meet dwelling for Thy Son; grant that as we rejoice in her memory, so by her pitiful intercession we may tion of the
ready both
delivered from the evils that continually hang over us, and finally from everlasting death. Through
be
the
same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Ansiver.
HAIL, Lord art is
thou
the
is
full of grace the blessed with thee ;
:
among women, and blessed of thy womb, JESUS.
fruit
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray us sinners, now, and at the Amen. hour of our death.
for
T BELIEVE in God, the Father * Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in JESUS Christ, His Only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, He descended dead, and buried :
After each of these Antiphons this Blessing:
is
said
the third day He rose He ascended again from the dead into heaven, and sitteth at the right into
hell
:
:
God s most mighty
strength alway
Be His people s staff and Amen. Answer.
hand of God the Father Almighty
stay.
Lastly, whether Mattins be to follow
immediately, or not, the Lord s Prayer, the Angelic Salutation, and the Apos tles Creed are said inaudibly.
OURHallowed Who be
art in
Father,
Thy be
heaven,
Thy Name. come. Thy will
kingdom done on
as
earth,
:
thence He shall come to the quick and the dead. both judge I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the Com munion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, the Resurrection of the
from
it
body, and the
life
everlasting.
Amen.
in
is
Give us this day heaven. And forgive us daily bread.
our our
them
that
Thus ends the Office of Compline throughout the year, in which Office the words, May the souls, &c.," are "
trespasses, as
we
forgive
trespass against us. not into temptation
us from
And ;
Amen.
evil.
but
lead
us
deliver
omitted, "
and
The Lord
before the Virgin.
the
Verse
give us,
and Answer,
&c.,"
Antiphon
are not said Blessed
of the
seems to date from about the eleventh century. The date and authorship of the third are but a legend has become attached to it, to the effect that St Gregory likewise unknown the Great heard the three first lines uttered by an angel, and himself added the fourth, on The the same occasion on which was instituted the procession upon St Mark s Day. The last clause is usually admitted to be an Hail, O Queen" is disputed. authorship of the But exclamation uttered by St Bernard of Clairvaux in the cathedral of Spires. ;
"
the Cripple, others to authorship of the rest is disputed, some ascribing it to Hermann one Peter of Monsoro, bishop of Compostella, others to one Adhemar. bishop of Podium It seems to have been well known, at least in Spain, early in the (Puy-en-Velay).
twelfth century.
proper
,
In Advent the
or
Common Commemora-
Lauds and Ves During Advent Simple Feasts not observed, but merely com
tions are never said at
pers. are
memorated.
If a Feast of a higher
rank falls after Advent Sunday it is commemorated; or transferred to the next day not so impeded, except a Feast of the First Class, of which the Im maculate Conception
of
>fltce
is one.
Reason.
tfje
ommg=tim. Who
hast a
Name, and hast a Power, height and depth to sway, devils cower, In transport or dismay The
And Angels bow, and
;
Thou
too shalt be our Judge at length Lord, in Thy grace bestow Thy weapons of celestial strength, And snatch us from the foe.
Honour and
glory, power to Son,
and
;
praise,
To Father, and And Holy Ghost,
be paid always, The Eternal Three in One. Amen. 2
Verse.
Before JUwenf
from
VESPERS.
down
Drop down, ye heavens, above, and let the skies pour the Righteous One.
Answer.
All
of the
Saturday
except
the
following.
The Chapter
is
taken from Lauds.
Hymn. 1
^ REATOR
S~*
of the starry pole,
Saviour of
all
who
And
Let the earth open, and her bring forth the Saviour. A?itiphon at the Song of the Blessed 3 Virgin. Behold, the name of the LORD * cometh from far, and the whole earth is full of His glory. let
Prayer from Lauds.
live,
light of every faithful soul, JESU, these prayers receive.
atibent
Who
sooner than our foe malign Should triumph, from above Didst come, to be the medicine Of a sick world, in love
The First Lord^s
MATTINS.
;
And
the deep
wounds
to cleanse
Of a whole race, didst go, Pure Victim, from a Virgin pure, The bitter Cross unto. 1
Stmlmg. Day in Coming- Time.
and cure
The Lord, Invitatory. King that is to come. * us worship Him.
He
O
Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, altered almost beyond recognition translation by the late Card. Newman. 3 i sa xxx
omitted
;
;
2 Isa. xlv. 8.
VOL.
I.
.
is
come,
2>
H
our let
one verse
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
2I 4
Thou art He, 6 That God s people Israel.
Hymn?Word, proceeding from
SUPERNAL The Eternal Father s breast And in the end of ages come, To aid a world distrest
7 Both low and Verse. high, rich and poor together. Answer. Go ye out to meet Him, and say.
;
;
Enlighten, Lord, and set on fire, Our spirits with Thy love, That, dead to earth, they may aspire And live to joys above.
Verse.
Answer. Verse.
come
We
Tell us 9
Lift
God
if
Thou
art
lift
He.
O
up your
gates, ye up, ye everlast
King of glory
shall
in.
That
Answer.
attain.
To God the Father, God the And Holy Ghost, to Thee,
Shepherd of
leadest Joseph like
;
Safe from the black and yawning lake Of restless, endless pain, may the face of God partake,
heaven
O
ear,
and be ye princes ing doors, and the
;
bliss of
Give
a flock.
the judgment-seat on high Shall fix the sinner s doom, And to the just a glad voice cry, Come to your destined home
The
8
Thou That
Israel^
when
That,
shalt reign over
shalt
reign
over
people Israel. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. I Answer. look from afar, and,
Son,
As heretofore, when time is done, Unending glory be. Amen.
s
behold, I see the Power of God coming, and a cloud covering all the land. Go ye out to meet Him, and say Tell us
FIRST NOCTURN.
:
First Lesson. vision
"PHE
i.
(Isa.
Thou art He, That God s people Israel.
of Isaiah, the son of
Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of 2 Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and
O
earth, for the LORD hath have nourished and brought and they have rebelled up children The ox knoweth his against Me. owner, and the ass his master s crib
give ear,
spoken
:
I
:
:
but Israel doth not know Me, and people doth not consider.
shalt reign over
if
I.)
My
Second Lesson.
E
to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of
evil-doers, children that are corrupters
they have forsaken
the
:
LORD, they
have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger they are gone away back ward. Upon what part shall I smite you any more, ye that revolt more and more ? The whole head is sick, and from the sole the whole heart faint of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds and bruises and putrifying sores they have not been closed, neither bound up, :
:
First Responsory. look from afar, and, behold, I see Power of God coming, 3 and a
I
the
4 Go cloud covering all the land. ye 5 out to meet Him, and say Tell us if :
:
neither mollified with ointment.
of the Ambrosian school, very much altered translation by the late Card. Newman. Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz were the great-grandfather, grandfather, and father of their successor on the throne of Judah, Hezekiah, concerning whom see the eleventh week after Pentecost. According to the common tradition, Isaiah survived Hezekiah and was martyred under his son Manasseh. Lowth thinks that the prophecy which forms the first chapter was the LORD began to send, against Judah, uttered towards the end of the reign of Jotham when Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah," king of Israel. 4 (2) Kings xv. 37. 5 Matth. xi. 4 3 Ezek. xxxviii. Luke vii. 19. Matth. xxv. 6. 9. 3 1
Hymn
;
2
"
;
6
i
Kings (Sam.)
ix. 17.
7
Ps. xlviii. 3.
8
Ps. Ixxix. 2.
9
Ps. xxiii. 7.
WEEK
FIRST
IN ADVENT.
Second Responsory. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and there was given Him a Kingdom, and glory and all :
people, nations, serve Him.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
1
and languages
215
and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Behold, thou shalt con ceive and bring forth a son, and He shall be called the Son of the Highest. to the Son,
shall
SECOND NOCTURN.
His dominion is an ever lasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Answer. And all people, nations, and languages shall serve Him. Verse.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Sermons Pope St Leo [the Great,] (%th on the December Fast, and alms
of
4
giving. ]
/^VUR
Saviour Himselt instructed His disciples concerning the
Third Lesson.
W OUR
country
is
land, strangers devour
and
ence,
it
is
by strangers. Zion
is
desolate,
are burned with
cities
left
it
fire
in
;
your your
your pres
desolate, as overthrown And the daughter of
as a cottage in a vineyard,
and as a lodge in a garden of cucum bers, and as a besieged city. Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
times and seasons of the coming of Kingdom of God and the end of the world, and He hath given the same teaching to the Church by the mouth of His Apostles. In connec
the
tion with this subject then, Our Lord biddeth us beware lest we let our hearts grow heavy through excess of
meat and
how
that
The Angel
Gabriel was sent to Mary, a Virgin espoused to Joseph, to bring unto her the word of the Lord and 3 when the Virgin saw the Fear not, Mary, light she was afraid. for thou hast found grace from the Lord. Behold, thou shalt conceive and bring forth a son, and He shall be called the Son of the Highest.
yet this
The Lord God
shall
give His father
Him the throne of David, and He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever. unto
Answer. Behold, thou shalt con ceive, and bring forth a son, and He shall be called the Son of the Highest. 1
3
4
Dan.
vii.
Compare April ii.
the Apocryphal
"
Gospel
know
know
and
know
that
that
a
for
though
not
the very hour^ know, that it is near.
Fourth Responsory. Hail,.
Lord
full
Mary,
with thee
of
grace
;
the
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee is
:
the
:
Holy Thing Which
therefore also that shall
the
be born of thee shall be called
Son of God. Verse.
know
How
not a
shall this be, seeing
man
?
And
the
I
Angel
answered and said unto her, Answer. The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee there;
2
13, 14.
We
us.
we
we
brethren,
warning applieth par
coming,
5
:
Verse.
is
season we
Third Responsory. 2
this
ticularly to
day
and worldly thoughts.
drink,
beloved
Dearly
Luke
26, 30-33. of the Nativity of Mary," ch. ix. 5 Luke i. 28, 34, 35, i.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
216
Holy Thing Which
fore also that
the
shall
be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
every man then make himself ready against the coming of the
not find him making his belly his god, or the world his chief care. Dearly beloved brethren, it is a matter of every day experience that fulness of drink dulleth the keenness of the mind, and that excess of eating unnerveth the strength of the will. The very stomach pro-
O my Lord, send Him Whom Thou wilt 3
Cherubim Answer.
to the
Fifth Responsory.
and
to the
And
Holy Ghost.
deliver us.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
;
righteously,
As Thou hast promised,
Answer.
look for the Saviour, the Lord JESUS Christ Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious Body.
and
the
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
We
should
like
!
to the Son,
We
;
Thy
Thou That leadest Joseph Thou That sittest upon
Israel,
of the indigestion afterward check the indulgence of the moment.
2
I pray Thee, send see the
a flock,
come.
Verse.
are
As Thou people. hast promised, come and deliver us. 4 Give Verse. ear, O Shepherd of of
affliction
bodily health, unless temperance get the better of desire, and the thought
1
the
Sixth Responsory.
He may
harm
when
she feed on holy thoughts and entertain herself with the expecta tion of the everlasting joy.
ET
testeth that gluttony doth
There,
earthly cares
stilled, will
Fifth Lesson.
Lord, so that
wisdom of God. and rattle of
roar
live
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (xxi. 25.)
soberly,
and godly
in
A T ^^
this
JESUS said unto His There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, and upon the earth distress
present world, looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God.
that time
disciples
Who shall change our body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious Body. Answer.
of nations.
:
;
And
so on.
vile
Homily by
5
Pope St Gregory
[the
Great,] (ist on the Gospels.}
Sixth Lesson.
HP HE
body without the
desires
from
the
;
its
Our Lord and Saviour wisheth
sensibility
same source
no cometh
soul hath as
its
move
And it is the duty of a man ments. with a reasonable soul to deny some thing to his lower nature and to keep back the outer man from things un
what great convulsions will go before the end, that, if we will not fear God
Then will his soul, free from fleshly cravings, sit often at leisure in
our prosperity, we may at least be scourged into fearing His judgment when it is at hand. in
seemly.
the palace of the mind, dwelling on Phil.
iii.
2
20. 4
Ps. Ixxix.
i.
Tit.
to
ready at His second coming. Therefore He telleth us what will be the evils of the world as it groweth old, that He may wean our hearts from worldly affections. Here we read find us
ii.
3
12. 5
March
Exod. 12.
iv.
13.
FIRST
WEEK
Seventh Responsory.
IN ADVENT. old
Ye know
time.
Behold, the Virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, saith the Lord, 2 and
His name shall be called Wonderful, Mighty God.
the
He
Verse.
upon the throne kingdom for
shall sit
and upon
of David,
his
ever.
And
His name shall be called Wonderful, the Mighty God.
Answer.
MMEDIATELY before
from them ourselves, with hardly any intermission. As yet we do not see the sun, and in the moon, the stars but the changes of seasons and climates warn us that we may look for these also before long. in
signs
and
in
;
the passage
the
rise
against
"
and
nation,
kingdom, and great earth quakes shall be in divers places, and Then, after pestilences and famines." a few more verses, cometh to-day s There shall be signs in Gospel. the sun, and in the moon, and in the and upon the earth distress of stars nations with perplexity, the sea and Now some of the waves roaring." against
"
;
these things are
come
Ninth Responsory.
shall
kingdom
to pass already, far off.
and we fear the others are not
4
Behold, the days come, saith the that I will raise unto David a and a King shall righteous Branch
LORD,
;
wisdom and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth and this is His name whereby He in
reign
:
shall be called eous one.
In His days
Verse.
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the ends of the earth, and in the isles afar off, and say Our Saviour shall come. Verse. Declare it and make it known, lift up your voice and cry
And
Answer.
whereby
He
Verse.
3
shall
Glory the
to
Answer. And in the isles afar and say Our Saviour shall come.
off,
:
these our days
we
see nation rise
against nation, and their distress all the earth, more than we read in books hath ever come to pass of
over
1
Isa. ix. 6, 7.
Isa. vii. 14. 5
Joel
iii.
18.
6
3
name
His
is
called.
the
to
and
Father, the Holy
to
Answer.
The LORD our Righteous
one.
LAUDS. First Antiphon.
5
In
that
day
*
the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with
milk and honey. Alleluia. Second Antiphon. 6 Sing, O daugh * and with all the ter of heart,
N
be be
Ghost.
Zion,
Ninth Lesson.
be
shall
Judah
this
Son,
:
aloud.
The LORD our Right
;
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely.
and
Eighth Responsory.
O
Thee,
praise
A
following
Nation
"We
not said in the Office of the Season till Christmas. Ninth Re sponsory is said instead. is
God,"
which hath just been read from Gospel, are found words of our Lord, the
T
often
of earthquakes overwhelming countless cities in other parts of the world. As for pestilences, we suffer
The Hymn, Eighth Lesson.
T
how
also
we hear
1
O
rejoice
daughter of Jerusalem.
Alle
luia.
Third
LORD
Antiphon. * come,
shall
saints with
Jer. xxxi. 10.
Zeph. (Soph.)
iii.
14.
Him 4
;
and
7
Behold,
and it
all
;
come
shall
i Cor. Jer. xxiii. 5 7 Zech. xiv. 5, 6.
the
His
i.
30.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
218
in that day that the light Alleluia. be great. l Fourth Antiphon. Ho, every one to the waters that thirsteth * come
to
Prayer.
pass
shall
LORD
seek ye the found.
:
He may He
arise, and up a new Jerusalem.
Prophet build
be
(Rom.
Chapter.
xiii.
shall
wrathful judgments hanging over bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us
may
;
Who
I.)
livest
Ghost, one
the
The same Prayer is used throughout day and week, except at Prime and
Compline.
PRIME.
Hymn? a joyful thrilling, HARK, And each dim and winding way voice
the Ancient
Temple
Dreams, depart Christ
is
coming
Earth-bound
With
Holy
God, world without end.
Amen.
Y
believed.
Of
God
and
reignest with the Father, in the unity of the
brethren, it is now high time to awake out of sleep. For now our salvation nearer than when we
TV/T
we pray Thee,
Lord,
strength,
Thy
us,
Alleluia.
I
Thy
Thy
Behold, a great
Antiphon. * shall
O
up,
and come among us, that whereas through our sins and wickedness we do justly apprehend *P
Alleluia.
Fifth
is
ye while
CTIR
5
!
for
is
filling it is
Antiphon.
day.
from thy bed, awake and spring,
!
In that day, &c., (First
Antiphon at Lauds.} In the short Responsory instead of the Verse "Thou That sittest," &c., is
;
said :
soul,
the sun new-risen to shed
Thou That
Verse.
Health on human suffering.
art to
come
into
the world.
Lo to grant a pardon free, Comes a willing Lamb from Heaven !
And the change is made every day in Advent till Christmas, except on the Feast and within the Octave of the
;
Sad and tearful, hasten we, One and all, to be forgiven.
Once again He comes
Immaculate Conception.
in light,
Girding earth with fear and woe Lord, be Thou our loving might, From our guilt and ghostly foe.
;
TERCE.
O daughter of Sing, Antiphon. Zion, &c., (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
To the Father and the Son, And the Spirit, Who in heaven Ever witness, Three and One, Praise on earth be ever given. 3
Verse.
The
the wilderness
:
Amen.
Chapter from Lauds.
voice of one crying in Prepare ye the way of
SEXT.
the Lord.
Make His
Answer.
(
paths straight.
Behold the LORD, &c., Antiphon. Third Antiphon at Lauds.}
"PHE "
in
thy
womb
the
1
Isa. Iv. i, 6.
Hymn
3
Matth.
of the iii.
3;
hand
is :
xiii.
let
day
Possibly in allusion to the baptisms at the Epiphany. translation by the late Card. school, freely altered ;
*
Luke
i.
35.
is
us therefore cast
off
Ambrosian
(Isa. xl. 3.)
12.)
far spent, the
the works of darkness, and us put on the armour of light.
Son of God.
Alleluia.
2
night
at
;
bear
(Rom.
Chapter.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. The Holy Ghost shall come upon * O thee, Mary fear not, thou shalt
4
5
Newman.
Ps. Ixxix. 3.
let
FIRST
WEEK
NONE. Antiphon.
a
Pro
great phet, &c., (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.}
(Rom.
xiii.
Though your sins be as they shall be as white as snow and though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. scarlet,
;
13.)
First Responsory.
ET
T
us walk honestly as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness,
chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying, but put ye on the Lord JESUS Christ. not
2I 9
LORD.
the
Behold,
Chapter.
IN ADVENT.
in
Receive,
O
Virgin Mary, receive the
word of the Lord, which is sent thee thou shalt conceive, by His Angel and shalt bring forth God and Man :
And thou shalt be called among all women. Verse. Thou shalt bring forth a
together.
blessed
VESPERS. Antiphons, Chapter and Prayer as at Lauds.
Hymn and
Verse
and Answer
as on
Saturday Rvening.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed * Fear not, Mary, * for thou Virgin. hast found grace with the Lord be ;
hold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son. Alleluia. "
After
Bless
we
the
Lord,"
are said
the Vespers of the Dead.
and remain a maiden undefiled thou shalt conceive and be a Mother, still Virgin unspotted. Answer. And thou shalt be called blessed among all women. son,
:
Second Lesson.
T F ye be
willing and eat the good
shall
But
if
obedient, ye of the land.
ye refuse and provoke
Me
spoken
How
it.
the faithful city of
is
become an harlot It was full judgment righteousness lodged in !
;
now murderers.
but
Second Day.
become dross
Invitatory
and
Hymn
and as on the last
it
;
is
;
;
one
loveth
gifts
and followeth
after
not the father the cause of the
They judge doth
neither
less,
First Lesson.
silver
Thy
rewards.
Sunday.
Thy
thy wine mixed with princes are rebellious companions of thieves every
water.
MATTINS.
to
anger, ye shall be devoured with the sword, for the mouth of the LORD hath
widow come unto them.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah 2
VWASH
(i.
Second Responsory.
16.)
make you
you, clean, put the evil of your imag inations from before Mine eyes cease
away
;
to
do
evil,
learn to do well
:
seek judg
ment, relieve the oppressed, judge the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith
fatherless, plead for the
and be joyful, Sing, O heavens earth and break forth into singing, 3
;
;
mountains, for our Lord will come, and have mercy on His afflicted. 4 In Verse. His days shall right eousness flourish and abundance of will
peace.
1
Luke
2
This refers to the words immediately preceding
3
i.
31.
Isa. xlix. 13.
O O
4
"
:
p
s>
Your hands are ] xxi<
7
full
of
blood."
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
220
Answer. And upon His afflicted.
will
have
mercy
shall go forth the law, and word of the LORD from Jeru
of Zion the
salem.
Third Lesson.
LORD God
"THEREFORE saith the the
of hosts, Israel
:
Ah
I
!
Mighty One of Me of Mine
ease
will
Me
Mine And I will turn My hand enemies. upon thee, and purely purge away thy and dross, and take away all thy tin and avenge
adversaries,
of
Hymn and
Verse
and Answer
as at
Vespers on Saturday. the Song of Zacharias. * announced angel of the Lord conceived of the and she unto Mary, Holy Ghost. Alleluia.
Antiphon at
The
;
Prayer as on Sunday.
thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the begin ning afterward thou shalt be called, The City of righteousness, The faith
when a and the
ful City. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they shall restore her
used.
I
will restore
:
with righteousness and the destruc tion of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be tog ether and they that forsake the LORD shall be con
This rule
Note.
invariable that
is
not assigned of the Season, the Prayer of the preceding Sunday is special
is
Prayer is
Office
:
"
After
Bless
we
the Lord
"
is
said
the Dirge.
;
sumed.
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Third Responsory. 1
There
no
shall
strangers
pass
through Jerusalem any more, for in that day the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk and honey, saith the
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Responsory at Prime.
VESPERS. Chapter.
(Gen.
xlix.
10.)
Lord. 2 God Verse. shall come from Lebanon, and the Holy One from the thick and shady mountain. Answer. For in that day the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk and honey, saith the Lord.
sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the law-giver from his loins, until he that shall be sent cometh and unto him shall the desire "PHE
;
of the Gentiles be.
This Chapter is to be said every week-day evening till Christmas Eve exclusive.
LAUDS. Chapter.
(Isa.
Hymn and ii.
3.)
ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths, for out :
1
2
Joel
iii.
Hab.
Verse
and Answer
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed * O Lift up thine eyes, and see that thy King is Jerusalem, Virgin.
behold, thy Saviour shall mighty come and loose thee from thy chain. :
17, 18.
iii.
3,
substituting
as on
Saturday.
Lebanon
for
Teman, and
translating Paran.
WEEK
FIRST
IN ADVENT.
221
swords into ploughshares, and their nation spears into pruning - hooks shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us :
Third Day. MATTINS. Inmtatory and
Hymn
as on Sunday,
First Lesson.
walk
LORD.
in the light of the
For
Thou
hast forsaken Thy people, the house of Jacob because they be replenished as aforetime, and have ;
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah
I.)
(ii.
word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come 1
soothsayers like the Philistines, and cleave unto the children of strangers.
"PHE
to
the
in
pass
days that the S house shall
last
LORD
mountain of the
be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills
unto
and
:
it.
nations shall flow
all
And many people shall go Come ye, and let us go
and say up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of and He will teach us of His Jacob ways, and we will walk in His paths, :
Second Responsory. Let the mountains break forth into
and the
bring forth right Lord, the Light of the world, cometh with power. 4 Verse. Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD singing,
eousness
hills
for the
:
from Jerusalem. Answer. For the Lord, the Light of the world, cometh with power.
;
out
for
Zion
of
and
law,
shall
word
the
forth
go of
the
LORD
the
from Jerusalem.
Third Lesson. land
"THEIR
is
full
:
of horses, neither end of their chariots.
full
First Responsory. 2
O
ye mountains of Israel, shoot
forth your branches 3 bring forth fruit.
LORD
hand
at
is
Verse.
Drop
down
The day
down,
open, and the Saviour. to
ye
the
One
heavens,
skies :
pour
let
also
is
of
the
of
full
idols
there
is
Their they
:
any land
worship
work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth him self; therefore forgive them not. the
the
Third Responsory.
her bring forth
let
The day
Answer. at hand
of the
come.
to
earth
is
and blossom and
above, and let the Righteous
from
of silver and
gold, neither is there any end of their treasures their land also is
LORD
come.
Behold,
I,
come from in
the
the
Lord
South,
your to
visit
God, you
peace.
I will look again upon you and make you to increase ye shall be multiplied, and I will establish My
Verse.
Second Lesson.
:
AND
He
judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many
people
:
and
shall
they
shall
beat
their
covenant with you.
Answer.
To
1
Here begins the second prophecy, comprising chapters ii., delivered in the time of Jotham, or perhaps in that of Uzziah." 2 3 Ezek. xxxvi. 8. Joel ii. i.
VOL.
I.
Hi.,
visit
and
in peace.
you iv.,
4
and
Isa.
ii.
H
"probably
3.
2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
222
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost.
Verse.
to the Son,
To
Answer.
visit
you
in peace.
Chapter.
:
(Isa.
ii.
3.)
ye, &c., (as yesterday.}
Hymn and Verse and Answer as Lauds on Sunday.
at
And
will
I
princes
them.
the
was found with child of the Ghost.
give children to be their 3 boys shall rule over
and
;
Song of Zacharias. Before they came together, * Mary Antiphon at
1
:
:
LAUDS.
Come
and the might, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water the mighty man and the man of war the judge, and the Prophet, and the the cap soothsayer, and the ancient tain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning and the eloquent orator. artificer,
First Responsory.
our
Christ
Holy
John hath
Alleluia.
the
is
Prayer as on Sunday.
Lamb 5
Verse.
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
of
should come
AND
10.)
^^
and Answer as on
Verse
Saturday.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed 2 Seek ye the LORD * while
Virgin.
He may be He is
while
found
call
;
near.
come
And He
!
shall shut their
He
is
the
Lamb
that
!
Second Lesson.
xlix.
sceptre, &c., (as yesterday.}
Hymn and
that should
that
Him,
VESPERS.
The
that
Him,
mouths at Him, all nations shall serve Him. Answer. And John hath testified
sory at Prime.
(Gen.
of
The kings
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon-
Chapter.
4
cometh.
King"
testified
ye upon
Him
Alleluia.
the people shall oppress every
one another, and every one his the child shall behave neighbour himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. For a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, Thou hast clothing, be thou saying our ruler and let this ruin be under And in that day shall he thy hand. I am not an healer, swear, saying and in my house is neither bread, nor clothing make me not a ruler :
:
:
:
Fourth Day.
:
of the people.
MATTINS. Invitatory
and
Hymn
as on Sunday.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
Of a long time
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah
(iii.
i.)
behold,
the
1
Matth.
i.
4
John
29.
i.
18.
said Ezekiel the Pro saw the gate shut behold, God went forth from it before the ages
phet
:
6 I
:
for the salvation of the world.
Lord, the LORD of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the strength
T7OR
Second Responsory.
was shut again,
And
it
a figure of the Virgin, in that after child-birth she re mained a Virgin still.
2
Isa.
5
Isa. Hi. 15.
Iv. 6.
for
3 6
it is
Efteminati.
Ezek.
xliv.
2.
FIRST The Lord
Verse.
by the gate Answer.
WEEK
IN ADVENT.
alone shall enter
VESPERS.
that thou sawest.
And it was shut again, a figure of the Virgin, in that after child-birth she remained a Virgin
for
Chapter.
it is
The
xlix.
(Gen.
sceptre, &c., (as
Hymn and
still.
Verse
10.)
on Monday.}
and Answer
as on
Saturday.
Third Lesson. erusalem is ruined, and Judah fallen because their tongue
is
22 3
:
and
their imaginations are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of His
The show of their countenance doth witness against them and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul, for their evil is repaid unto them. Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with him, for he shall eat the fruit of his Woe unto the wicked, it doings. shall be ill with him for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed * There cometh One mightier
Virgin.
* than shoes
I I
me, the latchet of Whose not worthy to unloose.
after
am
glory.
;
MATTINS. Invitatory
2
AND
Chapter.
(Isa.
ye, &c., (as on
ii.
3.)
Verse
Monday. ]
and Answer
as on
Sunday. A?itiphon at the
Song of Zacharias.
Out of Zion * shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from
:
We
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime. 2
This follows the "This
women
come to pass that he that is Zion and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even shall
left in
every one that
is
written
among
the
living in Jerusalem.
Receive, O Virgin Mary, &c., (First Responsory on Monday.}
Second Lesson.
T
WILL
sing
song of vineyard.
to
my
3
(v.
i.)
well-beloved a
beloved touching his well - beloved hath a
my
My
7.
last verses of the third chapter, wherein it is said that the number of make them so scarce that (iv.) seven women, &c. stands chapter single and alone, unconnected with the preceding or following."
killed in battle will 3
day
hold of one man, eat our own bread ;
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
i.
will
i.)
seven
First Responsory.
Prayer as on Sunday.
Mark
take
(iv.
;
Jerusalem.
1
that
and wear our own apparel only let us be called by thy name take thou away our reproach. In that day shall the Branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent, and a rejoicing for them that are escaped of Israel. And it
Hymn and
in
shall
saying
Come
on Sunday.
taken from the Book of
is
the Prophet Isaiah
Third Responsory.
LAUDS.
Hymn as
First Lesson.
The Lesson
;
Behold the days come, &c., (Ninth Responsory on Sunday.,)
and
men
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
224
And vineyard in a very fruitful hill. he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press and he looked that it should therein
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Blessed art thou * among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
forth grapes, and it brought And now, O in wild grapes. habitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge betwixt me and my vine
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Prayer as on Sunday.
:
bring forth
What
yard.
more not
to
my
done
in
looked
have been done vineyard, that I have
could
that
it
grapes, brought
when
wherefore,
it ?
it
Antiphon as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime.
VESPERS.
I
should bring forth forth wild grapes ?
The Second Responsory. I
saw
the
in
night
Third Lesson.
AND
away
now
do
to
will tell
you what
vineyard
I
:
the hedge thereof, and
eaten up thereof,
And
I
my
:
I
and
will it
will lay
I
it
will
I
will
take
shall
10.)
Verse
and Answer
as on
Saturday.
(Second Responsory on Sunday.}
^^
xlix.
sceptre, &c., (as on Monday.}
Hymn and &c.,
visions,
(Gen.
Chapter.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed * I will wait upon the Lord Virgin. before Him and come my Saviour,
when He
near.
is
be
break down the wall be trodden down. waste it shall not be
shall it
;
and there shall pruned nor digged come up briars and thorns I will also command the clouds that they rain no For the vineyard of the rain upon it. LORD of hosts is the house of Israel and the men of Judah His pleasant and I looked for judgment, but plant
Sixth Day.
:
MATTINS.
:
:
The Lesson
TN Re
sponsory on Sunday.}
Come
Hymn
and
Verse
3.)
on Monday.}
ye, &c., (as
I.)
up, and His Above it stood each one had six lifted
train filled the temple. T
Seraphim
;
with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one
LAUDS. ii.
high and
throne,
the
(Isa.
(vi.
I
Gabriel, &c., (Third
Chapter.
taken from the Book of
the year that King Uzziah died, saw the Lord sitting upon a
*
Third Responsory.
The angel
is
the Prophet Isaiah
for righteousness,
;
as on Sunday.
First Lesson.
;
behold, oppression but, behold, a cry.
and Hymn
Invitatory
wings
;
cried
unto another, and said Holy,
Holy,
and Answer as on
hosts
;
1
Or,
the
"burning-ones."
:
Holy,
LORD God
the whole earth
glory.
Sunday.
is
is
full
of
of His
WEEK
FIRST
IN ADVENT.
225
First Responsory.
LAUDS.
Hail, Mary, &c., {Fourth Responsory on Sunday.}
AND the posts of thJploor moved at the voice of
was
house
the
Then
said
silent,
because
and
lips,
I
:
Woe I am
dwell
I
him
that cried,
is
a
in
for
me,
and
am
I
man
of unclean
the
midst of a
people of unclean lips, and mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Then flew one of the Seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs
from
off
upon
my mouth and
the
altar.
And he said
:
hath touched thy lips, and iquity is taken away, and
laid
that
David
is
Prayer as on Sunday. PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteratio?i in the Short Respon at Prime.
VESPERS.
The
heard the voice of the
I
saying
and who I Here
:
will
Whom go
shall
for us
LORD send
I
10.)
and Answer
as on
?
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed T Out of Egypt * have I My Son He shall come to :
save His people.
said
;
:
:
The Sabbath.
;
the heart
and make
of this
people
their ears heavy,
eyes
;
Invitatory and
Hymn
as on Sunday.
lest
First Lesson.
The Lesson
^^
Lord, &c., (Sixth Responsory
on Sunday.} Matth.
ii.
15.
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah
A ND
Third Responsory.
O my
MATTINS.
dull,
and shut
haply they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. their
Verse
Virgin. called
am I send me. And He Hear Go, and tell this people and ye indeed, but understand not see ye indeed, but perceive not. :
xlix.
Saturday.
Then
?
(Gen.
sceptre, &c., (as on Monday.}
Hymn and
&c.,
Third Lesson.
Make
Alleluia.
s seat.
Chapter.
A LSO
as on
sin
thy
We
and Answer
the Song of Zacharias. both God and man * shall come of the house of David and sit in
it
Second Responsory.
said
Verse
3.)
on Monday.}
Antiphon at
purged.
^^
ye, &c., (as
Lo, this thine in
look for the Saviour, {Fifth Responsory on Sunday.}
ii.
(Isa.
Sunday.
He
smoke.
with
filled
Come
Hymn and
Second Lesson.
*^
Chapter.
it
came
(vii.
I.)
to pass in
the days
of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, (Hos.
xi. i.)
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
226
the son of Remaliah, king of Israel,
toward
went up against
it
against
it.
but
:
to
Jerusalem, could not
And
it
prevail told the
was
house
war
of David, saying Syria is And his confederate with Ephraim. heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood Then said are moved with the wind. the
:
LORD
unto Isaiah
Go
:
forth
to
Is it a ye house of David thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also ? Therefore the LORD Himself shall Behold the Virgin give you a sign. shall conceive, and bear a son, and
now,
:
small
shall call his
may know
of the fuller
shall
the
refuse
to
But he and
until
eat,
evil,
Third Responsory. Behold, the days come, &c., (Ninth Responsory on Sunday.}
s field.
First Responsory.
LAUDS.
Behold, the Virgin, &c., Responsory on Sunday,,)
(Seventh Chapter.
Come
ye, &c., as on
Hymn
Take heed say unto him and be quiet fear not neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin, king of Syria, and of the son of Remaliah be cause Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel Let us go up against thee, saying against Judah, and vex it, and take it for ourselves, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal. :
*^^
:
and
ii.
(Isa.
Second Lesson.
A ND
he
choose the good.
meet Ahaz, thou, and he that is left, even Jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the high
way
name Emmanuel.
and hone*
ter
Verse
3.)
Monday.
and Answer as on
Sunday.
;
;
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias* Fear not * Zion, behold, thy God cometh, Alleluia.
Prayer as on Sunday. PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
:
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime.
VESPERS.
Second Responsory.
Hear
the
word of the LORD,
&c.,
(Eighth Responsory on Sunday.,)
Third Lesson.
lyrOREOVER unto again
thee either
a
the
The
i
o.
last
)
LORD
spake
Ahaz, saying Ask LORD thy God beneath or in :
sign of the in the depth
But Ahaz said height above. I will not ask, neither will I tempt And he said Hear ye the LORD.
the
taken
from
the
the succeeding Sunday.
Hymn and (
is
Chapter
Lauds of
Verse
and Answer
as on
Saturday.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed * visit us in Come, O Lord, Virgin. peace, that we may rejoice before Thee with
all
our heart.
:
:
The Prayer
is
taken from the Lauds
of the succeeding Sunday.
SECOND WEEK
IN ADVENT. Second Lesson.
Second Suntrag in gfobent. The Second Lord
A ND s
the
And
the wicked.
MATTINS. Invitatory
he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with breath of his lips shall he slay
in Coming-
Day
Time.
and
227
righteousness shall
be the girdle of his
Hymn
as on the last
fulness the girdle
FIRST NOCTURN. First Lesson. is
1
AND *^
child
taken from the Book of
there
come
forth
a
and the she
and a flower An^d
shall
the
grow out of
Spirit
the Spirit of upon him wisdom, and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of and knowledge and of godliness shall
rest
;
:
he shall be
with the Spirit of the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, filled
neither
reprove after the hearing of his ears but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with ;
equity for the
meek
;
deliver thee.
God,
For I am the LORD, thy Holy One of Israel, thy
3
Saviour.
Answer. Fear not, thee, and deliver thee. 1
for
commences with
their
:
together, shall eat straw like the
Behold, the LORD shall come, and His saints with Him, and it shall come to pass in that day that the light shall be great and they shall go out from Jerusalem like clean water and the LORD shall be King for ever, over ;
;
the earth.
all
Behold, the Lord cometh with an host, and in His hand are Verse.
the
kingdom,
and
power,
and
do
minion.
Answer.
Over
all
the earth.
Third Lesson.
cometh quickly, O Thy Jerusalem why art thou wasted with sorrow ? Is there no counsellor in thee, that pangs have taken thee ? Fear not, for I will save thee and
the
feed
down
all
of the earth.
salvation
Verse.
lie
4
First Responsory. 2
shall
shall
little
heifer
Second Responsory.
his
LORD
of the
bear
-
The
ox.
rod out of the stem of Jesse,
roots.
and a
fatling together, shall lead them.
young ones and the lion
i.)
(xi.
shall
The
;
and the
the Prophet Isaiah
faith
wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid the calf and the young lion
Sunday.
The Lesson
and
loins,
of his reins.
I
will
save
AND
the
sucking child shall play hole of the asp and the weaned child shall put his hand "^
on
the
;
on
the cockatrice den. They shall not hurt, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall IDC full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. In that
day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand as an ensign of the
people,
to
it
shall
the
Gentiles
the birth of Maher-shalal-hash-baz the son of Isaiah and "the Prophetess," giving occasion to a prophecy stretching to the end of ch. xii., foretelling the deliverance of Israel not only from Rezin and Pekah, but from her other enemies, and an The passage in the text is to be understood of ultimate time of blessedness and prosperity. the Messiah. (Rom. xv. 12.) 4 Zech. xiv. 2 3 Isa. xliii. 3. paraphrase of Micah iv. 8-10. 5-9.
Ch.
A
viii.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
228 seek
;
and the place of
his rest shall
wearing
be glorious.
O, thou city of Jerusalem, weep not, Lord hath repented Him con And He will take away cerning thee. from thee all distress. l Verse. Behold, the LORD shall
for the
come with might, and His arm
however, understand that the rod out of the root of Jesse
,
And He
Answer.
all
will
take
away
She Mary. was a clean stem that had as yet put forth no shoot as we have read above Behold, the Virgin shall conceive and signifieth the holy Virgin
distress.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
and all
:
;
Holy Ghost. And He will take away
Answer. from thee
His
upon
Fifth Lesson.
shall
rule.
to the Son,
crown
royal
3 And Verse. His dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. Answer. Wearing a royal crown upon His head.
Third Responsory.
from thee
a
head.
to the
"
bear a
distress.
flower
(Isa. vii. 14.) to mean
son."
we
believe
And the
the
Lord
Redeemer, Who hath elsewhere I am compared Himself to a flower a flower of the plain, and a lily of the our
SECOND NOCTURN.
"
;
Fourth Lesson.
valleys."
taken from the Com mentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah made by 2 St Jerome, Priest [at
The Lesson
Bethlehem,] (Book "
A ND
^^
From this
there
iv.
shall
c.
xi.)
forth
rod out of the stem of
beginning of the Prophet till the xiiith
i.)
all
at once, the
the reader would
chil
comfort you, saith the Lord My help also cometh unto you out of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen. And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice. I
;
Jesse."
Book
of
chapter,
Verse.
5 I
will
Answer. this,
memory of Ac
in
My
glory. ye shall
And when
your heart shall
be confused.
salvation
place
Zion and in Jerusalem
see
rejoice.
Sixth Lesson.
cording to the Jewish commentators, the rod and the flower would both re late to the Lord Himself. They take the rod to mean the sceptre of His
Royal dominion,
As a mother comforteth her
dren, so will
a
where commenceth the vision, or bur den of Babylon, the whole of the vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, is one con We must tinual prophecy of Christ. explain it part by part, for if we were it
ii.
Fifth Responsory. 4
come
the
to take
(Cant.
is
Spirit of the Lord then shall rest upon this flower ; this flower
"PHE
which shall come forth from the stem and roots of Jesse by means of the
and the flower the
And truly the Spirit of Virgin Mary. the Lord did rest upon our Redeemer. In Him dwelleth It is written that all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." The Spirit was not shed (Col. ii. 9.)
loveliness of His beauty.
"
Fourth Responsory. Behold, there cometh the Lord, our defender, the Holy One of Israel, Isa. xl. 10.
Sept. 30.
3
Zech.
ix.
on 10.
Him by 4
measure, as
Isa. Ixvi. 13, 14.
it 5
is
upon the
Isa. xlvi. 13.
SECOND WEEK IN ADVENT. To Him we may apply the words of the Hebrew Gospel used by The whole fountain the Nazarenes of the Holy Ghost shall be poured The Lord is a forth upon Him and where the Spirit of the spirit, Lord is, there is liberty." (2 Cor. Saints.
"
;
"
"
:
iii.
17.)
Thou
thy
shalt
yet
mountains,
O
plant vines
Jerusalem
:
upon thou
day of the Lord cometh arise, O Zion, and turn unto the Lord thy God rejoice and For thy Saviour be glad, O Jacob. cometh from the midst of the nations. ;
;
Sing aloud
Verse.
of Zion
;
for joy,
from the midst of the nations. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Son, and to the Holy Ghost. For thy Saviour cometh from the midst of the nations. to the
Answer.
THIRD NOCTURN.
of
Him
We
saith preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block and unto the Gentiles foolishness." (i Cor. i. It is indeed folly in the eyes 23.) "
:
men
Author of life and thus men put as a stumbling-block to hinder them from to say that the
men
:
to JESUS, the very thing that doth oblige them the most unto Him. For the more humbling God hath under
coming
gone is
for
He
man s man
sake, the more worthy should worship Him.
that
Seventh Responsory.
The Lord shall go forth out of Samaria unto the gate that looketh toward the East and He shall come ;
Bethlehem, walking upon the waters of the redemption of Judah. Then shall every one be saved for, behold, He cometh. 2 And in mercy shall His Verse. throne be established, and He shall into
:
sit
Seventh Lesson.
upon it Answer.
saved
The Lesson
rock
had worked so many miracles Hence Paul the Cross.
O daugh O
For thy Saviour cometh
a
afterwards saw
dying on
shout with gladness,
daughter of Jerusalem.
Answer.
Who
works
very
when they
died for
shalt sing for joy, for the
ter
these
offence,
of
Sixth Responsory. 1
found
229
:
for,
in
truth.
Then behold,
every one be cometh.
shall
He
taken from the Holy
is
Gospel according
to
Matthew
(xi.
Eighth Lesson.
2-)
A T
When
John had heard works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto Him Art Thou He That should come, or do we look for another ? ""^
that time
:
in the prison the
:
And
so on.
"AND blessed
It
St
Gregory [the Homily by Pope Homily on the Gospels.}
Great,] (lotk
is
as
whosoever
shall
if
He
said
"
I
:
indeed
do
who now worship Me for the works sake, that when I come to die then, ye
a source of wonder, and not a stum And yet the unfaithful bling-block.
ye
5.
he,
wonderful works, but the day will come when I shall not refuse to suffer shame and evil treatment. Take heed
The sight of so many signs and so many mighty works should have been
ijer. xxxi.
is
Now not be offended in Me." what is this, but a plain mention of that time, when He afterwards hum bled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross ? ^"^
despise
Me
not
for
sake."
2 Isa. xvi. 5.
My
death
s
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
230
Eighth Responsory.
Make
O LORD, make
haste,
And
tarrying. Verse.
O
no tarrying
deliver
Lord,
Thy
come and make
loose the bonds of
:
no
people.
Thy
people.
And
Answer.
deliver
Thy
people.
* the Saviour will God strong city, ap in her for walls and bulwarks ; point open ye the gates, for God is with us. Alleluia.
Third Lord *
Antiphon. appear
*
shall
He tarry, wait He will come and
the
Behold, not
and
lie
:
though
for
Him, be
cause
will
not tarry.
Alleluia.
Ninth Lesson.
AND,
as the disciples of John de what did JESUS say unto
parted,
concerning this same Let us hear. "What went John? ye out into the wilderness to see ? A reed shaken with the wind ? Here our Lord teacheth not by assertion, but by negation. Now a reed is a thing so made that as soon as the the multitudes
"
wind blov/eth upon
it
it,
Fourth Antiphon. 3 The mountains and the hills * shall break forth before God into singing, and all the trees of the wood shall clap their hands for the Lord the Ruler cometh, and He shall reign for ever and ever. Alleluia, :
Alleluia.
Fifth Antiphon. Behold, our Lord * cometh with power, and He shall the eyes of His servants. lighten Alleluia.
bendeth
it
over toward the opposite quarter. And the fleshly-minded man is like a human
As he
praised or blamed so he bendeth himself in the one direction or the other. reed.
Behold, the Lord cometh down with and His host is with Him. To visit His people in peace, and to estab glory,
them
in life everlasting.
Behold, our Lord cometh
Verse.
with an host. A?iswer. peace,
and
To
to
His people in them in life
visit
establish
everlasting. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. peace, and
To to
His people
visit
establish
them
in
life
Hymn and
Verse
First Antiphon. Behold, the Lord * cometh in the clouds of heaven with Alleluia.
Second Antiphon. Isa. xxvi.
i.
*
Our Zion
is 2
a
Cf.
and Answer
as on
the First Sunday.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. * had heard in the John prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said unto Him Art Thou He That should come, or do we look for another ?
Now when
:
Prayer.
CTIR
up our
make ready
LAUDS.
1
whatsoever "DRETHREN, things were written were written for our
in
everlasting.
great power.
xv. 4.)
learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
Ninth Responsory.
lish
(Rom.
Chapter.
is
hearts,
O
Lord,
to
ways of Thine Only-begotten Son, that by His com ing our minds being purified, we may the more worthily give up ourselves to Thy service through the same Our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the the
:
Hab.
ii.
3.
3
Isa. Iv. 12.
SECOND WEEK IN ADVENT. Holy Ghost, One God,
unity of the
world without end.
Amen.
Antiphon at or
come,
the Song of the Blessed Thou He * That should do we look for another ?
Art
Virgin.
John what things ye have seen The blind receive their sight, the dead are raised up, the poor have the Tell
PRIME. the
Antiphon. &c.,
231
Behold, Lord, (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
*
:
Gospel preached to them.
In the Short Repoiisory the same alteration as last week.
"
After
Bless
we
Alleluia.
the Lord
"
are said
the Vespers of the Dead.
TERCE.
Our Zion
Antipho?i.
*
city,
(Second
&c.,
a
is
strong at
Second Day.
Antiphon
Lauds. }
MATTINS.
The Chapter
is
taken from Lauds.
Iwvitatory and First Sunday.
SEXT.
Antiphon. &c.,
(Third Antiphon
OW
the
God
Lord,
*
at Lauds.}
(Rom.
Chapter. "M"
the
Behold,
Hymn
on
the
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book 01
the Prophet Isaiah
xv. 5.)
inP HE
of patience and con
as
(xiii.
i.)
Babylon, which son of Amoz, did
burden of
Isaiah,
the
solation grant you to be likeminded one toward another, according to Christ JESUS that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord JESUS Christ.
ye up a banner upon the the mountain, exalt voice, beckon with the hand, and let the I have nobles enter in at the gates.
NONE.
have also called My mighty ones for Mine anger, even them that rejoice in
:
&c.,
(Fifth
our
Behold,
Antiphon.
Antiphon
Lord,
*
see.
Lift
cloudy
commanded
My
sanctified
My highness. The noise
ones,
I
of a multitude
the mountains, like as of a great a tumultuous noise of kings ; people in
at Lauds.}
:
(Rom.
Chapter.
OW the ]\J
God
xv.
even of nations gathered together.
13.)
you with joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy Ghost. of hope
all
fill
First Responsory.
;
Receive,
the first evening.
Virgin Mary, &c., (First Monday in the First
Second Lesson.
VESPERS.
Antiphons and Chapter as at Lauds. Hymn and Verse and Answer as on
O
Responsory on the Week. }
HTHE
LORD
of hosts mustereth the of the battle, they come from a far country, from the end of
1
host
1 of Chap. xiii. i to xiv. 27 "contain one entire prophecy, foretelling the destruction Babylon by the Medes and Persians; delivered probably in the reign of Ahaz."
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
232
even the LORD and the weapons of His indignation, to destroy Howl ye, for the the whole land. day of the LORD is at hand it shall come as a destruction from the l Lord. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man s heart shall melt, and they shall be afraid. Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them, they shall be
heaven
;
;
pain as a woman that travaileth they shall be amazed one at another, their faces shall be as scorched faces. in
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. the Ruler * cometh from heaven, and in His hand are honour and dominion.
The Lord
Prayer as on Sunday. "
After
Bless
we
the Lord
"
said
is
the Dirge.
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
;
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Responsory at Prime.
Second Responsory.
VESPERS.
O
heavens, &c., (Second Re on Monday in the First
Sing,
sponsory Week.}
xlix.
sceptre, &c., (as on the First Week.}
Third Lesson. day of the LORD cometh, cruel, and full of wrath
1DEHOLD,
(Gen.
Chapter.
The
Hymn and
the
and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate, and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven, and the constellations the thereof, shall not give their light
Verse
10.)
Monday
and Answer
in
as on
the First Saturday.
Antiphon at the Song of
the Blessed
* Behold, the Lord cometh Virgin. the King of all the earth, to take off from us the yoke of our
captivity.
:
sun forth,
be darkened in his going and the moon shall not cause
shall
her light to shine. the world for their
And
I
will
punish
and I will cause the arrogancy of the unfaithful to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the
for their iniquity
Third Day.
and the wicked
evil,
MATTINS.
;
terrible.
Invitatory and First Sunday.
Third Responsory. There
shall
o?t
Monday
The Lesson
in the 2
LAUDS. Chapter. ye,
(Isa.
&c., (as on
ii.
in the
First Week.}
the First 1
2
Verse
Sunday.
i.)
TIER
time is near to come, and her days shall not be pro
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose set them in their own Israel, and
and Answer as on
the strangers shall be joined land with them, and they shall -cleave to And the people the house of Jacob.
the Almighty." Hebrew, Babylon s. The hour of her destruction "
I.e.,
the
taken from the Book of
;
Hymn and
on
longed.
3.)
Monday
is
the Prophet Isaiah (xiv.
First Week.}
Come
as
First Lesson.
no strangers pass, &c.,
(Third Responsory
Hymn
is
no longer
to
be postponed.
SECOND WEEK IN ADVENT. them and bring them
take
shall
to
their place ; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of
LORD, for servants and hand and they shall take them maids captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their op the
;
233
the stars of God, I will sit upon the the covenant, in the sides of the north I will ascend above
mount of
;
the
heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the depth of the pit.
pressors.
Third Responsory.
First Responsory.
Behold
O
ye mountains, &c., (First Responsory on Ttiesday in the First Week.}
c., (Third Responsory on Tuesday in the First Week.} I,
LAUDS. Second Lesson.
A ND "
come
shall
it
Chapter.
pass in the LORD shall give
day that the
Come
to
thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage, wherein thou wast made to serve
Hyjnn and the First
:
thou
take
shalt
this
up
pro verb against the King of Babylon, and say How hath the oppressor The ceased, the exaction ceased ? LORD hath broken the staff of the :
wicked, the sceptre of the rulers, the staff of him who smote the people in wrath, with a continual stroke, of
him
that ruled the nations in
anger,
of the cruel persecutor.
ii.
3.)
on Monday in the
First Week.}
thee rest from
that
(Isa.
ye, &c., (as
Verse
Antiphon at 2
and Answer
as on
Sunday.
The LORD
Song of Zacharias.
the
shall arise
*
upon thee, Jerusalem, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.
O
Prayer as on Sunday. PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime.
Second Responsory. VESPERS. Let
the
mountains, &c., (Second Responsory on Tuesday in the First Week.}
The
sceptre,
in the First
Third Lesson.
TJ OW O
(
1
2
x .
art
ing ? the ground, which didst weaken the nations ? For thou hast said in
heaven,
heart I
:
will
I
will
exalt
my
&c.,
xlix.
(as
10.)
on
Monday
Week.}
)
thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morn How art thou cut down to
thine
(Gen.
Chapter.
ascend
into
throne above
Hymn and
and Answer
Verse
as on
the First Saturday.
Antiphon at
the
Song of the Blessed
The voice Virgin. in the wilderness :
way
of
the
Lord,
* of one crying Prepare ye the make His paths
straight.
1 In the intervening verses the ghost of the king of Babylon is described entering the nether world, and greeted with vindictive joy by the ghosts of his wronged victims, who find him at last reduced to their own level. They address him as Lucifer, i.e., the morning-star, now firmament of which he had used to be the brightest luminary. dropped out of that
(political)
2
Isa. Ix. 2.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
234
We
have executing justice speedily. heard of the pride of Moab, he is his haughtiness, and his very proud pride, and his wrath are greater than
Fourth Day.
:
MATTINS.
his strength.
Invitatory and First Sunday.
on
as
Hymn
the
Second Responsory.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah (xvi. 2
CEND
forth
the
l
i.)
Lamb,
Third Lesson.
O
Lord,
**-*
the Ruler of the land, from the rock in the wilderness unto the
mount of
the daughter of Zion.
For
that as a wandering be, bird, and as fledglings that fly from the nest, so the daughters of Moab Take shall be at the fords of Arnon. shall
it
Of a long time, &c., (Second Respon sory on Wednesday in the First Week. )
make counsel, call together a council thy shadow as the night, in the midst hide the outcasts, of the noon-day and bewray not him that wandereth. 3 Mine outcasts shall dwell with thee Moab, be thou a cover to them from the face of the spoiler. ;
:
"THEREFORE tell
her
the
"Walls
-of -brick."
howl
rejoice
5
For
the
Heshbon
of
of Sibmah their scourge is come even unto Jazer, they wandered
vine
:
through the wilderness, her branches left desolate, they are gone over
are
the sea.
Third Responsory. Behold, the LORD, &c., (Second Re sponsory on Sunday,} with this ad
and
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
the
to
Ghost. Ansiver.
Over
all
the earth.
Second Lesson.
LAUDS. 4
For the grinding down is at an end, the beggar ceaseth, they that trod down the land are consumed. And in mercy shall the throne be established, and He shall sit upon it
in truth in the tabernacle of
David,
judging and seeking judgment,
and
Chapter.
Come
ye,
the First
&c.,
(Isa.
ii.
(as on
3.)
Monday
in
Week. }
Hymn and
Verse
and Answer
as on
the First Simday.
an extract from the prophecy against Moab, comprised in chaps, xv. and xvi, are of extreme difficulty, and translators are much divided. Lowth, on divers grounds, renders it, (God) will send forth the son of the ruler of the land from Selah in the desert unto the Mount of the daughter of Zion {Petra) i.e., in the misfortunes of Moab, the son of their king will escape from the country and seek an asylum at Jerusalem. 3 Let the outcasts of Moab sojourn with thee" (viz. with Judah) According to Lowth be thou a cover to them," c. 4 Lowth suggests that the reference is to the misfortunes inflicted upon Judah by Israel in the time of Ahaz, the cessation of which left them at liberty to show hospitality. 5 Kir-hareseth a fortified city on the borders of Moab. 1
This
2
The opening words
is
"I
"
"
:
"
:
in
languish, the lords of the nations have broken down the fields
dition, Verse.
Christ our King", &c., (First Respon sory on Wednesday in the First Week. )
shall
that
ye
strokes,
:
First Responsory.
Moab howl un
shall
Moab, every one
to
SECOND WEEK IN ADVENT. Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Behold I send My angel * which
1
shall
My way
prepare
before
Thy
235
one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour, city against
city,
and kingdom against kingdom.
face.
Prayer as on Sunday.
First Responsory.
Thy
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
salvation, &c., {First Responsory
on Sunday.}
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration i?i the Short Respon
Second Lesson.
sory at Prime.
AND "^
VESPERS. xlix.
(Gen.
Chapter.
The sceptre, &c., (as on the First Week.}
Hymn and
Verse
10.)
in
Monday
as on
the First Saturday.
see
thy
come
in
Righteous
Who
One,
shall
the
shall fail in
thereof,
Egyptians
hand of
will
cruel
I give over lords and a ;
king shall rule over them, saith 2
Lord
waters shall river
shall
and
the
streams
thee.
midst
the
into the fierce
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Thou shalt yet be built Virgin. * O Zion, and thou shalt anew,
Egypt
and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to their idols, and to their charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
And
and Answer
the spirit of
the
in
GOD
of hosts.
fail
from the sea
And :
the
and the
be wasted, and dried up, brook shall fail and the the furrows shall be emptied
and dried up. Second Responsory. Fifth Day.
Behold, the LORD, &c., (Second Re sponsory on Sunday.}
MATTINS. Invitatory and First Sunday.
as
Hymn
on
the
Third Lesson,
(v.
n.)
princes of Tanis are fools, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh have
""PHE
First Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Book
is
how say ye given brutish counsel I am the son of the unto Pharaoh wise, the son of ancient kings ? Where Let them are now thy wise men ? tell thee, and show thee what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. The princes of Tanis are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived they have seduced Egypt, even they that are the corner-stone of the tribes :
:
of the Prophet Isaiah (xix.
I.)
Behold the burden of Egypt. pHELORD shall ride upon a swift
come into Egypt and Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt
cloud,
and
shall
;
the idols of shall
melt in the midst of
will
set
Egyptians
the :
Egyptians
and they
it.
And
against
I
the
shall fight, every
;
thereof. "
i
Mark
i.
2.
The Divine Name.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. First Lesson.
Third Responsory.
O (
thou
city
of
&c.,
Jerusalem,
The Lesson taken from
Third Responsory on Sunday. )
the
the Prophet Isaiah (xxiv. 2
LAUDS.
T3EHOLD,
the
LORD
Book of
i.)
make
shall
the earth empty, and make it waste, and afflict the surface thereof; and scatter abroad the inhabitants *"
Chapter.
Come
(Isa.
ye, &c., (as
on
ii.
3.)
in the
Monday
First Week.}
shall
it
be,
Hymn and
and Answer
Verse
as on
Song of Zacharias.
the
Thou art He That should * for Whom we look, that Thou shouldest save Thy people. Lord,
come,
;
;
tress
Antiphon at
the
with
as
;
seller
with
as
;
spoken
the
with
borrower
the
with
creditor, so land shall
be
utterly spoiled.
Prayer as on Sunday.
with
as
as people, so with the priest with the servant, so with his master as with the maid, so with her mis
the
the First Sunday.
O
And
thereof.
;
buyer, so with the lender, so as with the
the
utterly
The
debtor.
emptied,
and
LORD
hath
For the
word.
this
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Responsory at Prime.
First Responsory.
Behold, there cometh, &c., (Fourth Responsory on Sunday. )
VESPERS. (Gen.
Chapter.
The
xlix.
sceptre, &c., (as
Second Lesson. 10.)
on Monday in
/
T*HE
Hymn and
and Answer
Verse
J
Virgin. after
He
the it
mourneth and fadeth the and languisheth ;
world fadeth away, the haughty people as on
the First Saturday.
Antiphon at
earth
away,
the First Week.}
Song of the Blessed * Who, coming-
is
me, is preferred before me, shoe s latchet I am not worthy
Whose
to unloose.
The earth of the earth do languish. also is defiled under the inhabitants because
thereof;
they
have
trans
gressed the laws, changed the ordi nance, broken the everlasting cove curse shall the Therefore nant.
devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are guilty, therefore they that till
men
it
become mad, and few
shall
be
shall
left.
Sixth Day.
Second Responsory.
MATTINS. Invitatory and First Sunday. 1
John
i.
Hymn
on the
As a mother, &c., (Fifth Responsory on Sunday.}
27.
Delivered probably in the beginning of Hezekiah s reign are not at all agreed. subject of the chapter, interpreters 2
;
but concerning the particular
SECOND WEEK IN ADVENT. Third Lesson.
HHHE
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
new wine mourneth,
The
do sigh.
the vine
the merry-hearted mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
languisheth,
all
them
the noise of
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Re sponsory at Prime.
that rejoice endeth, harp ceaseth. They
joy of the not drink wine with a song strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. The city of confusion is broken down, every house is shut up the
shall
VESPERS.
;
no man may come in. There is a cry for wine in the streets all joy that
Chapter.
darkened, the mirth of the land In the
gone.
and
the
it
shall
with
be
in
Hymn and
;
Those
lift
when
up
the Song of the Blessed * a Sing unto the LORD new song from the end of the earth let the voice of praise be heard.
Virgin.
2
:
LORD
is
magnified
The Sabbath.
MATTINS. Iwuitatory First Sunday.
glory to the Righteous One.
shalt
plant
yet
vines,
The Lesson
C\ LORD, ^^^ exalt
LAUDS. (Isa.
ye, &c., (as
Verse
;
are faithful.
on
Monday
and Answer
in the
as on
Sunday.
Antiphon at the Song oj Zacharias. * Ye that are of a fearful heart, Say be strong behold, the Lord our God will come. 1
:
;
Prayer as on Sunday. Isa. xxxv. 4.
the
I.)
Thou Thee,
art I
my
will
God, also
I
will
praise
Thou hast done Thy counsels of old Amen. For Thou hast for
made
of a city city a ruin, a
that
it is
an heap, of a defenced house of strangers, so
no more a
city,
neither shall
Therefore ever be built any more. shall the strong people glorify Thee, the city of the terrible nations shall For Thou hast been a fear Thee. it
strength to the needy in his distress a refuge from the storm, a shadow
;
from the heat. "
1
on
wonderful things,
3.)
First Week.}
Hymn and
name
Thy ii.
as
taken from the Book of
is
Isaiah (xxv.
&c.,
(Sixth Responsory on Sunday.}
Chapter.
and Hy?)in
First Lesson.
Third Responsory.
the First
071
and sing
their voice
the
God of Israel in the isles of the sea. From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard the voice of praise, even
Come
as
the First Saturday.
they shall cry aloud from the sea. Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in your teaching, even the name of the LORD
Thou
and Answer
Verse
in
when
shall ;
Monday
shaken, and as the glean the vintage is done.
is
ing grapes praises
10.)
Antiphon at
de the
midst of the land, among the people as a few olives that remain after the olive-tree
xlix.
desolation,
smitten
is
For thus
struction.
left
is
city
gate
is
(Gen.
The sceptre, &c., (as on the First Week.}
;
is
237
Isa. xlii. 10.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. First Responsory.
The
Lord
shall
go
&c.,
forth,
(Seventh Responsory on Sunday.}
Second Lesson.
forth
He
shall
hands
his
as a storm against the wall. bring down the noise of
shalt
strangers, as the heat in a dry place and Thou shalt bring low the blast
;
shall
He
bring
to
bring down, the ground,
of
shadow of a
the
mountain
this
make unto
hosts fat
things,
a
shall
And He tain
even
to
and the
Behold, the Lord, &c., (Ninth Re sponsory on Sunday.}
Chapter.
people a feast feast of wines on
ii.
(Isa.
3.)
all
destroy in this moun the face of the band tied upon will
people, and the veil that all nations.
is
spread
Come
Second Responsory. haste, &c., (Eighth Responsory
&c., (as on
ye,
Monday
in the
and Answer
as on
First Week.}
Hymn and
Verse
the First Sttnday.
Antiphon at
Song of Zacharias.
the
* up a standard unto the nations, and shall gather to gether the outcasts of Israel. 2
over
Make
LAUDS.
And LORD of
cloud.
the
the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
all
lay low,
Third Responsory.
of the terrible ones even as the heat in
and
;
the blast of the terrible ones
is
with
swim
to
bring down their pride to gether with the spoils of their hands. And the bulwark of thine high walls
dust.
T7 OR Thou
eth
The Lord
shall
lift
Prayer as on Sunday.
on Sunday.}
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Third Lesson.
TT E
will
ever
destroy death for and the Lord l GOD will
utterly ;
wipe away tears from all faces, and the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth for the LORD hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day Lo, this is our God, we have waited for
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime.
VESPERS.
;
:
this is Him, and He will save us LORD, we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His ;
the
For on
mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest and Moab shall be trodden down under Him, even as straw is trodden down on salvation.
this
;
And threshing-floor. spread forth His hands in
the
of them, as he that 1
The Name.
He
the First Saturday.
Antiphon at Virgin.
3
Me
shall
bow,
for
:
Song of the Blessed * there was no
Me
neither
god formed, after
the
Before
and
unto
there be every knee tongue shall
shall
Me
every
swear.
shall
the midst
swimmeth spread-
The Chapter is taken from the Lauds of the succeeding Sunday. Hymn and Verse and Answer as on
Isa. xi. 12,
The Prayer
is
taken from the Lauds
of the succeeding Stmday. 3
Isa. xliii. 10
;
xlv. 24.
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT. 1
Hose Suntmg
on His thigh a name written King of kings, and Lord of lords. Verse. He shall appear and not
in
:
The Third Lord^s Day in Coming-
;
Answer.
MATTINS.
hand Him.
O
:
2
The Lord
come,
is
us
let
now
at
name
worship
This Invitatory is said every day Christmas Eve exclusive. Hymn as on First Sunday.
;
:
eth
way of the just is upright, the path wherein the just walkis upright. Yea, in the way of
Thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for Thee
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah (xxvi.
soul
have
shall this
yea,
seek
Thou
shalt
because our trust
keep lasting peace, is stayed on Thee.
Ye
LORD
:
trust
the
For
in
the
for
on
dwell
high,
the
He
shall lay it low, even to the ground,
of our
the re
With my
Thee
in
the
soul
night
;
with
mine inmost
Thee
Thy judg early. in the earth, the inhabitants
spirit
will
I
When
;
unjustly, and will not behold the jesty of the LORD.
that
ma
Second Responsory.
He
lofty city, shall lay it low, shall bring
5
Thou, Bethlehem, art the city of Most High God, out of thee shall He come forth That is to be Ruler Whose goings forth have in Israel been from of old, from everlasting, and now shall He be great unto the And this Man ends of the earth. shall be the peace in our land, when He shall come.
He
the
tread poor,
of Thee.
desired
to
in yet will he not learn righteousness the land of uprightness will he deal
even to the dust. The foot shall it down, even the feet of the
it
desire
the
of the world will learn righteousness. Though mercy be shown to the wicked,
ever, in for ever.
LORD GOD mighty He bringeth down them
I
;
Thy name, and
to
ments are
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. The former wandering is past
is
membrance
I.)
day song be sung 3 Zion is in the land of Juaah. our strong city, the Saviour will God appoint in her for walls and bulwarks. that
and
n^HE
First Lesson.
N
kings,
Second Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
T
King of
lords.
till
is
Him,
surely come. ten thousand of His
And Him and He
written
Lord of
The Lesson
wait for
tarry,
will
shall have on His vesture, and on His thigh a
saints with
*
He
lie though because He
Time.
Invitatory.
239
;
and the steps of the needy. First Responsory.
4
Behold, the Lord shall appear upon a white cloud, and ten thou sand of His saints with Him and He shall have on His vesture, and
Verse.
He
shall
speak peace unto
the Gentiles, and shall have dominion from sea to sea.
;
Roseis relaxed as on the Fourth Sunday in Lent, reddish brown) vestments may be worn instead of purple, and it is allowed to put Phil. iv. flowers on the altar and to play the organ. 5. 8 Micah v. 3 4 Zion not in the Hebrew. 2, 4, 5. Jude 14 Apoc. xix. 16. 1
The
coloured
penitential character of the season (i.e.,
;
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
240
And
Answer.
Man
this
be
shall
when He
the peace in our land,
shall
come.
T ORD, J
i let Thy hand be lifted up, and let them not see let them see and be ashamed for their envy at
-
;
the
the
people yea, enemies. ordain peace for
let
also
our
;
all
wrought
fire
devour
Thou Thou
LORD, for
us,
December
cember hath come round again, and this devout custom of the The fruits of the year, which
with it Church.
Third Lesson.
Thine
rigid observance of this Fast. The month of De
upon you the
works
wilt
hast
for
us.
O
LORD, our God, other lords be Thee have had dominion over us but by Thee only will we make
is
to
drawing
a
are
close,
now
all
gathered in, and we most meetly offer our abstinence to God as a sacrifice of thanksgiving. And what can be more useful than fasting, that exercise
by which we draw nigh
to
God, make
a stand against the devil, and over come the softer enticements of sin ?
side ;
Fourth Responsory.
mention
of Thy name. They are they shall not live, the giants shall not rise. Therefore hast Thou
dead,
visited
and destroyed them, and made
all their
memory .
to perish.
He That shall come, will come, and will not tarry and there shall no more be fear in our borders. For He is our Saviour. ;
He
3
Verse.
iniquities,
down
tread
shall
and
cast
For
is
For
He
is
of strength.
our Saviour.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is
hath ever been the bread From abstinence reasonable pure thoughts,
TOASTING
Ghost.
Answer.
Fifth Lesson.
our Saviour.
the
to
Verse. Behold, the Lord of hosts, thy God, cometh with great power. Answer. To deliver His people out of the hand of the mighty.
all
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
and
He
thee,
our sins
all
into the depths of the sea.
Answer.
not,
the mighty.
Third Responsory.
2
our
O
Egypt, for the Ruler and the depths shall be moved at His presence. To de liver His people out of the hand of
Weep
cometh unto
taken from the Sermons
of Pope St Leo [the Great,] (Second on the December Fast, and Alms
proceed
and healthy counsels. By voluntary mortifications the flesh dieth to lust, and the soul is renewed in But since fasting is not the might. only mean whereby we get health for our souls, let us add to our fasting Let us spend in works of mercy. desires,
good deeds what we dulgence.
take from in Let our fast become the
banquet of the poor.
giving.}
Q EARLY
beloved
the care which
the 1
Thy 2
shepherd of your Lowth zeal,"
Heb.
"
Thy hand
with becometh us as
Fifth Responsory.
brethren,
we urge
souls,
is lifted
4
Her time is near to come, and her For the days shall not be prolonged.
up, yet will they not see
:
but they shall
see,
with confusion,
&c.
x. 37.
3
Micah
vii.
19.
4
Isa. xiv. i.
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT. LORD
have mercy on Jacob, and be saved.
will
Israel shall
1 Turn again, O Virgin of turn again to thy cities. For the LORD shall have Answer.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
Verse.
Israel,
mercy on Judah, and
Israel shall
241
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
be
AT that time
saved.
Sixth Lesson.
to
Gospel according
John
19.)
(i.
The Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to Who art thou ? John to ask him :
:
ET
T
widow and serve
us defend the
And
let us comfort the the orphan and reconcile the estranged
so on.
;
afflicted
Homily by Pope St Gregory
;
us take in the wanderer and suc
let
cour the oppressed let us clothe the naked and cherish the sick. And may every one of us that shall offer to the
Great,]
(Jf/i
[the
on the Gospels.}
;
God
of
all
goodness
Advent
this
sacri
of fasting and alms be by Him fitted to receive an eternal reward in
fice
We fast on His heavenly kingdom Wednesday and Friday and there is likewise a Vigil on Saturday at the Church of St Peter, that by his good !
;
prayers we may the more effectually obtain what we ask for, through our
Who
Lord
with
the
JESUS Christ, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God, world without Father
Amen.
end.
Sixth Responsory. 2
The Lord
shall
come down
like
In His days shall upon a fleece. righteousness flourish, and abundance of peace. All the kings of the earth Verse. rain
down
shall fall
before
Him,
all
In His days shall right flourish, and abundance of
"
;
fessed,
I
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Verse. to
Ghost.
Answer. eousness
am
not the
Christ,"
In His days shall right and abundance of
flourish,
;
Him Whose title he would not by In that he arrogated falsehood take. not to himself the name of Christ, he of
became a member of Christ. he humbly strove to confess
While his
Jer. xxxi. 21.
own
weakness, he earned by his simplicity a part in the grandeur of his Master.
Seventh Responsory.
ing
;
Lord, come and make no tarry bonds of Thy loosen the
people.
And
land abroad.
gather again into their
them
that
are
scattered
O Lord, stir up Thy strength, and come and save us. And gather again into Answer. their own land them that are scat Verse.
3
tered abroad.
peace. 1
at the
same time he would not deny what he was in reality and thus his very truth - speaking made him a member
own
peace.
and
;
O
Answer. eousness
He was so great that it was John. thought he might be the Christ yet he soberly chose rather to seem only what he really was, than to let the belief of men invest him with a dignity which did not belong to him for he confessed, and denied not, but con
nations
Him.
shall serve
Dearly beloved brethren, the first thing which striketh us in to-day s Gospel is the lowly - mindedness of
2
Ps. Ixxi. 6, 7, ii.
3
Ps. Ixxix. 3.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
242
and power of
Eighth Lesson.
N
T
considering this
subject
we
As find
an apparent contradiction between one of John s statements, and the saying of our Redeemer recorded in another part of the Gospel. (Matth.
When His disciples 10-12.) asked our Lord regarding the coming Elias is of Elias, He answered xvii.
"
:
already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatso if ye will "And ever they listed."
come
receive Elias."
this
it,
"
John was asked "
I
if
am
How
not."
comes
then, dearly beloved brethren, that find the Truth Itself asserting what It the prophet of the Truth denied ?
must evidently be that our Lord meant one thing and John another, when the and John, I am Lord said, "This For how can he be the prophet not." of truth, if he speak not according to "
is,"
Him Who
is
the Eternal
?
Eighth Respoitsory. 1
Behold, there shall be a root of
Jesse, which shall come for salva tion unto the people, to it shall the Gentiles seek, and His name shall be 2
The Lord God
Him the throne of His father David, and He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever. Answer. And His name shall be glorious.
John then was Elias and our Lord asserteth of the spirit what John
of the Saviour.
in spirit, but not in person
;
denieth of the person.
Ninth Responsory. 3 The Lord will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem.
Come ye, and let us go up mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob. Answer. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Verse.
to the
us then more minutely examine these words, and we shall find
no real contradiction. When the Angel announced to Zacharias the coming birth of John he said there
is
:
shall
go before
1
Isa. xi. 10.
4
i
Cor.
iv. 5,
Him
4 The Lord will First Antiphon. * and will not He both tarry will bring to light the hidden things
come,
;
of darkness, and will manifest to all people.
make Himself Alleluia.
Rejoice greatly, thy Saviour cometh
ET
He
the old Elias
Second Antiphon. * for
Ninth Lesson.
"
As
Elias.
be the Fore-runner of the Judge, so the new Elias was the Fore-runner
will
shall give
unto
that
and power of
LAUDS.
glorious. Verse.
T
Second Advent of the Lord, so did John, as the new Elias, go be fore the First Advent, in the spirit
is,
we
Truth
17.)
fore the
14.)
it
the word of
i.
come again be
"
is John) But when he was Elias, he
(that xi.
(Matth.
answered,
(Luke
Elias,"
the old Elias will
in the spirit 8
O Jerusalem, Alleluia. unto thee.
Third Antiphon. 5 I in Zion, * and
vation
Jerusalem.
will place
My
sal
glory in
Alleluia.
6 Fourth Antiphon. Every moun * shall be made tain and hill low, and
Luke i. 32. Isa. xlvi. 13.
3
Isa.
6
Isa. xl. 4.
ii.
3.
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT. shall be made and the rough places plain come and make no tarrying.
the crooked
:
l
We
Chapter.
straight,
O
Lord,
Alleluia.
should live
Fifth Antiphon. righteously and godly, looking for that blessed hope and the coming of
*
243 (Phil.
iv.
6.)
T)E
anxious for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.
the Lord.
NONE. (Phil. iv. 4.)
Chapter.
in
the
We
Antiphon.
Lord
"DRETHREN, Rejoice Let alway again I say, rejoice. your moderation be known unto all men for the Lord is at hand.
should
* live,
c.,
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.}
:
:
Hymn and
Verse
and Answer
as on
First Sunday.
.the
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. shall sit * upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom for ever.
(Phil. iv. 7.)
Chapter.
AND
^^
the peace of
eth
God which
pass-
all
understanding, keep your hearts and minds, through Christ JESUS our Lord.
He
Alleluia.
Antiphons and Chapter as at Lauds. Hymn and Verse and Answer as on
Prayer.
r\ LORD, ^^^
we beseech Thee, merci-
fully incline
prayers,
and lighten the darkness of ;
Holy Ghost, one God, world with
out end.
the First Saturday.
Thine ears unto our
our minds by the grace of Thy heavenly Who livest and reignest visitation with God the Father, in the unity of the
VESPERS.
Amen.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin (unless supplanted by the great 2 Blessed art Antiphon, O Wisdom.) * O Mary, that hast believed the thou, Lord for there shall be a performance of those things which were told thee :
from the Lord.
PRIME.
"
After
come, (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
Antiphon. c.,
The Lord
will
*
Alleluia.
Bless
we
the Lord
"
are said
the Vespers of the Dead.
In the Short Responsory the same
The Seven Days preceding Christ are marked by the Church with two observances; \st, The series
alteration as before.
mas Eve
TERCE. Rejoice greatly, Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
The Chapter
is
c.,
taken from Lauds.
I
Antiphon.
will
place salvation,
(Third Antiphon at Lauds.} i
Tit.
them are
different.
The Great
i.
SEXT.
c.,
of Antiphons called the Great O s, and 2nd, by a special series of Antiphons The rules which apply to at Lauds.
The Great O s are a series of Anti phons at the Song of the Blessed Virgin, 2
ii.
13.
O s.
Luke
i.
45.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
244
one for every evening from Dec. 17 to They sitpplant any other 23 inclusive. Antiphon of the Office of the Season, if the I jth Dec. (as, for instance, should be the Third Sunday of Advent, is Blessed art thou the Antiphon, The displaced for "O Wisdom.") Great O s however can be supplanted O Wis by Feasts, (as, for instance, dom and O Adonai by the Feast of
and no man openeth come, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death 7
:
!
Dec. 21.
"
"
O
9
DAY-SPRING,
Brightness of 10
the everlasting Light,
Sun of
"
"
"
"
the Expectation,
and
O
"
Day-Spring,"
by the Feast of St Thomas, ] and then they are treated as the Antiphon for Week-day, forming part of the Commemoration. They are always said entire both before and after the Canticle, like the Antiphon on Dottble the
8
Righteousness, come, to give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death !
Dec. 22.
^
C\ KING n
Desire
whom Thou
man,
of the dust of the earth
Dec. 17.
^C\ WISDOM,
V
That comest out of mouth of the Most High,
the
^That reachest from one end to another, and dost mightily and sweetly order all
things
come, to teach us the way
:
of prudence
r\ ^^
ADONAI,
1
Ruler
Dec. 19. of Jesse,
Which
standest
an ensign of the people,
for
Whom the kings shall shut their 4 unto Whom the Gentiles mouths, shall seek come, to deliver us, make
5 at
:
no tarrying
!
Dec. 20.
^ i 3
of David, and Sceptre of the house of Israel That open;
and no man shutteth Ecclus. xxiv. I.e.,
Lord.
Mai.
iv. 2.
of
the
and Salvation thereof: save us, O Lord our God
Gentiles, yea,
come
to
!
Special series of Antiphons at
Lauds.
The following
series
of Antiphons
are used on Week-days at Lauds, and, consequently, the First, Second, Third, and Fifth at Prime, Terce, Sext, and
None, on the seven days preceding Christmas Eve, beginning like the Great O s on the \-jth Dec. They differ from the Great O s in that they This is can be wholly supplanted. always the case on two days, which are necessarily, one a Sunday, and the There other the Feast of St Thomas.
;
i
sets only are given. If the jth be the Sunday, the series is begun
o?i
and shuttest
Monday. The set which fall upon the day 2
5.
This
pronounce the Name. 6 Apoc. iii. 7. 10
and our
-
fore Jive
*r\ KEY est,
made
!
our King ^^ EMMANUEL, Law giver, 13 Longing
of the
!
^-^
come,
hast
Dec. 23.
2.
and
:
^C\ ROOT
Corner :
8.
house of Israel, Who didst ap pear unto Moses in the burning bush, and gavest him the law in Sinai come, to redeem us with an outstretched
arm
O
r*\
!
Dec. 3
12
thereof,
stone that makest of twain one to save
Feasts.
of the Gentiles, yea, and
is
the
Hebrew word which
7 Isa. xlii. 7. 11 Hag. ii. 8.
Wisd.
viii.
i.
the Jews substitute for any endeavour to
4
Isa. xi. 10.
8
Luke
i.
i2
Eph.
ii.
78, 79. 14, 20.
5
Isa.
9
Wisd. vii. Gen. xlix.
i3
lii.
15.
26. 10.
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT.
.
when the Feast of St Thomas occurs are transferred to the next Saturday, and said then, except the Fourth, which is omitted, and the Antiphon, "My teaching shall drop, place. If, however,
said in
&c."
down the Righteous One the earth open and let her bring forth the Saviour. skies pour
and
the
ing shall drop,
Antiphon
My
"
said in
&c."
its
6 s Second Antiphon. en(j forth the * O the Ruler Lamb, of the land, Lord, from the rock of the wilderness unto
its
the
O
teach
and
teaching shall drop,
the
&c."
be altogether omitted
should the Feast
of St Thomas come on the Saturday.
Here follow
the five sets of Antiphons.
First
set.
First Antiphon. Behold, the Lord * 1 the Prince of the Kings of the earth blessed are they that are
cometh,
:
to go forth to meet Him. 2 Second Antiphon. When the Son of man cometh, * shall He find faith on the earth ? Third Antiphon. 3 Behold, the ful ness * of the time is come, when God sent forth His Son into the world. 4 Fourth Antiphon. With joy *
ready
shall
ye draw water out of the wells
of the Saviour.
The Lord goeth He com
Fifth Antiphon.
* from His holy place eth to save His people. forth
Second
saving health
among
all
nations.
9 The law was Fifth Antiphon. given by Moses, * but grace and truth
came by JESUS
Christ.
Third
"My
will likewise
the daughter of Zion.
8 Fourth Antiphon. O Lord, * reward them that wait for Thee, and let Thy Prophets be found faithful.
place.
Antiphon
mount of
Third Antiphon. 7 That Thy way, * Lord, may be known upon earth,
Thy
The Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias and the Prayer will then be those pro per to the Day, as Ember Saturday. In this case the set of Antiphons which fell upon the day occupied by the Feast of St Thomas will be alto gether omitted;
:
let
the Su?iday to follow be Christmas Eve, then on Saturday are said the Antiphons of the Lauds of the Fourth Sunday in Advent, except the Fourth, which is
omitted,
245
First
Antiphon.
set.
The
Prophets
foretold * that the Saviour should be born of the Virgin Mary.
Secofid Antiphon. the Lord * is upon
hath
Me
anointed
10
The
Spirit of
Me, because to
Gospel to the poor. Third Antiphon. n For Zion s sake * will I not hold my peace, until her Righteous One go forth as brightness. Fourth Antiphon. Behold, the Lord * 12 to sit cometh, among princes, and to inherit the throne of glory. Tell it out among Fifth Antiphon. the people, * and say: Behold, God.
our Saviour cometh.
Fourth
set.
First
The Lord, the Antiphon. * cometh out of Zion, to Almighty, save His people. Second Antiphon. * at the
;
Lord,
last,
come unto Thy
Turn Thee, and tarry not
The Lord That * shall come forth from Zion, Emmanuel is His name, and His name shall rule
First Antiphon.
5
heavens, from above, 1
Apoc.
i.
5.
5
Isa. xlv. 8.
9
John
i.
VOL.
17. I.
2 6 10
Drop down, ye * and
Luke
let
xviii.
i
the
is
great.
Gal.
iv. 4.
Isa. xvi.
i.
Luke
Ps. Ixvi. 3.
18.
Isa.
iv.
O to
servants.
Third Antiphon.
set.
He the
preach
Ixii.
i.
4 8 12
Isa. xii. 3.
Ecclus. xxxvi. 18. i
Kings (Sam.) I
ii.
8.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
246
l Behold, He is Fourth Antiphon. * and I will glorify Him my my God, father s God, and I will exalt Him. The Lord our Fifth Antiphon. * the Lord our King, cometh Law-giver, ;
this last
Antiphon
"Hail,
Mary,
said at the
Song
&c."
to save us.
7.^rd Dec.
Fifth
set. 2
Stand still First Antiphon. see the salvation of the LORD.
* and
3 Unto Thee, O Second Antiphon. * lift I up my soul come and LORD, deliver me, O Lord, in Thee do I put :
my
is
Fourth Sunday of of Zacharias on the Advent, instead of the Antiphon,
day the Antiphon at the is : Zacharias Song of
On
this
Behold,
all
things
are
*
fulfilled,
which were spoken by the angel con cerning the Virgin Mary.
trust.
* Third Antiphon. Come, O Lord, the loosen and make no tarrying: bonds of Thy people Israel. 4 God shall Fourth Antiphon. come from Lebanon, * and His bright
Second Day.
MATTINS.
ness shall be as the light. 5 Therefore I will Fifth Antiphon. * I will wait for look unto the LORD,
God
the
of
my
Invitatory as on Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
salvation.
First Lesson.
The Saturday. not Christmas If the Saturday be the Eve, the Antiphons will be one of Rubric the as directed above sets, by the Fourth above, with the exception of which the that Moses], Song of for (i.e., will be as follows : 6 My teaching Antiphon. * as the rain, and our God drop come down upon us as the dew.
Fourth shall shall
On
the Feast of St.
Thomas, at the
Commemoration of the Week-day at : Lauds, the Antiphon is as follows Fear not: * yet five Antiphon. Lord shall come unto the and days
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah (xxviii.
i.)
to the 7 crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, to the fading flower of their glorious beauty which are upon the head of the fat Behold with wine. valley, overcome as a the Lord is mighty and strong,
A VTOE * *
;
hail, and as a destroying a flood of mighty waters the breadth overflowing, sent forth over The crown of pride, the of the land. drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden
tempest of storm,
as
under
foot.
First Responsory.
you.
St Thomas should If the Feast of
happen
to be
transferred to the
Monday, 2
i
Exod.
xv.
-2.
t^,,, Exod
Behold, the Lord shall appear, &c., (First Responsory on Sunday.} xv.
3
13.
6
I
heads on occasions of flowers?worn upon their
festivity."
And he
cites
Wisd.
Ps. xxiv. Deut>
i.
xxxii>
n. 7, 8.
2<
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT. Second Lesson.
A ND
the
LAUDS.
flower
fading
of
their
glorious beauty, which is upon the head of the fat valley, shall be as the hasty fruit before the ripening of Autumn which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his ;
hand, he eateth shall the
it
In
up.
that
LORD
day
of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty unto the residue of His people and for a spirit of judgment to him that ;
judgment, and for strength to them that turn from the battle to the But they also have erred gate. sitteth in
wine, and through strong drink are out of the way the priest and the prophet have erred
through
:
through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine.
Thou, Bethlehem, &c., (Second Re sponsory on Sunday.}
Third Lesson.
TTHEREFORE 1
GOD
precious
corner-stone,
Let
not
1
6
.
(Isa.
on
ii.
3.)
Monday
in the
and Answer
as on
ye, &c., (as
First Week.}
and Verse the First Sunday.
Hymn
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. There shall come forth a rod * out of the stem of Jesse, and the whole earth be rilled with the glory of the Lord, and all flesh shall see the salva tion of God. shall
Prayer as on Sunday. After
"Bless
we
the
Lord"
is
said
the Dirge.
I
him
tried stone, a
found
sure
that
believeth
make haste. Justice also will I the plummet and righteousness
lay to the
to
and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall 2 overflow the hiding-place. And your :
the
Responsory
at Prime.
Chapter.
lay in Zion for
a
Antiphons as on Sunday, and same alteration in the Short
)
thus saith the Lord
Behold
:
(
a foundation a stone, a
line
Chapter.
Come
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Second Responsory.
ation.
247
(Gen.
xlix.
The
sceptre, &c., (as on the First Week.}
and Verse the First Saturday.
Hymn
Antiphon at 3
the
and
10.)
Monday
in
A?isiver as on
So Jig of
the Blessed
A11
generations shall call me blessed, * for God hath regarded the lowliness of His hand-maiden. Virgin.
covenant with death nulled, and your shall not stand.
shall be disan agreement with hell
Third Day. Third Responsory.
He That shall come, &c., Responsory on Sunday.} i
2
^
The Name. The allusion
We
MATTINS. (Third
Invitatory as on Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
is to v. 15, where the inhabitants of Jerusalem are represented as saying, have entered into a covenant with death a kind of proverbial expression to denote 3 L u ke from evil." i. 48.
perfect security
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
248
Third Lesson.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
Book
taken from the
is
IX/TOREOVER, ^^ moon shall
of
the Prophet Isaiah (xxx. 18.)
^PHE
LORD
waiteth that
gracious unto you
He
fore will
He may
be
and there
;
He may
be exalted, that
have mercy upon you, for the LORD blessed are all is a God of judgment For the they that wait for Him. ;
of Zion
shall
dwell
in
Jeru more, weep He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry when He shall hear it, He will answer thee. people salem,
thou
no
shalt
;
the
Though
LORD
give you bread in in short measure
scarcity and water
:
He
not make thy teacher to thee any more and thine eyes shall see thy teacher. yet will
fly
from
the
of
light
be
as
the
the light
of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the
LORD
bindeth up the breach of His and healeth the stroke of their wound. Behold, the name of
people,
LORD cometh from
the
far,
burning
and the burden His lips are full thereof is heavy of indignation, and His tongue as His breath, as an a devouring fire. His
with
anger,
:
overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations to the uttermost, and as a bridle causing them to err
;
shall
it
be
the
in
jaws
of
the
peoples.
Third Responsory.
First Responsory.
Weep not, O Egypt, &c., (Fourth Responsory on Sunday.} Second Lesson.
(
v.
The Lord
J
Get thee shall
&c.,
LAUDS.
22.)
shalt say unto it, hence, and the rain
"THOU
come down,
shall
(Sixth Responsory on Sunday.}
Chapter
(Isa.
ii.
3.)
fall
upon thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal and the bread of the increase of the earth shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy lambs feed in large pastures thine oxen likewise, and the young ;
Come
on
Monday
in the
and Answer
as on
ye, &c., (as
First Week.}
Hymn and the First
Verse
Sunday.
;
asses
that
the
ground shall eat mixed provender, as that which hath been winnowed on the threshing-floor. And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill till
of running waters, in the day of the great when the slaughter, 2 towers fall. rivers
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. * in the land of Thou, Bethlehem, Judah, shalt not be the least [among 3
the princes of Judah] for out of thee shall come a Ruler, That shall rule my :
people Israel.
Prayer as on Sunday. PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Second Responsory. ier
time
is
near
to
come, &c., (Ftftk Responsory on Sunday.} The allusion is to the ornament 2
7
-
-
the
m ghty
men.
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short ResponSory at
Prime.
of a molten image. s
Matth.
ii.
6
;
Micah
v. 2.
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT. who was chosen
VESPERS.
Lord was
the
(Gen.
Chapter.
The sceptre, the First Week.}
Hymn
and
xlix.
(as on
c.,
be the mother of to a man.
to
espoused
Why
10.)
did not the power of the High overshadow her before she was so espoused ? Perhaps it was lest est
Monday
in
any
and Answer
Verse
249
as on
the First Saturday.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed * 1 arise, O Awake, awake, the loose thyself from Jerusalem bands of thy neck, O captive daugh
might
conceived Holy One.
ter of Zion.
in
that
say
the
adultery
First Responsory.
Virgin.
:
blasphemously
had
she
O thou that bringest good tidings of peace to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength Say unto the cities of 3
!
Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jeru salem Behold, our God will come, for :
6m8etr
Whom
we
waited.
O
Verse.
The Fourth Day in Quarter-Week.
thou
that
tellest
good
get thee up into tidings to Zion the high mountain, lift up thy voice :
MATTINS.
with strength. Invitatory as on Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
Answer.
Say unto the
cities
Judah, and to the inhabitants Behold, our God Jerusalem come, for Whom we waited. :
First Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
to
Gospel according
AT "^^
Luke
(i.
The Angel Gabriel that time was sent from God, unto a city to
gin espoused
Nazareth, to a vir
a
man whose name
was Joseph, of the house of David and the virgin s name was Mary.
:
And
Second Lesson.
:
named
so on. 2
Homily by Milan,] (Bk.
The
St Ambrose, Bishop [of
ii.
A ND
God
are unsearch
and it is especially declared by a Prophet, that a man can hardly know His counsels. Never (Wisd. ix. 13.)
able,
theless, some things to us, and we may
have been revealed gather from some of the words and works of the Lord our Saviour, that there was a special purpose of God, in the fact that she 1
Isa.
lii.
i, 2.
her."
Virgin learn
Dec.
Angel came in unto Let us learn from this to bear ourselves, let us
the
"^^
how
her modesty, let us learn devout utterance, above all
her us learn acted.
It
to
be
of
men,
by
the
holy
is
the
part
timid,
mystery of a
by let
en
maiden
avoid the advances shrink from men s Would that our women
and
addresses.
on Luke.}
mysteries of
of will
26.) "
of Galilee,
of
to
to
would learn from the example of She modesty here set before us. upon whom the stare of men had never been fixed was alone in her chamber, and she found herself alone with Angels. There was neither
companion nor witness there, that what passed might not be debased in gossip and the Angel saluted :
her. 7.
Isa. xl. 9, 10.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
250
Second Responsory.
LAUDS.
1
There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Man shall rise out of shall smite through all Israel, and
And princes of the aliens. the earth shall be His possession.
the
2
Verse.
All kings shall fall Him, all nations shall
before
Him. Answer.
And
all
down serve
the earth shall
all
be His possession.
Chapter.
Come
&c., (as on
ye,
on earth the words are spoken "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee." The holy maiden heareth, and believeth. At length she said Be :
"
:
hold the handmaid of the Lord be it unto me according to thy word." Here is an example of lowliness, here is a pattern of true devotion. :
of
the
very moment that she is is chosen to be the mother Lord she at once declareth
His handmaid. The know ledge that she was mother of God caused in the heart of Mary only an act of humility. herself
and Verse the First Sunday.
Hymn
The
4
shall
be called
Em
His days shall right eousness flourish, and abundance of In
QRANT, God, that the solemn
Answer.
And His name
shall
Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And His name shall be
called 1
be
Emmanuel.
Verse.
to
Feast of our
redemption, which is now at hand, may both help us in the life which now is, and further us toward the attaining of
Thine eternal joy in that which is to come. Through our Lord JESUS Christ eth
Thy
Son,
Thee
with
Who
and reign-
liveth
the
in
of the
unity
Holy Ghost, One God world without
Amen.
end.
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Responsory
at Prime.
Prayer as at Lauds.
Chapter.
The
sceptre, the First Week. )
Hymn and
(Gen. c.,
Verse
xlix.
10.)
(as on Monday in
and Answer
as on
the First Saturday.
peace. called
as on
VESPERS.
manuel. Verse.
and Answer
we beseech Thee, Almighty
Lord, the Ruler, cometh quickly.
And His name
in the
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. The angel Gabriel * was sent to Mary,
Third Responsory. 3
Monday
Prayer.
message of God to the Virgin was a mystery, whifh it was not lawful for the mouth of men, but only of Angels, to utter. For the first time
the
3.)
a virgin espoused to Joseph.
"THE
told she
ii.
First Week.}
Third Lesson.
At
(Isa.
Emmanuel.
Numb.
xxiv. 17.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Behold the handmaid * of
Virgin. the Lord
;
be
it
unto
me
according to
thy word.
Prayer as on Sunday. 2
Ps
lxxi
It
Matth.
i.
23
;
Isa. vii. 14.
4
p
s>
]
xx
j
>
7<
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT. And
251
your spoil shall be gathered like
the gathering of the locust, when the 6 trenches are filled therewith. The
Fifth Day.
MATTINS. Invitatory as on Sunday. as on the First Sunday.
Hymn
First Lesson.
LORD
is
high
He
:
He
dwelleth on Zion with judg
exalted, for
hath
filled
ment and
righteousness
times
be
shall
knowledge
shall
salvation
the
;
faithful
;
and 7 thy wisdom and :
be the riches of thy fear
LORD
of the
is
his treasure.
The Lesson
taken from the Book of
is
the Prophet Isaiah (xxxiii.
E
thee
to
that
Second Responsory.
I.)
shall
spoilest,
not thou also be spoiled ? and dealest scornfully, shall not they also deal scornfully with thee ? When thou shalt
cease
to
spoil,
when thou and make an end to spoiled
;
thou
shalt
be
shalt
be
weary
deal scornfully, they shall deal scornfully with thee. 2 O LORD, be gracious unto us for we have waited for Thee be Thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. ;
The Fore-runner
8
is for us entered, without spot made an High Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.
even the
Lamb
:
Verse. This is that King of Right eousness without descent, nor end of life.
Answer.
Made an High
Priest for
ever after the order of Melchisedek.
:
Third Lesson.
First Responsory. 3
The LORD
shall
go forth and And His
against the nations. shall stand upon the
on the
fight feet
mount of Olives
east.
4 And Verse. shall be exalted it above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it. Answer. And His feet shall stand upon the mount of Olives on the east.
Second Lesson. 5
A T
the voice of thy messenger the fled, and at the lifting
people
up of thyself the nations were scattered.
T^HE
(14.)
Zion are afraid, fearfulness hath surprised the Who among you can hypocrites. dwell with the devouring fire ? who among you shall dwell with everlasting 1
burnings
sinners
?
He
in
walketh
that
right
and speaketh uprightly, he eously, that refuseth the gain of leasing, and shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his He shall dwell eyes from seeing evil. on high, his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure. :
His eyes beauty that
is
:
shall see the King in his they shall behold the land very far off.
1 "The prophet addresses himself to Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, who was threaten ing the destruction of the Jewish kingdom." "The Jews are here introduced imploring the protection of God." 3 Zech. xiv. 4 Isa. ii. 2. 3, 4. 5 "The Prophet, in the name of God, or, rather, God Himself, is introduced, addressing
Himself to 6
7 9
Sennacherib."
chorus of Jews is introduced acknowledging the mercy and power of God." 8 Heb. vi. 20; vii. 2, 3. Viz., those of Hezekiah. The Prophet is speaking in the name of God. "A
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
252
Third Responsory. 1
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
The
Gentiles shall see thy Right eous One, and all kings thy Glorious
And
2
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, * and be glad with her, all ye that Virgin.
love her for ever.
thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD hath named. Verse. Thou shalt also be a crown one.
of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Answer. And thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD hath named. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD hath named.
LAUDS.
The Sixth Day in Quarter- Week. MATTINS. Invitatory as on Sunday.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 39.)
AT that time
Mary arose, and went into the hill country with haste,
into a city of Judah,
the
Chapter.
Come
ye,
(Isa.
&c.,
(as
ii.
3.)
Hymn
Verse
as on
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime. VESPERS. xlix.
sceptre, &c., (as on
10.)
Monday
in
Week.")
and Verse the First Saturday.
Hymn
1
and Answer
Isa. Ixii. 2, 3.
as on
any one asketh another
for
when he announced
to Mary the coun God, gave, as a proof, the con ception of Elizabeth, then aged and barren, that Mary might perceive, by sel of
God nothingthe holy Virgin had heard it, she arose and went to visit her cousin. She did not go to see if what she had heard was is
same
ii.
credence, he is bound to give some reasonable ground. And- so the Angel,
this
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
[of
fti.)
When
Prayer as on Sunday.
the First
so on.
Milan,] (Commentary on Luke, Bk.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Let your soul watch, * the Lord our God is nigh at hand. (See the Rubric on the Feast of St Thomas, 6. 244.)
The
into
saluted
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop
and Answer
(Gen.
And
Elizabeth.
the First Sunday.
Chapter.
and entered
house of Zacharias, and
on the First
Monday. )
and
:
example, that with
impossible.
When
true,
because she did not believe God, or because she knew not who the mes senger had been, or yet because she doubted the fact adduced in proof. She went joyfully as one who hath received a mercy in answer to his
vow
goeth to pay the same. She went with devotion, as a godly person goeth to execute a She went religious duty. 2
Isa. Ixvi. 10.
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT. into
the
And
is
hill it
went up
country in joyful haste. not something that she
into
the
hills
God was
?
already in her womb, and her feeling bore her continually upward. The
grace of the Holy no slow working.
knoweth
Spirit
forth the
Lamb,
Second Responsory.
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down the Righteous One. Let the earth open, and let her bring forth the Saviour. Verse. Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the Ruler of the land, from the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
First Responsory.
Send
253
O
Lord, the
Ruler of the land from the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the ;
Answer.
Let the earth open, and her bring forth the Saviour.
let
daughter of Zion.
Show
Verse.
us
Thy
mercy,
O
LORD, and grant us Thy salvation. Answer, From the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the
she will learn
from the
charity, Mary, who had hitherto remained alone at home, was not de terred by her maidenly shyness from she faced entering on a public journey for this end the hardships of mountain and encountered with a travelling this
;
;
sense of duty the weary length of the The Virgin left her home, and way. went into the hill country with haste, unmindful of the trouble, and remem office
to
first
in
spite
submit herself to her elders.
She
that
this act of the Virgin then we see the greater going to visit and to succour the lesser Mary to Elizabeth, Christ
to John.
Third Responsory.
The
waste places have brought sweet-smelling buds for Israel for, behold, our God will come with And His brightness is with power. Verse.
;
l
Out of Zion the perfection God shall come mani
of beauty, our festly.
Answer.
:
1
the
is at once the very ground in which devotion groweth, and the first and principal rule of its teaching. In
Him.
she abode with her cousin about three months.
go, but
Now,
ness
will learn from her not to idle about from house to house, to loiter in the streets, nor to take part in conver
sations in public. Mary, as she was hasteful to pass through the public roads, so was she slow again to enter
first
saluted Elizabeth.
professeth chastity ought to be a very mistress of humility. Lowly-minded-
forth
I.
a pattern maidens,
purer a virgin is, the humbler ought she to be. She will know how to
Maidens
VOL.
Not only did she
which her
cousinly love prompted her, of the delicacy of her sex.
on them
is
for the imitation of all
elder.
example of the Mother of God to take a tender care of their kinswomen who are with child. In pursuance of
only the
S the modesty of Mary
is her humility. She went to see Elizabeth, like one cousin going to visit another, and as the younger to the
Second Lesson.
bering
A
so also
daughter of Zion.
/^ODLY women
Third Lesson.
with Him.
Ps. xlix.
2.
And
His
brightness
is
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
254
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. And His brightness is Answer. Verse.
to the Son,
*
saying
:
He That cometh
me
after
is
preferred before me.
Prayer as on Sunday.
with Him.
LAUDS. Chapter.
Come
ii.
(Isa.
The Sabbath in Quarter- Week.
on
ye, &c., (as
3.)
Monday
in the
First Week.}
Hymn and the First
and Answer
Verse
Fourth Sunday.}
as on
MATTINS.
Sunday.
Antiphon Song of Zacharias. As soon as the voice of thy salutation at the
1
*
sounded
leaped in
mine
in
of the
be displaced by the Office
(May
my womb
babe
the
ears,
Invitatory as on Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
Alleluia.
for joy.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
Prayer.
CTIR
O Lord, we pray Thee, might, and come among us
up,
Thy
;
that we, trusting only in
may by Thee be from
all
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (iii. i.)
speedily
adversity
reignest with unity of the
Thy
God
:
Who
T
delivered
and
livest
the fifteenth year of the reign of Pilate Caesar, Pontius
Tiberius
being governor of Judaea.
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
sory at Prime.
over
xlix.
The sceptre, &c., (as on the First Week.}
Monday
and Answer
in
as on
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed 2 John bare witness of Him,
Virgin.
i.
44.
in
worldly
10.)
the First Saturday.
Luke
his public preaching, is indicated to us by the name of the ruler of the Roman Commonwealth, and by those of the The time of his princes of Palestine.
some Jews and many
VESPERS.
1
which the Fore-runner
preaching is indicated by these names, because he came as the Fore-runner of Him Who was to be the Redeemer of
Prayer as at Lauds.
(Gen.
date, at
Redeemer entered on
office of
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon-
Verse
[the
Amen.
The
Hymn and
so on.
Great,] (zoth on the Gospels.}
of our
Chapter.
And
Homily by Pope St Gregory
the Father, in the
Holy Ghost, one God,
world without end.
N
mercy,
the
monarchs
More
Gentiles.
enumeration there
of is
a
these fore
shadowing of the fact, that the Gen tiles were about to be gathered into one, and the Jews to be scattered abroad in punishment of their unbelief in the whole heathen Commonwealth we find the title of one Emperor, but ;
in
the
small
kingdom
mentioned four masters. 2
John
i.
15.
of
Judaea are
THIRD WEEK IN ADVENT.
255
First Responsory.
Third Lesson.
There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a flower shall
he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the 3 baptism of repentance for the remis sion of sins." It is evident from these
his roots. And righteous ness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. Verse. And the Spirit of the LORD
grow out of
the spirit of upon him wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might. Answer. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithful shall
rest
:
:
ness the girdle of his reins.
A ND
"
words that John the Baptist not only but
preached,
also
administered
the
baptism of repentance, and yet that baptism of repentance which he gave, was not really a baptism for the re mission of sins. For there is only one for the remission of sins, and our Christian baptism. It is worthy of note here that the words used are, preaching the baptism of
baptism that
is
"
Second Lesson. /
T*HE
blessed voice of the Saviour
hath said,
itself
divided
desolation"
may
Every kingdom
look
is
xi.
(Luke
well
"
itself
against
the
for
And we
ruin
Jewish state when we see so
among
many
likewise that the
to
brought
17.)
We
rulers.
of
the
divided observe
it
names of
the reigning kings are given. The Evangelist Luke hath left on record the chiefs both of the mon as
priests
well
as
archy and of the priesthood office
to
when John
the
because
preach,
Him Who
at
is
John once
Priest
his
of
root
name
shall
Verse.
Stir
power, and come that
Jesse
be blessed
at
shall shut their shall
the
Gen
his
name
shall
be
blessed for ever. 1
Isa. xi.
3
The
10
;
xlii.
(Matth.
us,
to
Thy save
And
Answer.
gather together in land them that are scattered abroad. to
own
their
and
Glory be the
to
Son,
to
and
the to
Father, the Holy
their
And
gather together into
own land them
that are scattered
abroad. 2
i.
translator himself justified ^holds of mind,") by the authority of
change Testament.
Lord,
among
us.
Answer.
And
O
up,
Ghost.
seek.
Answer.
^
Lord, come, and make no tarry loosen the bonds of Thy people.
Verse.
The Kings him, to him 2
Verse.
mouths
:
gather together into their own land them that are scattered abroad.
for ever.
tiles
O ing
And
the
And
Third Responsory.
preached our
shall arise to bring forth judgment to the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Him, so was His holy baptism, by which our sins are washed away, far greater than that baptism of repentance which the Fore-runner preached, and which could never wash away sin.
who held
Second Responsory. Behold,
the preacher that went before
Baptist began
and our King.
1
repentance for the remission of sins," for he himself owned that his baptism was not the true baptism that washes away sin. Even as the Eternal Word of God made Flesh was greater than
iii.
2.)
in
j
sa>
ij^
-^
adopting this rendering of "metanoia," (lit. Archbishop Kenrick in his version of the New
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
256
LAUDS. Chapter.
Suntiag in
Jourtft ii.
(Isa.
The Fourth Lord^s
3.)
Day
in Coming-
Time.
Come
ye, &c., (as
on
in the
Monday
First Week.}
Hymn and
MATTINS.
and Answer
Verse
as on
the First Sunday.
O
Invitatory as on the Third Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. thou Angel of God, * how shall this
know not a man ? Hear, be, seeing the Holy Ghost O Virgin Mary shall come upon thee, and the power
FIRST NOCTURN.
I
First Lesson.
!
the
of
thee
shall
Highest
overshadow
The Lesson
^PHE however, the Rubrics concern
and 23, (p. 244,) both and the following days.
ing Dec. 21 as to this
Prayer.
C\ GOD, Who seest that by ^^ of our sins we are mercifully grant unto
afflicted,
visitation
forted
God
:
Who
the
effectually livest
Father,
in
to
reason sorely us by
be com
and reignest with the unity of the
Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
taken from the Book of i.)
!
See,
Thy
is
the Prophet Isaiah (xxxv.
Amen.
sory at Prime.
solitary
glad,
:
God
come with recompense of God Himself will come save you. Then the eyes of will
vengeance
;
opened, and the unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an
be
shall
ears of the deaf shall be
hart, shall
and the tongue of the
dumb
for in the wilderness are sing waters broken out, and streams in :
the desert.
Prayer as at Lauds.
be
shall
;
the blind
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon-
the
and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the lily. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon is given unto the it, excellency of Carmel and Sharon they shall see the glory of the LORD and the excellency of our God. Strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart Be strong, and fear not, behold, your
and
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
and
wilderness
place
shall
And
become a
the parched ground and the thirsty
pool,
land springs of water.
VESPERS. First Resfionsory.
Chapter and Prayer from next morn ing s Lauds.
Hymn and
Verse
the First Saturday.
and Answer
as on
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, call together the nations, tell it out among the people, and say Behold, God our :
Saviour cometh.
FOURTH WEEK out and
make
IN ADVENT.
Him
to
follow
speak aloud and cry Answer. Behold, God our Saviour cometh.
before
Tell
Verse.
be heard
it
it
;
N
the habitations where dragons lay the green freshness of
shall rise
And an the reed and the bulrush. highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness
over
the unclean
:
and
it,
it
shall
straight way, that fools shall not err No lion shall be there, nor therein. beast shall go up there ravenous any
but be found there on, the redeemed shall walk there, and shall not
it
!
and done it, calling the generations the LORD, from the beginning ? I, the First and the Last, I am He. Third Responsory. 4
must
I
increase
me is Whose shoe after
s
it
He must
but
decrease,
He
:
Who,
is
preferred latchet
ransomed of the LORD shall re turn and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads, they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee ;
away.
worthy
to
:
not
unloose.
I baptize you with water but He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. Answer. Whose shoe s latchet I
5
Verse.
am and
Second Responsory.
;
not worthy to unloose. Glory be to the
sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the law-giver from his loins, until he that shall be sent cometh. shall
the
to
the
Son,
and
Father, the Holy
to
Ghost.
The
him
me
am
I
Verse.
unto
coming
before
:
the
And
gave the nations
He pursueth to his bow ? them, he passeth safely, his feet see Who hath wrought not the way
not pass
be unto you a
shall
Who
?
him, and made him to rule Who gave them as over kings ? the dust to his sword, as driven stubble
Second Lesson. T
257
longing
Whose
Answer.
am
shoe
s
latchet
I
not worthy to unloose.
SECOND NOCTURN.
of
the Gentiles be.
Fotirth Lesson.
His eyes shall be bright
l
Verse.
with wine,
and
teeth
his
white with
milk.
And
Answer.
unto him shall the
is taken from the Sermons of Pope St Leo [the Great,] (\st on the December Fast, and almsgiving. )
The Lesson
desire of the Gentiles be.
T\ EARLY *-^
Third Lesson 2
T/ EEP
silence
(xli.
before
I.)
Me,
the
O
is-
find
beloved brethren,
if
we
study attentively the history of creation of our race, we shall that
man was
made
in
the
let then let them speak us come near together to judgment.
image of God, that his ways also might be an imitation of the ways This is the natural, of his Maker. dignity to which real, and highest
Who
raised
we
from
the
lands, and let the peoples re let them come their strength
new
;
near and
;
3 righteous man up the and called him to
East,
are capable of attaining, that the
goodness of the Divine nature should
1
Gen.
xlix. 12.
2
From
a prophecy of Isaiah distinct from any of the foregoing, and beginning with ch. xli. that righteous man" is perhaps Abraham, but most commentators are of opinion 5 Matth. 4 iii, n. meant. John iii. 30; u 27.
3 "The
us Cyrus
is
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
258
have a
reflection in us, as in a glass. of reaching this dignity, offered the grace of our
As a mean we are daily
Saviour, for as in the first Adam all men are fallen, so in the Second
Adam
can
all
men be
raised up again
Cor. xv. 22).
(i
Fourth Responsory.
Fifth Responsory. 3
Behold, the fulness of the time is come, wherein God hath sent forth His Son into the world, born of a to re Virgin, made under the law deem them that were under the law. 4 Verse. God, for His great love wherewith He loved us, hath 5 sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful :
flesh.
Unto us
1
shall a Child
be born, and
His name shall be called the Mighty He shall sit upon the throne of God. His father David, and shall reign, and the government shall be upon His
Answer. To redeem them that were under the law.
Sixth Lesson.
AND
shoulder. 2
Verse.
In
Him
shall all the kin
dreds of the earth be blessed nations shall serve Him.
all
;
Answer. He shall sit upon the throne of His father David, and shall reign, and the government upon His shoulder.
be
shall
we know from
promise, that the
Son."
from
the
conse
quences of Adam s fall is sheer mercy of God, and nothing else we should not have loved Him unless He ;
had
loved us, (i John iv. 19,) and scattered the darkness of our ignorance first
This the by the light of His truth. Lord promised by the mouth of Isaiah, where He saith, (Isa. xlii. 16,) will "I
bring the blind by a
knew
not,
paths
that
will
and
I
way
will
And
that
they
them
lead
them
x.
And 20,)
again, (Isa. Ixv. "I
was found of
I was sought Me not manifest unto them that asked
that
;
made
not after 1
4
Eph.
ii.
4.
He
us
first
eth
all in all,) lighting, as it were, candles in our dark minds, and kind ling in us the fire of His love, to make us love not Himself only, but likewise,
in
Him, whatsoever He
1
5
loveth.
Sixth Responsory. 6
O
virgin of Israel,
turn again to long wilt thou go about sorrowing? Thou shalt bring forth the Lord thy Saviour, a new
thy
cities.
How
offering in the earth in
Me."
Isa. ix. 6.
"Let
ness, He giveth us that whereby to work along with Himself, (Who work-
:
them."
19,)
because
And, moreover, in order that He may find in us the reflection of His good
I they have not known light before them,
2; Rom.
(iv.
in
and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them and not i,
again, love God,
loved For His great love then wherewith he hath loved us, (Eph. ii. 4,) God reneweth H;s likeness in us.
make darkness
forsake
Apostle
fulfilled
us."
Fifth Lesson. restoration
the
God
(i
therefore
/^\UR
how
His John v. 20.) "We know Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him That is True, and be in Him That is True, even in His
John
;
men
shall
Ps. Ixxi. 17, ii.
3
Gal.
Rom.
6
Jer. xxxi. 21, 3.
viii.
Q.
walk
paths of salvation. Verse. I have loved thee with an iv. 4,
5.
FOURTH WEEK everlasting love
kindness have
the covenant
long wilt thou go Thou shalt bring thy Saviour, a new
Verse.
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost.
Men
Answer.
My salvation is near My righteousness to be
2
Verse.
come, and
offering in the earth. to the Son,
shall
walk
hills
My righteousness. And of My peace shall be in
Jerusalem.
?
Lord
the
259
mountains and the
for the
;
shall receive
drawn
How
Answer.
about sorrowing forth
earth
therefore with lovingthee.
:
I
IN ADVENT.
in paths
to
re
vealed.
Answer. And the covenant of peace shall be in Jerusalem.
My
of salvation.
Eighth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Luke
T ^
N
(iii.
i.)
being governor
St Gregory [the the on Gospels.} Great,] (iQth
Homily by Pope
"John
said unto the multitude, that be baptised of him O
forth to
:
who hath warned from the wrath to come ? wrath to come" in one sense
generation of vipers,
"
you
to flee
"The
the
signifieth
great vengeance of the the sinner that repenteth
Latter Day not of his sin now, will have no :
do,
to
come
to flee
Let
remark that
if ?
we may remark that if done nothing unlawful we might have had free use of things which are lawful, and been able to
of repentance,
we had
without
ourselves
sanctify
from indulgence
in the
Eighth Responsory.
We
3
not go back from Thee. Lord, shalt quicken us, and
will
O
children copying the example of evil a parents, the Baptist calleth them in that they were generation of vipers
Thou,
Thy
face
envious at the righteous, and perse cuted them that they repaid evil for evil that they hunted out ways of harming their neighbours, in all these things following the pattern of carnal
shall
be saved.
we
will
call
to 4
Verse.
upon Thy name. Cause shine upon us, and we
Remember
;
;
parents, the prophet likeneth
them
to
hatched
from
a
a venomous
venomous
brood
abstaining things of the
world.
evil
:
In
us
let
not only fruits of repentance, but fruits worthy of repentance. The former are In one thing, and the latter another. considering then what are fruits worthy
mean
addressing
repentance."
remark that the Friend of the Bridegroom demandeth
which words
from punishment then.
whereby us
we
forth fruits worthy of
the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate And so on. of Judaea.
came
have sinned, we have fallen wicked habits. What must we would flee from the wrath Let us hear John. "Bring
also into
Seventh Lesson.
with the favour unto Thy people
us,
O
LORD,
Thou showest O visit us with Thy
that ;
salvation.
Answer. Cause Thy face to shine upon us, and \ve shall be saved.
stock.
Ninth Lesson. Seventh Responsory. 1
I
T>UT
have sworn, saith the Lord, that will not be wroth any more with the I
1
Isa. liv. 9.
2
Isa.
Ivi.
i.
*?
if
any one,
fallen
into
haps, into what 3
Ps. Ixxix. 19.
for
example, hath or per worse, adul-
fornication, is
much
Ps. CV. 4.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
26o he ought
tery,
make up
to
for
that hath sinned less
is
!
say:
He
not bound to
!
mortify himself as much as he that hath sinned more, nor he that is in
the
is Let guilty. every one hearing these words "bring forth fruits worthy of repentance," pro ceed to judge himself by his own
the
Ruler,
Prince 5
Fifth Antiphon.
*
Word, of
Thy
more he perceiveth pen
O
1
Thine Almighty
down out
Lord, shall leap
royal throne.
Alleluia.
(i Cor. iv.
Chapter,
that he hath sinned, the greater ance let him do.
Peace
of
Alleluia^.
Alleluia,
nocent like him that
conscience, and the
*
Go ye out to meet Him, and How. great is His dominion, and of His kingdom there shall be no end He is the mighty God, eth
his
some
lawless pleasure by abstaining in degree from lawful enjoyments.
let
"DRETHREN,
man
a
I.)
so account
of us as of the ministers of Christ,
and stewards of the mysteries of God, Moreover it is required in stewards
Ninth Responsory. 1
Consider how great this man is, is entered in for the salvation of the nations he is King of Righteous ness without descent, nor end of
that a
who
;
man
Hymn
be found
and
Verse
faithful.
and Answer
as on
the First Sunday.
;
life.
Verse.
entered,
The Fore-runner is for us made an High Priest for ever
after the order of
Answer. of
Melchisedek.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias* * the Lord Mary, full of grace,
6
Hail,
with thee
is
women.
Without descent, nor end Glory be
and
the
to
Son,
and
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
Prayer.
Answer. of
Without descent, nor end
CTIR
life.
First
2
Antiphon.
*
in
LORD is He cometh
the
Blow
Zion, for the nigh at hand:
save
to
us
the
ye
day of behold, Alleluia,
3
Behold, the de
nations shall come the house of the Lord shall be with glory. Alleluia.
Third Antiphon. shall
be
made
places plain
;
4
;
and
1
Heb.
vi.
20;
vii. 2-4.
unity
of
the
Holy
God, world without end.
Amen. PRIME.
The crooked *
and the rough Lord, come, and make
Isa. xl. 4.
the
Father, in Ghost, one
filled
no tarrying. Alleluia. Fourth Antiphon. The Lord com 4
us,
and with great might succour us, that whereas through our sins and wicked ness we are sore let and hindered, Thy bountiful grace and mercy may Who speedily help and deliver us livest and reignest with God the
2 5
Blow ye the trumpet, * Antiphon at Lauds.}
Antiphon.
straight,
O
we pray Thee,
Lord,
;
!
Alleluia.
Second Antiphon. sire * of all
up,
O
Thy power, and come among
LAUDS.
trumpet
among
Dec. 21
the
to
blessed art thou
See however the Rubrics concerning and 23, (p. 244.)
life.
Verse.
:
Alleluia.
&c., (First
In the Short Responsory the same alteration as before. Joel
ii.
Wisd.
i.
xviii. 15.
3
Hag.
ii.
6
Luke
i.
8.
28.
FOURTH WEEK
IN ADVENT,
TERCE.
First Lesson.
*
the
Behold, desire, Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
"^^
The
*
crooked,
c.,
Third Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter,
(i
whom
Cor.
iv.
(xli.
8.)
have chosen, the seed of in whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the uttermost parts thereof, and said unto thee Thou art My servant, I have chosen Fear thee, and not cast thee away. thou not, for I am with thee be not I have dismayed, for I am thy God strengthened thee, yea, I have upholden thee, and the right hand of My
Abraham
SEXT.
Antiphon.
taken from the Book of
is
AND thou, Israel My servant, Jacob,
taken from Lauds.
is
The Lesson
the Prophet Isaiah
c.,
The Chapter
261
I
My
friend
:
:
3.)
;
B UT
with
that
I
me
a very small thing should be judged of you, it
of any man judge not mine or
is
s
judgment
own
I
yea,
;
self.
;
Righteous
NONE.
(i
Cor.
iv.
the time, until the
(First
c.,
Second Lesson. before
Lord come,
Who both will bring to light hidden things of darkness, and
the will
make
manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have :
praise of God.
T3EHOLD,
all they that fight against thee shall be ashamed and con founded they shall be as nothing, and :
the
men
that
Thou perish. shalt not find
strive
shalt
Antiphons and Chapter from Lauds. Hymn and Verse and Answer as on
with thee shall seek them and
them, even them that thee they that war against thee shall be as nothing and For I the as a thing of nought. LORD thy God will hold thy right Fear not, I hand, saying unto thee have holpen thee.
contended with
VESPERS.
After
Blow ye the trumpet, Responsory on Sunday.}
5.)
HP HEREFORE judge nothing
the First
comforteth thee.
First Responsory.
Thine Almighty Word, Antiphon. &c., (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter,
One
;
:
Sunday. "
Bless
we
the Vespers of the
the
Lord,"
Second Respo?isory.
are said
Dead.
The
sceptre
shall
not depart, &c.,
(Second Responsory on Sunday.}
Third Lesson.
Second Day.
MATTINS.
TI^EAR
not,
thou
Invitatory as on the Third Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
holpen thee,
worm
Jacob,
ye
have saith the LORD, and thy
dead ones Redeemer, the
in
Israel
;
Holy One of
I
Israel.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
262
Behold, I have made thee a new sharp thou threshing wain, having teeth shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. Thou shalt fan them, and ;
the wind shall carry them the whirlwind shall scatter
thou shalt rejoice shalt glory in the
in
the
Third Day. MATTINS.
away and them and LORD, thou
tnvitatory as on the Third Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
;
;
Holy One of
Israel.
First Lesson.
The Lesson Third Respo?isory. must decrease, &c., sponsory on Sunday.} I
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah
(Third Re-
"D
EH OLD My
I.)
(xlii.
servant
whom
I
will
uphold, Mine elect in whom My soul delighteth I have put My spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judg ment to the Gentiles. He shall not nor have respect of persons, cry, neither shall he cause his voice to be :
LAUDS. Chapter.
Come
(Isa.
ye, &c., (as
on
ii.
3.)
Monday
in the
First Week.}
heard
in
the
A
street.
bruised reed
he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench he shall He bring forth judgment unto truth. shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgment in the earth and shall
and Verse the First Sunday.
Hymn
and Answer
;
as on
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. saith the Lord, * 1 Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Thus
;
the isles shall wait for his law.
First Responsory.
Alleluia.
Unto us
Prayer as on Sunday. "
After
Bless
we
the
Lord,"
said
is
shall a Child, &c.,
(Fourth
Responsory on Sunday.}
the Dirge.
Second Lesson. PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Antiphons as on Sunday, and same alteration in the Short
the
Responsory
at Prime.
saith God the LORD, He That created the heavens and stretched them out, He That estab lished the earth and that which cometh out of it He That giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and held thine hand and kept thee, and given ;
VESPERS. Chapter.
(Gen.
xlix.
10.)
The
sceptre, &c., (as on Mojiday in the First Week.}
Hymn and Verse the First Saturday.
and Answer
as on
thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from
the prison,
and them
that
sit
ness out of the prison-house. 1
Matth.
iii.
2.
in
dark
FOURTH WEEK
IN ADVENT.
Second Responsory.
Third Lesson.
CING
(
i
o.
unto the song, His praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and that
Chapter.
cities thereof lift up their they that dwell in the tents of Kedar. 1 Sing, O ye inhabitants of Petra, 2 shout from the top of the Let them give glory unto mountains. the LORD, and declare His praise in
The LORD
the islands.
shall
Hymn and
;
cry, yea, roar
;
He
shall prevail against
His enemies.
Verse
virgin of Israel, &c.,
Chapter.
(Isa.
&c., (as on
ye,
Invitatory as on the Third Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
First Less O7i.
The Lesson
Hymn and
Re
(Sixth
3.)
Monday
!
creased in the
and Answer
as on
the First Sunday.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. * Awake, awake, put on strength, O
LORD
I.)
(li.
me, ye that follow
to
;
ii.
him.
Therefore
shall comfort Zion
;
He
the
also will
LORD com
and He her waste places will make her wilderness a place of and her desert like the delights, fort
Verse
taken from the Book of
and seek the Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are dug. Look unto Abra ham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and in
First Week.}
all
:
garden of the LORD. Joy and glad shall be found therein, thanks and the voice of praise. giving", ness
!
See however the Rubrics on Dec. 2
First Responsory.
1
23, (p. 244.)
I have sworn, &c., (Seventh Respon sory on Sunday.}
Prayer as on Sunday.
Second Lesson.
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE. Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same fie alteration in the Short Responsory at Prime. The name
is
the Prophet Isaiah
LORD
LAUDS.
1
as on
after righteousness
sponsory on Sunday.}
and
and Answer
MATTINS.
TTEARKEN
Third Responsory.
of the
in
Fourth Day.
go forth
as a mighty man, He shall stir up He shall jealousy like a man of war
arm
Monday
the First Saturday.
ness and the
3
10.)
The sceptre, &c., (as on the First Week.}
voice,
Come
xlix.
therein, the isles and the Let the wilder thereof.
is
inhabitants
O
(Gen.
)
LORD a new
*^
all
VESPERS.
.
Behold, the fulness of the time, &c., (Fifth Responsory on Sunday.}
26 3
of a son of Ishmael.
2
A
TTEARKEN
unto Me, My people, and give ear unto Me, O My
nation
:
for a
law shall proceed from
large city in Northern Arabia.
3 Isa.
li.
9.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
264 Me, and to
rest
make
will
I
a
for
My
of
light
One
My
Righteous Saviour is gone
arms
shall
Mine arm
the
wait
people.
Mine
and people
Me,
upon
My
near,
forth,
judge
shall
isles
is
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
judgment
the
the
:
and
on
shall
Lift up they trust. your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath ; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a
garment, and they that dwell therein shall perish in like manner but My salvation shall be for ever, and My :
1
will
I
and
My
*
salvation
place
in
glory
in
Jerusalem.
Zion, Alle
luia.
See however the Rtibrics on Dec. 2
and
I
,
23, (p. 244.)
Prayer as on Sunday. PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime.
righteousness shall not pass away.
VESPERS. Second Responsory.
We
Chapter.
will not
go back, &c., (Eighth Responsory on Sunday.}
TUT
EARKEN
My
whose
:
Verse
10.)
Monday
and Answer
in
as on
the First Saturday.
unto me, ye that
righteousness, heart is My law
xlix.
sceptre, &c., (as on the First Week.}
Hymn and
Third Lesson.
(Gen.
The
know
people in fear ye not
the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their For the revilings. worm shall eat them up like a gar
ment, and the moth shall eat them like wool: but My salvation shall be for ever, and My righteousness from generation to generation.
Fifth Day.
MATTINS. Invitatory as on the Third Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
Third Responsory. Consider
how
great,
&c.,
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah
(Ninth
Responsory on Sunday.}
(Ixiv.
i.)
C\ THAT
Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down that the mountains might flow down at Thy presence They would pass away like a fire !
LAUDS. Chapter.
Come
(Isa.
ye, &c., (as
on
!
ii.
3.)
Monday
that in the
Verse
and Answer
is
burnt out, the fires would waters to boil, to make
the
Thy name known
First Week.}
Hymn and
cause
as on
the First Sunday.
!
terrible things 1
to
saries, that the nations at Thy presence
Isa. xlvi. 13.
we
Thine adver
tremble doest shall not abide it
may
When Thou
:
FOURTH WEEK Thou
earnest
mountains
the
down,
From flowed down at Thy presence. the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear the eye hath not seen, O God, be side Thee, what Thou hast prepared for them that wait for Thee
;
IN ADVENT.
265
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised Thee, is burned up with fire, and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Third Responsory.
!
I
must decrease, &c., (Third Re
sponsory on Sunday.}
First Responsory.
Blow ye the trumpet,
LAUDS.
(First
c.,
Responsory on Sunday.} Chapter.
Come
Second Lesson.
ii.
(Isa.
ye,
&c., (as on
3.)
Monday
in the
and Answer
as on
First Week.}
meetest him that rejoiceth, they
"THOU
and worketh righteousness will
remember Thee
behold, sinned
Thou
Thy ways
in
was continuance and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our :
in those
are
righteousnesses
and we
as
filthy
do fade as a
all
our iniquities, taken us away.
like
the
There
leaf,
wind, is
l :
and have
none that
upon Thy name, that
calleth
rags
stirreth
himself to take hold of Thee Thou hast hid Thy face from us, and hast consumed us by the hand of our iniquities.
up
the First
:
we have
for
art wroth,
Hymn and
;
Verse
Sunday.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Comfort ye, comfort ye, * My people, saith the Lord your God. 2
See however the Rubric on Dec. 23, (P. 244.)
Prayer as on Sunday. PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
:
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime.
VESPERS.
Second Responsory.
The
(Second Responsory on Sunday.}
A ND
now, Father
O LORD, Thou
sceptre, &c., (as on the First Week.}
Hymn and art
our
we are clay, and Thou our Potter, and we all are the work of Thine hand. Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember our behold, see, we are iniquity for ever all The city of Thy Thy people. wilderness,
is
Verse
10.)
Monday
and Answer
in
as on
the First Saturday.
;
:
sanctuary
xlix.
The
Third Lesson.
^^
(Gen.
Chapter.
sceptre shall not depart, &c.,
a wilderness, Zion is a a desolation.
Jerusalem 1
Pannus menstruatae.
Sixth Day.
MATTINS. Invitatory as on the Third Sunday. Hymn as on the First Sunday. 2
Isa. xl. i.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
266
Third Lesson
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah
TTEAR
the
;
LORD
My name s
Let the sake, said be glorified, and we shall see it :
but they shall be ashamed. of people from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD in
your joy
A voice
that rendereth
recompense
His ene
to
Before she travailed, she brought forth before her pain came she was de livered of a man child. Who hath heard such a thing ? or who hath seen such mies.
things
ye
When
brought forth her children.
see
ye
this,
:
;
a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames like
of
fire
and by His sword all flesh, and of the LORD shall be many.
for
:
will the
the slain
fire
by
LORD
plead with
Third Responsory.
O
virgin of Israel, &c., (Sixth Re sponsory on Sunday.}
First Responsory.
Unto us
LAUDS.
shall a Child, &c.,
(Fourth
Responsory on Sunday.}
not
saith
I
the
Shall
?
ye,
(Isa.
ii.
3.)
&c., (as on Monday in the
First Week.}
Myself bring forth, LORD, That make
others to bring forth
Chapter.
Come
Second Lesson.
CHALL
your heart shall
and your bones shall flourish herb and the hand of the LORD shall be known towards His servants, and His indignation towards His enemies. For, behold, the LORD will come with fire and His chariots rejoice, like an
Shall the earth bring forth in
?
mother comfort-
his
eth, so will I comfort you, and shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
:
one day ? or shall a nation be born at once ? for as soon as Zion travailed she
whom
S one
5.)
(Ixvi.
word of the LORD, ye that tremble at His word your brethren that hated you, and cast you out for
A
I
Myself
be barren, That cause others to beget children ? saith the Lord thy God. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for
Hymn and
Verse
and Answer
as on
the First Sunday.
Antiphon at
the
Song of Zacharias. *
which things are fulfilled were spoken by the Angel concerning the Virgin Mary. Behold,
all
:
Prayer as on Sunday.
her, that ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus saith the LORD Behold, I will
Antiphons as on Sunday, and the same alteration in the Short Respon sory at Prime.
extend the glory of the Gentiles to her like a flowing stream, whereof ye shall suck ye shall be borne upon her
VESPERS.
:
:
;
breasts,
and
be
dandled
upon
Chapter.
her
knees.
The Second Responsory.
Behold, the fulness of the time, &c., (Fifth Responsory on Sunday.)
(Gen.
sceptre, &c., (as
xlix.
10.)
on Monday in
the First Week.}
Hymn and
Verse
the First Saturday.
and Answer
as on
CHRISTMAS EVE.
of Joseph. Secondly, because she was thus saved from being stoned by the Jews as an adulteress. Thirdly, that
Cljrfettnas 3be, The Eve of the Lord
s Birth.
Himself and His mother might have
not fall on a If Christmas Eve does If it Sunday, the Office is of the Eve. is of the the a on Office Sunday, fall Sunday, save that the Invitatory is of all is then of the
Sunday till and Answer of the Third Nocturn : the Verse and Answer, Gos the Eve; pel and Homily, are then of what follows is of the Eve, and at Lauds there is a Commemoration of
Eve;
the
Verse
the
a guardian on their journey into Egypt. To these, Ignatius, the martyr of Antioch, has added a fourth reason namely, that the birth might take :
This day ye shall know cometh * x and in the
devil,
who Mary
First \pr SeventJi\ Responsory. Sanctify yourselves to-day, and be
ready for on the morrow ye shall see the majesty of God upon you. This day ye shall know that Verse. the Lord cometh, and in the morning, then ye shall see
:
morning, then ye shall see His glory.
Hymn
the
:
week-day, except the following.
Invitatory. that the Lord
to
would naturally suppose that had conceived by Joseph.
2
MATTINS.
unknown
place
the Sunday.
Of the
26;
Answer.
The majesty
as on the First Sunday.
Second [or
This day ye shall know that the Lord cometh. Answer. And in the morning, then ye shall see His glory. Verse.
First [or Seventh} Lesson.
of
God upon
you. Eighth"]
u "DEFORE they
came
Lesson. together, she
was found with child of the Holy Ghost." She was found, that is, He by Joseph, but by no one else. had already almost an husband s privi lege to
know
all
that concerned her.
This Before they came together." doth not imply that they ever did come the Scripture merely showtogether eth the absolute fact that up to this time they had not done so. "
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (i.
:
18.)
A IT HEN
as
Mary, the
Mother of
* *
JESUS, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
And
so on.
Homily by
Priest
St
[at
Why was the Lord conceived of an ? espoused virgin rather than of a free of of the sake for the genealogy First, Mary, which we have obtained by that Exod.
Stand still, and ye shall see the O Judah help of the Lord with you and Jerusalem, fear not. To-morrow ye shall go out, and the Lord will be with you. :
Jerome, Bethlehem,] (\st Bk. of Commentaries, on Matth. i.)
1
Second [or EightJi\ Responsory. 3
xvi. 6, 7.
2
Exod.
xix. 10.
Verse. Sanctify yourselves, children of Israel, and be ready.
O
ye
To-morrow ye shall go Answer. and the Lord will be with you.
out,
3
Exod.
xiv. 13
;
2 Par. (Chron.) xx. 17.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
268
Third [or Ninth\ Lesson.
3 This Second Antiphon. day ye know * that the Lord cometh and in the morning, then ye shall see His glory. On the morrow * Third Antiphon. shall be washed earth of the sins the away, and the Saviour of the world will be our King. Fourth Antiphon. The Lord com * Go ye out to meet Him, eth and say How great is His dominion, and of His kingdom there shall be He is the Mighty God, the no end
shall "
T^HEN
Joseph her husband, being
a just man, and not willing to a public example, was
make
her
minded to put her away privily." If any man be joined to a fornicatress and according they become one body ;
law they that are privy to a How then crime are thereby guilty. can it be that Joseph is described as a just man, at the very time he was to
the
the
compounding
of
criminality
his
:
!
:
:
It must have been that espoused? he knew her to be pure, and yet understood not the mystery of her at pregnancy, but, while he wondered that which had happened, was willing
Ruler, the Prince of Peace, Alleluia On the morrow * Fifth Antiphon. !
ye shall be saved, saith the Lord
God
of hosts.
to hold his peace.
(Rom.
Chapter.
Third [or Ninth} Responsory. Sanctify yourselves, O ye children for on the of Israel, saith the Lord morrow the LORD will come down. :
And
away from
take
will
you
all
sickness. 1
On
Verse.
morrow the sins of be washed away, and
the
the earth shall the Saviour of the world will be our
Answer. you
all
And
take
will
away from
sickness.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And will take away from Verse.
you
all
sickness.
had promised
afore by His Prophets, holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, Which was made of the seed of
in the
David according
Hymn
observed as a
is
On
Answer. world
will
Antiphon. * fear not
shall
go
out,
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
womb
Deut.
vii.
world shall
of the Virgin
as
the
rise
into the
showers
Alleluia.
grass.
C\ GOD, Whose ^^^
2 :
O
Judah and to-morrow ye
and the LORD
15.
of the
and come down
Prayer.
with you. 1
morrow the sins of washed away.
And the Saviour of the be our King.
The Saviour
upon the
Psalms of the Sunday. First
the
the earth shall be
LAUDS.
Jerusalem,
to the flesh.
as on the First Sunday.
like the sun,
The rest of the day Double Feast.
i.)
a servant of JESUS Christ, called to be an Apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, which He
Verse.
King.
i.
2
will
be
mercy doth year by year cause us to rejoice, looking forward to our deliverance, grant that as we now make ready with gladness to receive Thine Only-begotten Son as our Saviour, so we may see Him with-
2 Par. (Chron.) xx. 17.
3
Exod.
xvi. 6, 7.
CHRISTMAS EVE. out dread at His second and terrible coming as our Judge, even our Lord
Who liveth
JESUS Christ Thy Son,
PRIME.
As on
&c., (First
to
the flesh.
(All rise and
sit..)
the same 25th day of Decem were born into the better life
Upon ber,
At Rome, in the Apronian cemetery, the holy virgin Eugenia, who in the time of the Emperor Gallienus, after of power, and after enlist ing bands of sacred virgins for Christ, suffered long under Nicetius, Prefect of
many works
Doubles.
Antiphon.
*
JESUS Christ was born according
and
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without Amen. end.
269
O Judah and Jerusalem, Antiphon at Lauds.}
The same alteration as before in the Short Responsory.
the city, and at length was slain with the sword [about 258].
At Nicomedia, many thousand holy martyrs.
Upon
the feast of Christ s
had come together unto the house, and the Emperor Diocle
birth they
MARTYROLOGY Upon *
Lord
(all standing}.
the 25th day of
;
In the year 5199 from the creation of the world, when in the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth In the year 2959 from the flood In the year 2015 from the birth of ;
;
Abraham
;
In the year 1510 from the going forth of the people of Israel out of Egypt
under Moses
;
In the year 1032 from the anoint ing of David as King ;
In the 65th week according to the prophecy of Daniel ;
In the 194 Olympiad In the 752 from the foundation of the city of Rome In the 42nd year of the reign of the ;
;
Emperor Octavian Augustus
;
In the 6th age of the world, while
was at peace, JESUS Himself Eternal God and Son
the whole earth Christ,
of the Eternal Father, being pleased to hallow the world by His most gracious coming, having been conceived of the
Holy Ghost, and when nine months were passed after His conception, (all kneel
s
tian ordered the doors of the
December
down]
was born of the Virgin Mary at Beth lehem of Juda made Man, our Lord
church
be shut, and all things made ready then he set a for fire round about it to
;
the door, tripod and incense in front of and sent an herald to proclaim in a
loud voice that whosoever would escape burning should come forth and offer incense unto Jupiter. Whereunto they all replied with one voice, that they
would
far rather die for Christ s sake,
whereupon he kindled the fire and they were consumed, and were born in heaven upon that same day where upon it had pleased Christ to be born into this world to save
At Barcelona,
in
it.
Spain
[in the
year
Peter Nolasco, 1256], the holy confessor founder of the Order of the Blessed re Virgin Mary of Ransom for the
demption of captives. He was famous for his graces and miracles, and commanded his VIII. Alexander feast to be kept upon the last day of January.
Chapter at the end.
Whom B Y and
we have
Apostleship,
(Rom.
i.
5.)
received grace for
obedience
among all nations, by His name, among whom are ye also the to the faith
called of our
Lord JESUS
Christ.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
270
TERCE.
Answer. The sins of the earth be washed away.
shall
Antiphon. &c., {Second
This day ye shall know, Antiphon at Lands. ]
On
Verse.
This day ye shall know that the Lord cometh. Answer. This day ye shall know that the Lord cometh. Verse. And in the morning, then ye shall see His glory. Answer. That the Lord cometh. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. This day ye shall know that the Lord cometh.
to the
morrow ye
the
shall
be
saved.
Answer.
Saith the
Lord God of
hosts.
Prayer as at Lauds.
NONE.
On the morrow, Antiphon at Lauds.*]
Antiphon. (Fifth
*
&c.,
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
still.
And ye LORD
Answer.
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Answer. On the morrow the sins of the earth shall be washed away.
Short Responsory.
Stand ye
the
to
Ghost.
Chapter from Lauds.
Verse.
Verse.
and
salvation of the
see with you.
shall
the
Short Responsory.
On
Prayer as at Lauds.
the
morrow ye
On
Answer.
shall
the
be saved.
morrow ye
shall
be saved. SEXT.
(
Third Antiphon
O
is
God the
spirit
i.
4.)
by the resur Lord JESUS Christ from
to
morrow
the sins of the earth
world
will
the
morrow ye
shall
On
Verse.
the
the earth shall be will
morrow the sins of washed away.
And the Saviour of the be our King.
The Feast begins at
sunset.
From
Answer. On the morrow the sins of the earth shall be washed away.
And
the
Prayer as at Lauds.
be washed away.
Verse.
On
Answer. be saved.
Answer. Short Responsory.
the
Ye shall be saved. Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
world
On
of
Answer.
of holiness,
the dead.
shall
God
Ghost.
declared to be the Son of with power, according to
rection of our
Lord
the
hosts.
and
(Rom.
Chapter.
Saith
Verse.
the morrow, * &c., at Lauds.*}
On
Antiphon.
Saviour
be our King.
of
the
the
henceforth until the Epiphany, last verse of all the hymns at
Prime, pline,
Sext, None, and Com altered in honour of the
Terce, is
Incarnation.
271
Drtstmag
or Efje
Birt^Bag
Double of the First
*
%
of
Everything as on Sundays except is otherwise given here.
ILortu
with an Octave.
Class,
what
liag,
the Ransomer of man, ere created light began, Didst from the Sovereign Father spring,
JESUS, Who, FIRST VESPERS.
His power and glory equalling.
First Antiphon. King Peaceful ex ceeded all the kings of the earth, and all the earth sought to Peaceful. 2
Thou brightness of Thy Father s rays, Thou hope and end of all our ways With gracious ears the prayers attend, Which round the world to Thee ascend. :
Second Antiphon. King Peaceful exceeded all the kings of the whole
that heretofore,
Remember, Lord,
When Thee Thy Virgin Mother bore, Thou from her womb didst breathe our And human nature for us bear.
earth.
Third Antiphon. The days of were accomplished that she 3
air,
Mary
should
bring"
the
To
forth her first-born 4
Fourth Antiphon.
kingdom of God
is
Know
at
hand
Son. ye that
:
Thee,
We yearly
this present
The world
Amen
solemn day,
adorations pay s
;
Redeemer Thee we own,
Descending from Thy Father
say unto you, it will not tarry. 5 Lift Fifth Antiphon. up your heads behold, your redemption
s
throne.
I
The joyful heavens, earth and main, With whatsoever they contain, In new, harmonious accents sing New life restored by the new-born King.
:
draweth nigh.
We, ransomed by
Psalm CXVI.
O
praise the
LORD,
&c., (p. 186.)
To Chapter.
(Tit.
iii.
The
kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.
like to
praises sung the Father be,
God
And Holy Ghost Verse.
On
eternally.
the
the earth shall be
:
Amen.
morrow the sins of washed away.
Nativitas.
2 This passage is in 3 (i) Kings name, which, in the Hebrew, means
of
JESUS, from a Virgin sprung,
Be glory given, and
4.)
n^HE
1
that bloody tide,
That issued from Thy sacred side, With double hymns of heart and voice, For this Thy natal day rejoice.
6
This hymn, except the
recognition
Luke
3
Peace."
:
ii.
x. 23, 24, "
is
relates to Solomon, but by translating his made to apply to Christ the true Prince "
6, 7.
last verse, is of the
the translation
and
Peaceful," it is
4
Luke xxi. 31. Ambrosian school, though
extracted from the
"
Hortus
Animae."
5
Luke
xxi. 28.
altered almost
beyond
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
2J2
And the Saviour of the be our King.
Answer. world
will
Antiphon at *
the
the Blessed
Song of
Or
ever the sun be risen, ye shall see the King of kings coming forth from the Father, as a bridegroom out of his chamber. Virgin.
MATTINS. 2
Invitatory.
born
*
O
:
Hymn
come,
A T
the
Unto us a Christ is let us worship Him.
:
The
tiles.
people that walked in seen a great light dwell in the land of the
have
the joy.
shall joy before
They to
Thee
the
joy in harvest, as rejoice when they divide the For Thou hast broken the of his burden, and the staff
yoke :
:
they that shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Thou hast multi 4 not increased plied the nation and
spoil.
First Antiphon. The LORD hath * Thou art said unto Me My Son, this day have I begotten Thee.
lightly afflicted the
and the land of Naphtali and afterward did more grievously afflict the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gen
men
FIRST NOCTURN.
(Isa. ix. I.)
of Zabulon
according
as at Vespers.
He
first
land
darkness
Prayer as at the following Lattds.
3
First Lesson.
of his
and the rod of
shoulder, as in
his
day of Midian.
the
oppressor,
For every battle of the warrior is confused noise, and garments rolled in blood, and it shall be with For unto burning and fuel of fire. us a Child is born, and unto us a with
Psalm
Why
II.
do the heathen rage
?
&c.,
40
(P-
Son
Second Antiphon. The Lord is as a bridegroom * coming out of his chamber.
Psalm XVIII.
The heavens
for ever.
Psalm XLIV. Mine heart
is
overflowing, &c., (p.
96.)
The Lord
Verse.
groom. Answer.
shall lor,
be
Wonderful, Counsel God, The Ever
called
The
Mighty
the Prince of Peace.
is
as
a
First Responsory.
This is the day whereon the King of heaven was pleased to be born of a Virgin, that He might bring back to heaven man who was lost. There is joy among the hosts of Angels, be cause eternal salvation hath appeared unto men.
bride
est,
Coming
out of his
cham
5
Verse.
Glory to
3
in the
to
high
men
of
6
Answer.
.is not given
God
and on earth peace,
goodwill.
ber.
trie
:
lasting Father,
Third Antiphon. Grace is poured Thy lips: * therefore God hath
Thee
is and the government given upon His shoulder, and His name
declare, &c. (p. 17.)
into
blessed
is
There
Cf. Isa.
is
joy
among
the
ix. 6.
out. Lowth translates the first words In the former time He Zabulon, &c.," (referring to the invasion under Tiglath Pileser,) "but in latter time He hath made it glorious, even the way of the sea, &c." ll ibrew tradition, accepted by Lowth, attributes the negative to an eccentric spelling, "
:
j>t
and translates
Luke
"
"
:
X 4-
and increased
their
joy."
6
I.e.,
the objects of
God
s good-will.
YULE OR CHRISTMAS DAY.
day throughout the whole world the
hosts of Angels, because eternal sal vation hath appeared unto men. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and
to
the
and
Son,
the
to
skies drop down sweetness. This day is the Verse.
Ghost.
This is the day whereon King of heaven was pleased to be born of a Virgin, that He might who was bring back to heaven man
joy.
Answer.
the
of
of
old,
daybreak
of
the
re
everlasting-
Answer. This day throughout the whole world the skies drop down
the
sweetness.
joy among the hosts of Angels, because eternal salvation hath appeared unto men.
There
new redemption,
our
of
Holy
storing
lost.
273
is
l
Third Lesson.
(Isa. Hi.
i.)
A WAKE, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion put on thy beautiful gar ments, O Jerusalem, thou city of the "^^
:
l
Second Lesson.
/COMFORT
^
xl.
(Isa.
comfort
ye,
i.)
Holy One
My
ye,
Speak and cry ye comfortably to Jerusalem, unto her that her warfare is accom is pardoned ; plished, that her iniquity for she hath received of the LORD S
hand double voice of him ness
for
her
all
:
!
:
that crieth in the wilder ye the way of the
Prepare
:
LORD, make an highway
God.
our
for
For thus saith the Lord 3 GOD My down aforetime into people went and the Egypt, to sojourn there them without oppressed Assyrian cause. Now, therefore, what have
desert
the
in
straight
:
Every
shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.
:
valley
:
And
the
of
glory
be revealed, and it
together
LORD
for
;
hath
LORD
the all
the
And I Cry. All flesh cry ?
said,
shall
see
the
The
voice
What
shall
it.
spoken
said
:
LORD, that My away for nought ? They that rule over them do evil, saith the LORD, and My name con I
shall
mouth of
flesh
LORD
the people
bloweth upon
is
The
grass.
it
:
"
for ever.
is
day
down unto
us
Not given
the
Third Responsory.
O
ye shepherds, speak, and
what ye have seen
Verse.
peace come This heaven. 2
blasphemed.
I.
Child, and the Lord.
true
from
out.
is
is
:
in the earth
Second Responsory. This
it
I
day
people shall know My in that day they shall know am He That spake, behold,
My
surely
grass with but the
and the flower fadeth word of our 2 Lord endureth
ereth
:
every
Therefore
Name
taken
is
tinually
that
the
saith
here,
people
is I grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower The grass withereth and of the field. the flower fadeth, because the spirit
of the
shall
thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion Ye have For thus saith the LORD sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money.
The
sins.
for henceforth there
!
no more come into thee the uncircumShake thyself cised and the unclean. from the dust, arise, sit down, O Jeru salem loose thyself from the bands of
people, saith your God.
Hebrew,
"
And
?
;
We
who
tell
appeared saw the new-born
Angels singing praise
Speak
;
us
is
to
what have ye seen
?
us of the Birth of Christ. Answer. saw the new-born tell
We
our
God."
3
The Divine Name.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
274 Child, and the Lord. Verse.
and
to
Angels singing praise to
would be unlawful for
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
We saw the new-born Answer. and Angels singing praise to
Child,
-
to
day
is
to
Life s
be sad to-day, the Birthday :
Birthday of that Life, Which, for us dying creatures, taketh away the and bringeth the sting of death, bright promise of the eternal glad ness hereafter. It would be unlaw for any man to refuse to partake our rejoicing. All men have an equal share in the great cause of our joy, for, since our Lord, Who ful
the Lord.
in
SECOND NOCTURN.
We
First Antiphon. in
Thy
have drunk * O God,
loving-kindness, in the midst of Thy temple.
the destroyer of sin and of death, that all are bound under the
is
findeth
condemnation, all
XLVIL
Psalm
free.
thou
holy,
crown Great
the
is
LORD,
&c., (p. 98.)
flourish.
Psalm LXXI. Give the king
is
O
drawest
Rejoice,
!
O
come
thy Saviour offereth thee par don Rejoice also, O thou Gentile, God calleth thee to life For the Son of God, when the fulness of the time was come, which had been fixed by the unsearchable counsel of God, took upon Him the nature of man, !
!
He might reconcile that Him Who made it, and
that
Thy judgment,
make
to
thou that art nearer to thy thou that art
sinful,
In the Lord s Second Antiphon. * shall abundance of peace arise days
and
He
Rejoice,
c.,
to
(P. 126.)
devil,
Third Antiphon. Truth is sprung out of the earth, * and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
the
inventor of death,
nature so
the
is
met
and beaten in that very flesh which hath been the field of his victory. Fourth Responsory.
Psalm
LXXXIV.
How
LORD, Thou hast been favourable,
&c,
(p.
143.)
great is this mystery, how is the teaching of the faith
wonderful
The
!
beasts
saw the new-born Lord
in a manger. Blessed is that Virgin whose womb was made meet to bear our Lord Christ.
lying Verse.
Thou
*
art fairer
than the
children of men.
Answer.
Grace
is
poured into thy
Verse.
the Lord
lips.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Sermons of Pope St Leo [the Great,] (ist for Christmas. )
EARLY
beloved brethren, Unto us is born this day a Saviour," Let us rejoice. (Luke ii. n.) It "P)
1
Hail, is
Mary,
full
of grace
:
with thee.
Answer. Blessed is that Virgin whose womb was made meet to bear our Lord Christ. Fifth Lesson.
A XT did
Ps. xliv. 3.
HEN
our Lord entered the field of battle against the devil, He so with a great and wonderful
YULE OR CHRISTMAS DAY. Being Himself the Almighty, His uncreated Majesty
fairness.
He
laid aside
to fight with our cruel
enemy
in
our
He
brought against him the very shape, the very nature of our (Heb. mortality, "yet without His birth however was not iv. 15.) a birth like other births for no other
weak
flesh.
sin."
born pure, nay, not the little child whose life endureth but a day on the To His birth alone the throes earth. 1 is
of in
passion had not contributed, His alone no consequence of sin
human
For His Mother was
had had- part.
chosen a Virgin of the kingly lineage of David, and when she was to grow heavy with the sacred Child, her soul had already conceived Him before her She knew the counsel of God body.
announced to her by the Angel, lest the unwonted events should alarm The future Mother of God knew her. what was to be wrought in her by the Holy Ghost, and that her modesty was absolutely safe.
275
us together with
(Eph.
Christ,"
ii.
4,
Him we
might be a new new workmanship.
that in
5,)
and a Let us then put off the old man with his deeds (Col. iii. 9) and, having obtained a share in the Sonship of Christ, let us renounce the deeds of creature,
;
Learn, O Christian, how great thou art, who hast been made partaker of the Divine nature, (2 Pet. the flesh.
i.
and
4,)
fall
conversation
not again by corrupt the beggarly ele
into
ments above which thou
art
lifted.
Remember Whose Body it is Whereof thou art made a member, and Who is Re its Head, (i Cor. vi. 15.) member that it is He That hath delivered
thee
darkness
ai%(d
into
God
dom,
(Col.
s
from the power of hath translated thee
llight, i.
and
God
s
king
13.)
Sixth Responsory.
O
Mary, how holy and how spotless I am too dull to thy virginity For thou hast borne in praise thee the heavens thy breast Him is
Fifth Responsory. *
Blessed
God
!
Whom
s
Mother, This day Mary, maiden undefiled. hath she brought forth the Saviour of the world. 2 Blessed is she that be Verse. is
holy
a performance of all those things which were told her from the Lord. she This Answer. day hath brought forth the Saviour of the lieved
;
for there is
cannot contain. 3 Blessed Verse.
thou
among of
in
the heavens
cannot contain.
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
and
to
the
Ghost.
Answer.
"THEREFORE, dearly beloved breto thren, let us give thanks God the Father, through His Son, in the Holy Ghost Who, for His great hath love wherewith He loved even when had mercy on us and, we were dead in sins, hath quickened
Him Whom
thy breast
world.
Sixth Lesson.
art
women, and blessed is the fruit thy womb. Answer. For thou hast borne
For thou hast borne in Whom the heavens
thy breast Him cannot contain.
THIRD NOCTURN.
"
:
First Antiphon.
us,"
"
:
Job
xiv. 4.
(LXX.)
2
Luke
Me,
(Alleluia)
He
shall cry unto
* Thou art
My
Father,
(Alleluia.) i.
45.
3
3 (i)
Kings
viii.
27.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. Psalm
LXXXVIIL
will sing of the
I
mercies, &c., (p.
MS-)
I will first ask speak a few words. why, when the Lord was to be born, the world was enrolled ? Was it not
herald the
to
Whom Let the heavens Second Antiphon. * and let the earth be glad rejoice, before the
He
for
LORD,
cometh.
book of saith
LORD,
of the
&c., (p. 148.)
The Lord hath
Third Antiphon.
(Alleluia,)
* His salva
Psalm XCVII. LORD,
&c., (p. 157.)
shall
cry
unto
Me,
Thou
Answer.
art
My
Father,
Bread,"
and thus
heaven."
see then that this
(John
name
Seventh Blessing.
the
flesh
by
Whom
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (ii. i.)
that time There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus :
the world should be enrolled.
so on.
(Wi on
house, is
born, not in His Mother s but away from home. And a mystery, showing that this
Lord
for
same time s
of the
He was born Him Who is
Father
before
is O come, ye Gentiles, and holy worship the Lord. Answer. This day hath He been pleased for the salvation of the world to be born of a Virgin.
are to say three there is not
Birth-day
preaching occasion
;
the
itself
the
Blessed be the womb of the Virgin which bore the Son of the Eternal Father, and blessed be the paps which give suck to Christ our Lord. This day hath He been pleased for the salvation of the world to be born of a Virgin. Verse. This day which is breaking
so that
to-day, left
[the
the Gospels.}
By God s mercy we time
of
eternal.
:
Homily by Pope St Gregory
much
life
Mary,
The Lesson
the
51.)
Seventh Responsory.
Seventh Lesson.
Masses
vi.
of Bethle
the souls
the faithful are fed unto
begotten
the Gospel s saving Lord Bless the reading of His Word.
Great,]
the the
worlds.
May
all
is
hem was prophetically given to the place where Christ was born, .because it was there that He was to appear
our mortality into which was not the home of
And
it
"
this
(Alleluia.)
that
Now "
He was
(Alleluia.)
A T
Then,
29.)
birth-place of Him Who hath said, I am the Living Bread, Which came
in
He
Verse.
Ixviii.
born in Bethlehem. the name Bethlehem signifieth
We sing unto the
:
Prophet Let them
is
down from
tion, (Alleluia.)
O
the
the "
reprobate
(Ps.
righteous."
House of
made known,
Whereas
life ?
the Lord sing unto the
Him by
be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the
Psalm XCV.
O
appearing of
the elect are enrolled in
obliges
Eighth Blessing.
but at of the
me
to
May
the Gospel
s glorious word, Cleansing to our souls afford.
YULE OR CHRISTMAS DAY. and
Eighth Lesson.
the
to
277 and
Son,
the
to
Holy
Ghost.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
Gospel according
A T ^^
one
even
unto
Luke
15.)
(ii.
to
And
Answer.
:
and
come
and see this pass, which
to
made known unto
Christ
us.
In his
That sent the Gospel preacher, meaning be our Teacher.
[of
Behold the beginning of the Church. Christ is born, and the shepherds watch shepherds, to gather together ;
Ninth Lesson.
them
lead
Gentiles, the fold of
into
Christ, that they might no longer be a prey to the ravages of spiritual wolves
night of this world
darkness.
s
And that shepherd is wide awake, whom the Good Shepherd stirreth up. The is
flock then
the
the
world,
Priests. to
shepherd
the people, the night and the shepherds are is
And whom
watchful and
he
perhaps is
it
is "
said,
a
Be
(Apoc. iii. 1 for God hath ordained as the 2,) shepherds of His flock not Bishops only, but also Angels. strengthen,"
Eighth Responsory. 2
The Word was made flesh, and And we beheld among us.
dwelt
His glory, the glory as of the Onlybegotten of the Father, full of grace
and
truth.
All
Verse.
things were
Him, and without thing made. Answer. And gotten
and
made by
Him was
not any
of the
Father,
beheld
full
of grace
1
VOL.
T
N
Glory be
to
John
to
the
Father,
i.)
(i.
the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the
Word was
God.
And
so on.
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo,] (\st Tract on John. ] Lest thou shouldest think
all
things
mean, as thou art accustomed to think of things human, hear and digest this The Word was God." Now per "
haps there will come forward some Arian unbeliever, and say that the
Word
of
can the
when
it
God was a creature. How of God be a creature,
Word
was by the Word were made
that
all
He
be a creature, then there must have been
creatures
If
?
some other Word, not a which He was made.
Word
is
that
?
If
creature,
by
And what
thou sayest that
it
was by the word of the Word Himself that He was made, I tell thee that God had no other, but One OnlyBut if thou say not begotten Son. that it was by the word of the Word Himself that He was made, thou art
He by Whom
things were made was not Himself made at all. Believe the Gospel.
all
God,
Addressed to the Angel of the Church of Sardis. I.
taken from the Holy
the
The Hymn,
truth.
Verse.
is
Gospel according
forced to confess that.
we
His the glory as of the Only -be
glory,
The Lesson
sheep of the
scattered
in the
of grace
Ninth Blessing.
so on.
to
Only - be
:
Bethlehem,
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop ii. on Luke ii.)
and
His
beheld
truth.
Milan,] (Book
the
we
the glory as of the gotten of the Father, full
glory,
The shepherds said another Let us now go
that time
thing which is the Lord hath
And
to
&c."
"We
praise
thee,
is said. 2
John
i.
14, 3.
K
O
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
2/8
After this the Service proceeds as * follows :
Hear my
Verse.
And
Answer.
prayer,
let
my
God
Glory to earth
peace,
the highest, and on of good will.
in
men
to
Alleluia.
O
LORD. cry come
unto Thee.
a
Unto us this day Fifth Antiphon. Child is born, * and His name
little
shall
be called the Mighty God.
Alle
luia, Alleluia.
Let us pray.
Here follows the Prayerfrom Lauds, end of which is answered :
(Heb. LI.)
Chapter.
at the
Amen. Hear my
Answer. Verse.
And
Answer.
^"^
prayer,
let
my
O
LORD. come
cry
unto Thee.
we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Bless
Verse.
Answer.
/^OD, Who in divers
by divers portions and manners spake in time
past unto the fathers by the Prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed :
heir of
made
all
things,
by
Whom
also
He
the worlds.
In communities the Midnight Mass
now celebrated, and immediately afterwards Lauds are begun. is
LAUDS.
O ye shepherds, us what ye have appeared in the earth ?
First Antiphon.
* and speak, seen
We
;
who
is
saw the
angels
tell
new - born
singing
to
praise
Child, and the Lord.
Alleluia, Alleluia. 2 Second Antiphon. The Mother * brought forth the King, Whose name is called THE ETERNAL the joy of a Mother was hers, remaining a Virgin unsullied neither before nor hence forth hath there been or shall be such ;
;
another.
Alleluia. 3
Third Antiphon. unto the shepherds
The Angel
*
said
I
bring you good tidings of great joy ; for unto you born this day a Saviour of the is world.
:
Alleluia.
Fourth Antiphon. 3 There was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly * host, praising God, and saying :
1
2
its
birth, A Unto the farthest bounds of earth, The Virgin Mary s Child we sing, With notes of gladness, Christ the King.
of the world, He came in a servant s frame, Our flesh with His own Flesh to aid, Lest those should perish whom He made. Blest
And
Maker
clad
Him
His Mother pure becomes the place Wherein abides celestial grace, She bears within her maiden breast A secret by herself unguessed.
Soon rises in that modest shrine The Temple of the Lord Divine The stainless and unwedded one Within her
Him
womb
:
conceived the Son.
wondrous birth she bore Gabriel announced before John while yet unborn perceived, And, leaping in the womb, believed. in that
Whom Whom
;
On hay reclined, the Lord Most High, Within a manger deigned to lie :
And He who
feeds the birds of air Vouchsafed a little milk to share.
The Heavenly choirs now rejoice, The Angels lift to God their voice, The Shepherd Who the world hath made Before the shepherds
lies
displayed.
But if there is to be no Mass, Lauds are begun at once. This Antiphon has a sort of rhythm like Hexameters, which has been preserved
translation. 4
where the sunrise had
"CROM
3
Luke
ii.
in the
10, 13, 14.
Hymn attributed to Ccelius Sedulius, a poet of the fifth century. It is slightly altered. The translation is by the Rev. Dr Littledale. In the original, and in the Breviary, the verses begin with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, respectively.
YULE OR CHRISTMAS DAY. O
Lord, from spotless Virgin sprung, All glory unto Thee be sung, To Father, and to Spirit be
At
The Lord hath made known.
Verse. Alleluia.
Answer.
His salvation.
Alleluia.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. God in the highest, * and on
Glory to
earth peace, to
men
Al
of good-will.
leluia, Alleluia.
Prayer throughout the
Office.
we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we who groan under the burthen of our sins, may, by the new Birth of Thine Only-begotten Son in the flesh, mercifully be freed and ,
Through the Same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, delivered.
Amen.
world without end.
Rome, holy
Senatorial
Amen.
Like honour paid eternally.
279
Prime
through up-lifting of his testimony. Likewise, at Rome, on this day was laid to sleep [in the year
O
Antiphon.
(First Antiphon
ye
a bright ensample of faith. the same place [in the year 417], the holy Pope and confessor Zosimus. In Mesopotamia, the holy Bishop is
At
known
Verse
right
shepherds,
&c.,
at Lauds.}
"Thou
hand of
the
That
the year 380], holy
at
sittest
Father,"
At Rome, holy Theodore, the cham berlain of St Peter
mention
is
the
said:
Thou That wast born
Verse.
[in
for his teaching
Bishop Zeno.
In the short Responsory instead of the
269] beside
Appian Road the holy Pope Denys, who worked hard for the Church, and the
and holiness. At Verona
said at dawn.
is
the
arrested
under the Emperor Numerian and the Pnefect Marcian, on the charge of He was tortured being a Christian. as they used to do to slaves, on the rack and with iron claws. They threw him into a furnace, but the fire was turned into dew, and he was delivered. He was thrown to wild beasts, but He was they left him unharmed. led again to the altar, and, when he Then prayed, the idols fell down. they smote him with the sword, and he became more than conqueror
Archelaus, well
PRIME.
of
Marinus,
He was
order.
of the
is
s
church, of blessed
whom
made by
Pope
Gregory.
And in divers places an exceeding great multitude of holy Martyrs and Confessors and holy Virgins.
Virgin Mary.
And
the
every day
same alteration
till
is
made
Twelfth Day.
Chapter at the end. "THEY
shall
(Heb. but
perish,
mainest, and they
MARTYROLOGY.
old
as
doth
a
all
garment,
i.
1
1.)
Thou shall
re-
wax
and as
a
Thou change them, and but Thou art they shall be changed the Same, and Thy years shall not
vesture shalt
On the 26th day of December, was born into the higher life At Jerusalem, holy Stephen, the first Martyr. He was stoned by the Jews not long after the Ascension of the Lord.
:
fail.
In Communities the
now
celebrated.
Dawn Mass
is
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
280
NONE.
TERCE.
The Mother, Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
&c.,
Unto us
Antiphon.
this
day, &c. r
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.}
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Chapter from Lauds.
Short Responsory. Short Responsory.
The Word was made
All the ends of the earth have seen,
Alle
flesh.
Alleluia.
luia,
Word was made
The
Answer.
Alleluia, Alleluia. And dwelt among us. Verse.
flesh.
Answer.
and
to the
Holy Ghost.
Alleluia, Alleluia. shall cry Verse.
unto
Me,
Alleluia. art
And
Answer.
dwelt
among
us.
Alleluia.
SECOND VESPERS.
He
Thou
flesh.
Alleluia.
flesh.
Answer.
salvation of our God.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
The Word was made
Verse.
Word was made
The
Answer.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
The
Verse.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
to the Son,
All the ends of the earth
Answer. have seen,
Answer.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
My
Father.
Al
Thine shall be the First Antiphon. dominion in the day of Thy power, amid the brightness of the saints * from the womb before the day-star :
leluia.
SEXT.
The Angel
Antiphon.
said,
&c.,
(Third Antiphon at Lauds.} (Heb.
Chapter.
i.
10.)
have I begotten Thee. Second Antiphon. The Lord sent re * He hath demption unto His people, commanded His covenant for ever. Unto the upright Third Antiphon. * there ariseth light in the darkness of com the Lord is gracious, and full :
AND:
^
the beginThou, Lord, ning hast laid the foundation of in
and the heavens are the works of Thine hands. the
earth,
and righteous. Fourth Antiphon. With the LORD * and with Him is there is passion,
mercy,
plenteous redemption.
Short Responsory.
The LORD hath made known.
Psalm CXXIX. Al
leluia, Alleluia.
The LORD hath made Answer. known. Alleluia, Alleluia. His salvation. Verse. Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. The LORD hath made Answer. known. Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse.
have seen Answer. Alleluia.
All the
ends of the earth
Alleluia.
The
salvation of our God.
Out of the depths, Fifth Antiphon.
body
*
will
I
set
c.,
(p. 91).
Of
upon
the fruit of thy thy throne.
Psalm CXXXI. LORD, remember David,
&c.,
(p.
193).
Chapter and Verse and Answer from Lauds.
Hymn as
at the First Vespers.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed This day the Christ is born
Virgin.
:
ST STEPHEN * day the Saviour is appeared in the the day Angels sing praise earth and the Archangels rejoice this day the righteous are glad and say this
S
DAY.
281 FIRST NOCTURN.
:
this
First Lesson.
:
:
Glory
to
God
in the highest.
The Lesson
Alleluia.
Commemoration of ST STEPHEN.
And Stephen, full of Antiphon. grace and power, did great wonders
T
N
1
the people.
among
Verse.
Thou
2
hast
crowned him
O
with glory and honour,
Lord.
Answer. And madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands.
taken from the Acts of
is
the Apostles
(vi.
a
arose
murmuring of the
against
Hebrews,
the Grecians because their
widows were neglected
Then
ministration.
in the daily the twelve called
the multitude of the disciples unto It is not reasonable them, and said that we should leave the Word of :
God, and serve
Let us pray.
2.)
those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there
tables.
Wherefore,
look ye out among you men of honest report, full of
brethren,
r^ RANT, O
Lord, that we may have grace to tread in his footsteps whom we honour, and learn to love and bless our enemies by the ex
we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually
ample of Thy
to prayer,
^- J
First
Martyr Stephen,
who prayed even for his murderers to JESUS Christ, Thy Son Who liveth
seven the
Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom
Amen.
without end.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and miracles among
the people.
There arose certain of the
Verse.
Dec. 26.
synagogue, disputing with and they were not able to
St Stqrfjnt g 3iag + The Feast of St Stephen the First Martyr. Double of the Second
Class,
Martyr
Common
the
except
what
is
miracles
among
with an
for one otherwise given Office
here.
MATTINS. Invitatory. 3
He That
once a
little
Child,
Stephen resist
the people.
Second Lesson.
A ND "^^
the saying pleased the whole And they chose Ste
multitude.
phen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch. Whom they set before the
Apostles and when they had prayed, And they laid their hands on them. the word of God increased and the multitude of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly and a great :
Shivering in the manger lay, Set on Stephen s blessed head
A crown
* 1
O
Acts
come, vi. 8.
that fadeth not away.
let
us worship 2
Him
!
;
the
wisdom, and the Spirit which spake. Answer. Did great wonders and
Octave.
All from
to the ministry of the
First Rcsponsory.
;
and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
and
word.
The name Stephen means a crown.
;
;
The
original has a rhyme.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
282
multitude of the priests were obedient And Stephen, full of to the faith. and power, did great wonders grace and miracles among the people.
of
Man
standing at the right hand of
the power of God.
But Stephen, being
Verse.
the into
full
of
Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly heaven, and saw the glory of God,
and said Answer. Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of the power of God. :
Second Responsory. 1 All that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on Stephen, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel
Full of grace
Verse.
and power, he
did great wonders and miracles the people.
Answer.
Glory be
Verse.
among them.
standing
His face as
it
among
had been
the face of an angel standing
among
and
to
the
Son,
the
to
and
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
Answer. Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right
hand of the power of God.
them.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Third Lesson.
^PHEN
there
arose certain of the is called the
synagogue, which
synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with And they were not able Stephen. to resist the wisdom and the Spirit Then they suborned which spake. men, which said they had heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God. And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the and came upon him, and scribes caught him, and brought him to the council, and set up false witnesses, which said This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law. ;
:
Third Responsory. 2
The
blessed
Stephen looked up and saw the
steadfastly into heaven, glory of God, and said
see the heavens opened, 1
Acts
:
Behold,
I
and the Son
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Sermons
(On St Stephen.}
VT
ESTERDAY
King
;
we were celebrating the birth in time of our Eternal to-day we celebrate the vic
tory, through suffering, of soldiers. Yesterday our
one of His
King was
pleased to come forth from His royal palace of the Virgin s womb, clothed in a robe of flesh, to visit the world ; to-day His soldier, laying aside the of the body, entereth in triumph into the heavenly palaces. The One, preserving unchanged that glory of the Godhead which He had before the world was, girded Himself with the form of a servant, and en tered the arena of this world to fight
tabernacle
sin the other taketh off the garments of this corruptible body, and entereth into the heavenly mansions, where he ;
will reign for ever. "
vi. 15.
is
of St Fulgentius, Bishop [of Ruspa.] 3
Acts
vii.
The One cometh
55.
3 Now called Alfaques, in the district of Tunis, in North Africa. The Martyrology (Jan. i) says that "in the persecution by the Vandals he suffered much for the Catholic faith, and, on account of his great learning, was banished by the Arians into the isle of Sardinia but, after ward permitted to return to his Bishopric, renowned for his life and preaching, made an holy end." Born, A.D. 468. Died, 533. ;
ST STEPHEN down, veiled
the other goeth a robe of glory, red
in flesh
clothed in
up,
;
with blood.
DAY.
S
283
whose name was Saul
feet,
stoned
Stephen, and saying
;
and they
upon
calling
God,
:
Lord JESUS, receive
Answer.
my
spirit.
Fourth Responsory.
Sixth Lesson. 1
They stoned Stephen, calling upon God and saying Lord JESUS Christ, :
my
receive
spirit
;
and lay not
this sin
he kneeled down, and
cried with a loud voice, saying
:
Answer.
Lord JESUS Christ, and lay not this spirit
my
Y
was
to their charge. And Verse.
ceive
TV/T *"**
;
re sin
to their charge.
brethren, it behoveth us to consider with what arms Stephen able, amid all the cruelty of the
Jews, to remain more than conqueror, and worthily to attain to so blessed a triumph. Stephen, in that struggle which brought him to the crown whereof his name is a prophecy, had
armour the love of God and man, and by it he remained victorious on
for
Fifth Lesson.
all
*T*HE One cometh down amid
of angels the other the stoning of the
jubilation
g oeth
up
the
;
amid
Yesterday the holy angels were Glory to God in the high singing, est to-day there is joy among them, for they receive Stephen into their company. Yesterday the Lord came forth from the Virgin s womb to-day His soldier is delivered from the prison
Jews.
"
"
;
;
body. Yesterday Christ was our sakes wrapped in swaddling bands to - day He girdeth Stephen with a robe of immortality. Yester day the new -born Christ lay in a
of the for
The
hands.
love of
him against the Jews and the love of made him pray even for ened
;
Through
God
strength
cruelty of the his neighbour his murderers.
love he rebuked the
wander
might be corrected through love he prayed for them that stoned him, that they might not be By the might of his love punished. he overcame Saul his cruel persecutor and earned for a comrade in heaven, the very man who had done him to ing,
that
they
;
;
death upon earth.
;
narrow manger
en-
to-day Stephen into the boundless The Lord came down alone heavens. that He might raise many up our King humbled Himself that He might set His soldiers in high places. tereth
;
victorious
;
Fifth Responsory.
They ran upon him with one ac cord, and cast him out of the city, 2
calling
upon God, and saying
JESUS, receive
And
:
Lord
spirit.
the
witnesses laid their clothes at a young man s
Verse.
down
my
1
Acts
vii.
59, 60.
Sixth Responsory.
The ungodly
upon the righteous, But he received the stones with joy, that he might earn a crown of glory. to put
him
Verse.
fell
to death.
They stopped
their
ears,
and ran upon him with one accord. But he received the Answer. stones with joy, that he might earn a crown of glory. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
But he received the Answer. stones with joy, that he might earn a crown of glory. 2
Acts
vii.
56-58.
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284
THIRD NOCTURN.
Answer.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
Gospel according
to
Matthew
T
that time
Lord
s
this
"
of dispute
Behold,
observe that, according to the Apostle writing to the Corinthians, ( I Cor. xii. 4,) there are diversities of gifts among Christ s followers. Some are Prophets of that which is to come some are ;
wise men,
who know
the due season
rebuke and exhortation
;
some
are
Scribes learned in the law. And of these they stoned Stephen, slew Paul with the sword, crucified Peter, and scourged the Disciples mentioned in
Acts of the Apostles.
(v.
40
;
is
;
Here
Scribes."
Minor Prophets and this supported by the father s name. But the Bible nowhere telleth us that this Prophet was slain between and it is the temple and the altar
opinion
hardly possible that he can have been, for in his time it could scarcely be
send unto you Prophets,
I
and wise men, and
said that even the ruins of the temple were in existence. Secondly, others was maintain that this Zacharias
Zacharias,
of
Gospels, wherein he was martyred Christ s coming.
the
John
asserted
is
phal
it
that
for
preaching
Eighth Responsory.
The
gates of heaven were opened Christ s blessed martyr Stephen,
and he is the first of all the martyrs. Wherefore he reigneth crowned in
Stephen, the servant of God, who was stoned by the Jews, saw the heavens opened he saw and entered
heaven.
in. Blessed is he, unto whom the heavens were opened. Verse. While his poor body was crushed by the hurtling shower of stones, God s brightness broke upon
Saviour Who death for us.
him out of
to the Son,
:
father
interpretation is de rived from the dreams of the Apocry
to
Seventh Responsory.
the
This
Baptist.
;
xvi. 23.)
the heavenly palaces.
among
meant by
is
the twelve
(32,) refer in the first the Jews Himself,
fathers,"
Whom
the
subject
First, some hold that Zacharias the son of Barachias is the eleventh of
place to afterwards put to death. In a second ary sense it may likewise be applied to His disciples, of whom He saith,
for
a
various opinions in various places upon this question, and I will give each.
[at
have already remarked that the Fill ye up the measure words,
of your
"
is
prevent any mistake, it is particularly said, "Whom ye slew between the I have read temple and the altar."
passage by St (Bk. Bethlehem.] Commentary on Matth. xxiii.)
We
T
Zacharias the son of Barachias. read of several persons of the name But here, in order to of Zacharias.
:
;
Homily on Jerome, Priest
whom
We
JESUS said unto the
:
Scribes and Pharisees
men, and Scribes and some of them And so on. ye shall kill and crucify.
iv.
he unto
commentators who
Behold, send unto you Prophets, and wise
I
is
Eighth Lesson.
(xxiii.
34.)
A T ^^
Blessed
the heavens were opened.
For he was the
Verse.
make an
first
to
offering of his death to that
vouchsafed
Answer. Wherefore crowned in heaven. Verse.
he
to
suffer
reigneth
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost.
ST STEPHEN S DAY. Wherefore Answer. crowned in heaven.
he reigneth
Chapter.
^AND
school will have
it
that this
Devout men carried Ste
3
Verse.
phen to his Answer.
22, that he was slain by Joash, king of Judah, between the temple and the altar. Against
tation over him.
Chron. xxiv.
2
be remarked, that that Zacharias was not the son of Barachias, this
to
is
it
whence it remembered not
but of Jehoiada the priest is
written,
"Joash
;
the kindness which Jehoiada his father
had
done
to
ariseth,
if
the
signifieth
Blessed of the LORD, and Jehoiada In the proves his Righteousness. Gospel used by the Nazarenes the name of Jehoiada is used instead of Barachias.
l First Antiphon. They stoned * Stephen, calling upon God, and saying Lay not this sin to their charge. :
Second Antiphon. The stones of the brook * were sweet to him all the souls of the righteous follow him. :
O my
God,
flesh
hath
been stoned
for
;
vii.
58, 59.
Commemoration of Christmas from Lauds of yesterday.
the
PRIME. Antiphon.
They stoned Stephen,
&c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.} In the Short Responsory the
same
alteration as yesterday.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 27th day of December were born into the better life
his
Gospel
and
after
return from exile,
after his
the
Revelation which
gave unto him, he lived on
until
God the
Trajan, and founded and governed the churches of all Asia. He died of old age in the sixty-eighth year after the death of
time
of
the
Emperor
At Alexandria, holy Maximus, Pope of that See, who was eminently worthy to be called a confessor [in the year
:
Acts
the preceding
evening.
Thy
Fourth Antiphon. Stephen saw the * he saw and en heavens opened tered in blessed is he unto whom the heavens were opened. * * Fifth Antiphon. Behold, I see the heavens opened, and JESUS stand ing on the right hand of the power of God. 1
Commemoration of
the
Christ [about the year 101], and was buried hard by the city of Ephesus.
sake.
VOL
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias, and Prayer throughout the Office from
my
soul followeth hard after Thee, * for
my
great lamen
At Ephesus, the holy Apostle and After the writing of Evangelist John.
LAUDS.
Third Antiphon.
And made
this
Barachias
Hebrew,
burial.
The
him."
question opinion be true, why, the name and manner of death both agreeing with this explana tion, Zacharias is called the son, not of Jehoiada, but of Barachias. In therefore
8.)
of grace
full
Zacharias, the son of Barachias, was that Zacharias of whom we read, *"*"
in
vi.
(Acts
and Stephen, power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Ninth Lesson.
A THIRD
285
2
Acts
282],
At Constantinople the holy brethren Theodore [Grapt] and Theophanes. They were bred up from their child hood in the monastery of St Saba, and afterwards stoutly contended for the honouring of holy images against the vii.
55.
3
Acts
viii. 2.
K
2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
286
NONE.
Emperor Leo
the Armenian, for the which he caused them to be beaten and sent into exile, and after his death
they still stoutly withstood the Emperor Theophilus, who was held captive by the same ungodliness, for the which he also caused them to be again beaten and driven into exile. Theodore died prison, but Theophanes, after that peace was given back to the Church, was made Bishop of Nice, and fell asleep in peace in the Lord [ninth cen
holy virgin Niceras, who was emi nent for her holiness, in the time of the Emperor Arcadius [about the year 440].
Chapter at the end.
(Acts
vii.
59.)
mas^
he kneeled down, and cried
till
the Chapter.
Chapter from Lauds. Verse.
heavens
Stephen saw the
opened.
Answer. blessed
is
He saw and whom
he unto
entered in
:
the heavens
were opened.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Devout men carried Stephen his burial, and made great lamenta
Virgin. to
AND
* &c. r
All as the Second Vespers of Christ
the
Constantinople,
see,
VESPERS.
tury].
at
I
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
in
Likewise,
Behold,
Antiphon.
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.}
tion over him.
^"*"
with a loud voice, saying Lord, And lay not this sin to their charge. when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. :
TERCE.
Commemoration of ST JOHN. that This is John, Antiphon. which leaned on the Lord s Breast at even that blessed Apostle, supper unto whom were made known the ;
Antiphon. The stones of the brook, * c., (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
Chapter from Lauds.
O my
is
blessed
John.
Which leaned Answer. Lord s Breast at supper.
SEXT.
Antiphon.
secret things of heaven. Verse. Very worshipful
God, &c.,
(
Third
on
the
Let us pray.
Antiphon at Lauds.}
we beseech Lord, Thee to cast Thy bright beams of light upon Thy Church, that it, being enlightened by the doctrine of Thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist
TV/TERCIFUL *"
Chapter.
HTHEN
there
(Acts arose
vi.
9.)
certain
of the
synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen, and they were not able to resist the wisdom, and the Spirit which spake. 1
When
Lord,
this
&c."
is
the
first
or last Prayer,
it
John, may at length attain to the light of everlasting life. 1
Commemoration of Christmas from the
Second Vespers of that day.
has, of course, the usual termination,
"
Through our
ST JOHN S DAY. Dec. 27.
The Lord chose him
Verse.
&t Tke Feast of St John, Apostle and Evangelist.
to
maidenhood,
Second Lesson.
Octave.
All from
the
Common
Office
of
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. first Lesson.
Here beginneth the
First
the Blessed Apostle John
Epistle
of
i.)
Which was from the begin ning, Which we have heard, Which we have seen with our eyes, Which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life, (and the Life was manifested, and we have seen It, and bear witness, and unto
you
that
Eternal
Life,
Which was
with the Father, and was manifested unto us) That Which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also
with us, and Father, and
we
and
HPHAT
show
T F we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the have fellowship one with light, we another, and the blood of JESUS Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If
(i.
may have
fellowship our fellowship be with the
from
cleanse us
to
not
is
Second Responsory. 1
This
the disciple which testifieth
is
of these things, and wrote these things. And we know that his testimony is true.
He
Verse.
drank
s
And we know
Answer. is
of Breast as
the rivers
in
the Gospel from the Lord from an holy fountain.
IV/TY
that
his
true.
Third Lesson, little
write
(ii.
children, I
i.)
these
things
unto you, that ye sin
And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, JESUS Christ
not.
all.
the righteous
First Responsory.
tion for
Very worshipful is blessed John, which leaned on the Lord s Breast at supper.
and
unrighteousness. have not sinned, we
in us.
message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you That God is light, and in Him is no dark ness at
faithful
all
the
:
is
If we say that we make Him a liar, and His word
testimony
And
He
confess our sins,
just to forgive us our sins,
with His Son JESUS these things we write unto you that ye may rejoice, and that This then is your joy may be full. Christ.
for his
loved
maiden.
Class, with an
Apostles except the following :
and
him more than all the rest. Answer. To him did Christ upon the Cross commit His mother, maiden clean
Double of the Second
287
To Him
did Christ upon the
Cross commit His mother, maiden to maiden. 1
John
:
and
our sins
;
He
is
the propitia for ours
and not
only, but also for the sins of the
world.
whole
And hereby we do know
we know Him,
that
we keep His com mandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandxxi. 24.
if
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
288
ments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected.
Fourth Responsory.
Him
2
that
overcometh
New
most blessed Evangelist and Apostle John. Who was found worthy that the Lord should honour him more than all the rest, by a special privilege of love, l This is the disciple whom Verse. JESUS loved, which also leaned on the
Lord s Breast at supper. Answer. Who was found worthy that the Lord should honour him more the rest,
by a special
privilege
of love.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Who was found worthy that the Lord should honour him more to the Son,
than
all
the rest, by a special privilege
of love.
Fourth Lesson. is
is
3
To him
overcometh
that
give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise
will
of
I
My God. Answer.
And I name upon him, and city,
which
is
New
My
write
will
the
name
of the
Jerusalem.
Fifth Lesson.
T
N
the fourteenth
year after Nero,
Domitian stirred up the second persecution, and John was exiled to the island of Patmos, where he wrote his Apocalypse, which hath been ex plained by Justin the Martyr and Irenaeus. When Domitian was killed, the Senate annulled all his acts, on account of his savage cruelty, and the Apostle returned to Ephesus, during He remained at the reign of Nerva. Ephesus until the time of Trajan, and
SECOND NOCTURN.
The Lesson
which
city,
Jerusalem.
Verse.
that
is
all
make
My
Third Responsory.
than
I
temple, saith the Lord, pillar in name upon him, and I will write
and the name of the This
will
My
a
founded and governed
taken from the Book on
Ecclesiastical writers, written by St Jerome, Priest [at Bethlehem.]
^THE
all
the Churches
There, in an extreme
of Asia.
old
age, he died, in the sixty-eighth year after the Lord s passion, and was buried near the city.
Apostle John "whom JESUS loved was a son of Zebedee, "
and brother of the Apostle James, who was beheaded by Herod soon after our Lord suffered. He was the last of the Evangelists to write his Gospel, which he published at the request of the Bishops of Asia, against Cerinthus and other heretics, and particularly against the
then
spreading doctrine
Ebionites,
who
asserted
that
of
the
Christ
Fifth Responsory.
JESUS loved him, because
He
unto
Himself,
and he
Divine Generation.
a virgin for ever. 2
Apoc.
virgin
remaineth
a
He was him did He commit His mother, maiden to
virgin unto Himself,
xxi. 20.
worthy
virgin for ever. Verse. At the end, when dying upon the Cross, to
had had no existence before Mary. It was therefore needful for the Evan His Eternal and gelist to declare John
his singu
lar gift of purity made him more of love. chose him for a
maiden.
Answer.
iii.
12.
He
him for a and he remaineth
chose
Apoc.
ii.
7.
ST JOHN S DAY. Sixth Lesson.
Homily on this passage by St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo,] (i 24^/2 Tract on John.}
is taken from the Com mentary upon the Epistle to the the same author Galatians, by
The Lesson
(iii.
289
The Church knoweth of two different which God hath revealed and
6.)
lives
blessed one is the life of faith, the other the life of knowledge one the life of this pilgrimage, the other the life of the eternal mansions one the life of work, the other the life of rest one the life of the journey, the other the life of home one the life of action, the other the life of contemplation.
HPHE
Blessed Evangelist John lived at Ephesus down to an extreme old age, and, at length, when he was with difficulty carried to the Church, and was not able to exhort the congregation at length, he was used simply to say at each meeting, My
:
:
;
:
"
;
At children, love one another." last the disciples and brethren were weary with hearing these words con little
The one
escheweth evil and doeth other hath no evil to eschew, and only an exceeding good to enjoy. The one striveth with the enemy, the other hath no enemies,
good
and asked him, Master, wherefore ever sayest thou this only ? Whereto he replied to them, (worthy of John,) It is the commandment of the Lord, and if this only be done, "
tinually,
"
the
;
and reigneth.
"
it is enough."
Seventh Responsory. 2
In that day will
Sixth Responsory.
servant, 1
T
N
And
I
take thee, thee
Verse.
wisdom and understanding. Verse. He made him rich with joy and gladness. Answer. And filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding.
death, and of life.
Be
3 I
I
thou
as
a
have chosen unto
faithful
give thee a crown
will
Answer. For LORD.
O My
make
will
For signet before Me. thee, saith the LORD.
midst of the congregation did the Lord open his mouth. filled him with the spirit of the
have chosen thee,
I
saith the
Eighth Lesson.
n^HE
one succoureth the needy the is where there are no needy succour. The one forgiveth them ;
other
to
THIRD NOCTURN.
and
that trespass against
it,
that
its
own
the other trespasses may be forgiven neither hath trespasses to forgive nor ;
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (xxi. 19.)
AT
Peter ing
time:
that
about,
:
JESUS saith unto Follow Me. Peter, turn
seeth
the
JESUS loved, following. 1
Ecclus. xv.
5, 6.
disciple
And
whom so on. 2
to
be forgiven.
with
evil,
lest
The one
is chastened be exalted above
it
measure by good
;
the other enjoyeth
such a fulness of grace that
no the
it
temptation to pride.
Hag
.
ii.
feeleth
and cleaveth so firmly unto Highest Good, that it hath no
evil,
24.
3
Apoc.
ii.
TO.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
290
and we know that
Eighth Responsory.
his
is
testimony
true.
that John which leaned on even that Breast at supper blessed Apostle unto whom were made known the secret things of heaven.
This
is
the Lord
He
drank in the rivers of the Gospel from the Lord s Breast, as from an holy fountain. Answer. Even that blessed Apostle unto whom were made known the Verse.
secret things of heaven. Verse.
and
be
Glory the
to
Third Antiphon. This * if I will that he
s
and
Son,
:
come
in
that blessed Apostle were made known the
whom
unto
secret things of heaven.
His kingdom. *
vant,
My
spirit
TIE
good
but
still
the one
sorrowful
hereafter,
and
is
good, the other is
;
eternity findeth no said unto the it
in
Therefore is Follow Me
end. "
one,
but of the other, that he tarry till I come, Follow thou that to thee ? "
;
will
I
what
is
Me."
What
is
the
words ? who can understand ? what
testifieth
thou Me, imitating Me ing of earthly sorrow; till
will
he
that
keepeth
This
the
I
lasting
come
who
can Follow is it in the bear ?
"
let him tarry again, bringing the ever
reward
disciple
And we know
Answer. testimony
is
which
of these things. is
that
his
true.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias, and Prayer throughout the Office from the
Commemoration
at
the preceding
Vespers.
Commemorations of Christmas and of St Stephen from the Second Vespers of Christmas Day. PRIME.
meaning of these
know is it ?
do
Lord
the other stretcheth out into the
;
i.)
the
him.
and perfectly blessed. And of these two lives there are types, of the one in the Apostle Peter, of the other in John. The one laboureth here even unto the end, and findeth its end here
If
(Ecclus. xv.
and
:
better
"
I
that feareth
Verse.
after
2 Behold My ser have chosen, I have upon him.
whom
righteousness shall obtain her, and as an honoured mother shall she meet
Ninth Lesson.
V\^HEREFORE
I
Fifth Antiphon.
Chapter.
Even
dis
till
l
Ghost.
Answer.
My
?
Father, the Holy
to
is
tarry
There be some Fourth Antiphon. * which shall not taste standing here, of death, till they see the Son of man
put
the
to
ciple
Very worshipful, Antiphon. (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
*
&c.,
In the Short Responsory the same alteration as before.
"
?
MARTYROLOGY. LAUDS.
is
* First Antiphon. Very worshipful blessed John, which leaned on the
Lord s Breast at supper. This is the dis Second Antiphon. * which testifieth of these things, ciple 1
Matth.
xvi. 28.
Upon the 28th day of December, were born into the better life At Bethlehem of Judah, the holy innocent little children who were slain for Christ s
sake by Herod the King. in Galatia, the holy
At Ancyra,
2
Matth.
xii. 18.
ST JOHN Eutychius the Domitian the deacon.
priest
-martyrs
and
DAY.
S
Chapter at the end.
T
N
In Africa, the holy martyrs Castor, Victor,
and Rogatian.
Nicomedia, the holy martyrs, Indes the eunuch, the virgins Domna, Agape, and Theophila, and their com panions, who after long contendings by divers kinds of death gained the
crown of martyrdom tion
in
under the Emperor
the persecu Diocletian.
in Pontus, in the persecution under the Emperor Decius, as he was the holy martyr Troadius dying the ghost of holy Gregory the
At Neo-Cassarea,
Lord open the
TERCE. This is the disciple, Antiphon. &c., (Second Antiphon at Lauds. ] Chapter from Lauds.
the holy martyr Caesarius, who suffered the Emperor Galerius Maxi-
under mian.
At Lyons,
in
the holy
Gaul,
con
This
Antiphon. &c.,
Saints
by
enrolled
Pope
those of the Alexander VII. on
among
.account of his burning conversion of heretics.
zeal
the
for
His feast
is
command of the said Pope upon the 2 9th day of January, being that day whereon his sacred body was Pope brought to Annecy from Lyons.
disciple,
*
at Lauds.}
(Ecclus. xv. 3.)
Chapter.
the bread of life and understanding did the Lord our God feed him, and gave him the healthful water of wisdom to drink.
NONE. Behold
Antiphon. &c., (Fifth
My
servant,
*
Antiphon at Lauds.}
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
kept by
Pius IX., in accordance with a vote of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, de clared him a doctor of the universal
My
is
(Third Antiphon
fessor Francis de Sales [1567-1622], Bishop [and Prince] of Geneva, whose
name was
*
SEXT.
lower Armenia,
in the
mouth, and
spirit
with a robe of glory.
tyrdom.
At Arabissa,
his
of wisdom and understanding, and clothed him
him with
;
wonder-worker appeared to him and strengthened him to undergo mar
(Ecclus. xv. 5.)
the midst of the congregation did the
filled
At
291
VESPERS.
All as at Christmas,
till
the
Second
Vespers
of
the Chapter.
Chapter as at Lauds. Verse
and Answer
as at the
Com
memoration in the preceding Vespers.
Church.
Domnio. In Egypt, the holy monk Theodore from 348, Sanctified, Abbat [the of Tabenno, death of St Pachom At Rome, the holy
in
Egypt.
He
lived
priest
from 3i4-April
27, 367], a disciple of holy Pachom. In the monastery of Lerins the holy monk Anthony, famous for his miracles.
[A monk of Lerins, which monastery He died about he entered about 523.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin. There went this saying abroad
among
the brethren, that that disciple
should not die yet JESUS said not He shall not die but, If I will that he tarry till I come. :
;
;
Commemoration of the HOLY INNOCENTS. l These are they which Antiphon. were not defiled with women for they :
525.] 1
Apoc.
xiv. 4.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
292 are
and
virgins,
He
whithersoever
follow
What What
Lamb
the
is the gain of such a sin? doth his crime for Herod win? Saved only from so many slain,
goeth.
Herod was exceeding wroth, Verse. and slew many children. In Bethlehem Judah, the Answer. city of
Away
uninjured Christ
JESU, to Thee be glory paid, Born for us of a stainless maid
David.
To
;
and
to Spirit blest, Like praise be evermore addrest.
Let us pray.
Father,
Amen.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Whose praise Thine Inno^^ GOD, cent Martyrs did this day set f~\
forth,
ta en.
is
First Lesson.
not in confession but in death,
The Lesson
mortify and kill all vices in us, that we, whose mouths profess Thy faith, may by our lives also give glory to the
taken from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (xxxi. 15.)
^PHUS
same. 1
is
A
LORD:
the
saith
voice
was heard in the Lofty City," 3 lamentation and weeping, and great "
Commemorations of Christmas and of St Stephen from the Second Vespers of Christinas Day.
Rachel
weeping for her be comforted for Thus them, because they were not. mourning,
children, refused to
LORD Refrain thy voice weeping, and thine eyes from tears for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD, and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. the
saith
Dec. 28.
:
from
:
Cfjtltiertnas
The Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs.
Double of the Second
there
the
LORD, and
is
come again
with an
Class,
And
hope
in thine end, saith children shall
thy
to their
own
border.
Octave.
All
from,
the
First Respojisory.
Common
Office
Martyrs, except what wise given here.
Many
is
for
An hundred, forty, and four thou sand, which were redeemed from the earth these are they which were not defiled with women. For they re 4
other
;
MATTINS.
mained virgins
Hymn? moody tyrant hears aghast News that the King of kings, Hath come
And David
Mad "A
1
name, Royal throne to claim.
at the tidings is his cry King, who drives me forth, ye, ye in
When
the Rev.
is
nigh guard, with hand on glaive, blood all cradles lave." this is the first or last Prayer,
Dr
hymn by
Littledale.
they of
Lamb
of
Lamb. Answer.
my
our Lord, &c." * Verses from a
are
These are they which came great tribulation, and have washed their robes in the Blood of the out
!
Haste Till
therefore
Verse.
at last,
to rule o er Israel s s
;
kings before God, and the God is with them.
it
vir
;
them. has, of course, the usual termination, "Through
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, 3
For they remained
therefore are they kings before God, and the Lamb of God is with
gins
Ramah.
b.
348, d. after 404 *
Apoc.
:
translation
xiv. 2,
4
;
vii.
14.
by
CHILDERMAS DAY.
back-sliding daughter ? for the hath created a new thing in a woman shall compass a the earth man. Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
thou
Second Lesson.
LORD
HAVE
surely heard Ephraim be moaning himself thus Thou hast and I was chastised as chastised me a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Turn Thou me, and I shall be turned For for Thou art the LORD my God. after that Thou hadst turned me, I and after that Thou hadst repented instructed me, I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed, yea, even confounded,
T
293
:
;
;
:
As yet they shall the God of Israel use this speech in the land of Judah, :
and
in the cities thereof,
when I shall The LORD
bring again their captivity:
O
bless thee,
habitation of righteous
and mountain of holiness
:
ness,
!
:
did bear the reproach of
because
I
youth.
Is
My
Ephraim
he a beloved child
Is
spake
against
remember him
him,
? I
Third Responsory.
my
son
dear
?
3
For since I do earnestly
They worshipped Him That
still.
God.
their
Second Responsory.
faces
their
heard under the altar the voices How that were slain, saying long dost Thou not avenge our blood ? And it was said unto them from God Rest yet for a little season, until the number of your brethren be fulfilled. I saw under the altar of Verse. God the souls of them that were slain 1
I
them
they fell down upon before the throne, and That liveth for ever and
And
Verse.
of
live th
And cast their ever and ever. crowns before the throne of the Lord
for
blessed
Him
ever.
:
:
the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held, and they cried with a loud voice, saying How long dost Thou not Answer. avenge our blood ? And it was said Rest yet for a unto them from God
And
Answer.
cast their crowns be
Lord their God. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Ansiver. And cast their crowns be fore the throne of the Lord their God.
fore the throne of the Verse.
for
SECOND NOCTURN.
:
:
little
season, until the
brethren be
number
of your
CET thee up way-marks, ^ monuments of thy 2
make
thee set
grief,
:
O
How
2
Apoc. I.e.,
and
thither,
Apoc.
4
Some
iv.
Bishop [of Hippo.]
beloved brethren, to-day the birthday of those children, who, as we are informed by the Gospel, were massacred by the Therefore let savage King Herod.
O
we keep
earth
rejoice
with exceeding joy, for
the mother of these heavenly soldiers, and of this numerous host.
she
The
is
love
of
vi. 9, 10, ii.
(perhaps) in going into exile,
3
taken from the Sermons
is
St Austin,
EARLY
*-^
again, Virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. long wilt
1
4
of
"p\
thine heart toward the high-way, even turn the way which thou wentest
wander hither
The Lesson
(\Qth on the Saints.}
fulfilled.
Third Lesson.
thou
Fourth Lesson.
mark the road,
since
it
will
the
vile
Herod
could
soon have to be retraced.
10.
liturgical scholars question this ascription to St Austin,
be a composition from various writers.
and pronounce the homily
See Revue Benedictine, 1891,
p. 272.
tc
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
294
never have crowned these blessed ones as hath his hatred. For the Church testifieth by this holy solem nity, that whereas iniquity did speci
abound against these little saints, the more were heavenly bless
ally
so
much
ings poured out upon them.
Fourth Responsory. 1
The blood
of Thy saints have they water round about Jerusalem. And there was none to bury them. Verse. The dead bodies of Thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, the flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the
shed
like
earth.
And
Answer.
was none
there
Sixth Lesson.
\\
;
crowned at once. He That maketh an end to this present life, gave to them at its very gates that eternal blessedness which we hope for at its
They whom
close.
Herod are
tore
mothers breasts the
called
of
flowers
martyrdom hardly had these buds of the Church shown their heads above the soil, in the winter of un belief, when the frost of persecution ;
nipped them.
art
thou,
O
Bethlehem
land of Judah, which hast suffered the cruelty of King Herod in the slaughter of thy children who art ;
found worthy to offer at once to God a whole white-robed army of guileless Surely, it is well to keep their birth-day, even that blessed birth !
day which gave them from earth to heaven, more blessed than the day that brought them out of their mother s womb. Scarcely had they entered on
now
that glorious
life
is,
These are they which have not de garments. They shall walk
filed their
with
in white, for they are worthy.
These are they which were
is
to
walk with
Me
in white, for they are worthy. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and
Answer.
Answer.
to the
They
:
Thee.
4.
Me
walk with
THIRD NOCTURN. *
for
evermore
3
;
The Righteous
their
reward also
with the Lord.
Second Antiphon. These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.
Third
Avenge, O Lord, the blood of Thy saints which is shed. Answer. For day by day they cry unto Thee. Verse.
Holy Ghost.
shall
First Antiphon.
These holy ones suffered for Thy take vengeance for sake, O Lord them. For day by day they cry unto
iii.
and
shall
in white, for they are worthy.
is
Apoc.
They
to the Son,
come.
Fifth Responsory.
for they are
:
virgins.
when they obtained
which
women
not defiled with
live
Ps. Ixxviii. 3, 2.
Me
Verse.
in the
1
the wickedness of
their
Sixth Responsory.
IDLES SED
that
from
rightfully
2
life
other
to
Fifth Lesson.
the
of
martyrs because it was the crowning act of an undaunted and per sistent but these were testimony
bury them.
martyrs
death
the
praise
7"E
Antiphon.
great with His Saints Christ
3
s
God
is
Behold,
how
the reward *
of
yea, they who died for sake shall live for ever and
Wisd.
4
:
v.
16.
4
Matth.
v. 12.
CHILDERMAS DAY.
295 Eighth Lesson.
Seventh Lesson,
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
Matthew
to
Gospel according
(ii.
^THAT
it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Out of Egypt have Prophet, saying Those who go I called My Son." "
:
I3-)
A T *"*
time
that
:
The angel
Lord appeareth
to
of the in a
Joseph
Arise, and take the dream, saying young Child, and His mother, and flee and be thou there until I into Egypt :
:
And
bring thee word.
Homily by Bethlehem.] Matth. ii.)
so on.
St Jerome, Priest (Book i. Comment,
[at
on
deny the authority of the ask where any such passage is to be found in the about
to
Hebrew
Scriptures,
But, although they find Septuagint. not there, I tell them that the fact of its being written in the Prophet Hosea (xi. i) can be proved by the it
texts
which
;
of ignorance in which they left the un But believers from whom they fled. when they returned into Judaea, we learn not from the Gospel that it was which is by night, or in darkness ;
of that light which will Jews, when, at the end of the world, they shall receive back the faith, which now lighteneth the Gen tiles, even as Judaea received Christ
an
tlie
returning from Egypt.
*
published.
saw under the Altar of God the them that were slain for the word of God, which they held, and they cried with a loud voice Avenge, I
souls of
:
O
Lord,
which
is
blood
the
of
Under
the
saints,
throne of
the saints cry aloud
Answer. blood of
Thy
shed.
Verse. all
image
lighten
lately
Eighth Responsory.
He
took the young Child, and His mother, and fled into Egypt, by night and in darkness and the darkness of that night was a figure of the darkness
have
I
Avenge,
Thy
saints,
God
:
O
Lord, the is shed.
which
If this day be Sunday the following is
added :
Glory be to the Father, and Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Avenge, O Lord, the blood of Thy saints, which is shed. Verse.
to the
Seventh Responsory.
The
saints
sung a new song before
the throne of God and the Lamb and their voices were echoed on earth. :
Verse.
among men, being the first-fruits unto God, ar.d to the Lamb, and in their mouth was found no guile. And their voices were Answer. echoed on earth. Eighth Blessing.
They whose feast-day we are keeping, Be our advocates with God. 1
viz., circ.
out of
Ninth Lesson.
These were redeemed from
A.D. 400.
Egypt."
The reading
of the
"
"THEN
was
was
fulfilled
that
which
Jeremy the In Rama was there Prophet, saying a voice heard, weeping and great Rachel weeping for her mourning The child of Rachel was children." Benjamin, and Bethlehem is not a We town belonging to his tribe. must therefore seek another reason why Rachel should weep for the spoken
by
;
;
LXX.
is:
"I
loved [Israel], and called his sons
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON,
296
children of Judah, to
whom Bethlehem
The plain belongeth, as for her own. answer is that she is buried at Ephrath close to Bethlehem, and she is called Mother on account of the resting-place of her earthly tabernacle being there. possible also that she is Mother because the tribes of It
is
Judah
children that were in Bethlehem, but also in all the coasts thereof. it
be
Father.
called
and Benjamin were joined together, and Herod slew not only all the
If
Second Antiphon. Herod slew many * from two years old, and for the Lord s sake. under, Third Antiphon. J Their angels * do always behold the face of My children
Fourth Antiphon. *
there a voice children.
Under the throne Fifth Antiphon. God * all the saints cry aloud Avenge our blood, O our God of
Sunday, the Hymn,
:
!
"We
praise Thee, O God, &c.," is said, but if not, then the following :
What white
Chapter.
LOOKED,
I
Ninth Responsory. in
Rachel
mourning,
Rama was weeping and weeping for her In
heard,
are these which are arrayed robes ? and whence came
These are they ? And he said to me they which came out of great tribu
xiv.
(Apoc. and,
lo,
i.)
Lamb
a
stood
on the mount Sion, and with Him an hundred, forty, and four thousand having His name and His Father s ;
name
written in their foreheads.
:
and have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb. Verse. I saw under the Altar of God the souls of them which were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. Answer. These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.
Hymn?
lation,
LAUDS. First Antiphon. Herod was ex * and slew ceeding wroth, many chil dren in Bethlehem Judah, the city of David. 1
2
late
Matth. xviii. 10. Additional verses from the same Rev. Dr Neale.
hymn by
A LL
hail
Cut
!
ye infant Martyr flowers life s first dawning hours, !
off in
As rose-buds snapped in tempest strife, When Herod sought your Saviour s life. You, tender flock of lambs, we First victims slain for Christ
Beneath the
sing,
your King
:
altar s
heavenly ray, With martyr palms and crowns ye play.
For
their
Redemption, glory
be,
O
JESUS, Virgin-born, to Thee With Father, and with Holy Ghost, !
For ever from the Martyr-host
!
Amen.
and Answer, Antiphon at Song of Zacharias, and Prayer throughout the Office, all from the Commemoration at the preceding Verse
the
Vespers.
Commemoration of Christmas, of Sf and of St John from their
Stephen,
respective Lauds.
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens
;
translation
by the
CHILDERMAS DAY. PRIME. Antiphon. *
&c.,
wroth,
Herod was exceeding (First Antiphon at
Lauds. ) In the Short Responsory the same .alteration as before.
MARTYROLOGY.
297
came a monk December 29,
in
567,
and died on
596].
Chapter at the end.
(Apoc.
xiv. 4.)
T^HESE
were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb, and in their mouth was found no guile for they ;
are without blemish before the throne
Upon the 2 9th day of December were born into the better life At Canterbury, in England, the holy martyr Thomas, Archbishop of that see, who for his contending for right eousness and for the privileges of the Church, was smitten with the sword in his own cathedral by a band of wicked men, and so passed away to be with
Christ [in the year 1 170]. At Jerusalem, holy David, the King and Prophet [in the year of the world
TERCE.
Herod slew many
Antiphon. *
dren,
Aries, holy Trophimus, of
whom
maketh mention in writing He was ordained unto Timothy. bishop by this same Apostle Paul, and was the first who was sent to St Paul
Aries to preach the Gospel of Christ, and it was a spring, as holy Pope Zosimus writeth, whence streams of
Lauds. )
Chapter from Lattds. SEXT. Their angels, &c.,
Antiphon.
At Rome, the holy martyrs and Boniface.
Callistus,
(
Third
Antiphon at Lauds.} (Apoc.
xiv. 4.)
they which were not for they with women These are they which are virgins. follow the Lamb whithersoever He "THESE
are
defiled
:
goeth.
NONE. *
Gaul.
faith ran into all
chil
(Second Antiphon at
&c.,
Chapter.
2950].
At
of God.
Antiphon. Under the throne of God, &c., (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.") Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Felix,
In Africa, the holy martyrs Dominic, Victor, Primian, Lybosus, Saturninus, Crescentius, Secundus, and Honoratus. At Vienne, in Gaul, holy Crescens, the disciple of the blessed Apostle
Paul and the
first
bishop of the said
city.
At Constantinople, holy Marcellus [of Apamea] Abbat [of the Accemeti in the year 485 or
486
in that city].
time of King Childebert, the holy confessor Evroul,
At Hiesmes,
in
the
VESPERS.
All as till
mas,
the
Second Vespers of Christ
the Chapter.
Then of St Thomas of Canterbury (where he the
Office
of the First Class}, from of One Martyr and the
is
following.
Prayer.
r\ GOD, ^^^
Church
in
defence
of
Whose
the
Bishop glorious the swords of wicked
the diocese of Lisieux, in
Thomas fell by men, grant, we beseech Thee, that all that ask his help, may obtain whole
He was
some
Abbat
[of the
monastery of Ouche,
in
Normandy. Bayeux in 517, founded the Abbey of Ouche and be born
at
fruit
of their petition.
our Lord JESUS Christ
Thy
Through Son,
Who
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
298
MATTINS.
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, Amen, world without end.
liveth
A
Commemoration
Holy
made of
is
Common
were
babes
Innocent
Lessons from Acts xx. 1 7, as in the Office for a Martyr.
the
Innocents.
Antiphon.
FIRST NOCTURN.
sake, yea, the un righteous king slew the sucklings now they follow the Lamb whithersoever
SECOND NOCTURN.
killed for Christ s
:
He
goeth, they are without fault before the throne of God, and say continu
O
Lord. ally Glory be to Thee, Verse. Under the throne of God :
all
the saints cry aloud A?iswer. Avenge our blood, :
O
our
God.
Prayer as during the day. If this be Saturday evening, a Com memoration is then made of the Sun day, taken from the Lauds of that day, which will be found under December 30, (p. 305.)
Then, in. any case, a Commemoration of Christmas (and, where St Thomas of Canterbury is not of the First Class, Commemorations of St Stephen, and of St John, from the Second Vespers of each respectively}.
Dec. 29.
St
T HOMAS was born
/
V
(Eanterimrg,
of
fKartjjr*
The Feast of St Thomas, Archbishop [of Canterbury, Martyr. ~\
Double of the First 1
Class,
When Henry II., duty as Primate. King of England, in an assembly of the Bishops and great men of his realm, endeavoured to pass laws detri mental to the advantage and dignity of the Church, he opposed himself so steadily to the king s wishes, that, neither promises, nor threats availing to shake him, he was about to be cast into prison, had he not made good his in time. The whole of his
escape
kinsfolk without regard to age or sex,
and his advisers, were then banished the kingdom, and those who were able, were bound by an oath to make their way to the presence of
his friends,
of his
Common
Martyr, except what
is
here.
of natural affection could
ings
One
otherwise given
make
the line of his pastoral
duty.
with an
Office for
own
him swerve from
Fifth Lesson.
T T the
in the
hope that though care sufferings, he might But yield at the sight of their misery. neither flesh and blood, nor the plead
Octave.
All from
[in
of Canterbury [in 1 162]. He had previously filled with great distinction the office of Lord Chancellor, and showed an indomitable firmness in his
Thomas,
arcpisfjop
London,
ric
less
l)oma0,
in
the year of our Lord 1 1 17,] and succeeded Theobald in the Archbishop
E
betook himself ander III., by
to
Pope Alex he was
whom
graciously received, and who com mitted him to the care of the Cister-
In England St Thomas is the patron of the secular clergy, and for them therefore the First Class, but among some of the regulars it is only of the Second Class. In the present translation it is given as of the First Class but where it is treated as of the Second Class, the second half of the Vespers on Innocents Day is of the Innocents, with a and his Commemoration is made after that of the Innocents, Commemoration of him while the Octave of the Innocents lasts. 1
feast is of the
;
;
ST THOMAS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, MARTYR. cians
at
came he
sent
monks,
As soon
Pontigni.
to the
as
this
knowledge of King Henry, letters
threatening
The
to
the
Thomas from
in order to drive
was unwilling Order should suffer on his account, and therefore volun Pontigni, and tarily withdrew from accepted the invitation of Lewis VII.,
this shelter.
saint
that the Cistercian
King of France, to go to his court. He remained here, until his banish ment was recalled at the intercession of the Pope and of the King of France, and he returned to England amid He was quietly con great public joy. tinuing the work of a faithful shepherd
when certain calumniators denounced him to the king as a plotter
for the stroke of death,
299
and received
it
from the swords of those wicked men with the same constancy with which he had withstood the commands of the unrighteous king. The murderers pulled out his brains and strewed all about the floor of the Church.
them
He
on the 29th day of December, in the [53rd] year of [his own age and of] our Lord 1170, and, being after wards honoured with many miracles, was canonised by Pope Alexander III. testified
[in 1173].
THIRD NOCTURN. SeventJi Lesson.
of souls,
against the crown and the public peace. Henry, deceived by these libels, cried
was hard that one should never let him have quiet
out that
it
priest in his
kingdom.
The Lesson
A T
to to
Canterbury
him of the Arch
They entered the cathedral bishop. in the evening as Thomas was pro
The ceeding to assist at Evensong. clergy in attendance on him, conscious of the attempt about to be made, But the wished to bolt the doors. saint caused them to be again opened, "
saying,
The Church
be made a castle of
God
He
s
then
of,
Church said
God
is
not to
for the cause
am
willing to
his
murderers,
I
to
of
and
die." "
I
name
of the Al none of my With these words he fell on people." his knees, and commended himself to God, to the Blessed Virgin Mary, to St Denis, and to the other holy Patrons of the Church of Canterbury. He presently offered his sacred head
charge you
mighty
God
in
the
to
hurt
1
John
Holy n.)
(x.
JESUS said unto the I am the Good Shep The Good Shepherd giveth His :
for the sheep.
Homily by
wicked servants of the king, hearing his words, and thinking do him pleasure, betook themselves
to
:
Pharisees
herd. life
to rid
that time
"^^
Sixth Lesson.
COME ^
taken from the
is
Gospel according
l
And
so on.
St John
Chrysostom,
Patriarch [of Constantinople.]
(59^
on John.} Dearly beloved brethren, the Bishops of the Church hold a great office, an office that needeth much that wisdom
and strength whereof Christ hath given us an example. We must learn of
Him
to
lay
down our
sheep and never to
lives
to leave
for
them
;
the
and
bravely against the wolf. the difference between the true
fight
This
is
The one shepherd and the hireling". leaveth the sheep and seeketh his own but the other recketh not of his he may watch over the sheep. Christ then having given us the pattern of a good shepherd, warneth us against two enemies first, the thief that cometh not but to kill safety,
own
safety, so as
;
and
to steal, and, secondly, the hire
ling that standeth by, and defendeth not them that are committed to his
charge.
Jan. 27.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
300
Eighth Lesson. "PZECHIEL " (xxxiv.
hath said of old time, be to the "Woe
2):
shepherds of Israel do they not feed Should not the shep themselves ? But they did herds feed the flocks ? the contrary, a great wickedness and
be found under December 30, (p. 304,) and the three Lessons of which are
read together as one preceded by the Blessing.
!
the Gospel s glorious word Cleansing to our souls afford.
May
"
the root of
many
evils.
"Therefore,"
he saith, "they brought not back that which was gone astray neither did they search for that which was lost neither did they bind up that which was broken, nor strengthen that which was sick for they fed themselves, and And Paul hath the not the flock." same in other words, where he saith, :
:
;
ii.
(Phil.
not
the
Christ
21):
"All
things
seek their own,
which
are
JESUS
s."
At Lauds, if the day be Sunday, a Commemoration is made of that day which will be found under December
3) (P 35j) ana
then, in any case, Commemoration of the Octave of Christmas, (and where the Feast of St Thomas of Canterbury is not a Double of the First Class, Commemorations of
a
the
and
Octaves of St Stephen, St John, the Holy Innocents from their re
spective Lauds.} At Prime, the
same alteration in
Short Responsory as
the
before.
Ninth Lesson.
/CHRIST ^^
showeth Himself very
ferent from
the hireling to destroy,
;
either the
or
whereas the thief cometh
He came
that they might
life, and that they might have it more abundantly. The hireling fleeth,
have
He
layeth down His life for the sheep, that the sheep perish not. When then the Jews went about to kill Him,
but
He
ceased not to teach
up them
that believed
:
He in
gave not
Him, but Wherefore
stood steadfast and died. He hath good title often to say, I am the Good Shepherd." It was but a little while, and He showed us how He could lay down His life for the sheep. "
And
if
it
appeareth not as yet
how
they have life, and have it more abundantly, (but it shall appear, in the world which is to come,) we may well be persuaded of the truth of the
second promise, who have seen the fulfilment of the
first.
If the day be Sunday, the above Lesson is read as one with
Ninth the
Eighth
to
Homily of
the
room for Sunday, which leave
MARTYROLOGY.
dif-
thief
Upon the 3oth day of December were born into the better life At Spoleto, under the Emperor Maximian, the holy martyrs Sabinus, deacons the bishop of that see Exuperantius and Marcellus, and the President Venustian along with his wife and children. Marcellus and Exuperantius were first racked then heavily cudgelled, then mangled with hooks, and their sides were afterwards burnt until they died. Venustian and his wife and children were shortly afterward put to the sword holy Sabinus had his hands cut off, and ;
;
was long imprisoned, and at length lashed to death. These did not all suffer same time, but at the they are all commemorated upon the
same At
day.
Alexandria, the holy martyrs Mansuetus, Severus, Appian, Donatus, Honorius and their companions.
the
At Thessalonica, the holy martyr There Anysia [about the year 303].
will.
likewise holy Anysius, bishop of that
OFFICE OF THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS. [He succeeded S. Ascole, and died about the year 404.] At Milan, the holy confessor Eugenius, bishop of that city. city.
At Ravenna, holy of that
Liberius, bishop
city.
At Aquila, in the Abruzzi, holy Rainerius, bishop of that city [in the twelfth century].
At
Vespers
the
service
as
at the
Second Vespers of Christmas until the The rest is of Chapter exclusive. St Thomas (where he is of the First Class], from the Common Office for a A Martyr, with the special Prayer.
Commemoration is made of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, the Office of which will be found under Dec. 30, or of the Day within the Octave, whichever is the next day. If the former, then a Commemoration of Sunday and then of the Octave of Christmas only ; if the latter, a Com memoration of the Octave of Christmas
and
John, and the Holy Innocents, from the Second Vespers of each respec tively.
)
Note. If December 25, 26, 27, 28, or 30 fall on a Sunday, the Office of the Sunday is said upon December 30. But if the Sunday should be the i^th or the 3 ij/, the Sunday is commemor ated in the usual manner with the
Ninth Lesson, St
The
Antiphon. creased in age
of
If Dec. 29 fall on a Friday, the of Saturday is of the Octave of Christmas, as given immediately here after, and the Office on Sunday is of St Silvester, with merely a Commemora tion of
Sunday. Dec. 30.
fflice
of
tfje
ctabe of
dfjrtstmas. Semi-double.
:
All as on Christmas Day, except what
child
and
Office
Office
actually
Second Vespers, as follows
in the
Silvester.
Sunday only. If the day Sunday then the Commemoration is taken from the be
&>.,
Thomas of Canterbury or of St
then of
itself
301
Jesus in wisdom before
otherwise given here, and that the Antiphons are not doubled.
is
God and man. Verse.
The Word was made
MATTINS.
flesh.
Alleluia.
Answer.
And
dwelt
among
FIRST NOCTURN.
us.
Alleluia.
First Lesson.
Prayer.
^ ALMIGHTY, ^^^
But
if this
Here beginneth the Epistle
&c., (as at Lauds. day be any other
than Sunday, the Commemoration taken entirely from Lauds. )
Blessed Apostle Paul to the
of
the
Romans
1 (i.
i.)
is
Then a Commemoration of Christ mas, (and, where St Thomas of Can terbury is not of the First Class, Commemorations of St Stephen, St
a servant of JESUS Christ, , called to be an Apostle, separated unto the Gospel of God, which He had
promised afore by His Prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, That was born of the seed of David
1 Archbishop Kenrick says that "this letter has been placed at the head of the letters of St Paul, on account of the dignity of the Roman Church." "It is probably sixth in the order of time, having been written in the year 58, from Corinth, or Cenchrea." N. T., p. 459.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
302
according to the flesh, and determined to be the Son of God with power, ac
hindered hitherto,) that
cording to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of our Lord JESUS Christ
among
from the dead
:
by
Whom
we have
re
ceived grace and apostleship, for obedi ence to the faith among all nations, for His name, among whom are ye also the called of
be
that
JESUS Christ
:
to all
Rome, beloved of God,
in
Grace to you, called to be saints. and peace from God our Father, and the Lord JESUS Christ.
some
among you
fruit
I
I am debtor other Gentiles. both to the Greeks and to the Bar barians, both to the wise and to the unwise so, as much as in me is, I :
am
ready to preach the Gospel
to you For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein
that are at
Rome
also.
God
the righteousness of faith to faith, as
is
from 1
First Responsory.
might have even as
also,
The
shall
just
live
revealed
is
it
written
faith.
by
:
For
wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the
This day is the true peace, &c., (Se cond Responsory on Christmas Day. )
God
the truth of
God
THIRST,
thank
my
God, through JESUS Christ, for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is my witness,
Whom
I
I
serve with
my
making
if by any might have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come to you. For I long to see
prayers
;
means now
at length
is
manifest it unto them.
How (Fourth Day.}
At
I
the
to
:
end
is
&c.,
Christmas
Son,
be
the
to
and
to
Father, the Holy
Blessed is that virgin Answer. whose womb was made meet to bear the Lord Christ.
SECOND NOCTURN.
ye shepherds, &c., (Third Re sponsory on Christmas Day,} omitting
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
and Answer.
of
on
Third Lesson. I
mystery,
on
added :
Glory the
O
OW
;
Ghost.
Second Responsory.
"M"
this
Responsory
Verse.
and
is
great
I
the last Verse
:
Third Responsory.
request,
may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
you, that
unrighteousness
may be known of in them for God
hath showed
spirit, in the
Gospel of His Son, that without ceas ing I make mention of you always in
my
in
because that which
Second Lesson.
is
taken from the Sermons
Pope St Leo
[the Great.]
EARLY
would not have you ignor
ant, brethren, that oftentimes I to come unto you (but was
purposed
Hab.
(qth
Christmas.")
beloved brethren, the greatness of God s work, in its breadth and height, passeth the power of man s utterance and, therefore, "Q
;
ii.
4.
OFFICE OF THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS. when we must needs not keep we find it hard to know what The words of the Prophet His
declare
shall
silence,
to say. "Who
generation?"
(Isa.
303
Lord, wherein the Word was made Flesh, not so much as a thing past, The proclamation as a thing present. of the
angel
the
to
shepherds
who
look not only to the Divine, g) but also to the human birth of JESUS Faith beChrist, the Son of God.
watched
how lieveth, but words cannot explain, the two natures were joined in one and therein we find that Person,
ever keep in our heart the word revealed from heaven, and say unto you, as we do this day Behold, I bring you good tidings of
liii.
shall never lack matter
we in
Him, Whose
of praise abundance ever out-
runneth the power of our expression.
in
their flocks
our ears also
we appointed that we may
us rejoice, that
;
it
is
good
for
us
to
fail
if
try to express the height and depth He cometh nearest of redeeming love. to the knowledge of the truth, who, the farther he advanceth, seeth all the
we
he can never overtake For he that whereafter he searcheth. that imagineth therein that he hath ever attained unto the goal, hath not found that which he seeketh, but hath
more
great joy, which shall be to
all people ; unto you is born this day, in the is city of David, a Saviour, Which
for
altogether missed.
At
the
end
is
added :
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse. to the Son,
and
world pleased for the salvation of the to be born of a Virgin.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson. (If a week-day. }
The Lesson
A T
O Mary, how holy, &c., (Sixth Re sponsory on Christinas Day,} down to "
&c.,"
exclusive.
Holy Ghost. He been
to the
This day hath
Answer.
is
taken from the
Gospel according
Fifth Responsory.
Glory,
"
!
Sixth Responsory.
clearly that
the Verse,
flock,
Blessed be the womb, &c., (Seventh o?i Christmas Day.}
mystery of mercy is greater than we can ever speak and let us that
s
:
this
feel
Lord
Responsory
Fifth Lesson. let
and
;
"
Blessed is God s holy mother, &c., (Fifth Responsory on Christmas Day.}
"THEREFORE
night, ringeth for this end are
to rule the
Christ the Lord
Fourth Responsory.
by
to
Luke
(ii.
Holy 15.)
The shepherds said that time one to another Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. :
^"^
:
And
so
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop (Bk. ii. on Luke ii.)
[of
And
they
came with
haste.
on.
Sixth Lesson.
T)UT
lest
we should be confounded
at the
weakness of our mortality,
we have help in the words of the and they Prophets and Evangelists are able so to inflame and teach us that we may see the Birth of the ;
Milan.]
shepherds came with haste.. every one cometh who is The seeking Christ. earnestly really Wilt shepherds believed the angel.
The
This
is
how
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
304 thou
not
Holy
believe
Ghost,
Prophets,
and and
Here also remark how word in the Scripture They came with haste to
?
Apostles
Son,
Father,
Angels,
carefully every is
chosen.
see this
hath
it.
Word Lord
God
"Word,"
A
1 )
s
Flesh, the Son.
indeed
Word,
He
that
;
saw
saw the Word,
that
poorest in learning is richest The Lord seeketh not for schools crowded with wise men, but for a people of a single heart unused in
is
faith.
the
and to disguise what they by vain and superfluous adorn He will have straightforward ments.
the
ness rather than vain-glory.
(as the original text
God.
of
which
to overlay
learn,
is,
(If Sunday.}
(If Sunday. }
The Lesson
"
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (ii. 33.)
A T
is
Joseph and Mary the mother of JESUS, marvelled at those things which were spoken of Him. And so on. that time
:
**"*
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop (Bk. ii. on Luke ii.)
[of
Milan.]
We
God
see that
s
abounding grace poured by the birth of the Lord, and that the gift of prophecy forth
is
on
all
is not denied to the righteous, but to the unbelieving. Simeon prophesieth that our Lord JESUS Christ is set for
the
and
rising again of many in Israel, setting forth that the just and the unjust reap different fruits from the fall
works
;
A, a sword shall pierce through
thine own soul also." We have no record or tradition that Mary left this world by suffering a violent death, and the material sword can pierce the body only, and not the soul. Where
we
see the wisdom of Mary was not ignorant of the For, "the word heavenly mysteries. of God is quick, and powerful, and fore here in
that she
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart for all things are naked and opened :
unto the eyes 2 of the Son of God, from Whom also the secret things of our conscience are not hidden. "
so will it be according to our individual
coming of the Saviour with us
"WE
;
Eighth Responsory.
True and Just Judge us punishment or reward.
the
will
apportion to
How tended
Seventh Responsory.
The Word was made
Flesh,
is
&c.,
(Eighth Responsory on Christmas Day,} .down to the Verse "Glory, &c." ex clusive.
Eighth Lesson. (If a week-day.} the office of a shepherd is mean, think not meanly of the example of their faith. Verily, that
gECAUSE
1
Gr. Rhema.
the
is ?
He
of
King
heaven
at
that containeth the world
laid in a stable
:
reigning in heaven. Verse. Unto us
lying in a manger, is
born, this day,
David, a Saviour, Which is Christ the Lord. Answer. Lying in a manger, reign ing in heaven. Verse. Glory be to the Father, in the city of
and
to
the
Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost.
Answer.
Lying
in
a manger, reign
ing in heaven. 2
Heb.
iv.
12, 13.
OFFICE OF THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS. Ninth Lesson.
all
but
;
305
under tutors and governors appointed by the father. The Word was made Flesh.
is
until the time
(If a week-day.}
Verse.
not meanly either of the The shep shepherds words. herds strengthen the faith even of "PHINK
the Mary shepherds lead God s For, "all people to His worship. they that heard it, wondered at those
Alleluia.
And
Answer.
dwelt
among
us.
Alleluia.
;
things which were told them by the But Mary kept all these shepherds. things and pondered them in her heart." Let us learn the modesty of the Holy Virgin, that modesty of speech as of body, whereby she laid up in her heart the evidences of her faith.
(If Sunday.}
^PHERE had been a triple prophecy
;
Antiphon at the So?^g of Zacharias. While all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course, Thine Almighty Word, O Lord, leapt
down
out of
Thy Royal
Throne. 1 Prayer.
Q
ALMIGHTY
and
everlasting
Thou order all our actions in conformity with Thy good pleasure, that through the name of Thy well-beloved Son, we may worthily do
God,
the prophecy of Simeon had fol lowed the prophecy of the virgin, and the prophecy of the wife those,
abound in all good works. Through the same our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
And namely, of Mary and Elizabeth. now ought the widow also to prophesy, that no sex nor state might be want
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
;
ing.
And Anna
with such a
and her she
life,
Whether Week-day or Sunday, Com memorations are made of St Thomas, of St Stephen, of St John, and of
brought before us from her widowhood
is
title
that
we may
well believe
the
an nounce the Advent of the Redeemer. In our exhortation addressed to widows we have already treated of her gifts at length, and, as we have much matter that
received
the
before us, we will not on the subject.
The Hymn, God,
&c.,"
"We
grace
to
now again praise
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 3ist day of December were born into the better life At Rome, holy Pope Silvester [I.]
O
who [was
said by tradition to have] baptized the Emperor Constantine the Great, confirmed the decrees of the Council of Nice, wrought many other
is said.
LAUDS. If a week-day, are the same as on Christmas Day, but if a Simday, they
holy works, and fell asleep in peace [in the year 335.] Likewise at Rome, at the cemetery of Priscilla upon the Salarian Way, the
have the following : Chapter.
(Gal.
iv.
Innocents.
PRIME.
enter
Thee,
Holy
i.)
holy martyrs Donata, Paulina, Rustica,
"DRETHREN The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of :
1
Wisd.
Nominanda, their
Serotina,
Hilaria,
and
companions.
At Sens, blessed Sabinian
xviii. 14, 15.
[First]
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. see, and Potentian, who were sent thither to preach by the Roman Pontiff, and adorned that city by their last testimony. [He was the There also in the Apostle of Sens.] the under Emperor Aurepersecution lian the holy virgin and martyr Columba, who conquered fire and was slain with the sword [third century.] At Rhessara, the holy exorcist Hermes. At Catania, in Sicily, the holy
bishop of that
martyrs Stephen, Pontian, Attalus, Fabian, Cornelius, Sextus, Flos, Quintian, Minervinus and Simplician. On the same day holy Zoticus, a Roman priest, who went to Constanti nople, and busied himself with the care of orphans. At Ravenna, the holy confessor the priest Barbatian. On the same day holy Melania, the
younger, who left Rome along with her husband Pinian [son of the Pre
Rome], and where she became and both mon k [She was born in and died in 439.]
fect of
went
to
Jerusalem
a nun, and he a died holy deaths.
383, married 410,
not of the Sunday, it continues as on Christmas Day, but if of the Sunday it is as of Christmas
If the
Office be
Day, with the following Chapter at
W
the.
end.
HEREFORE
the adoption of sons.
NONE. Chapter as at the end of Prime. Vespers of the following, with the
same Commemorations as at Lauds.
Dec. 31.
St Silvester
(Gal.
iv.
Pope of Rome,
Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, except what is otherwise given here. The first Vespers are of Christmas. Double to the Chapter exclusive.
Commemorations of Christmas, St
Thomas of Can,terbury, St Stephen, St John, and the Holy Innocents, as at the second Vespers of each, are made, preceded, if Saturday evening, by a Commemoration of the Sunday.
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
7.)
is
First Lesson.
;
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Romans
TERCE.
The Chapter from Lauds.
that judgest
SEXT. Chapter.
T)UT
when
(Gal.
iv. 4.)
the fulness of the time
was come, God sent forth His made of a woman, made under
(ii.
I.)
T^HEREFORE, able,
,Son,
[/.],
Confessor.
differences.
no more a and if a servant, but a son son, then an heir of God. he
law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive
the
O ;
thou art
inexcus
man, whosoever thou for
art
wherein thou judgest
another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest, doest the same things.
But we are sure that the
judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such
HOGMANAY. And
things.
thinkest
thou
this,
O
man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God ? Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and longKnowest thou not that the suffering ? goodness of pentance ?
God
leadeth thee to re
Second Lesson. hardness and impenitreasures! up unto the day of wrath wrath, against thyself .and revelation of the righteous judg ment of God, Who will render to every man according to his deeds to them who, by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory and honour and but unto immortality, eternal life
T)UT,
after thy
tent
heart,
:
;
them
that are contentious
obey the
truth,
ness, indignation
and do not
but obey unrighteous
307
very early age under a Priest named Cyrinus, of whose teaching and ex In ample he was a diligent learner. his thirtieth year he was ordained Priest of the Holy Roman Church by In the discharge Pope Marcellinus. became a model for
of his duties he
the clergy, and, after the death of Melchiades, he succeeded him on the Papal throne, [in the year of our Lord 314,] during the reign of Constantine, who had already by public decree pro claimed peace to the Church of Christ. Hardly had he undertaken the govern ment of the Church when he betook himself to stir up the Emperor to pro tect and propagate the religion of Christ. Constantine was fresh from his victory over his enemy Maxentius, all
on the Eve whereof the sign of the Cross had been revealed to him limned in light upon the sky and there was an old story in the Church of Rome that it was Silvester who caused him ;
and wrath.
Third Lesson.
^TRIBULATION
and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil,
Jew first, and also of the Gen but glory and honour and peace, to every man that worketh good, to
to recognise the images of the Apostles, administered to him holy Baptism, and cleansed him from the leprosy of mis belief.
of the
Fifth Less 071.
1
tile,
and also to the Gentile. 1 Jew For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned
the
first,
without law shall also perish without law and as many as have sinned under law, shall be judged by law. For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. ;
SECOND NOCTURN.
HP HE
godly Emperor had already granted to Christ s faithful people permission to build public churches, and by the advice of Silvester he himself set them the example. He
many Basilicas, and magnificently adorned them with holy images, and gifted them with gifts and endowments. built
Among others,
Rufinus.
[I.] was a Roman by and his father s name was He was brought up from a
besides were, of Christ the
Saviour, hard by the Lateran Palace ; that of St Peter, upon the Vatican Mount ; that of St Paul, upon the in
birth,
there
Church
road to Ostia
Fourth Lesson.
C ILVESTER
these the
Verus
that of St Lawrence, that of the Holy
;
field
;
that of Cross at the Sessorian hall St Peter and St Marcellinus, upon the Lavican Way and that of St Agnes,
Gneci.
;
;
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
308
Under upon the road to Mentana. this Pope was held the first Council of Nice, presided over by the Papal Legates, and in the Presence of Constantine, and three hundred and eigh teen Bishops, where the holy and Faith was declared, and Catholic Arius and his followers condemned which Council was finally confirmed ;
by the Pope,
at the request of all the
assembled Fathers, in a synod held at Rome, where Arius was again con demned. This Pope issued many use ful ordinances for the Church of God.
He
reserved to Bishops the right of consecrating the Holy Chrism ordered anoint with Chrism the Priests to
ness of life, and an inexhaustible tenderness towards the poor in which matter he ordained that the wealthy clergy should each relieve a certain ;
number of needy persons and he also made arrangements for supplying the ;
consecrated saries
of
with
virgins
He
life.
the
lived
as
neces
Pope
twenty - one years, ten months and one day, and was buried in the
cemetery of Priscilla on the Salarian He held [in the year 335.] seven Advent ordinations, and made
Way,
forty-two Priests, twenty-five Deacons,, and sixty-five Bishops of various sees.
;
heads of the newly baptised
;
the officiating dress of Deacons as a and dalmatic and a linen maniple forbade the consecration of the Sacra ;
ment of the Altar on anything but a linen corporal.
Sixth Lesson.
HP HIS
Silvester
is
THIRD NOCTURN.
settled
from Luke xii. 35, with Homily of St Gregory, as in the
Lessons the
Common
for a Confessor not a be Sunday, the last Lesson is omitted, or read as one with the Eighth, and the Ninth Lesson is the whole or the first part of the Bishop.
Office
If
Homily of
likewise said to
have ordained that all persons taking Holy Orders should remain awhile in each grade before being pro
moted to a higher that laymen should not go to law against the clergy and
it
the
Sunday, already given preceded by the
in the preceding Office
Blessing : the Gospel s glorious word Cleansing to our souls afford.
May
;
;
that the clergy themselves were not to He de plead before civil tribunals.
creed that the first and seventh days of week should be called respectively
the
the Lord
s
Day and
the Sabbath,
and
the others, Second Day, Third Day, In this he confirmed the and so on.
Feria for the week use of the word days, the which use had already begun This word signifieth in the Church. "
an
"
holiday,"
"
and pointeth
to the
clergy ever to lay aside all worldly labour, and leave themselves
do continually the work of the
The heavenly wisdom with which he ruled the Church of God, was joined in him to a singular holi Lord.
if
Sunday, Christmas
is
fore in the Short Responsory.
MARTYROLOGY.
duty
of the
free to
At Lauds,
commemorated from the Lauds of that day after the Commemoration of the Then Commemorations of St Sunday. Thomas of Canterbury, St Stephen, St John, and the Holy Innocents, as at the Lauds of each. At Prime the same alteration as be
The morrow
is
the Octave of the
Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon the which day is commemorated His
Circumcision. Upon the
same
ist
day of Jan
uary, were born into the better
life
NEW YEAR S At Rome, the holy martyr Almachius, who was slain by gladiators [about the year 404] at the command of Alpius, prefect of the city, be cause he said This is the Octave of the Lord s Birth, cease from your "
:
idolatrous and your superstitions, unclean sacrifices." Likewise at Rome, upon the Appian Way, thirty holy soldiers who were crowned with martyrdom, under the
Emperor
Diocletian.
Likewise at Rome, the holy virgin Martina, who was put to divers tor ments, under the Emperor Alexander, and at length gained the crown of martyrdom by the sword, whose feast we keep upon the 3oth day of the month of January. At Spoleto, in the time of the
Emperor Antonine, the holy martyr, the priest Concordius. He was first cudgelled, then racked, and afterwards suffered imprisonment wherein he was comforted by a visit of angels, and at length was delivered from this life by the sword. On the same day, the holy martyr Magnus. At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the of the holy Basil, bishop of Cassarea [in the year 379], whose
burial
we keep upon the I4th day of Which is the day whereon he
feast
June.
was ordained a bishop.
DAY.
309
holy Justin, bishop of that city, famous for the holiness of his life, and for the miracles worked through him [in the year 543].
At the monastery of St Claude, upon the Jura Mountains, in the country of Lyons,
holy
year
5
i
life
miracles
[in
the
o].
At Senlis
[in
Odilo, [6th] in the year
manded
that
day
who
994], in
should
departed
the year 1049], hc-ty
Abbat of Cluni
commemoration first
Eugendus, Abbat was illustrious
[4th]
[of Condat], whose for his graces and
after
com
monasteries
his
of
[elected
first
all
the
be made the
a
faithful
upon the
festival
of
All
which custom the Uni Church hath since approved by adopting it. At Monte Senario, in Tuscany, the blessed confessor Bonfiglio, one of the Saints, versal
the
seven founders of the order of ser vants of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to
whom
he was devoted and by whom he was suddenly called away to heaven [in the
year 1262].
At Alexandria
[in the year 470], the burial of the holy virgin Euphrosyne, who shone in her nunnery as a great
light by the power of her and her miracles.
self-denial
The Vespers are of the Circumcision, without any Commemorations.
In Africa, blessed Fulgentius, bishop of the Church of Ruspa [in the year 508], who at the time of the per secution under the Vandals, suffered much at the hands of the Arians be cause of his Catholic faith, and his
He was
eminent teaching.
[in
the
death,
to
his
year
famous
own
533] he for
his
and
Chieti,
VOL.
I.
in
Octave of His Birth.
Abruzzo
Double of the Second
his
words.
At
The Circumcision of the Lord, and
church, where died a holy life
Citeriore,
i.
gear s
exiled to
Sardinia [in the year 510]; but was [in the year 523] allowed
at length to return
Jan.
Class.
Everything as on Sundays except is otherwise given here.
what
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
3io
and
Verse
Antiphons, Chapter,
groom. Answer. chamber.
An
and Prayer from Lauds.
swer,
Psalms as in the Common Office for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin. Hymn from the Vespers of Christmas
a bride
as
is
His
of
out
Coming
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Day.
Romans,
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed J God, for His great love Virgin. wherewith He loved us, sent His Own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.
I.)
(iii.
advantage then hath the or what profit is there
Jew
?
of circumcision
Much
?
every way.
them were For
Chiefly, because that, unto committed the oracles of
Alleluia.
No
The Lord
Verse.
FIRST VESPERS.
Commemorations.
what
some did not
if
God.
believe
Shall
?
make the faith of God God forbid. of none effect ? Yea, God is true but every man a liar, That Thou mightas it is written est be justified in Thy sayings, and mightest overcome when Thou art their unbelief
MATTINS.
:
and
Invitatory
as on Christ
Hymn
"
:
mas Day. FIRST NOCTURN.
2
First Antiphon. Thou art said unto Me I
Why
how
a bridegroom coming out of his chamber.
me
is
shoe
s
Be ye
Him of Whom He That cometh after Whose preferred before me am not worthy to latchet
is
lift
up, ye
* and the King of
;
I
He
4
that
am
Eph.
4
;
the
Rom.
of the
earth
not worthy to unloose.
LORD S,
TS He &c.,
Is
(p.
viii. 3.
2
Ps.
1.
6.
(iii.
29.)
God of the Jews only? not also of the Gentiles ?
the
He
Yea, of the Gentiles ii.
is
in.
46.) 1
I
:
Second Lesson,
earth
of God, behold the sins of
away
;
Psalm XXIII.
The
?
He That com speaketh of the earth eth from heaven is above all. Answer. Whose shoe s latchet I
declare, &c., (p. 17.)
come
world
behold
;
Verse.
glory shall
this
unloose.
Psalm XVIII.
Third Antiphon.
taketh
said unto you
as
Lamb
Behold the
the world
:
everlasting doors,
God judge
shall
Him Which
In the sun hath Second Antiphon. * and He is set His tabernacle
The heavens
of
God
Is
?
First Responsory.
&c.,
rage,
3
He
we say
:
4-)
(P>
shall
unrighteous
righteousness
II.
heathen
do the
our
if
the
unrighteous, Who taketh vengeance ? God forbid for I ( speak as a man. )
then
Psalm
what
God,
*
My Son, begotten Thee.
:
day have
commend
ness
The Lord hath
this
But
judged."
John
i.
also. 4
29.
Seeing John
iii.
31.
it
NEW YEAR S one God cumcision by
is
(iv.
the cir
justifieth
and uncircumcision
Do we then law through faith ?
the
forbid
faith,
make God
faith.
through void
Which
we
yea,
:
What
i.)
establish
Abraham,
our
according
to
the
law.
we then say
shall
hath father, flesh ? the
that
found,
For
if
Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God. For what saith the Scripture ? 1 Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." Now to him that worketh is the re ward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him That justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for "
DAY.
circumcision, a seal of the righteous ness of the faith which he had, yet
being in uncircumcision that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not in circumcision, that it might be imputed to them also for ;
righteousness
;
and the father of
cumcision to them
who
also walk
our father
circumcision only, but
Abraham, which he had, being
Third Responsory. 4
He That cometh
be
Blessed
name of the LORD God LORD Which hath showed us
the
!
describeth the happiness of the man,
LORD
hath made, be glad in it.
Answer.
"
:
they whose iniquities are forgiven, and sins are
light.
the day which the let us rejoice and
Alleluia, Alleluia. to the Father,
and
Answer.
in
the
is
and
Glory be
Verse.
to the Son,
covered."
yet in
uncircumcision.
Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse. This is
whose
cir
are not of the
in the steps of that faith of
righteousness, according to the gracious Even as David also purpose of God.
unto whom God imputeth righteous 2 ness without works Blessed are
who
to the
Holy Ghost.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Second Respo?isory. This day which is breaking is holy come, ye Gentiles, and worship the
SECOND NOCTURN.
:
O
day is much light come down unto us from heaven. 3 Verse. This is the day which the LORD hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. Answer. For this day is much light come down unto us from heaven. Lord.
For
this
Third Lesson. this blessedness then COMETH upon the circumcision only, or
Thou art fairer First Antiphon. than the children of men, * grace is poured into Thy lips. Psalm XLIV. Mine (p.
Abraham
for
1
Gen. xv.
6.
2
Ps. xxxi.
Psalm
How
righteousness.
i,
is
overflowing,
&c.,
Second Antiphon. This man was born in her, * and the Highest Him self hath established her.
For upon the uncircumcision also ? we say that faith was reckoned to then was it reckoned ? When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision ? Not in circumcision, but in uncircum cision. And he received the sign of
heart
96.)
Her
LXXXVI.
foundation, &c., (p. 144.)
Third Antiphon.
All the trees of
wood shall rejoice * LORD, for He cometh.
the
3
Ps. cxvii. 24.
4
before the
Ps. cxvii. 26, 27.
3
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
I2
Psalm XCV.
O
Fifth Lesson.
unto the LORD, &c.,
sing
(p.
148.) art
fairer
than
the
children of men.
Grace
Answer.
is
poured into thy
lips.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is
is
St
Pope
taken from the Sermons
Leo
[the Great.]
(7th
EARLY
beloved brethren, whosoever will keep truly and honour is neces piously this day s festival, it think to neither him for falsely sary of the Lord s Incarnation, nor meanly For as there of the Lord s Godhead.
*-^
"P)
is danger, on the one hand, of denying the truth of Christ s participation of our nature, so is there no less danger, on the other, of doing despite to the
equality of His glory with the glory of the Father. Wherefore, when we draw near to understand the mystery
Christ
s
Birth,
wherein
God Himself. Wherefore whether we lend the ear of our mind teaching of
to the testimony of the
Law, or to the
revelations of the Prophets, or to the full pealing of the Gospel trumpet, is true, which John the Son of Thunder, uttered, when he was filled
that
for Christmas.}
of
authority on which we believe the authority of God Himself; teaching which we follow is the
*
the
Thou
Verse.
of
HP HE
He was
with the Holy Ghost, and said
"
:
In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Same was in the All things were beginning with God. made by Him, and without Him was True also is his not anything made."
The Word when he saith was made Flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as
witness
"
:
of the Only-begotten of the
(John
i.
1-3,
Father."
14.)
Fifth Responsory.
The heart of the Virgin was fixed, when the Angel declared unto her the mystery of God and she conceived :
Mary, we must leave the clouds of earthly imagina tion behind and pierce the fog of human wisdom with the eye of en
born of the Virgin
lightened faith.
then did she receive in her pure womb Him That is fairer than the children of men. And, she that is blessed for and ever, brought forth for us God
man. Verse.
Fourth Responsory.
Soon Rejoice with me, all ye that love For while I was yet little I the Lord. pleased the Most High, and from my
womb
have
I
brought forth
shrine,
Within her
womb
conceived the Son,
God and And, she that is blessed brought forth for us God and
Answer. All generations shall call
me
blessed, for God hath regarded the lowliness of His hand-maiden.
was yet little I pleased the Most High, and from my womb have I brought forth God and man. Answer.
modest
:
man. Verse.
rises, in that
The Temple of the Lord Divine The stainless and unwedded one,
For while
for ever,
man. Sixth Lesson.
I
H^HE
Person of the Son of God remaineth unchanged and one, though He have two natures, *
therefore
NEW YEAR S keeping His own, and taking ours. He appeareth as man to be the re storer of men, but abideth all the in His while immutable Godhead. That Godhead which He shareth with the Father was not a whit the less Almighty, nor did the form of a ser vant touch the form of God to dero The Most High and gate from it.
His glory That which He into
;
He is
ceased not to be from everlasting.
Hence we see the Only-begotten Son of God in one place confessing that the Father is greater than He, (John xiv. 28,) and in another declaring that He and the Father are One, This is an evident proof of (x. 30.) the distinction of His two natures, and the unity of His Person for He is inferior to the Father as touching His Manhood, and yet equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, and yet, though He be God and Man, He is ;
One
not two, but
313
THIRD NOCTURN. First Antiphon.
In the beginning,
and before the worlds, the Word was * and this God, day is He born the Saviour of the world.
Psalm XCVI.
The LORD
down for Manhood
Everlasting Being, bending salvation, took the
man s
DAY.
reigneth, &c., (p. 149.)
Second Antiphon. The Lord our * begotten before the daystar, and before the worlds, hath this day vouchsafed to be born. Saviour,
Psalm
O
XCVII.
sing unto the LORD, &c.,
157.)
(p.
Third Antiphon. When the Lord was born the Angels sang together, * saying sitteth
2 :
Salvation to our God,
Which
upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb.
Psalm
Christ.
The LORD
XCVIII.
reigneth, &c., (p. 158.)
Sixth Responsory. Verse.
Blessed and worshipful art thou, O Virgin Mary; from thee, still maiden undefiled, the Saviour came a little Child.
He Whose
heavens lay l
Verse.
filled
glory
in
a manger.
O
LORD,
I
Answer. His
the
have heard
Thy speech and was afraid I con sidered Thy works and trembled. O Thou [That
dwellest] between the two
He Whose glory
Answer. heavens lay Verse.
and
to
!
filled
the
in a
manger. Glory be to the
the
Son,
and
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
He Whose
Answer.
glory
filled
heavens lay in a manger. 1
Hab.
iii.
2.
As Song
reading of the 2 Apoc. vii. io.
to the
of
Habakkuk
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (ii. 21.)
AT
that time When eight days were accomplished for the cir cumcision of the Child, His name was called JESUS. And so on. :
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop (Book ii. on Luke ii.)
[of
Milan.]
So the Child
the
the
Child
is
of
This
circumcised.
Whom
compare Exod. xxv.
it
is
said
But
creatures," 22, &c. not that of the present authorised version. (P.
living is
Alleluia.
The Lesson
is "two
salvation.
Seventh Lesson.
;
living creatures
The LORD hath made known.
Alleluia.
:
this
1154.)
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given," (Isa. ix. 6.) "Made under the law to redeem them that "
were under the
(Gal. iv. 4.) the Lord,"
law."
Him
To
"
to
present In my Commentary on
(22.)
Isaiah
have already explained what is I meant by being presented to the Lord in Jerusalem, and therefore I not enter into the subject again. is circumcised in heart gaineth the protection of God, for "the of the LORD are upon the eyes
of the Blessed Virgin.
He That
"
:
will
He
Truly
opened her womb was holy, for He was altogether without spot, and we may gather that the law was written of specially for Him from the words That Holy Thing Which the Angel shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God."
Eighth Responsory.
that
(Ps. xxxiii.
righteous."
as
see
that
the
old law
16.)
Ye
signified the cleansing heart from the guilt of sin.
body
knew not
She fed the Saviour of the world,. of Angel hosts above,
of
The King
were types of realities new, so the circumcision of the
in the
that
a man, bore, but travailed not.
will
ceremonies
the
all
The Virgin-Mother
JESUS, our Redeemer blest, From the fountain of her breast..
of the
Verse.
Soon
Seventh Responsory.
rises in that
modest
shrine,.
The Temple of the Lord Divine The stainless and unwedded one,
;
O is
Mary, how
thy virginity
praise thee thy breast
:
holy and
am
I
!
for
how
spotless too dull to
Within her
Him Whom
cannot contain. Verse. Blessed
is
the
She fed the Saviour of the world, of Angel hosts above, JESUS, our Redeemer blest,
among fruit
The King
of
From
For thou hast borne in thy breast Him Whom the heavens Answer.
the fountain of her breast.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
cannot contain.
to the Son,
and
Eighth Lesson. since
body and mind of
the
She fed the Saviour of the world, of Angel hosts above, JESUS, our Redeemer blest,
From
complete cleansing from sin which we This shall have at the resurrection. obedience
God
1 :
womb Lord."
"
also
the
to
the fountain of her breast.
Ninth Lesson.
in
performed
commandment
of
Every male that openeth the
shall
Holy Ghost.
The King
yet infected with a proneness to sin, the circumcision of the eighth day is also a type of that
was
to the
Answer.
man remain
ceremony
conceived the Son.
Answer.
the heavens
thou
art
women, and blessed thy womb.
T)UT
womb
thou hast borne in
be called holy unto the words were written
These
with especial reference to the delivery 1
Luke
A MONG all that ^^ the Lord
are born of
women
JESUS Christ stood Fresh from His alone in holiness. immaculate Birth, He felt no con tagion from human corruption, and ii.
23.
NEW YEAR S His heavenly Majesty drove
away.
it
we
are to follow the letter and say that every male that openeth the womb If
holy, how shall we explain that so many have been unrighteous ? Was Ahab holy ? Were the false prophets Were they holy on whom holy ? Elijah justly called down fire from
DAY.
that taketh
away
the sins of the world.
Alleluia.
is
heaven
He
But
?
commandment
to
Whom
the sacred
of the law of
God
is
mystically directed is the Holy One of Israel also alone hath opened the secret womb of His holy Virgin-
Who
;
bride the sinless
Church,
her with a
filling"
fruitfulness
to
give
birth
to
Chapter.
(Tit.
n.)
ii.
HTHE
grace of God our Saviour hath appeared, teaching us, that, and worldly denying ungodliness lusts, we should live soberly, right
and godly
eously, world.
Hymn from
the
in
this
present
Lauds of Christmas
Day.
The Word was made
Verse.
Flesh.
Alleluia.
Christian souls.
Answer.
The Hymn, We praise Thee, God, c., is said.
O
"
And
dwelt
among
us.
Alleluia.
3
Antiphon at
LAUDS. First Antiphon. the dealing here
This day
How
wonderful
is
* The Maker of man hath taken to Himself a living body, and hath been pleased to be born of the Virgin He is come forth conceived without seed, and hath made us partakers of His Divine !
:
the
Song of Zacharias. mys
set forth a wonderful
* a new tery, thing hath in the earth God is
been created made man.
That which He was He remaineth, and that which He was not He taketh, suffering therein neither confusion nor division.
Prayer throughout the
nature.
Second Antiphon. When, in an * Thou wast unspeakable manner, born of a Virgin, the Scriptures were fulfilled to save man, Thou earnest ;
down
is
as
dew upon
praise Thee,
O
our
the
God
Third Antiphon.
when Moses * saw sumed, we own that
fleece
:
we
!
Mother of God, the bush
uncon-
was a figure of the preservation of thy most wonder ful virginity
Who, by the fruitful vir Blessed Mary, ginity of the
hast given unto mankind the rewards of everlasting life grant, we beseech ;
pray for us. Fourth Antiphon. The Root of * the star is Jesse hath blossomed arisen out of Jacob, the Virgin hath given birth to the Saviour we praise Thee, O our God
that
we may
continually feel the might of her intercession, through whom we have worthily received the
Thee,
Author of our
it
:
Office.
r\ GOD,
Christ,
Thy
life,
Son,
our
Who
Lord JESUS liveth and
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Amen.
:
PRIME.
:
!
Antiphon. Behold, Mary hath borne * for us a Saviour John beheld Him and cried, saying Be hold, the Lamb of God, behold Him Fifth
How wonderful, Antiphon. (First Antiphon at Lauds.,)
&c.,
;
:
In the
Short Responsory the same
alteration as before.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. MARTYROLOGY.
The morrow
is
TERCE.
the Octave of holy
Stephen the Proto-Martyr. At Rome are commemorated upon the same day many holy martyrs
who
defied the edict of the Emperor Diocletian whereby it was commanded to give up the holy books, they being willing rather to give over their own bodies to the executioners
than
to
was
holy.
Upon uary,
When &c.,
in an unspeak {Second Antiphon
Chapter as at Lauds. Short Responsory as at Christmas Day.
Terce on
SEXT.
unto dogs that which
give
same 2nd day of Jan
the
Antiphon. able manner, at Lauds. )
were
born
into
(
Mother of God, Antiphon. Third Antiphon at Lauds. )
&c.,
better
the
life
At Antioch, blessed At Tomi,
A ND
in Pontus,
the
Licinius,
three
under Emperor holy
brethren,
and Marcellinus. Argeus and Narcissus were slain with the sword. Marcellinus was a boy, he was taken among the recruits, and for as much as he would not be a soldier he was grievously flogged, and after suffering long in prison was drowned in the sea [in the year Argeus,
Narcissus,
i.
10.)
Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of Thine hands. :
"^^
:
Short Responsory Christmas Day.
as
on Sext on
NONE. Mary,
Behold,
Antiphon.
c.
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.}
320].
At Milan [after the year 431], holy Martinian [i7th] bishop of that see.
At Nitria, in Egypt, the confessor Isidore [Bishop of polis in the fourth century].
Upon
the
same day
blessed
the
Chapter as at the end of Prime. Short Responsory as at None on Christmas Day.
HermoVESPERS.
the holy Bishop
Antiphons,
Siridion.
In
(Heb.
Chapter.
Bishop
Isidore,
[in the year 420].
Thebaid
the
holy
Abbat
Macarius of Alexandria [about the year 395]-
(Heb.
ii.
1
and Prayer
Psalms as in the Common Office for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin.
Hymn and
Chapter at the end.
Chapter,
from Lauds.
Verse
and Answer from
the Vespers of Christmas
Day.
1.)
shall perish, but Thou remainest and they all shall wax old as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed but
the womb of her that knew heirship not a man is become the temple of God in taking of her flesh He was
Thou
not
defiled
and
say,
"THEY
;
;
art
shall not
the fail.
Same, and Thy years
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Herein is a great mystery of
Virgin.
;
:
:
all
nations
Glory be to Thee,
shall
O
come
Lord
!
OCTAVE OF ST STEPHEN. Commemoration of ST STEPHEN.
And
?
persecuted
317 have
they
them which showed before Antiphon. Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders among the people.
opened. blessed
is
He saw and he unto whom
;
murderers who have received the law by the disposition of Angels, and have not kept When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on it."
entered in
:
the heavens
were opened.
him with
their teeth.
Let us pray.
^
r\ ALMIGHTY Who
God,
of
first-fruits
Second Lesson.
and
hast
everlasting dedicated the
Thy Martyrs
with the
blood of the Blessed Stephen
;
grant,
we beseech Thee, that the same may pray for us also, who prayed even for murderers
his
Christ
Thy
our
to
Son
;
Lord
Who
JESUS and
liveth
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Ame7i.
No
the
coming of the Just One of Whom ye have been now the betrayers and :
Stephen saw the heavens
Verse.
Answer.
slain
of
other Commemoration.
he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and JESUS standing on the right hand of God. And said Behold, I see "
:
the heavens opened, and the Son man standing on the right hand
Then they
God."
of of
out with
cried
a
and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord. And they cast him out of the city and stoned him and the witnesses laid loud
voice,
down
their clothes at a
young man
feet,
whose name was
Saul.
they
stoned
:
2.
Jan.
T)UT
ceive
my
calling upon Lord JESUS, re
Stephen,
God, and saying o
s
And
"
:
spirit."
Double.
Third Lesson.
All as on
the Feast-day,
(p.
281),
except the following.
A ND
^^
he kneeled down and cried a loud voice, saying
with
:
"
Lord,
MATTINS.
charge."
FIRST NOCTURN.
this, (viii.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
the Apostles 1
u
taken from the Acts of 51.)
this
sin
to
And when he had
their
said
asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting
fell
death.
And
that
at
time
there was a S reat P ersecution against the Church which was at Jerusalem
and they were
resist the
Holy Ghost
;
as
Which your fathers did, so do ye. of the Prophets have not your fathers 1
I.
not
:
(vii.
stiff-necked, and uncircumin heart and ears, ye
VOL.
i.)
unto his
cised
do always
he
lay
The end
all
scattered
abroad
throughout the regions of Judea and And Samaria except the Apostles. devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made great lamentation over him.
of the speech of the Saint before the Council.
L
2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
that they might be forgiven. For he remembered the word of the Lord, that saith Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord," (Heb. x. 30,) and again: "Say not I will recompense evil [to mine thou enemies], but wait on the LORD, and "
:
The Lesson mons of
is l
from the
taken
St
Austin,
Ser
Bishop
[of
(-2nd on St Stephen.}
Hippo.]
;
after the glory of yesterday,
with
bright
the
of
splendour
Christ our Saviour s Birth, this findeth itself an illumination of its
day
own
from the crown of the blessed Martyr The whole earth knoweth Stephen. how manfully he fought and con for he suffered at the very quered
He
shall save
(Prov. xx. 22.) also be
thee."
The Lord God biddeth us
knowing that in the great day of retribution, we, as well as His holy patient,
martyrs, shall be righted.
THIRD NOCTURN.
:
fountain-head to say,
of the
Church,
in Jerusalem.
It
that
was
in
is
Seventh Lesson.
the
Church there that he ministered as a Deacon and in the youthful spring
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (xxiii.
:
dyed with his blood the His Passion is purity. very glorious, and many ways wonder ful, and when we read it in the Acts of the Apostles, we seem rather to see time of lily
life
of his
34-)
A T ^^ I
JESUS said unto the
:
Behold, send unto you Prophets, and wise :
men, and scribes and some of them And so on. ye shall kill and crucify. :
than to hear.
Homily by St Jerome, Priest Comment, iv.
Fifth Lesson.
C* HRIST,
^
that time
Scribes and Pharisees
the Captain of the Martyrs, hath first suffered for us, leaving
us an example that
we should
follow
Bethlehem.] (Bk. Matth. xxiii.)
[at
on
O
Blessed Stephen followed them, when, having confessed Christ, he was stoned to death by the Jews, and obtained the crown which his name had foreshown.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that The Jerusalem that killed the Prophets was not the material stone and houses, but they He wept over her that dwelt therein. with a father s love, as also it is written
For the meaning of the Greek name
in
His
Pet.
steps, (i
"Stephanos"
is
he had a crown
ii.
"a
21.)
And
crown."
truly,
Already
name, a fore shadowing of the martyr s palm which he beareth in heaven. for his
"
killest the Prophets."
another place
the
city,
He
"How
41.)
when He saw
that,
wept over often
(Luke xix. would I have it.
gathered thy children together." Here observe that Christ avoweth that He had been the Sender of all the former
Even as an hen gathereth Prophets. A her chickens under her wings." similar figure is found in the Song of "
Sixth Lesson.
\\7HEN would cutors.
they stoned him he did not
rejoice at the thought that God take vengeance on his perse
On
the 1
contrary, he
Some
prayed
parts are certainly
Moses in Deuteronomy, an eagle stirreth up her
xxxii.
1
1,
"As
nest, fluttereth
over her young, spreadeth abroad her
by St Austin
;
others are probably not.
OCTAVE OF ST STEPHEN. wings, taketh them, and beareth them
Holy Innocents from
their respective
Lauds.
l
on her
319
wings."
MARTYROLOGY. Eighth Lesson. "
T3EHOLD,
your house
left
is
unto
God had al you desolate." ready spoken these things once before, by the mouth of Jeremiah, where He have forsaken Mine house, saith I have left Mine heritage Mine in heritance is become unto Me like an 2 The house hyaena s den." (xii. 7.) of the Jews, which was to be left unto "I
:
;
them
that Temple,
is
desolate,
whose
splendour they loved only too well, when they slew the Owner of it for the This is sake of it, and said of Christ, the heir come, let us kill Him, and Matth. the inheritance shall be ours." ( "
;
xxi. 38.)
Ninth Lesson. "
T7OR
say
:
Ye
say unto you,
I
shall not
Me
see
henceforth, till ye shall Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of
the
to Jerusalem
and
The words, cometh were
in
to the
Jewish people.
name
of the
the
Lord,"
by babes
spoken
when
He That
is
"Blessed
the
indeed
sucklings
Here He speaketh
Lord."
Saviour
and
entered
in and they triumph, went before and they that fol
The morrow
is
the
Octave of the
holy Apostle and Evangelist John. Upon the same 3rd day of January,
were born into the better
life
At Rome, upon the Appian Way, holy Pope Anterus, who suffered under the Emperor Julius Maximian, and was buried in the cemetery
[He reigned
of
month and
i
Callistus.
12 days in
the year 236.] Upon the same day, holy Peter, who suffered the death of the cross at the city of
[In the year 311 or
Aulone.
291.]
On the Hellespont, the holy martyrs and Theogenes Primus, Cyrinus, [about the year 320.] At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the holy centurion Gordius [about the year 320], in whose praise Basil the Great delivered a noble discourse upon his feast day.
In
the holy martyrs Zozithe Notary, also
Cilicia,
mus and Athanasius the
martyrs
holy
Theona,
who
martyrdom
Theopemptus
suffered
in
the
an
and
illustrious
persecution under
Diocletian.
"
Jerusalem that
Blessed is He lowed, cried, saying, That cometh in the name of the
Lord
;
(Mark
Hosanna xi.
9,)
in
the
"
highest,
but they are originally
taken from Psalm
cxvii.
26.
Which
Psalm is all evidently written in honour of the coming of our Lord. LAUDS.
Commemorations of St Thomas of Canterbury, of St John,
and of
the
At Padua, the holy martyr Daniel [in the
year 168.]
At Vienne,
in Gaul, holy Florence, [8th] bishop of that see [successor to S. Paracodius], who was exiled in the
time there
of the
Gallienus,
and
testimony [in
the
Emperor
finished
his
year 252.]
At Paris [in the year 512], the holy virgin [and Patron of Paris] Genevieve, who was dedicated to Christ by blessed Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, and was famous for her wondrous graces and miracles.
In the original this quotation is made from a different version to that in the Psalter (p. 172). 2 This passage in Jeremiah is somewhat obscure. See it, on Wednesday in Holy Week, where the translation in the text is altogether different. 1
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
320
VESPERS.
MATTINS.
Antiphons from Lauds. Psalms as on Sunday, except the last, which is :
FIRST NOCTURN.
The Lesson
Psalm CXV. I
&c,
I
spoken,
185.)
the Chapter inclusive the Ves pers are of the Octave of St John.
Chapter.
(Ecclus. xv.
that feareth the
good
and
;
he
do
Lord
will
that
keepeth
him.
Hymn from
the
Common
Office
for
Answer, Antiphon at the
Song of the Blessed Virgin, and Prayer, from the Commemoration of St John in the
1
Apoca-
i.)
(iv.
Second Vespers of St Stephen,
this I looked and, behold, a door was opened in heaven and the first voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with ;
*^~^
;
Come up hither, and show thee things which must be And immediately I was in hereafter. the Spirit and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the And He That sat was to look throne. upon like a jasper and a sardine and there was a rainbow round stone me, which said
I.)
righteousness shall obtain her, and as an honoured mother shall she meet
Apostles. Verse and
taken from the
A FTER
From
TJ E
is
lypse of the Blessed Apostle John,
believed, therefore have (p.
First Lesson.
(p.
286.)
Commemoration of St Thomas of Canterbury and of the Holy Innocents from the Second Vespers of their Feasts
I
;
;
about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald and round about the throne were four-and-twenty seats and upon ;
;
2
the seats I saw four-and-twenty elders and sitting, clothed in white raiment they had on their heads crowns of ;
gold.
Second Lesson.
A
respectively.
:
will
ND
out of the throne proceeded
lightnings, and voices and thunderings ; and there were seven lamps ^*"
Jan.
3.
;
Double.
All as on the Feast-day, (p. 287,) except the following. 1
I.e.,
"Unveiling"
or
"
fire burning before the throne, which And are the seven spirits of God. before the throne there was a sea of and in the glass like unto crystal midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four living creatures
of
full
of eyes before
and behind.
And
Revelation."
But the Greek is Presbyteroi," generally translated, or, rather, contracted, is "Priests." may be suggested, with great reverence, that the arrangement described In these the East end similar to that in the most ancient Churches, some of which still exist. which is has a large arch, here represented by the rainbow, opening into a semi-circular apse, throne for the here represented by the hollow vault of heaven. At the end of the apse is a On the chord of the apse side of him. Bishop, and the Presbyters sit round the apse on either 2
"
"Seniores."
It
"
stands the Altar, and the Celebrant occupies the place "in the midst of the throne and the at the people over the Altar. The assigned by St John to the True High Priest, looking sea of glass is described as in the place where there is a paved enclosure for the Choir, viz. the are the Altar Under reliques of the Saints, (in primitive placed just westward of the Altar. times always martyrs Rev. vi. 9,) and lighted lamps hang before it. elders,"
"
"
OCTAVE OF ST JOHN. the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had the face as a man, and the fourth liv ing creature was like a flying eagle. And the four living creatures had each and they of them six wings about him are full of eyes about and within. ;
Third Lesson.
321
walk upon earth, in the very first words of his writing, riseth not above the earth only, or above the firmament, and the heavens, but above every
and
above every power of and flieth directly to Him by Whom all things were made, "In the beginning was the saying Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." angel,
things unseen, :
A ND
^^
they rest not day and night, saying Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord Almighty, Which was, and is, is to come. And when those :
God and
living creatures gave glory and honour and blessing to Him That sat upon
Who
the throne, liveth for ever ever, the four-and-twenty elders
and
down, liveth
and
fell
Him That
worshipped ever
for
and
and
ever,
cast
crowns before the throne, saying Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, their
:
receive
to
glory,
and
and
honour,
Thou hast created power things, and for Thy pleasure they ;
for
all
are
and were created.
Fifth Lesson.
T^HEN
he goeth on worthily of such a beginning, and speaketh of the Lord s Godhead as none hath ever spoken, uttering freely the things
which he had heard. out cause that
openly,
is taken from a treatise of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo,] on John. (36.)
the Four Evangelists, or, rather, the Four Writers of the one
Evangel, the holy Apostle John hath unworthily been compared by spiritual writers to an eagle, because
not
flight of his
other teaching, soaring above the three a flight that raiseth not him self alone, but also the hearts of all, ;
whosoever three
upon little
as
will
writers
The
hear him. walk with
earth, as with a
other
Lord man, and enlarge the
upon His Godhead but John, it had wearied him to
though
;
is
how he
not with
of
him
in
lay on
that all
men may know
not
Son of God became man, suffered, and rose again for us, but likewise how He was with the only
how
the
Him That
The Lesson
and glorious
It
told
is
JESUS Breast at supper. Truly he drank secretly from that Breast, and what he drank secretly he hath uttered Gospel
equal to
Fourth Lesson.
of the lofty
it
Father before He took flesh, the Onlybegotten Son, the Word of the Father, co-eternal with Him that begat Him,
SECOND NOCTURN.
C\F ^^
that
sent
Him.
Sixth Lesson.
an eagle that soareth up that are not made, and fixeth his eye unquailing upon the secret and eternal Light. It is is
JOHN to the things
said that the father-eagle taketh his young in his talons and flieth with
them, that they may look at the sun. that look at it boldly, he
Them
acknowledgeth
for his
own
offspring,
but them whose eyes shrink, he letteth fall from his claws as bastards. Let us consider, then, how mightily he
speak who
must
is
likened
to
an
and yet we who are reptiles crawling on earth, weak, and of small consideration even among men, dare eagle
;
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
322
take in hand these utterances, to treat of them, and to explain them, and think that our intelligence understand-
commendeth
eth them, or our speech
them.
neither to chafe, nor to enquire too curiously, where the will of God is
For when Peter would concerned. be still asking, the Lord at length checked him in these words for his continued curiosity.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the
is
Gospel according
A T **
time
that
Peter
:
Ninth Lesson.
to
John
Then
Follow Me.
unto
Homily by St John
Chrysostom, (Qyt/i
Horn, on John.}
had made known great things charged him with the care of the whole world, announced to him his future martyrdom, and given him Christ
to Peter,
Peter testimony of His especial love. then would have John for a fellow and
and he
helper,
man
as
do?"
"
said, it
were,
What
shall this
not he
"Shall
same path with me ? supper, when Peter would ask
also follow the
At the
went
saying abroad
this
the brethren, that that should not die yet JESUS
among disciple
;
said not unto him, He shall not die but, If I will that he tarry till I come,
;
Peter,
turning about, seeth the disciple whom JESUS loved following. And so on.
Patriarch [of Constantinople.]
HTHEN
19.)
(xxi.
saith
JESUS
:
Holy
"
"
a question of the Lord, he dared not,
what is that to thee ? That is, He would not have it thought that He had disposed of them both in the "
same way. He spoke thus that He might check the untimely motion of affection, and the desire to continue the old companionship. The Apostles were about to take in charge the whole earth, and it behoved them no more to continue together, lest the world
should
if
;
"
:
bend thyself to it, and do work and fight what is it to thee I will that he tarry here ? Turn
thy task it
Therefore the Lord Thou hast received
suffer.
saith to Peter ;
;
thou to thine
and
finish
own appointed
labour
it."
but got John for his spokesman and now Peter asketh that which he ;
thought John fain would know, but dared not ask for himself. Christ saith unto him If I will that he "
:
till
tarry
thee
I
come,
what
is
that
to
LAUDS.
Commemoration of St Thomas oj Canterbury and of the Holy Innocents from their proper Lauds.
"
?
MARTYROLOGY.
Eighth Lesson. asked pETER love for
because of his great John, hoping not to be parted from him, and Christ answered him, that with whatever affection he loved him, he could not love him as
He
loved him. till
tarry
thee
"
?
words,
I
"
come,
Let
by the
us
If
I
what learn
teaching
will
that
he
is
that
to
from of
these Christ,
The morrow
is
Octave of the Holy
Innocents.
Upon the same 4th day of January, were born into the better life In Crete, holy Titus, whom the Apostle Paul ordained Bishop for the
When
he had faithfully an end [about the year 105], his work of preaching, he ob-
Cretans.
brought to
OCTAVE OF CHILDERMAS.
323
tained a blessed death, and was buried in that church whereof the blessed Apostle had appointed him a worthy
His feast
kept upon the 6th day of the month of February. At Rome, the holy martyrs the
minister.
priest
and
Jan. o
is
Priscus, the clerk the devout woman
Octave of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs.
Priscillian,
Double.
Benedicta, who won martyrdom by the sword in the time of the wicked Emperor Julian
All as on
at
blessed
the
Rome,
martyr Dafrosa, wife of the holy martyr Flavian [mother of St Bibithe
After
ana].
execution
of
Emperor
FIRST NOCTURN.
her
husband she was first sentenced to exile, and then put to death under the aforesaid
the Feast-day, except the
following.
[the Apostate].
Likewise
4.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Julian.
Romans
At
the holy martyrs Bologna, Aggaeus, and Caius, who suffered under the Emperor Maxi-
(v.
i.)
Hermes,
"THEREFORE
mian.
let
faith,
At Adrumetum,
in Africa, the holy
us
being justified by have peace with
God through
our Lord JESUS Christ we have access by faith into this grace, wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of the And not only so, but sons of God. ;
cruel
by
Whom
President Scapula condemned to the wild beasts in the persecution under the Emperor Severus, and who thus received the crown of martyrdom.
we
glory in tribulations also,
martyr
Mavillus,
Likewise
in
whom
Africa,
the
the
illustrious
martyrs Aquilinus, Geminus, Eugenius, Marcian, Quintus, Theodotus, and
Tryphon [about end of fifth century]. At Langres, holy Gregory, bishop of that see, famous for miracles [in the year 539]. At Rheims, in Gaul [in the year 743],
bishop
the
holy confessor Rigobert, year 722] of that see.
[in the
VESPERS.
Antiphons from Lauds. Psalms from the Common Office for .the Second Vespers of Apostles.
Commemoration of St Thomas of Canterbury from his Second Vespers, and of the Holy Innocents from their roer Lauds.
also
knowing and and proof hope and
that tribulation worketh patience,
patience proof,
;
hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost,
Which
is
given unto us.
Second Lesson. wherefore, when we were yet without strength, did Christ in due time die for the ungodly ? For scarcely for a righteous man will one die yet peradventure for a good man
T^OR
;
some would even dare to die. But God commendeth His love towards in that while we were yet sinners us much more then Christ died for us being now justified by His Blood, we ;
;
shall
Him.
be
saved from
wrath through
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
324
Third Lesson.
T7 OR
we if, when we were enemies, were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His not only so, but we also God, through our Lord JESUS
in
by
Christ,
Whom
we have now
re
ceived the Atonement. Moreover, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so also death passed upon all men, for that
have sinned.
all
being entrusted.
Fifth Lesson.
And
life.
joy
[which shall be returned hereafter], but they are pledges taken with out being given, impounded without
is
"M"ATURE
herself our witness of
what the scene must have been when the tyrant dashed the little ones the
against
The
stones.
mothers tore their hair
had
infants
still
hide
to
them, betrayed them,
childless
those, whose escaped, strove vainly and their very cries
too
;
young to have Sometimes
learnt the silence of fear.
SECOND NOCTURN.
mother struggled with as he dragged the which she clung from her
the wretched the
Fourth Lesson.
executioner,
child
The Lesson of (
is
taken from the Sermons
l
St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.] I st for Childermas. )
HPHE
Lord
is
born,
breaketh out, not on earth to mothers ;
in is
and sorrow heaven but proclaimed
to
The
arms.
But the brought to the sacrifice. mothers will lament over them whose inarticulate
bleating
Let us turn
ever.
silenced
is
a
look
on
for this
great martyrdom, this heart-rending sorrow. The sword is drawn, though there is no offence to punish, only
jealousy shrieking for Him Who is And born, and doth no violence. here are mothers weeping over the
lambs of the great 1
2
flock.
a voice
there
"In
heard, 2
mourning."
Ramah was
weeping
They
and
are pledges
of her body
Was
it
torn
the murderer might seize had come of her body only be dashed against the stones.
derly, it ?
to
that
It
Sixth Lesson.
COMETIMES woman kill
her also
cried ;
a
broken-hearted to
the
ruffian
to
wherefore leave her to
widowhood ? If fault was hers, then why not let her suffer and follow her lost one ? Some must have cried out her
childless
there were, the fault
that all were being slain for the sake of One, and that One had escaped. And surely some called for the com ing of the Messiah to deliver them.
Come, come, O Saviour, how long do we wait for Thee ? Thou art Al mighty come, and save our chil dren." And so the cry of the mother and the sacrifice of her offspring went up together to heaven. "
There are good grounds for doubting the ascription of the Sermon to St Austin. Pignora sunt, non credita sed creata, non deposita sed exposita. The passage The imagery seems to be taken from a pawn-shop.
obscure.
is
for this that
her womb bore it, and her paps gave Had she carried it so ten it suck ?
lamentation, to angels joy, to children translation. God is born, and inno
cence must be offered up to Him Who cometh to condemn the malice of the world. The Lamb that taketh away the sins of the world is come to be and the tender flock is crucified,
fruit
from her breast.
is
very
OCTAVE OF CHILDERMAS. Ninth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN.
St Joseph
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (ii.
130
A T
32$
knew
that
the
Virgin was with child, he was but forthwith an greatly troubled Angel came to take away his fears. The Lord was born and he rejoiced with exceeding joy but straightway came ;
;
that
time
:
The Angel
of the
"
Lord appeared to Joseph in a Arise, and take the dream, saying young Child, and His Mother, and and be thou there flee into Egypt And so on. until I bring thee word. :
:
the great danger, when all Jerusalem was troubled, the king in great wrath, and murderers seeking the young
Child s life. The star shone over Bethlehem, and the wise men came to worship but Herod sought to slay the Saviour and they arose, and fled ;
;
Homily by
St
Chrysostom, 8th on Patriarch [of Constantinople. ] ( Matthew. )
John
When Joseph had heard this he was not troubled, neither did he say, "
This
Thou
is doubtful, or at least obscure. saidst not long ago, that He
into a far country.
The Hymn, God,
ently Himself He cannot save we are to flee, and journey far,
and Thy works
dwell in a strange land.
But Joseph said thy words." none of these things, for he was faith ful neither did he curiously ask of the angel the time of his return, which God was not pleased to show him, but only to send him that word, Be belie
;
"
thou there until
I
bring thee
word."
is
slothful,
the
obeyed
cheerfully, tribulations with
and by
mercy
some joy with
mingled
joy.
faith
bore
God
in
all
His his
He
doth in all the saints, whom He will have to abide continu but ally neither in sorrow, nor in joy weaveth their life ever with a strange
sorrow, as
:
diversity.
He
as
did
it
And
let
Octave
of
the
martyr
holy
were born into the better life At Rome, the holy Pope Telesphorus,
who
under
toiled
the
obtained
much
for
Christ,
Emperor Antoninus by
his
testimony
glorious martyrdom. In Egypt are commemorated
but
us consider
how
here.
The Eighth Responsory is added when the Feast falls on Sunday.
O
Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury. Upon the same 5th day of January,
Pius
was not
praise Thee, said.
The morrow is the Eve of the Epiphany of the Lord, the same day
and
Eighth Lesson.
E
"We
always
MARTYROLOGY.
but
;
is
At Lauds a Commemoration is made of St Thomas of Canterbury, from the Lauds of his feast.
His people, and now appar
shall save
"LJT
&c.,"
holy martyrs
who were
slain
a
many in
the
Thebaid in divers ways, in the perse cution under the Emperor Diocletian. At Antioch, the holy monk Simeon,,
who
lived
for
many
years
standing
whence he is called Stylitis [from the Greek style, which is being interpreted a pillar], whose life and conversation was wonderful
upon a
pillar,
[in the
to,
year 459]. In England, the holy King Edward, famous for his gift of chastity and of the power of working miracles.
By
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
326
command
Pope Innocent XI. his kept upon the I3th day of October, which is the day of the trans lation of his sacred body [in the year
feast
of
is
pleasure,
that
through
the
name
of
Son, we may worthily good works.
Thy well-beloved abound
in all
1066.] At Alexandria [in the fourth cen whose noble tury], holy Syncletica, acts holy Athanasius hath set before
Commemoration of * ST TELESPHORUS, Pope and Martyr.
us in his writing. At Rome, the holy virgin ^Emiliana, father s sister to holy Gregory the Her sister Tharsilla, who had Great. .gone to God before her, came and called her, and upon the same day she
Office
passed hence to be for ever with the
Lord
[sixth century].
same
day, the holy virgin Upon Apollinaris [about the year 440]. the
VESPERS.
the Lauds of the Common of one Bishop and Martyr.
All from
O God, Who year by year Prayer. dost gladden us by the solemn feastday of Thy blessed Martyr and Bishop Telesphorus, mercifully grant that we his birthday, may ever
who keep feel
the
joyful
tection.
Jan.
"
p.
The
of
his
pro
Lord
JESUS and liveth
Christ Thy Son, Who reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with Amen. out end.
Antiphons from Lauds. Psalms as on Sundays, except the I believed, last, which is Ps. cxv., &c.,"
effects
Through our
5.
185.
then of St
Office is
Canterbury,
as in the
Thomas of of One
of
of
Office
Martyr.
Which day
Prayer, p. 297.
Commemoration of cents,
also
from
p.
Prayer, p. 292.
Commemoration of TWELFTH-DAY EVE.
The Child JESUS in Antiphon. creased in stature and wisdom before .The
Twelfth-Day Eve.
Double.
All from the Common Office for One Martyr, except the Prayer, which is as on his feast, p. 297, and the fol lowing : MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
God and man. Verse.
is also
Holy Inno 298, with the
the
LORD
hath
known. Alleluia. Answer. His salvation.
made
Alleluia.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Romans
Let us pray.
r\ ALMIGHTY and everlasting ^^ God, do Thou order all our
T^NOW
actions in conformity with
law,)
Thy good
*^"
(vii.
ye
speak to
how
I.)
not,
brethren, (for I that know the
them
that the law hath dominion
1 The First Vespers of the Common Office for one Martyr being already in use for the Octave of St Thomas, the Commemoration of St Telesphorus is taken from the Lauds,
according to the
Pie,
ix.
8.
OCTAVE OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY. over a man, so long as he liveth ? For the woman which hath an hus band is bound up by the law to her husband so long as he liveth but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then, if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress but, if her husband be dead, she is free from the law of her husband so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to :
;
;
.another
man. Second Lesson.
327
Psalm by St Ambrose, Bishop
M ilan.
[of
(zist Sermon. )
]
persecuted me cause but my heart standeth in awe of Thy word." These are rightly the words of a martyr, who beareth unjustly the tor ments of the persecutors, who hath robbed no man, who hath violently oppressed no man, who hath shed the blood of no man, who hath imagined to defile the bed of no man, who is debtor to the laws in nothing, and who is punished more grievously than if he were a robber who speaketh right
have
"
PRINCES without
a
:
:
Vy HEREFORE, my
brethren,
ye
become dead to the body of Christ that ye
also are
law by the should be married to another, even to Him Who is raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit unto God. For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sin which were by the law, did work in our members, to But now bring forth fruit unto death. we are delivered from the law of death wherein we were held, that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. ;
;
eousness, and there
hear
who speaketh
:
is
none that will and all
salvation,
men
who is able to fight against him When I spoke unto them, they say fought against me without a cause." (Ps. cxix. 7.) They fight against him without a cause, who can lay no sin to :
"
:
his charge
an
:
evil-doer,
they fight against him as who is by their own ac
knowledgment righteous they fight against him as a warlock, who glorieth in the name of the Lord, and who :
doeth
all things well because he doeth things for God s sake.
all
Third Lesson.
HAT
shall
we say then
?
law sin ? God forbid. Nay, had not known sin, but by the law. For I had not known lust, except the law had said Thou shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the com mandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive I
:
without the law once
commandment came
:
but
Fifth Lesson.
Is the
when
the
sin revived.
HP HEY fight
who
"
mark
of the weak, the timid, and the fearful. But there is also a weak ness unto salvation, there is a fear is
the
is
Fourth Lesson.
LORD,
all
10.)
And
taken from the Exposi tion of the hundred-and-eighteenth
in vain
"
which
is
him
:
SECOND NOCTURN.
The Lesson
against
accused of ungodliness among the ungodly and the unfaithful, because he teacheth Faith. Verily, him that is fought against without a cause it behoveth to be strong and patient. Wherefore then saith he My heart standeth in awe of Thy word ? Awe is
man cxi.
that i.)
an holy fear. ye His Saints." again: feareth
And
"
O
fear the
(Ps. xxxiii.
"Blessed
the
wherefore
LORD."
is
is
the (Ps.
he blessed
?
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
328 because he
"delighteth
greatly in His
commandments."
Sixth Lesson.
once your instruction, and our Behold, how He Who, not danger. by the varying gifts of nature, but of the very essence of His being, is
at
how He
Goodness, behold
H^HINK,
then,
how
the
martyr
standeth between two dangers. one hand the wild beasts, roaring for his blood, do indeed strike terror ; he heareth the hissing of the plates of white-hot metal, and seeth surging up the flames of the fiery furnace behind him is the clanking of fetters, and beside him the execu think tioner, stained with fresh blood of him there, face to face with the apparatus of death but think again of what thinketh he ? Of the Law of God, of the everlasting fire, of the eternal flames wherein the unbelieving shall burn for ever, of that torture whereof the agony is for ever new. And then indeed his heart faileth for
On
the
;
;
by giving way under torment here, he should give himself up to then everlasting torment hereafter indeed he trembleth, when Faith fear, lest
:
maketh to glitter before his eyes the awful sword of the judgment to come.
And
in this, the faithful trembling of the true-hearted, are there not both unshaken hope of the eternal things,
and awe
of the things of
God
?
am He
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (x. 1 1.)
time
:
:
JESUS said unto the I am the Good Shep herd. The Good Shepherd giveth His life for His sheep. And so on.
Homily by Pope St Gregory Great]
(i^th on the Gospels.}
Dearly beloved brethren, ye have heard from the Holy Gospel what is
"
:
I
then
what
:
"
for the
even
Sheep."
so did
He
As He had ;
foretold,
He had com
as
manded, so gave He ensample. The Good Shepherd gave His life for the sheep, and made His Own Body and His Own Blood to be our Sacramental Food, pasturing upon His Own Flesh the sheep whom He had bought.
Eighth Lesson. T_T E, by despising death, hath shown us how to do the like He hath set before us the mould wherein it behoveth us to be cast. Our first duty is, freely and tenderly to spend our outward things for His sheep, but lastly, if need be, to serve the same by our death also. From the light offering of the first, we go on to the stern offering of the last, and, if we be ;
ready to give our life for the sheep, why should we scruple to give our
much
"
(Matt.
more
is
vi.
25.) love the
be which world better than and such as they love the sheep they deserve no longer to be called These are they of whom shepherds. it is written But he that is an hire ling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf there
of
this
;
"
:
coming, and leaveth the sheep, and He is not a shepherd (12.) but an hireling which feedeth the Lord s sheep, not because he loveth their souls, but because he doth gain He that earthly wealth thereby. fleeth"
[the
And
is the character of His even of that goodness of His which we must strive to copy The Good Shepherd giveth His life
saith
things
The Lesson
saith
goodness,
And some
Seventh Lesson.
Pharisees
Shepherd."
substance, seeing how the life than meat?"
THIRD NOCTURN.
AT that
Good
the
OCTAVE OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY. taketh a shepherd s place, but seeketh not gain of souls, that same is but such an one is ever an hireling ;
ready for creature-comforts, he loveth his pre-eminence, he groweth sleek upon his income, and he liketh well to see men bow down to him.
Ninth Blessing. the Gospel
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (ii.
I9-)
T
that
time
When Herod
:
a dream to Joseph Arise and take the in Egypt, saying young Child and His Mother, and And so go into the land of Israel. in :
Priest
Homily by St Jerome,
From
(Bk.
i.,
"
Comm.
[at
on
they are
stand that there were others
beside
sought the young Child s life" probably the Priests And he and Scribes. (Joseph) arose, and took the young Child and His Mother." It is not written, He took his wife and child," but "he took the young Child and His "which
"
"
set
Pas
made
friends
If he had been (Plural). any one precise passage he would have said by the Prophet," in the Singular. But he is citing the sense of the Prophets, and not "
any
passage in any of seemeth to refer
individual
He writings. to the fact that in
their
Nazarene
that Christ is
the
Hebrew
"
the
"
signifieth is
common
holy,"
word and
Holy One of God
the
declaration of
all
the
1
The Hymn, We praise Thee, O God, &c.," is said. At Lauds a Commemoration is made "
dead,"
(in the Plural), which are used in this passage of the Gospel, we may under
Herod
two here
citing
Scriptures.
the words,
that
with Pilate over Christ s death, was the son of the Herod who massacred the infants of Bethlehem, and the brother of Archelaus. called a Nazarene." "He shall be The Evangelist, in quoting these words, saith that they were "spoken by the
"
Bethlehem.] Matth. ii.)
his
Prophets,"
was
an Angel of the
dead, behold,
Lord appeareth
grossly ignorant of history they confuse themselves over the Herods, as if the one mentioned were the same who afterwards our Lord at nought during His
so
The Herod who was
the Epiphany.)
A
room of
Herod, he was afraid to go There are some persons thither."
father
and they cannot understand how he should now be said to be dead.
s
(For the Eve of
Ninth Lesson.
But when he heard that Archelaus
did reign in Judea, in the
sion,
glorious word Cleansing to our souls afford.
May
"
329
"
of the
Eve
of the Epiphany,
Lauds of the Sunday within
from
the
the Octave
of Christmas, p. 305. Then of St Telesphorus, from the First Vespers of One Martyr Prayer as on the preceding evening.
"
Mother
"
;
whence
it
is
holy Evangelist willeth to imply that Joseph was not the father, but the Guardian of JESUS, not the husband, but the Betrothed of Mary. 1
Judges
;and Matth.
xiii.
i.
5,
21.
MARTYROLOGY.
clear that the
The morrow
is
the
Epiphany of
the Lord.
Upon the same 6th day of January, were born into the better life
however, contains almost the precise phrase, and
is
very like
Luke
i.
31,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
330 In
the
command varus,
in
of
country of
the
Rheims,
President
by
Rictio-
the persecution under the the holy virgin
Emperor Diocletian, and martyr Macra
she was first but remained un hurt, whereupon her breasts were cut off, and she was thrust into a cast
into
the
fire
prison and rolled upon sharp pot sherds and live coals until she passed away in prayer to be ever with the
Lord.
On many
the
same day are commemorated
holy martyrs in Africa, who were burnt at the stake in the perse cution under the Emperor Severus. At Rennes, in Gaul, the holy con Melanius fessor [Abbat of Platz] [in the year 511], bishop of that see, who after countless works of power passed gloriously out of this world to
that heaven where his heart was al ready fixed [in the year 530]. At Florence, holy Andrew Corsirii of that city, a Carmelite friar, Bishop of Fiesoli, who was famous for miracles [in the year 1373], and whose name was numbered by Urban VIII. among those of the Saints, whose feast we
keep upon the 4th day of February. At Geris, in Egypt, the holy hermit Nilammon, who gave up his soul in prayer to God while he was beinghaled against his will to a bishop [fifth century].
The Feast begins at
From
make him
sunset.
the end of the Octave of Twelfth-Day, the last verse of all the Hymns at Prime, Terce, Sext, None, and Compline, is altered
in
henceforth
honour of
the
till
Epiphany.
33i
Jan.
6.
ilorti.
Double of the First
Everything as on Sundays except is otherwise given here.
what
Class,
with an Octave.
The Sages coming from afar, Follow the new appearing star With light they seek a better Light :
Their
FIRST VESPERS. Antiphons,
and
Chapter,
Prayer
from Lauds.
gifts confess
A
O
praise the 1
LORD,
all
;
in
Him,
Who
strange miraculous power
sin ne er
is
shown
knew.
:
The water pots are ruddy grown, Whose waters by command Divine ye nations,
Their nature change, and yield pure wine.
86.)
To
Hymn? V\f HAT makes Lest
;
of might.
in Jordan stood, sanctify the crystal flood Our sins with that baptismal dew,
To
Were washed
&c., (p.
God
The heavenly Lamb
The Last Psalm,
Psalm CXVI.
the
thee, cruel
Herod, quake, thy crown from thee
Christ
should take? He will not seize an earthly throne, Who heavenly kingdoms makes our own.
Christ,
Who
did the Gentiles
Be endless glory given by
To God
the Father
The same, and
we
call,
all,
repeat
to the Paraclete.
Amen.
3 The Verse. kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents.
Epiphaneia a Greek word, meaning Manifestation. By the Greeks themselves the Feast is most commonly the Theophaneia, or Manifestation of God. It is observed by the Church in honour of the Manifestation of Christ upon three occasions first, when a star led the wise men to adore Him secondly, when He was baptized in Jordan, and the Father proclaimed Him His Son; thirdly, when He "manifested forth His glory" by turning water into wine at Cana. Of these occasions the first is principally commemorated on the Feast itself, and the second on the Octave, but mentions of the latter penetrate the whole Office. Throughout the whole East there is a Blessing of the Waters at the First Vespers, in which the people bathe, or from which they are sprinkled, in honour of the Baptism of Christ, and there is a Ritual for the purpose, according to the Roman Rite, which is in use in some Churches at Rome and else where. This ceremony is repeatedly alluded to in the Office, and must be kept in mind if it is to be intelligently followed. The Birth of Christ appears (at least in some places) to have been anciently observed on this day, as is still done by the Monophysite Armenians, and this perhaps accounts in part for the great importance given to it. 2 Hymn by Coelius Sedulius, unaltered save in the first two lines3 translation extracted from the Hortus Animae." Ps. Ixxi. 10. 1
called
:
;
;
"
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
332
The kings
Answer.
;Saba shall offer
of Arabia and
gifts.
unto our King, sing ye praises with understanding.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
When the wise men saw Virgin. the star, they said one unto another This is the sign of the Great King
Psalm
XL VI.
:
O
clap your hands, &c., (p. 98.)
;
us go
let
and search
for
diligently
1
Verse.
Let
the earth worship
all
Him, and present unto Him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Thee, and sing unto Thee. Answer. Let them sing praises
Alleluia.
Thy Name, O
to
Lord.
COMPLINE. The .thus
last verse
of the
Hymn
is
The Lesson
:
JESU,
First Lesson.
said
Whom
To Thee
now
all
With Father, Here as it
praise be given,
Spirit, One and Three, in heaven. Amen.
is
is
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah
the Gentiles see,
i.)
(Iv.
TUT O, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters and he that hath no money, come ye, buy and eat yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. ;
:
MATTINS. The Lords Prayer, the Angelic Salu tation, and the Apostles Creed are re cited inaudibly, as usual, but the rest of the beginning of Mattins is entirely omitted, and the Service begins with
a large Sign of the Cross, then pro ceeds with the First Antiphon of the First Nocturn, as follows :
FIRST NOCTURN. First Antiphon. Give unto the O ye sons of God * worship the LORD in His holy courts.
LORD,
:
Give unto the LORD, &c., (p. 75.)
Second Antiphon. Alleluia
the city of
It
is
a
river,
make glad * God Alleluia.
is
:
Ps. Ixv. 4.
2
:
:
mander
to the nations.
Matth.
This day, 2 when the Lord was bap in Jordan, the heavens were opened, and the Spirit descended like tized
a dove, and abode upon Him, and, lo, the voice of the Father was heard, 3
unto thunder, beloved Son, in
like
saying
Whom
:
I
This
am
is
well
pleased.
our refuge, &c., (p. 97.)
Third A7itiphon. Sing praises to our God, sing praises * sing praises 1
Incline
your ear and come unto Me hear, and your soul shall live and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and com
My
Psalm XLV.
God
soul delight itself in fatness.
First Responsory.
Psalm XXVIII.
the streams whereof
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which satisfieth not ? Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your
iii.
16, 17.
4
Verse.
scended
The
Holy
Ghost
de
a bodily shape like a dove Him, and a voice came from in
upon heaven 3
Ps. xxviii. 3.
4
Luke
iii.
22.
TWELFTH-DAY. Answer. in
Whom
This
am
I
is
My
Second Lesson.
ARISE, ^^
(Ix.
is
i.)
LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people but :
LORD
And
upon thee, and be seen upon thee.
shall arise
His glory
shall
Gentiles
the
shall
walk
me
with the robe of righteous
ness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride
of the
the
garments of salvation, and hath
the
covered
[O Jerusalem,] for come, and the glory
shine,
thy light
beloved Son,
well pleased.
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in
thy light, and kings in the brightness of
Lift up thine eyes round thy rising. about and see all they gather them selves together, they come to thee thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Then thou shalt see, and tremble and thine heart shall rejoice and be enlarged, because the riches of the sea shall be poured in upon thee, the wealth of the Gentiles shall come unto thee the multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and l Ephah all they from Saba :
adorneth
herself
her
with
jewels.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring 2 GOD will cause forth, so the Lord righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
i.)
(Ixii.
For Zion s sake I will not hold peace, and for Jerusalem s sake I
my will
not rest, until the Righteous One thereof go forth as brightness, and her Saviour as a lamp that burneth.
;
Third Responsory.
;
;
The kings isles shall
and of the
of Tarshish
The kings
bring presents.
of Arabia and Saba shall offer
gifts
unto the Lord God. All they from Saba shall Verse. come, they shall bring gold and in
cense.
:
come
shall
they shall bring gold and they shall proclaim :
incense, praises of the
and the
The kings
Answer. Saba shall
LORD.
God.
Second Responsory.
and
Verse.
to
of Arabia and unto the Lord
offer gifts
Glory the
Son,
be
the
to
and
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
The Holy Ghost
in
appeared
a
bodily shape like a dove, and the voice of the Father was heard This :
is
My
beloved Son, in
Whom
I
am
Answer. Saba shall
SECOND NOCTURN.
The heavens were opened
unto him, and, lo, the voice of the Father was heard, like unto thunder, saying
:
1
Whom
This
I
am
is
WILL and
God
:
1
My
them sing praises
beloved Son,
to
Thy name, O
greatly rejoice in the LORD, soul shall be joyful in my
He
Psalm LXV.
Make (Isa. Ixi. 10.)
my
for
:
let
well pleased.
Third Lesson.
T
Let all the earth First Antiphon. * worship Thee, and sing unto Thee Lord.
Answer. in
of Arabia and unto the Lord
God.
well pleased. Verse.
The kings offer gifts
hath clothed
A country and
me
with
tribe of the Midianites.
a joyful noise, &c., (p. 115.)
The kings of Second Antiphon. Tarshish and the isles shall bring * unto the Lord the King. presents 2
The name.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
334
Psalm
LXXL
east might learn the great truth r and the Roman empire remain no more in
Give the king Thy judgment, &c.,
darkness.
(P. 126.)
Fourth Responsory.
Third
Antiphon,
whom Thou
hast
made
All
nations
shall
come *
and worship before Thee,
Psalm
O
Shine, shine,
Lord.
LXXXV.
come
O
Jerusalem, for thy
and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. Verse. And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the bright
light is
:
ness of thy rising.
Bow down Thine
ear, &c., (p. 143.)
Answer.
LORD Verse. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents. Answer. The kings of Arabia and
Saba
is
risen
And
the
upon
thee.
glory
of the
Fifth Lesson.
very cruelty of Herod, when to crush at His birth this King Whom he alone feared, was made a blind means to carry out this While the dispensation of mercy. tyrant with horrid guilt sought to slay the little Child he did not know, amid an indiscriminate slaughter of inno "PHE
shall offer gifts.
he strove
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Ser mons of Pope St Leo [the Great] (2nd for Twelfth-Day.} TT\ EARLY
beloved
Lord again I say, But a few days are past
joice in the rejoice.
re
brethren, ;
since the solemnity of Christ s Birth, and now the glorious light of His Manifestation is breaking upon us.
On
that day the Virgin brought and on this the world
Him
forth,
knew
Him.
The Word made Flesh was
pleased to reveal to those for
Himself by degrees
whom He had come. When JESUS was born He was mani indeed to the believing, but hidden from His enemies. Already indeed the heavens declared the glory of God, and their sound went out into all lands, when the Herald Angels
fested
appeared to
to the
shepherds the glad tidings of a Saviour s Birth and now the guiding star leadeth the wise men to worship Him, that from the rising of the sun to the going down tell
;
thereof,
the
Birth of the true
King
may be known abroad that through those wise men the kingdoms of the ;
his infamous act served to spread wider abroad the heaven-told news of the Birth of the Lord. Thus cents,
were these glad tidings loudly pro claimed, both by the novelty of their story, and the iniquity of their ene mies. Then was the Saviour borne into Egypt, that that nation, of a long
time hardened in idolatry, might by the mysterious virtue which went out of Him, even when His presence was
unknown, be prepared
for the saving soon to dawn on them, and might receive the Truth as a wanderer even before they had banished false hood.
light so
Fifth Responsory. All they from
Saba
shall
come, they
shall bring gold and incense, and they shall show forth the praises of the
LORD. Verse.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
The kings
of Tarshish
and of
the isles shall bring presents, the kings of Arabia and Saba shall offer gifts.
Answer.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
TWELFTH-DAY. THIRD NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson.
~p\ ^^^
EARLY
beloved brethren, we recognise in the wise men who
came
to
335
worship Christ, the
Instead of the \st Psalm the follow is said just as given here.
ing
first-fruits
of that dispensation to the Gentiles wherein we also are called and en
Let us then keep this Feast with grateful hearts, in thanksgiving for our blessed hope, whereof it doth commemorate the dawn. From that worship paid to the new-born Christ is to be dated the entry of us Gentiles
O
Antiphon.
Him
for
:
He
come,
let
us worship
the Lord our God.
is
lightened.
upon our heirship of God and with
ship
Since
Christ.
co-heir-
that joyful
day the Scriptures which testify of Christ have lain open for us as well as for
the
Yea, their blindness
Jews.
Which, since that bright beams upon
rejected that Truth,
day, hath shed Its all
Let
nations.
all
observance, then,
most sacred day, paid whereon the Author of our salvation was made manifest, and as the wise men fell down and worshipped Him in the manger, so let us fall down and be
to
worship heaven.
Him
this
enthroned Almighty in
As they also opened their treasures and presented unto Him mystic and symbolic gifts, so let us strive to open our hearts to Him, and offer Him from thence some worthy
Psalm XCIV.
C\ COME, ^-^
LORD
us
let :
let
us
sing
make
unto the a joyful
God of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms. noise to the
O come, let us worship He is the Lord our God. For the LORD is a great God, and
Antiphon.
Him
for
:
a great King above all gods. In His hand are the inmost depths and the heights of the of the earth :
hills
are His also.
Antipho7i.
Him
for
:
He
O is
come, let us worship Lord our God.
the
For the sea is His, and He made and His hands formed the dry land.
it,
O come, let us worship Antiphon. Him for He is the Lord our God. And we are the people of His pas To ture, and the sheep of His hand. :
if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart. As in the Provocation," and as in the in the day of Temptation
day
offering.
"
Sixth Responsory.
:
We have seen
His star
in the
east.
Answer.
And
are
come
to
worship
the Lord.
fathers
Answer.
tempted
My
Me, and proved Me, and saw works.
Antiphon.
Him
:
for
He
O is
come,
that
generation, people that do
let
us worship
the Lord our God. I
grieved with It is a
and said
:
alway err
in
their
heart.
And they have not known My ways whom I sware in My wrath that
,*
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse.
the Lord.
wilderness,
when your
Forty years long was
Lord. Verse.
"
"
There came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, asking and saying Where is He That is born King of the Jews ? for we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship the
And
are
come
to
worship
unto
they should not enter into My rest. O come, let us worship Antiphon. Him for He is the Lord our God. :
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
336
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
O
Antiphon.
He
for
:
is
come, let us worship the Lord our God.
The Service then proceeds as usual.
O
Second Antiphon.
LORD *
Alleluia
in
worship the His holy temple
Alleluia.
when
the
Redeemer
to the shepherds of Judea, but a star men of the East to worship
led the wise
Him.
Amen.
Him
the question, why,
was born, an angel brought the news
It
seemeth as
if
the Jews as
reasonable creatures received a revela tion from a reasonable being, that is, an angel, but the Gentiles without, being as brutes, are roused not by a voice, but by a sign, that is, a star. Hence Paul hath it sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for :
"a
:
Psalm XCV.
O
unto
sing
the
LORD,
&c.,
(p.
148.)
them which believe." (i Cor. xiv. 22.) So the prophesying, (that is, of the angel) was given to them that believed, and the sign to them that believed not.
Third Antiphon. Worship God * all ye His Angels Alleluia.
Alleluia
Psalm XCVI.
The LORD Verse.
O
reigneth, &c., (p. 149.)
worship the Lord
Alle
In His holy temple
Alle
luia.
Answer. luia.
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (ii. i.) is
JESUS was bora
of Judah, in the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, :
Where
is
King of the Jews
?
He that And so
is
born
on.
Homily by Pope St Gregory Great.]
star,
[the
(loth on the Gospels.}
joy.
Eighth Lesson.
HTHUS
we remark that afterwards the Redeemer was preached
earth was troubled
The
heights of heaven are opened and the depths of earth are stirred. Let us now consider ?
also
the Gentiles not by Himself, but by His Apostles, even as, when a little Child, He is shown to them, not by the voice of angels, but merely by the vision of a star. When He Him
among
self
Dearly beloved brethren, hear ye from the Gospel lesson how, when the King of heaven was born, the king of
the
they rejoiced with exceeding great
in Bethle
hem
saying
The star which the wise men had seen in the East, went before them, till they came where the young Child was. And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come Verse. into the house, they found the young Child with Mary His Mother, and fell down and worshipped Him. And when they saw Answer.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
Seventh Responsory.
had begun to speak He was made to us by speakers, but when He silent in the manger, by that silent
known lay
But whether we testimony in heaven. consider the signs which accompanied His birth or His death, this thing is wonderful, namely, the hardness of
TWELFTH-DAY. of the
heart
believe in
who would
Jews,
Him
not
either for prophesying
will
Jews to
337
Whom
not acknowledge that He nature testified is their
all
God, and, being more hardened than the rocks, refuse to be rent by
or for miracles.
repentance.
Eighth Responsory.
When
the wise
men saw
God,"
praise Thee,
"We
O
is said.
LAUDS.
down and and when they had
Mary His Mother, and
fell
worshipped Him opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts gold, and frankincense, ;
The Hymn,
the star,
they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they found the young Child with
;
The Lord our Sa begotten before the day-star,
First Antiphon.
*
viour,
and before the ages,
day made
is this
and myrrh.
manifest in the world.
The star which the wdse men Verse. had seen in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over where the
O Jerusalem, * Second Antiphon. and the glory of is come, thy light the LORD is risen upon thee, and the walk in thy light. shall Gentiles
young Child was. Answer. And when they were come into the house, they found the young Child with Mary His Mother, and fell down and worshipped Him. Verse.
and
to
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Answer. opened unto
when
they
had
the
wise
treasures,
Lord gold, Alleluia.
O ye seas and Fourth Antiphon. * bless O ye ye the Lord. floods, wells,
gifts
;
gold,
bless ye the Lord.
Alleluia.
and frankin Fifth Antiphon. 1
A LL
their
they presented unto the frankincense, and myrrh.
and myrrh. Ninth Lesson.
~^^
When
Third Antiphon.
men * had opened
their treasures, they presented
Him
cense,
And
Alleluia.
things which
He had made,
bore witness that their Maker was come. Let me reckon them after the manner of men. The heavens knew that He was God, and sent a The star to shine over where He lay. sea knew it, and bore Him up when
He
walked upon it. The earth knew and quaked when He died. The sun knew it, and was darkened. The rocks and walls knew it, and rent at
Bright as a fiery beacon gleams * whose mystic star,
The guiding beams Shone o
er the
crib where, veiled in
clay,
The new-born King
of Glory lay.
When
to the manger came the three, They fell in worship on the knee, Then to the King their gifts unfold, The myrrh, the frankincense, and gold.
it,
the hour of His it,
in
death.
Hell
and gave up the dead that were it. And yet up to this very
hour the hearts
of
the
1
Two
A ^^ RISE, light
the
LORD
verses of an
Hymn.
unbelieving
(Isa. Ix.
Chapter.
knew
shine, is is
O
i.)
Jerusalem, for thy
come, and the glory of risen
upon
thee.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
338
Hymn.
1
our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, Amen. world without end. liveth
"DETHLEHEM cities, None can once with thee compare Thou alone the Lord of heaven, of noblest
!
;
Didst for us Incarnate bear.
PRIME. Fairer than the sun at morning, Was the star that told His birth
To
Last verse of the
;
God announcing,
the lands their
Hid beneath a form
as at
Com
of earth.
Antiphon. lambent beauty guided, See, the Eastern Kings appear See them bend, their gifts to offer,
By
Hymn
pline.
its
&c., (First
The Lord our Saviour, Antiphon at Lauds.}
;
Gifts of incense, gold,
In the Short Responsory instead of Verse, "Thou That sittest at the
and myrrh.
the
right Offerings of mystic Incense doth the
meaning
God
hand of the
disclose
And To
Thy
brightness
the
every day
the Gentile world displayed the Father and the Spirit,
With
Answer.
All
ye
angels.
Alleluia.
Antiphon the
at the
Song of Zacharias.
the
Church joined unto * since
is
Heavenly
Bridegroom, away her sins in wise men hasten with
Christ hath washed
Jordan
the
;
the
to
gifts
King
;
and
marriage supper of the that
they
sit
Prayer throughout the
O fest
GOD, Who by
meat
at
make merry with together turned into wine. Alleluia.
water
mercifully
Office.
that
we,
which know Thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of Thy glorious 1
Godhead
Hymn
E. Caswall.
;
through the
made
for confessing Christ,
in the persecution
under the Emperor
Galerius Maximian, the blessed mar tyr Lucian, priest of the Church of distinguished for his learn ing and eloquence, whose praise hath been recorded by holy John ChrysosHe is buried at Helenopolis in tom.
Antioch,
Bithynia.
put to the
the leading of a
grant
is
the Octave.
At Antioch, the holy martyr the deacon Cleri, who on account of his glorious confession was seven times
star didst, as on this day, mani Thine Only-begotten Son to the
Gentiles,
end of
On the morrow we call to mind the return of the Child Jesus out of Egypt. Upon the same 7th day of January, were born into the better life At Nicomedia,
This day
alteration
the
MARTYROLOGY.
Alleluia.
His
manifested
art
!
Amen.
Worship God
same
till
Endless praise to Thee be paid.
Verse.
said :
unto us this day.
;
in
Thou That
Verse.
;
Gold a Royal Child proclaimeth Myrrh a future tomb foreshows.
Holy JESU,
is
Father,"
!
Same
prison,
and
torture, suffered long in at length was beheaded.
In the city of Heraclea, the holy martyrs Felix and Januarius. On the same day, the holy martyr Julian.
In Denmark [in the year 1086], the holy martyr King Canute [IV.], whose
by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens practically unchanged
;
translation
by the Rev.
TWELFTH-DAY. kept on January 19 [although England]. At Pavia, the holy confessor Crispin of that see [in the year ![!.], bishop
feast
not
248]. In Dacia, the holy bishop Nicetas, who by his preaching of the Gospel
savage and barbarous become mild and gentle.
The kings
Answer.
is
in
339
The kings
Verse.
Saba shall Answer.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
tribes
to the Son,
[Fifth
Answer.
Great, and of
whom
mention
by holy Athanasius in the
of holy
and
to the
The kings
bring presents.
Alle
they from Saba
shall
isles shall
All
Verse.
come.
Alleluia.
Answer. incense.
They
[in the year 1275], holy Raymond of Penafuerte, of the order of Friars Preachers, famous for
and teaching, whose feast we keep upon the 23rd day of this
present
SEXT.
The thus
last verse
of the
Hymn
said
is
:
JESU, by Gentiles now adored, With Father and with Holy Ghost, To Thee be praise, as God and Lord,
month of January.
Chapter at the end.
and
shall bring gold
Alleluia.
Anthony. At Barcelona
his holiness
Holy Ghost. of Tarshish and
luia, Alleluia.
made
is
life
of the
of Arabia and
offer gifts.
to
time of the Emperor Constantine the
Alle
luia, Alleluia.
caused
century.] In Egypt, the blessed monk Theo dore, who flourished in holiness in the
and
of Tarshish
of the isles shall bring presents.
On
(Isa. Ix. 6.)
earth as
mid the Angelic
host.
Amen.
A LL
they from Saba shall come, ^~^they shall bring gold and in cense, and they shall show forth the praises of the LORD.
When the wise men, (Third Antiphon at Lattds.}
Antiphon. &c.,
(Isa. Ix. 4.)
Chapter.
TERCE.
T
I
FT
"^
last verse
.thus
of the
Hymn
is
said
JESU, Whom now the Gentiles see, Father and Spirit, One and Three, To Thee, one God, be glory given, By men on earth, by Saints in heaven.
Amen.
O Jerusalem, Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds,,)
*
up thine eyes round about, and see all they gather them ;
they come to thee thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. selves
:
together,
All
they
from
Saba
shall
come.
Alleluia.
Answer. come.
Chapter and Prayer from Lauds.
:
Short Responsory.
Alleluia,
&c.,
*
All they from
Alleluia,
Verse.
They
Saba
shall
Alleluia. shall bring gold
and
incense.
Answer.
Short Responsory,
The kings isles
shall
Alleluia.
of Tarshish
bring
presents.
and of the Alleluia,
to the Son,
Answer. come.
Alleluia, Alleluia. to the Father,
Glory be
Verse.
and All
and
Holy Ghost. they from Saba shall
to the
Alleluia, Alleluia.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
340 Verse.
Worship the LORD.
Alle
In His holy courts.
Alle
luia.
Answer.
the following Commemoration is of the Sunday within the Octave.
The Child JESUS tarried Antiphon. behind in Jerusalem, and His parents
luia.
NONE.
knew Last verse of the
made
Hymn
as at
Com
been
not of in the
it,
Him among
pline.
Him to have and they sought kinsfolk and ac
supposing
company their
:
quaintance.
Antiphon. Bright as a fiery beacon * gleams, &c., (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds. )
All
Verse.
come.
Answer. incense.
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Al
Alleluia,
They shall bring gold and
Worship
LORD.
Alle
luia, Alleluia.
In His holy courts.
Verse.
Answer. Verse.
and
to
O LORD, fully
the
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Answer.
Worship the LORD.
Alle
luia, Alleluia.
Worship God.
Verse.
Answer.
shall
Let us pray.
leluia.
Answer.
Saba
Alleluia.
Short Responsory.
Worship the LORD.
they from
Alleluia.
we beseech Thee, merci
to
receive
people which and grant that they
Thy
the prayers
of
call
upon Thee,
may
both perceive
and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with ;
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Alleluia.
All ye His angels.
Alle
COMPLINE.
luia.
Last verse of the
SECOND VESPERS. Antipkons,
from Lauds. Hymn and
Chapter, Verse
as before.
and Prayer
and Answer from
First Vespers. Psalms as on Sunday.
1 If a Double Minor or Semidouble Feast occur, it is not transferred, but simplified. Only Doubles Major and Feasts of Doctors may be transferred. If Doubles Minor occur on a Double of the first class they are omitted that year. So also Simple Feasts which are otherwise merely commemorated. .
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed This day we keep a holiday honour of three wonders, * this
day a star led the wise men to the manger; this day at the marriage, water was made wine this day was ;
for our Christ, salvation, to be baptized of John in Alleluia.
The following are the rules for the Service during the Octave of the Epi phany.
Virgin. in
Hymn
pleased Jordan.
on
is precisely the
Twelfth-Day
itself,
same
except the
differences hereafter immediately noted,
and If this day should be a Saturday,
The Service
2.
as
those given
every day.
under the head of
SECOND DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE EPIPHANY. Mattins commence as usual with
3.
the following : Invitatory. fest
unto
us,
O
made mani
is
let
come,
us worship
Him.
What
Hymn.
at First
(Hymn
subject to the change mentioned in the
eighth section. Christ
*
makes
thee,
&c.,
Vespers.}
First Responsory
as follows
is
There are three precious
The Antiphons are not dotibled, J. except on the Octave-day. 8. On the First Sunday after the
Epiphany is begun the First Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians, which continued on the following days till These Lessons Saturday inclusive.
is
Except on the Sunday within the Octave, and on the Octave itself, the 4.
:
the
are all given together at p. 359.
make room for them the Epistle to the
which the wise men offered unto the Lord on this day, and they speak a mystery of
to
the
omitted.
things
of God,
gifts
Gold,
to
show
His kingly power frankincense, for our Great High Priest and myrrh, ;
;
against the Lord s burying. Verse. The wise men worshipped the Captain of our Salvation, as He lay in the manger, and when they had their treasures, they presented
opened unto
Him
mystic gifts. Gold, to show His kingly frankincense, for our Great
Answer.
power High Priest and myrrh, against the Lord s burying. ;
;
if need
follows
To
the Lessons from
Romans
are omitted
Hence, if the Feast fell on a Saturday, all the rest of the Epistle the
be.
Romans would
that year
be
9. If the Feastfall on a Sunday, the Then the Octave-day will do so too. first Sunday after the Feast will be observed as the Octave-day, and the
Office of the Sunday will be said on Saturday by anticipatio?i, except the beginning of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, which will still be read on Sunday, and its place in the Sun
day
by anticipation on supplied with Lessons the Epistle to the Romans, given 354. (said
Office
is
Saturday]
from .
5.
The
341
Third Nocturn begins as
:
First
Antiphon.
This
in her, * and the self shall establish her.
born
man
Highest
of
was
Him FIRST NOCTURN.
Psalm
Her
LXXXVI.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
foundation, &c., (p. 144.)
6. Offices are hereafter given for five days within the Octave, besides the Octave-day itself, and the Sunday. These Offices are recited one after another on the five next week-days after the Feast. For example, if the Feast fell on a Saturday, the Office for the Second Day within the Octave would be said on The Lessons
Monday.
of
the First Nocturns of these days are
VOL.
I.
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Romans
SAY J my
(ix.
i.)
the truth in Christ,
conscience
I
lie
not,
me
bearing
wit
ness in the Holy Ghost that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that ;
myself were anathema from Christ for
my
brethren,
to the flesh
;
my who
kinsmen according are
Israelites
M
;
to
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
342
and pertaineth the adoption, the glory, and the covenant, and the service of giving of the law, and the and the promises ; whose are
SECOND NOCTURN.
whom
God,
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
the fathers, and of whom, as concern is ing the flesh, Christ came, a il over God, blessed for ever.
Who
Amen.
(2nd on
V\nSE as
;
children
;
seed be
Abraham, are they
of
seed
the
Isaac
"In
but, called
"
l
;
that
men came from
to
though the word of God For hath taken none effect. all Israelites which are not are they of Israel neither, because they are
^ OT
shall
all
This
the
worship
are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God ; but the chil
dren of the promise are counted for For this is the word of pro the seed. 2 At this time will I come, mise and Sarah shall have a son." And not only she, but when Rebecca also had conceived [twins] by the same our "
:
East
s
Son.
we
the event which
this
day commemorate, the occasion in honour On of which this sermon is preached. them that day first broke in gladness, which year by year, now cometh round is
of
first-fruits
They were the Church
Gentile
that
To
whereof we are the in-gathering.
us the voice of Apostles, to them a star, as a voice from heaven, pro claimed the advent of a Saviour and ;
us
to
voice
the
the
of
Apostolic preachers is also as a voice from heaven, a heaven declaring the glory of God.
Fifth Lesson.
father Isaac.
is
While
the mystery.
He
He drew
lay in the manger,
Third Lesson.
the
Virgin
to us for celebration.
thy
they which
is,
Bishop [of Hippo.] Epiphany, 30^ on the
the
Season. )
Second Lesson. 1VJ
taken from the Sermons
is
of St Austin,
to
Himself wise men from the East while He was unknown in the stable, He was recognised in the heavens
;
being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand,) not of works, but of Him That calleth, was said unto her 3 The elder it
T^OR
children
the
"
;
and, being recognised in the heavens, made Himself known in the stable.
So
shall
the
serve
written
4
"
:
Esau have say then ? with God ?
younger"
Jacob have I
as
it
is
hated."
loved, but What shall we
there
unrighteousness
Is
I
For He saith have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have to
Moses
God
5
:
compassion."
him
that
runneth,
"
I
forbid. will
So
willeth,
but
then,
nor
God
of
it
of that
is
not of
him
that
showeth
Gen.
day
is
Epiphaneia,"
preted,
the
in
called
which
is,
"Manifestation."
Greek
being inter
Wherein
2
xxi. 12. 4
Mai.
i.
2, 3.
Gen.
is
manifested both the greatness and the lowliness of Him, Whose greatness was attested in the stars of heaven,
sought on earth, lowly that there is no room for Him in the inn. And yet, though to be found in fashion as
and Who, being is
a
found
little
so
Child wrapped in swaddlingis the object of worship
clothes, He to the wise
men and
of
terror
the godless.
mercy." 1
this
"
:
3
xviii. 10.
Exod.
xxxiii. 19.
Gen. xxv.
23.
to
SECOND DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE EPIPHANY. Sixth Lesson.
Herod feared when he heard from the wise men of Him Whom they sought, and of Whose birth they knew by the witness of a star. What will be the fearful judgment-seat of Him, Who, even as a Suckling, struck
T7OR
How kings ? much wiser is the thought of those kings who seek Christ like the wise men, to worship Him, than of those who seek Him, like Herod, to slay Him who seek to put Him to that terror
into
haughty
!
same death, which He came from
His
.enemies
for
to suffer
own
their
and which, by His death, He hath trodden down Kings will do well to fear Him Who now sitteth at the right hand of the and Whom Herod Father, feared when He hung upon His mother s breast. salvation,
!
might come and worship Him," but, reality, that, when he had found Him, he might put Him to death.
in
But, behold, of how light weight is the malice of man, when it is tried "
:
LORD,"
East, still led them on they found the new-born King, and presented unto ;
Him gifts then they were warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod. And as it came to pass that, when Herod sought JESUS, he could not find Him even so is it with hypocrites, who, while they make pretence to seek the Lord to worship ;
find
Him,
taken from the to
Matthew
Holy (ii.
i.)
the King, behold, there
came
men from the East to Jerusalem, Where is He That is born saying And so on. King of the Jews ? wise
:
Homily by Pope St Gregory
[the
(loth on the Gospels.}
When Herod knew King, he betook
T
is
as well to
know
that
it
is
one
J
that every
man
is
;
born under
and, to con
this notion, they bring forward the instance of the star of Bethlehem,
which appeared when the Lord was born and which they call His star, that is, the star ruling over His fate or destiny. But if we consider the words of the Gospel concerning this went before, till star, they are it came and stood over where the ;
:
"It
young Child was." Whence we see it was not the young Child Who followed the star, but the star which that
show
himself to his star,
the
young Child, as if to young Child ruled the instead of the star ruling Him. that the
wiles,
desired the wise
gently for the
men
Ninth Lesson.
to search dili
young Child, and when
T)UT
they had
found Him, to bring him word again. He said, "that he also
I
pray that the hearts of the may ever be free from the
faithful
thought
branch of the Manichaean school, which arose
century.
not.
Eighth Lesson.
followed of the birth of
and lest he should be deprived of an earthly kingdom he
A
Him
the influence of a star
JESUS was born in Beth lehem of Judah, in the days of
1
is
firm is
Gospel according
cunning
It
no wisdom, nor
nor counsel, against So the (Prov. xxi. 30.) star which the wise men saw in the the
heretics
our
is
of the opinions of the Priscillianist
Seventh Lesson.
Great]
There
understanding,
T
Herod
of God.
counsel
the
against written
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
343
in
that
anything
ruleth
their
Spain towards the close of the fourth
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
344 destiny.
One
Who
even
He
In this world there is but ruleth the destiny of man, Who made man neither ;
was man made stars
for
man
they
rule
his
for the stars, but the
and
;
if
destiny, for whose
we say that we set them
service they above him were made. When Jacob came out of his mother s womb, and his hand took hold on his elder brother Esau s heel, he could not have done so unless movement had been his first this behind his brother, and, nevertheless, such was not in after life the position of those two brethren whom their mother brought forth at one birth.
acceptable unto God, which is your And be not reasonable service. fashioned according to this world but be ye transformed by the renew that ye may prove ing of your mind :
:
what is that good, and acceptable, For I say, and perfect will of God. through the grace given unto me, to not every man that is among you to think of himself more highly than he ought to think but so to think :
;
as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure
of faith.
Second Lesson. as we have many members in one body, and all members have so we, being not the same office many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another,
T^OR
LAUDS.
Aniiphon at the Song of Zacharias. There came wise men from the East * to Bethlehem to worship the Lord and when they had opened their :
treasures, they presented unto Him gold, as unto the Great precious gifts frankincense as unto the true King and myrrh for His burying. God ;
;
;
;
and having
gifts differing according grace that is given to us whether prophecy, according to the or ministry, in proportion of faith or he that teacheth, in ministering he that exhorteth, in ex teaching he that giveth, in sim hortation
the
to
;
;
;
;
Alleluia.
VESPERS.
Antiphon at the Song of
;
the Blessed
When the wise men saw the they rejoiced with exceeding and when they were come great joy into the house, they presented unto
he that ruleth, he that showeth mercy, plicity
;
in carefulness
;
in cheerfulness.
Virgin.
star,
*
Third Lesson.
;
the
Lord
myrrh.
gold,
frankincense,
and
T
ET
*~*
Alleluia.
to
be
love
without
that which
Abhor
which is one
that
affectioned
of
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Romans T ^
(xii.
I.)
BESEECH you, therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that ye pre sent your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
hypocrisy. cleave
evil,
be
;
another,
kindly with
honour preferring in not slothful in business fervent in spirit serving the Lord
brotherly
love,
one another FIRST NOCTURN.
good to
is
;
;
;
;
in tribula rejoicing in hope ; patient tion ; continuing instant in prayer ; distributing to the necessity of the
saints
;
given
to
hospitality.
them which persecute you
:
Bless
bless
and
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that curse not.
be of the same mind one toward another setting not your heart
weep
;
;
THIRD DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE EPIPHANY. on high
things, but
condescending to
things that are lowly.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Sermons of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.]
(2nd on
Bethlehem of Judah for thus it is And thou Bethlehem in the :
written
SECOND NOCTURN.
the Epiphany.*}
kings of the Jews had been and died, but which of them was sought after by wise men to worship him ? Not one for not
JV/TANY
born,
:
land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah, for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule My people Israel." What else are we to understand that God s Provi dence would here signify, than that there should remain among the Jews those Divine Writings only, whereby the
Gentiles
wise
came
from far to find Him, being born in their midst, the second knew not. first
Whom,
while
enlightened, ?
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
men
standeth in strong contrast to the blindness of the Jews. The
are
they themselves remain dark
:
one had been proclaimed by the voice of heaven. Let us not also pass by the fact that the enlightenment of the
345
is
taken from the Holy
Gospel according
to
Matthew
(ii.
I.)
\1THEN JESUS was born in Beth lehem of Judah, in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying Where is He That is born King of the Jews ? And so :
Fifth Lesson.
PHE
wise men found Child among those
the
young
who denied
Him.
These holy pilgrims came and worshipped the yet silent Christ in the land whose inhabitants, after He grew up and worked miracles, crucified Him. They worshipped in that tiny Body the God Whom, amid great signs and wonders, the Jews would not spare even as a man. They who saw the Star which shone at His birth, put it to more profit than they who saw the sun veiled at His death.
on.
Homily by Pope St Gregory
The wise men brought incense,
[the
(loth on the Gospels.}
Great.]
and myrrh.
gold, frank is the fit
Gold
ting gift to a King, frankincense is offered in sacrifice to God, and with
myrrh are embalmed the bodies of the
dead.
By
the
gifts,
therefore,
which they presented unto Him, the wise men set forth three things con cerning
Him
unto
Whom
they offered
which led the wise men towards the place where the new-born God dwelt with His Virgin
by the gold, that He was King by the frankincense, that He was God and by the myrrh, that He was to die. There are some heretics who believe Him to be God, but con fess not His Kingly dominion over all
Mother, ceased to shine when
things
them
;
Sixth Lesson.
T HE
to the
;
star
city of Jerusalem,
were inquiring Christ
;
should
of
the
be born.
came
it
while they
Jews
where
The Jews
answered them according to the timony of the Divine Scriptures :
tes "
In
;
these offer
unto
Him
frank
incense, but refuse Him gold. are some others who admit that
There
He
is
King, but deny that He is God these present unto Him gold, but will not give Him frankincense. ;
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
346
VESPERS.
Eighth Lesson.
T HERE who
some other
are
heretics
profess that Christ
is
both
King, but not that He took a dying nature these offer Him gold and frankincense, but not myrrh for Let us, Manhood. the however,
God and
;
Song of the Blessed
Antiphon at the
O
Virgin.
Thou
Light,
Light of Christ, Thou * art made manifest,
and the wise men have presented unto Thee gifts. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
present gold unto the new-born Lord, His universal King unto Him frankin offer us let ship
acknowledging
of
;
cense, confessing that
He Who
hath
been made manifest unto us in time, let us give is God before time was unto Him myrrh, believing that He Who cannot surfer as touching His Godhead, was made capable of death as touching the manhood which He
FIRST NOCTURN. First Lesson.
;
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Romans T
i.)
(xiii.
ET
every soul be subject unto the For there is no higher powers. power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever,
shareth with us.
:
Ninth Lesson. also
is
another significa-
tion in this gold, frankincense,
Gold is a type of wis l In the Solomon
and myrrh.
dom
;
mouth
as
"
saith
:
of the wise abideth a treasure to
be desired." Frankincense, which is burnt in honour of God, is a figure of prayer witness the words of the ;
cxl. Psalmist, (Ps. 2:) "Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee." By myrrh is represented the as putting to death of the body where the holy Church saith of her labourers who strive for God even unto death My hands dropped with myrrh." (Cant. v. 5.) ;
"
:
LAUDS.
Antiphon at
the
Song of Zacharias.
* are Gold, frankincense, and myrrh, which wise three the the precious gifts men offered unto the Lord, as unto Great King. the Son of God, the Alleluia.
resisteth
therefore,
HPHERE
the power, resist-
And they earn for themselves dam for rulers are not a terror to nation good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt eth the ordinance of God. that resist :
have praise of the same minister of
God
;
for
he
is
the
to thee for good.
Second Lesson.
T)UT
if thou do that which is evil, be afraid for he beareth not For he is the the sword in vain. a revenger to exe minister of God cute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath, but also for con ;
;
science
sake.
For,
pay ye
tribute
also
God
s
for :
this
for
cause
they
are
ministers, attending continually
Him for this very thing. Ren therefore, to all their dues ; trib custom to whom tribute is due
upon der,
ute to
honour Prov. xxi. 20.
;
whom
custom
to
(LXX.)
whom
;
fear to
honour.
whom
fear
;
FOURTH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE EPIPHANY. Third Lesson. no man anything, but to love one another for he that loveth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit ;
adultery, shalt not false
not kill, Thou Thou shalt not bear Thou shalt not covet
Thou
witness, there be
and
if
ment, it is saying: neighbour as
"Thou
shalt
love
Therefore his neighbour. the fulfilling of the law.
is
pleased to be born for all, so willed He to be forthwith made manifest to all. Three wise men in the East, brilliant therefore, saw a new and star, which, by excelling all others in brightness and beauty, attracted the eyes and thoughts of all beholders :
and thereby it became at once evi dent that some new and great event had befallen.
thy
Love worketh
thyself."
to
ill
love
;
any other command briefly comprehended in
this
no
shalt
steal,
347
Sixth Lesson.
^PHEN
He Who had
given the understanding to and having given those that saw it to them to understand that He was born, He gave them the grace to seek
gave
sign,
;
SECOND NOCTURN.
Him
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson mons
of
is
taken from
Pope St Leo
the
Ser
[the Great.]
(istfor Twelfth-Day.}
EARLY
we beloved brethren, have but lately celebrated that day whereon the inviolate virginity of Blessed Mary gave to man a "P\
Saviour.
And
now
the
venerable
solemnity of the Epiphany giveth us a continuance of joy. So that by the nearness of these two holy Feasts, the freshness of our gladness and the quickening of our faith hath no time
is already made manifest before leaving the humble city of His birth.
men
heavenly
is true that the Lord chose the nation of Israel, and in that na tion one family, whence to take upon Him that nature which He shareth
with time, walls
all
but, at the same not that the narrow Mother s house should
mankind,
He would of His
imprison within them all the bright ness of His appearing, and, as He was
light,
They, knowing that He was born a King, sought Him in the Royal City but He Who had taken upon Him the form of a servant, and came not to judge but to be judged, had chosen Bethlehem for His birth, and Jerusalem for His Suffering. of truth.
;
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (ii. i.)
JESUS was born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of
Fifth Lesson.
TT
to
followed the guiding of the and, with their eyes firmly fixed upon the glory that went before them, were so led by the light of grace as to obtain the knowledge
wise
And truly it wherein to die away. concerneth the salvation of all men, that the Mediator between God and
men
being sought by them, The three be found.
and,
;
was pleased
Herod
the
King, behold there came
men from the East to Jerusalem, saying Where is He That is born King of the Jews ? And so on.
wise
:
Homily by Pope St Gregory
The wise men lesson
[the
(loth on the Gospels.}
Great.]
in
that
teach
"they
us
a great
departed
into
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
348
own
their
country
That which they of
God
a
in
did,
dream,")
Our country
is
have once
known
another
way."
("being
warned
we ought to do. and, when we JESUS, we can
heaven
;
never get there by returning on the way wherein we walked before we knew Him. We have left our coun
by the way of pride, and dis obedience, and worldliness, and for bidden indulgence we must seek that try far,
also
Solomon the
ter
saith
heart
is
end of that mirth xiv.
And
13.) It
laughter,
What
fleshly appetites.
"
:
heart of fools
ET
"I
(Prov. said of
and of mirth,
;
And (Eccles. ii. 2.) The heart of the wise is is
of mourning, but the in the house of mirth, 7
5.)
LAUDS.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. have seen His star * in the East, and are come with gifts to worship
We
the Lord.
VESPERS.
Eighth Lesson.
T
laugh
and the
"
:
heavenly Fatherland by tears, by sub jection, by contempt of the things which are seen, and by curbing the
in
it ?
yet again in the house
(vii.
;
is heaviness,"
again:
mad
is
doeth
Even
"
:
sorrowful
us then depart into our own country another way. They that
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Herod inquired * of the wise men What is the sign that ye have seen that a King is born ? We have Virgin. :
have
by enjoyment put away from it, must seek sorrow.
Therefore,
again by
it
my dearly beloved
behoveth us to be
it
brethren,
themselves
ever
seen the shining of the
star, the
glory
whereof enlighteneth the whole world.
and watch, having continually before the eyes of our heart, on the one hand, the guilt of our doings, and,
*
fearful
on
the
other,
the judgment
at
ay wt tftn of
the
It behoveth us to think day. that awful Judge will surely come,
latter
how Whose judgment
is
and hath not yet
fallen
hanging over us, the wrath to come is before sinners, and hath not and the Judge yet yet smitten them order
in
cometh, there
when
that,
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
He
haply be less to
may
Romans
condemn.
T T IM
Ninth Lesson.
T
ET
ffie
:
:
tarrieth
(xiv.
that
is
ceive ye,
us faults
ourselves
our with weeping, and, with
afflict
the Psalmist,
"
let
us
come
for
before His
Presence with thanksgiving." Let us take heed that we be not fooled by the appearance of earthly happiness, or seduced by the vanity of earthly For the Judge is at hand, pleasure.
even
He That
that
laugh
and
weep,"
saith Woe unto you now, for ye shall mourn
(Luke
"
:
vi.
fljc
25.)
Hence
i.)
weak
in
but
not
the faith re to
doubtful
For one believeth that disputations. he may eat all things another, who is Let not him that weak, eateth herbs. :
eateth despise him that eateth not and let not him which eateth not,
:
judge him that eateth for God hath received him. Who art thou that To judgest another man s servant ? his own Master he standeth or falleth ; for God yea, he shall be holden up :
:
is
able to
make him
stand.
FIFTH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE EPIPHANY. Second Lesson.
of
one man esteemeth one day above another another esteem eth every day alike let every man be
T7OR
;
;
fully
persuaded
that
regardeth
He
own mind.
in his
several
on
We
events.
joyful
349 are
our Lord Christ was, first, manifested to the Gentiles by the leading of a star secondly, that being bidden to a mar turned water into wine riage, He and, thirdly, that He received baptism from John, whereby He hallowed the waters of the Jordan, and cleansed 3 that
taught
this
day,
;
;
unto the Lord
;
the day, regardeth it and he that eateth,
eateth to the Lord
And he
thanks.
:
for
he giveth God
that eateth
to
not,
him
Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord and whether we die, we die the
Fifth Lesson.
ICH
of these events was the
He knoweth by Whose
;
unto
Lord.
the
therefore, or die,
Whether we live, we are the Lord s.
Third Lesson.
17 OR
end Christ died and rose again, that He might be the Lord both of the dead and living. But why dost thou judge thy brother ? to
this
Or why dost thou ? For we
set at
nought thy stand be fore the judgment-seat of Christ. For brother is
it
written:
"As
shall all
I
live,
saith
the
Me
every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to l God." So then every one of us shall Let give account of himself to God. us not therefore judge one another any more. Lord, unto
SECOND NOCTURN.
i
(
2
st
is taken from the Sermons Maximus, Bishop [of Turin.] on the Epiphany. )
St
EARLY "T^
beloved brethren, we are
instructed
by the tradition of the Fathers, that we have to keep holiday on this solemnity in honour 1
Will they came to pass for us it is needful to believe and doubt not that whatever was wrought was wrought for us. For to the Gentiles is given a ;
hope of worshipping that Very God of Very God, to adore Whom the Chaldasans were led by the rays of a So also He That by glorious star. His Will changed water into wine, hath given us to drink of the cup of His Blood of the New Testament ;
and the
Lamb
of
God
baptized in the Jordan hath hallowed for us that sav ing Fountain wherein we are born again.
Sixth Lesson.
n^HEREFORE, my ness
The Lesson of
greatest,
brethren, as
we
have
lately celebrated with glad
the
Festival
of our Saviour s behoveth us with all earnestness to keep holy in His hon our, this the birth-day of His wonder birth, so
Fourth Lesson.
Him.
that baptised
now
it
And, verily, these three anniversaries are rightly on one day preached to us, who acknowledge the working.
unspeakable mystery of the Trinity under the name of one God. By these miracles the Lord Christ our
Redeemer
willed
to manifest
to
men
Isa. xlv. 23.
2 The At Turin, the birthday of St Maximus, Bishop and Martyrology for June 25, says Confessor, very famous for learning and holiness." He was born about the close of the fourth century, was Bishop of Turin at the beginning of the fifth, and died after 465, aged eighty or 3 Purificasse. ninety years. Nothing more accurate is strictly historical. "
:
VOL.
I.
M
2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
350 some
of the power of that Godhead, in Him lay hidden under the
should be called
Which
tinguish
Manhood.
guished as
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (ii. I.) is
HEN
r
JESUS was born in Beth lehem of Judah, in the days of the king, behold, there came the East to Jerusalem,
Herod
men from saying Where wise
He That And so
is
:
King of the Jews
?
Bethlehem.]
St
(Bk.
i.
is
the
prophet Micah, (v. 2,) hath: But Bethlehem thou, Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah[, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel."] "
born
Ninth Lesson.
A ND
Comm. on Matth.
Him and
have seen
His
star
in
the
In order that the Jews might confounded by hearing from the
East."
be
Gentiles
of the birth of
rose
star
in
the
Christ,
these gifts
"
the
it would come, by the prophecy Balaam, whose successors they were. See the Book of Numbers,
of
their
is
and
frankincense, of
The mystic meaning
thus neatly expressed by Priest,
3
To God made man, born
Israel s
King,
Frankincense, myrrh, and gold they "
that
gold,
gifts, myrrh."
Juvencus the
They knew
East.
when they had opened
treasures they presented unto
[at
ii.)
"We
distin
because there
on.
Priest
Jerome,
Judah,"
fitly
in
"
Homily by
of
is
the one in Galilee.
Seventh Lesson.
\7U
"
to dis
Judea"
it
Judea another Bethlehem, namely, See the Book of Joshua the son of Nun. (xix. 15.) Finally, the passage cited, which is in
is
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
"of
But
it.
And
being warned of
God
in
bring."
a dream
that they should not return to Herod,
having where Christ should be born, might have no power to plead that they knew not of His
they departed into their own country another way." They who had pre sented unto the Lord gifts, were honoured by receiving a warning, not from an Angel, but from God Himself; whereas even Joseph was warned only
coming.
by an Angel.
men
The
17.)
(xxiv.
led
the
wise
to Judea, that the Priests,
demanded
it
star
of
them
They departed into own country another way, that
Eighth Lesson.
they
might not be brought into contact with
A ND
they said unto him, In Beth this is a Judea," mistake of copyists. 1 In our opinion, what the Evangelist wrote must have been, not "of Judea," but "of Judah." "
their
the unbelief of the Jews.
lehem of
Thus
it
there
is
among 1
is
in the
Hebrew
text. 2
Nor
any town called Bethlehem any other people, that this
Which has
Judah,"
LAUDS.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. nations shall come * from afar,
All
bringing their
gifts
with them.
Alle
luia.
since been corrected in the Latin Vulgate, which but the accepted Greek text still retains the inaccuracy.
now reads, In Bethlehem of The Missal agrees with the "
Vulgate. 2
3
(apparently) the Hebrew Gospel used by the Nazarenes, but now lost. C. Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus, of the fourth century, priest and poet, composed his
I.e.,
on the Gospels during the peace of Constantine.
Poem
SIXTH DAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE EPIPHANY. VESPERS.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed All they from Saba shall * come, they shall bring gold and
will
saith
His
3
Name."
Rejoice,
LORD, Him, all ye
all
the Gentiles
shall
God
of hope
fill
you
all
myself also
am
persuaded of you,
my
of love, filled with all knowledge, so that ye are able to admonish one another. Never
his neighbour in that which is good, to edification. For even Christ pleased not Himself, but,
that
the
brethren, that ye also are
one of you please
them
Him
in
Now
joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy Ghost. And I with
i.)
theless,
brethren,
I
more boldly unto you putting you in mind
The reproaches of reproached Thee fell on Me." x
people."
"
Gentiles, trust."
then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, .and not to please ourselves. Let every
written
ye nations,
and praise
5 There again Isaias saith: be a root of Jesse, and He shall arise to reign over the
is
7E
.as it is
"
:
shall
That
taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
All
And again He ye nations, with 4 O praise again
A ND
^^
First Lesson.
(xv.
His
Third Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Romans
And
people."
MATTINS.
The Lesson
for
Therefore
O
"
:
the
op wttjjtn fge Ocfave of
"
give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, heathen, and sing praises
I
among the unto Thy
Alleluia, Alleluia.
2
:
;
Virgin.
incense.
God
that the Gentiles glorify mercy as it is written
351
"
:
full
have written the in ;
some
sort, as
because of the
grace that is given to me of God, that I should be the minister of JESUS
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope.
Christ to the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles
may
be made acceptable and
sanctified in the
Holy Ghost.
Second Lesson. "^T
OW the
God
of patience
solation grant
you
and con be
to
SECOND NOCTURN.
like-
Fourth Lesson.
minded one toward another, according to Christ JESUS, that ye may with one
mind and one mouth
glorify
The Lesson
God, even
($th on Twelfth-Day.}
same God Who in the Old Testament had commanded the first - fruits to be offered to Himself, being born as a man, Himself con secrated to His own worship the first"pHE
;
1
Ps. Ixviii. 10. 4 Ps. cxvi. i. 6
2
Ps. xvii. 50.
5
i sa .
x i. I0
taken from the Sermons
is
of St Fulgentius, 6 Bishop [of Ruspa.]
the Father of our Lord JESUS Christ. Wherefore receive ye one another as Christ also received you, to the glory of God. For I say that JESUS Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers but
3
Deut. xxxii. 43 (LXX.)
(LXX.)
Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentius, born 468
;
cr.
bishop of Ruspa 508
;
died 533.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
352 fruits
The Shepherds
of the nations.
were the
first-fruits
and
the wise
men
The
of the Jews, of the Gentiles.
came from
first
second from
the
near at hand,
afar.
"Where
is
He,"
is born King of the "that Herod, the king of the Jews, Jews ? had already had children. Archelaus was born in a palace, Christ at an inn Archelaus was laid in a silver
say they, "
;
And yet manger. sought, not Archelaus, they did not even name
cradle, Christ in a
the wise
men
but Christ
;
him that was born in a palace, but when they found Him That lay in a manger, they fell down and wor shipped Him.
more reason
hast
to fear
Him
as the
Fear Him, not as a pretender to thy kingdom, but fear Him as Him Who will pass a most just sentence of condemnation on thee because thou hast not believed in said Herod, and bring Him. Go," me word again, that I may come We know and worship Him also." thy cunning lying, thy godless un
Almighty Judge.
"
"
The
belief, thine iniquitous treachery.
blood
of
the
which
thou witness to us
innocents
didst
cruelly shed, is of what thou wouldst have done to
Him.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
Fifth Lesson. is AA/HO VV The
King of the Jews? Poor and the Rich, the the
Lowly and the Exalted One. Who is He Who, King of the Jews ?
Herod
being carried at the breast, is adored as the Eternal He Who lieth tiny in
wise
;
and
is
He
heavens cannot contain
;
W hom
He Who
meanly wrapped in swaddling and is more glorious than
Why
stars.
Herod
?
art
He
thou
that
is
the
born
Jews cometh not by carnal to other kings, conquer a marvellous working, by dying, to subdue them to Himself. He is not born to be thy successor, but that the world may faithfully believe in Him. He cometh, not warfare but by
that
He may fight in the flesh, He may conquer through
but the
suffering of death.
the
Whom
the wise Child, men call the King of the Jews, is Maker and Lord of Angels. If little
thou fearest
Him
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop [of (Book ii. on Luke ii.)
Milan.]
What and
true
are the gifts of the faithful Gold to our King, frank
?
incense to our God, and myrrh to Him The first is that died for us. whereof are made the royal honours of
Who
kings, the second
ing which
is
used
is
that mystic offer worship of the
in the
Divine Power, and the third is that wherewith we pay respect to the dead, whose bodies it keepeth from corrup tion. My brethren, let us who hear
and read these things, make out of what treasures we have
Sixth Lesson. "THE
at
His
birth,
came
King, behold there
the
:
O
King
of the
that
i.)
(ii.
is
the
all
Matthew
men from the East to Jerusalem, Where is He That is born saying King of the Jews ? And so on.
clothes,
troubled,
taken from the Holy Gos
JESUS was born in Beth lehem of Judah, in the days of
the
the manger,
is
pel according to
thou
we have
it
iv.
If
7.)
have,
we
in earthen vessels.
we
confess that
all
offering -albeit (
2
Cor.
that
we
have, not from ourselves, but
from Christ, how much more should we confess that whatever we have is not our own, but Christ
s ?
SATURDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE EPIPHANY. VESPERS.
Eighth Lesson.
*T*HE
men
wise
Him
gifts.
Wilt thou know how pleasing to Him The star appeared to they were ? them, but disappeared when it came near Herod. Then it appeareth to them again, leading them on the This star way that led to Christ. then was the way, and we know Christ the
in
nation
;
written
is
"the
And truly (John xiv. 6.) mystery of His Incar He is called a Star as it
Way."
also
Himself
calleth
"
:
There
come
shall
the Song of the Blessed The wise men being warned a dream, departed into their own
Antiphon at
out of their treas-
ures presented unto
that
Virgin.
*
in
country another way.
The Sabbath within Eight Days of the Epiphany. The Vespers as follows.
"
a Star
is
the
bright
;
(Apoc. xxii. 1 6.) leadeth to JESUS
He
yea,
and
Himself
is
morning
And
Star."
the light that
His own.
is
better
departed
They Christ,
than
There are two ways,
i.)
"DRETHREN, you, by the mercies of God, that ye pre sent your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Verse
and Answer
as on
the Feast, (p. 331.)
The wise
men came by one way and de parted by another. seen Christ, knew
xii.
beseech
I
Hymn and
EM ARK another point.
the Chapter are
(Rom.
Chapter.
Ninth Lesson.
~D
from
forth
a Star out of Jacob, and a Man shall rise out of Israel." 1 Where Christ is, there
353
that
Antiphon at
had
The
Virgin.
the
Song of the Blessed
Child
and they
behind
came.
parents
Jerusalem, knew not of
Him
have been
they
the one which
leadeth to destruction, the other which leadeth to the kingdom the one is the way of sin, which leadeth to Herod the other is Christ, the true Way, Who ;
in
to
in
JESUS tarried * and His it,
supposing
the
;
company and they sought Him among their kinsfolk
and acquaintance.
;
leadeth
us
home
to
the
Prayer.
fatherland,
from that journeying here, whereof it is said My soul hath long dwelt as
r\^ LORD,
an
Thy people which call upon Thee and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and
"
:
exile."
(Ps. cxix. 5.)
LAUDS.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. They that despised Thee * 2 shall come unto Thee, and shall bow themselves down at the Soles of Thy Feet. 1
Numb.
"man"
is
xxiv.
LXX.
17,
where
in the present text
^"
>
fully
we beseech Thee,
to
receive the
merci-
prayers of :
the same, fulfil faithfully to through our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy
power Son,
Who
liveth
and reigneth with
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, Amen. one God, world without end. it
is 2
not
"a
man,"
Cf. Isa. Ix. 14;
but
"a
Apoc.
iii.
sceptre."
9.
The
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
354 Then
made a Commemoration of
is
The Antiphon is that the Epiphany. proper to that particular day within the Octave.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Romans come
Saba
they from
All
Verse.
shall
Unless
our
They
shall
bring
gold
sister,
ye receive
it be
the Fifth
Day
within
which case are said :
unto you Phoebe is a Deaconess of
who
the Church which
Alleluia.
the Octave, in
I.)
COMMEND
T
Alleluia.
Answer. and incense
(xvi.
cometh
her
is
in
at Cenchreae, that
Lord as be-
the
and
that
ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. Greet Prisca, and Aquila, my helpers in Christ JESUS, (who have for my unto life laid down their own necks whom not only I give thanks, but also Saints,
:
Worship God
Verse.
Answer.
Alleluia.
All ye His angels
Alle
luia.
;
Prayer as
o?t
the Feast.
Should
and
the Feast fall on a Sunday, therefore the Office for the Sunday
the Octave be anticipated on Saturday, the above, being the First Vespers of the Sunday, are said on
all
the Churches of the Gentiles) is in their house.
and
the church that
within
Friday evening.
Second Lesson IVT
OW
I
(17.)
.
beseech you, brethren, mark
them which cause
divisions
offences, contrary to the doctrine
and
which
and avoid them. ye have learned For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord, but their own belly ;
:
JFirst
Suntiag after
tfje
and by good words and
fair
speeches
For deceive the hearts of the simple. your obedience is known everywhere The Lord s
Day the
All
within eight days of
Epiphany.
said as
071 the Feast, according given on p. 340, (which except what is otherwise given
is
I abroad rejoice therefore in you. But I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning ;
evil.
to the rules see]
here.
Third Lesson.
my pIMOTHY Lucius and my
FIRST NOCTURN.
The following Lessons are only used
when on
this Office is said by anticipation Otherwise the First
Saturday.
Epistle to the See p. 359.
work
-fellow,
and
Jason, and Sosipater,
MATTINS.
Corinthians
1
is
I.e.,
begun.
kinsmen, salute you.
I,
Tertius,
who wrote
this Epistle, salute
the Lord.
Caius,
mine
host,
1
you in and the
whole Church, salute you. Erastus, the chamberlain of the city, saluteth
The and Quartus a brother. grace of our Lord JESUS Christ be Amen. with you all. you,
the secretary of the Apostle.
FIRST
SUNDAY AFTER THE TWELFTH-DAY.
SECOND NOCTURN.
355
Sixth Lesson.
Fourth Lesson.
TIPOR
the strengthening of this our which we profess in the
faith,
The Lesson is taken from the Sermons of Pope St Leo [the Great] ($th on the Epiphany.}
T
of
meet and
is
right, dearly
beloved
brethren, yea, it is our bounden duty and godly service, to rejoice with full hearts upon those days which
more
especially set forth before us and workings of God s mercy
the
;
have
honourable memory those things that were done for our salvation. Hereto are we called by the seasons in
of the year w-hich continually return,
and notably by but
after
since
a
eternal
this
of
it
to
of the East, of reading the stars, should see the sign of the birth of that Child Who was to reign over the uttermost
and excel
in
passing
minds of that
was
the
parts
skill
There appeared
Israel.
all
eyes of wise
men
the
to
a new star of such
beauty, as wrought in the all that saw it the persuasion
the event, which is announced, of an importance not to be
neglected.
which,
hath passed
THIRD NOCTURN.
whereon the CoGod was born of
day
Son
present,
time
short
that
mercy come to pass one of those peoples who dwell
God hath made
that in
T
to
face of every false doctrine, the
a Virgin, bringeth now the Feast of the Epiphany, hallowed by the Manifestation of the Lord.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the
Gospel according
to
Luke
(ii.
Holy 42.)
VXTHEN Fifth Lesson.
T
N
after this said Manifestation the
good
God hath appointed
Providence of
a strong bulwark to our faith. For now, while in solemn worship we call to
mind how the childhood of the
Saviour was
adored in its first in fancy, we receive from the original Scriptures
the
was born with man. For this of
the
Christ
that
very
nature
of
which maketh even to believe one and the same our Lord
sinners
that in
doctrine that
is
saints,
very Godhead very Godhead, as touching Which, He, being in the form of God, is equal to the Father from everlasting to everlast
JESUS Christ there and very Manhood
ing
and
very
He, taking upon servant, hath in been born Man.
is
Manhood,
Him
wherein
the form of a
these
latter
days
when
JESUS was twelve years old they went up to Jerusalem, the custom of the Feast, and they had fulfilled the days, as
they returned, the child JESUS tarried And so on. in Jerusalem.
behind
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop (Bk. ii. o?t Luke ii.)
[of
Milan.]
We
read that when He was twelve years old the Lord began to dispute. The number of His years was the same as the number of the Apostles whom He afterwards sent forth to preach the Faith. He Who, as touch ing His Manhood, was filled with
wisdom and grace from
God,
was
not careless of the parents of the same Manhood, and, after three days, was pleased to be found in the Temple thereby foreshadowing that, after the :
three days of His victorious Passion, He That had been reckoned with the
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
356
dead, would present Himself, living, to our faith, in His heavenly Kingship
and Divine Majesty.
Father is greater than the Son, and, if the Father be greater than the Son, there is that, than which the Son
the
is
Eighth Lesson. TLJ
"
OW
is
it
less
hath
Me
"
? ;
He was He less
one from His Father, another from His Mother. That from His Father is His Eternal Generation as God the Son that from His Mother is that
work for us and minister to us. Those acts, therefore, of His, which are above nature, be yond His age, and different to His cus
Mother moveth
Him
to
work
a miracle here He answereth her, because she treateth that which was
from outside
subject to His
than she
Chapter.
of the
Godhead, as though it had been of the Manhood. On this occa sion it is said that He was twelve years old, but on the other He had His mother had already disciples. seen His wonders on the earlier occa sion, and had learnt from her Son to call on the mightier nature for a
(Rom.
Antiphon at
the
Jerusalem, not of it,
i.)
been
in
tarried behind in * and His parents knew supposing Him to have the and they company ;
sought Him among and acquaintance.
Ninth Lesson. to Nazareth, and was subject unto them." No wonder that the great Teacher should
shall
we marvel how His Mother, business ? His
subject to
their
Prayer throughout
C\ LORD,
kinsfolk
the Office.
we beseech Thee merci
fully to
He came
And
xii.
Song of Zacharias.
receive the prayers
people which and grant that they
He Who was
!
The Child JESUS
Thy
practise.
Was
?
forbid
T3RETHREN, beseech you by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
work of power. 1
A ND
Himself.
Mother
God
?
sent,
some
I
;
"
is
of
to
tom, proceeded not from the strength of His Manhood, but from the power of His Godhead. On another occa sion His
need
LAUDS.
;
He came
He Who
that
necessity,
strengthening
that ye sought
Christ hath two Generations
whereby
yea,
;
of
call
of
upon Thee
;
both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same, through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
may
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
was about His Father s subjection to His Mother proceeded,
Amen.
not from weakness, but from dutiful affection. Nevertheless, the false ser pent lifteth its head from its cruel lair,
A Commemoration is made of the Epiphany. Antiphon and Prayer as on the Feast and the following.
and
spitteth poison from its venomous breast. The heretics say that, as the
Son was 1
sent by the Father, therefore
Verse.
come
All
they from
Saba
shall
Alleluia.
Translated directly from the works of the Saint. In the Breviary the passage has got rrupted, even to the substitution of a negative for an affirmative ("ne" for "ut").
OCTAVE DAY OF THE EPIPHANY. Answer. incense
At
They
shall bring gold
and
Octave
357
ap of fge
Alleluia.
Chapter and Prayer from
Terce^
The Eighth Day after
Lauds.
the
Epiphany.
Double.
SEXT.
(Rom.
Chapter.
T7OR
xii.
All as on the Feast except as other wise directed in the rules given on p. 340, or given here.
3.)
say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is
First Vespers as the First Vespers of
I
not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ; but so to think as to think soberly.
among you
:
the Feast, except the Prayer,
which
is
taken from Lauds.
When
Day falls on Sun Vespers on Saturday are the Vespers of the Octave, with a this Octave
day, the
First
Commemoration of
the Sunday within This Commemoration is made by the Antiphon Son, why hast
NONE.
the Octave.
"
(Rom.
Chapter.
xii.
4.)
Verse
OR
we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office so we, being 1C*
as
;
many, are one body every one
in
and
Christ,
members one
of another, in Christ JESUS our Lord.
and Answer, and the Prayer,
"All Thou, &c.," they from Saba, &c.," O Lord, we beseech Thee, &c.," as above. If the Octave Day Jails on a "
the same Commemoration made on Sunday evening.
Monday
is
MATTINS. VESPERS.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Antiphons, Chapter and Prayerfrom Lauds. Psalms as on Sundays.
Hymn and
Verse
and Answer
Lessons from Scripture according the Season, that
Son, Virgin. dealt with us ?
hast
why * Thy
father
thus
and
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
I
have sought Thee sorrowing. How is it that ye sought Me ? Wist ye not I that must be in My Father s house ?
of
*
is taken from the Sermons St Gregory of Nazianzus, Pa
triarch
course
T
AM
Commemoration
made of the Epiphany. Antiphon and Prayer as at the Second Vespers of the Feast, and the Verse and Answer All they from is
"
Saba,
&c."
1
2
as at Lauds.
May
(Dis
[of Constantinople.] the Epiphany.} 1
091
not able to restrain the out
bursts of
A
to
Cor.
SECOND NOCTURN.
the Blessed
Thou
from
i
as at
the First Vespers of the Epiphany.
Antiphon at the Song of
is,
my
happiness.
I
feel
I forget my own changed and elated. meanness while I undertake and try
discharge the office of the great It is true that I am not the John. Forerunner, but at least I come from to
9.
In the original called by one of the Greek
names
"
:
The Holy
Lights."
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
358 the
desert. 1
2
Christ
is enlightened, enlighteneth us with His own light. Christ is baptized let us go down with Him into the water, that we may come up with
or
He
rather,
;
A T
that time John seeth JESUS coming unto him, and saith Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him That taketh away the sin of the :
"^^
:
And
world.
so on.
Him.
is
JOHN He
Hippo.]
JESUS cometh.
baptizing.
He may make He holy him who baptizeth Him cometh to bury the old Adam in the waters He cometh to hallow the blessed flood of Jordan. He Who is cometh that
;
;
Flesh and Spirit cometh to open for that should ever be baptized that
all
power of generation are
peoples water and
whereby
"
new of
constantly begotten The the Holy Ghost.
Baptist will not receive striveth
with him.
Him.
"
I,"
St Austin, Bishop (6tk Tract on John.}
Homily by
Fifth Lesson.
JESUS
saith John,
have need to be baptized of
Thee."
John knew JESUS even before He came to be baptized of him in Jordan, as we perceive by the words
the candle to the Sun, the voice to the Word.
"I
:
have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me ? Behold, how he knew that He was the Lord, how he knew that He was the Son of God How do we prove that he knew that He it was Who should Be baptize with the Holy Ghost ? fore the Lord came to the river, when many betook themselves to John to be baptized of him, the Baptist said "
!
:
indeed baptize you with water but One Mightier than I cometh the latchet of Whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with "
Thus speaketh
[of
I
:
;
:
Sixth Lesson.
came up out of
JESUS having,
the water,
a manner, washed the whole world, and brought it up with in
Him. And He saw the heavens opened (not divided,) even those heavens which Adam had once shut upon himself and us his descendants, when the cherub s fiery sword barred the gates of Paradise. And the Holy Spirit bare witness, witness unto Him Who is of One Substance with Himself. And witness was given from Heaven, unto Him that came down from heaven.
(Luke
fire."
knew
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (i. 29.)
16.)
Behold, John
Eighth Lesson.
Y ET
J ohn
explain
this
liar
saith:
knew are
Him we
to
calling John a forbid that we should
without
and God
?
"I
how
Now,
not."
ever even think anything of the kind. Was it not that when the Dove de scended on Christ, John then for the first
time
knew Him
culiar attribute, that,
to have that pe whosoever should Baptism, whether
with His they were themselves just or unjust, the virtue of the Sacrament should proceed, not from them, but from Him on Whom abode the Dove so
baptize
THIRD NOCTURN.
iii.
this also.
;
that
He
is
the real Baptizer in every
1 St Gregory was a comrade of St Basil, and was brought from a solitude at Seleucia to be Bishop of Constantinople. 2 Enlightenment is an ancient term for Baptism, still used by the Greeks.
OCTAVE DAY OF THE EPIPHANY. Christian
until
Baptism
end of
the
time, and it is in this sense that is the Same said of Him
it is
He
"
:
Which Ghost
with
baptizeth
Whether
"
?
the
be
it
Holy
Peter,
or
Paul, or Judas, that performeth the ceremony, the real Baptizer and effect
Worker
ual
For
Christ.
is
if
359
be changed into the likeness of Whose outward Man is made unto
Even
us.
Him like
same our Lord
the
JESUS Christ Thy Son, and reigneth with Thee
Who in
liveth
the unity
of the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen.
the
holiness of the baptism depended on the holiness of the particular officiator,
no two baptisms would be exactly alike, and every one would be sup posed to be more or less regenerated
him was more or
tized
THIANS,
less of
a saint.
Commenced on
the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany, and con tinued daily till the next Saturday.
Ninth Lesson. brethren, understand me. saints themselves, those
^T OW, my The
good men who appertain to the Dove, those good men whose portion is in Jerusalem, those good men in the
whom
Church, of
the
Apostle saith,
Lord knoweth them that are His," (2 Tim. ii. 19,) these good men differ one from another by diversities of graces, and are not all of the same "
the
Some
than than others, others. Supposing then (for the sake of argument) that A is baptized by B, a righteous saint, and C is baptized worthiness.
some
and
by
D who
of God,
are
are
holier
better
worthy in the sight who hath attained only a is
less
lower degree in godliness, so
chaste, good as B
the
same
unless
Who
it
is
who
is
not
and whose life is not so s yet A and C receive just :
And how
thing.
be that
is
this,
Christ Himself
is
it
the effectual Baptizer
?
LAUDS.
Prayer throughout the
C\ GOD, Whose ^~^ Him
there {for example, the Responsories,} is according to Ch. XXVII. 5, of the Pie.
Note 2. If the next Simday be Septuagesima, then either on the preceding Saturday, or, failing that, the first day after the Octave which is not occupied Office with Nine Lessons, the Week-day Office is said with the Jollowing changes, (a.} The Lessons are those of the Third Noctur?i of the Second Sunday
by an
the Epiphany, na?nely, from St John ii. I, with the Homily of St Austi?i upon tJie same, given on
after
P-
371.
The Responsories are those given for the First Noctttrn of the Third Sunday after the Epiphany (p. (b.}
381), namely:
me
buke
not,"
First, c.
"O
LORD, "
Second,
O
re
God,
And Third, Which satest," &c. The Lord is at my right hand," &c. The Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias is that given in the Com (<:.)
Office.
Only-begotten Son in the sub
stance of our flesh,
Note i. If a Wee~k-day i?i this week observed as such, the Office is as in the Psalter, and what is not given is
"
was made manifest
that through
EPIS
TLE OF ST PAUL TO THE CORIN
who bap
minister
the
according as
THE LESSONS FROM THE FIRST
mercifully grant
our inward
man may
memoration of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, at Lauds, on the Feast of the Holy Name, p. 372, namely : There was a marriage in Cana," &c. "
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. The Prayer
(d.}
namely,
Who
God,
is
"Almighty
dost
from
and
the same,
everlasting
&c.
govern,"
that in everything ye are enriched in
Him, in all utterance and in all know even as the testimony of Christ ledge was confirmed in you so that ye are wanting in no grace, waiting for the ;
;
If a Double Feast fall on Saturday, the Ninth Lesson will be the Homily on St John for the Second Sunday, with a Commemoration at this
Lauds by the Antiphon for that Sun day given at the Feast of the Holy
Name, with
Verse
and Answer of
Ferial Lauds, and the Prayer of the Second Sunday, after which no more notice is taken of
appearing of our Lord JESUS Christ, Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of the coming of our Lord JESUS
Christ. God is faithful by Whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son JESUS Christ our Lord.
it.
Third Lesson. M"
OW
tlje
Name
that
Christ,
Jirst Sunfcag after
and
thing,
beseech you, brethren, by of our Lord JESUS
I
the
speak the same no divisions but that ye be perfected
ye
all
that there be
among you
;
same mind, and in the same judgment. For it hath been together in the
The First Lord^s
after the
Day
me
declared to
Epiphany.
of you,
my
brethren,
by them which are of the house of First Lesson.
Here beginneth the
First
Blessed Apostle Corinthians 1 (i. I.)
the
of
Epistle
Paul
to
the
there
that
Chloe,
among
Now
you.
are this
contentions
mean, that
I
every one of you saith Paul and, I of Apollos ;
I
:
;
am
of
I
of
and,
Is Christ Cephas and, I of Christ. divided ? was Paul crucified for you ? or were ye baptized in the name of ;
be an Apostle of JESUS Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the Church of God which is at
TDAUL,
called
to
Paul?
Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ JESUS, called to be Saints,
with
all
their s
of JESUS Christ our Lord.
Grace be
unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord JESUS Christ.
THANK my behalf,
which
is
for
First Lesson.
The Lesson
I,
God always on your grace of God
given you in Christ JESUS
:
brethren, when came not with
I
came
to
excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of Christ. you,
the
taken from the First
is
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (ii. i.)
A ND
Second Lesson.
I
Second Day.
that in every place, whether or our s, call upon the Name
For
I
deemed not myself
1
to
know
Archbishop Kenrick says: "The First Epistle to the Corinthians was written from or as Olshausen insists, 59. Ephesus, about the year of our Lord 56 Corinth, the capital of Achaia, and of all Greece after the fall of Athens, B.C. 86, had received the faith, by the preaching of St Paul, about the year 52." :
.
.
.
FIRST among
anything
Him
and
Christ,
you,
WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY.
save
crucified.
JESUS
And
I
was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling and my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of man s wis
Third Day. First Lesson.
;
but
dom,
in
demonstration
of
The Lesson
;
Second Lesson.
T_TOWBEIT,
among them
speak
wisdom
that are perfect
but we speak the wisdom a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory, which none of the princes of this world knew for had they known it, they would never to
nought
God
;
in
;
have crucified the Lord of glory.
taken from the First
T
T
actually reported that there fornication among you, and such fornication as is not named even is
is
among the Gentiles, that one should have his father s wife. And ye are and have not rather puffed up mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. But I, verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, him that hath so done this deed in the name of our Lord JESUS ;
;
yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come
of
is
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (v. I.)
the
that your faith Spirit and of power should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
we
36.
But
it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love
as
Him. 1
;
when ye
are gathered together, being with you, with the power of our Lord JESUS Christ, to deliver such an one unto Satan for Christ,
my
spirit
also
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of our
Lord JESUS
Christ.
Third Lesson. revealed them unto us by His Spirit for the Spirit searcheth out all things, yea, the :
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man which is in him ? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the deep things of God.
of
the world, but the Spirit of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God which things also we speak, spirit
Which
Second Lesson.
God hath
"DUT
is
Y OUR
Know glorying is not good. ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump ? Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover also hath been sacrificed :
therefore
us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with let
the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
:
not in the words which man s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth,
comparing
with spiritual. 1
spiritual
things
Third Lesson.
T
WROTE
unto you in an epistle not with fornicators. Yet not altogether with the fornicators
:
Company
Perhaps meant for a quotation from Isa. Ixiv. 4, but the late Dr Neale inclined to the it was from some early Christian composition.
belief that
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
362
of thia world, or with the covetous, or for or with idolaters then must ye needs go out of the
extortioners,
:
But now
world.
I
have written unto
if any man you, not to keep company that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, :
or a drunkard, or an extortioner
such an one, no, not to
:
with
Know
not
ye
Be not deceived
any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints ? that the saints shall
judge the world ? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye un worthy to judge the smallest matters ? Know ye not that we shall judge How much more, things Angels ? that pertain to this life ? If, then, ye have judgments of things pertaining to judge who are I least esteemed in the Church. so that Is it shame. to your speak there
is
set
them
not a wise
:
Christ,
and
in the Spirit of
Third Lesson.
A LL
T^ARE
life,
kingdom
And
our God.
taken from the First Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (vi. i.)
this
?
fornicators,
such were some of you but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of our
is
know
neither
extortioners shall inherit the
First Lesson.
ye not
unrighteous
with mankind, nor thieves, nor cove tous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor of God.
eat.
Fourth Day.
Do
:
the
kingdom of God
nor nor nor adulterers, idolaters, effeminate, nor abusers of themselves
Lord JESUS
The Lesson
that
shall not inherit the
to
man among
you,
shall be able to judge between But brother goeth to brethren ? law with brother, and that before
that his
^T
things are lawful unto me, but things are not expedient.
all
All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of
Meats for the belly, and the any. but God shall destroy belly for meats :
both it and them. Now, the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord,
and the Lord for the body. And God and hath both raised up the Lord will also raise up us by His Own :
power.
Know
ye not that your bodies
members of Christ ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot ? are the
God
? Know ye not joined to an harlot is
What
forbid.
that he which
is
made one body
the two," For ? He, "shall be one flesh." But he that is joined unto the Lord Flee fornication. is one spirit. "
]
saith
the unbelievers.
Fifth Day.
Second Lesson.
IVTOW,
therefore, there
First Lesson. is
utterly a
you, because ye go do ye to law one with another. do ye not rather take wrong ? fault
Why Why
not
to be Nay, ye do wrong, and and that your brethren.
rather
defrauded defraud,
The Lesson
among
suffer
yourselves
Gen.
taken from the First
XT OW ^
?
i
is
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (vii. I.)
concerning the things whereof it is good ye wrote unto me a man not to touch a woman :
for ii.
24.
;
WEEK AFTER
FIRST
EPIPHANY.
nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render the debt unto
the wife
and likewise
;
unto the husband.
also
The
Sixth Day. First Lesson.
the wife
wife hath not
power of her own body, but the hus band and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but
The Lesson
is taken from the First Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (xiii. I.)
:
the wife.
Second Lesson.
TP\E FRAUD ye
not one the other, except perchance it be with con
;
may
give your
come together
that Satan tempt you
.again,
your incontinency.
But
I
not for
speak
this
permission, not of commandment. For I would that ye all were even as I
by
But every
myself.
per
gift
HP HO UGH of
sent, for a time, that ye selves to prayer and
man
hath his pro
of God, one after this manner,
and another
But I say to the unmarried and widows it is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they have not continency, let them For it is better to marry than marry.
not charity, I am become as sounding or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, brass,
and understand all mysteries, and all and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not knowledge
it
charity,
;
profiteth
A ND
unto the married I command, let not the I, but the Lord wife depart from her husband but if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband leave his wife. For to the rest speak I, not the Lord If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not leave her. And the woman which be lieveth, and hath an husband which believeth not, and he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband:; for the unbelieving hus not
;
;
:
wife,
sanctified
me
nothing.
Second Lesson.
sanctified
the
r^HARITY
suffereth long, and is charity envieth not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth
kind
not
Third Lesson.
and
speak with the tongues of angels, and have
after that.
to burn.
is
I
men and
:
band
363
:
behave
unseemly, seeketh not easily provoked, in evil, rejoiceth not iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth beareth all things, believeth all things, itself
not her own, thinketh no
is
;
things, endureth all things. never faileth but whether
all
hopeth Charity
;
there be prophecies, they shall fail whether there be tongues, they shall cease whether there be knowledge,
;
;
For we know away. and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. it
in
shall vanish part,
Third lesson.
by the believing
unbelieving
wife
is
by the believing husband
;
I
a
was a
child,
child, I felt as as a child. But
else
were your children unclean, but
thought
now
are they holy.
am become
a man,
I
I
a
spake as child,
I
now that I put away child-
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. Now, we see in a mirror but then, face to face. Now, but then shall I know in part
ish things.
But
darkly
Pentecost.
;
know
I
even
;
as
also
have been known.
I
I
evident are
until at Ephesus For a great door and opened unto me, and there
will
is
many
tarry
adversaries.
And now
abideth faith, hope, love, these three but the greatest of these
Third Lesson.
:
love.
is
if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear for he worketh the work of the Lord, as "MT
OW,
:
The Sabbath.
I
next day be Septuagesima Sunday, then a peculiar Office is some times said on this day, (see Note 2, p.
If the
359,) in which case the following Les sons are simply omitted.
also
The Lesson
to
come unto you with
is
at this
taken from the First
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (xvi. I.) "^"
OW concerning
as
Saints,
every one of you lay by him whatsoever pleaseth him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
week
therefore
at all
stand fast in the faith
;
;
and be strong. your things be done with
like
:
to
:
he shall ye
the brethren
come will come when have convenient time. Watch
was not time but he will
quit
you
Let
men,
all
charity.
the collection for
I have given order to the Churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the
the
man
no
:
but his First Lesson.
Let
do.
but conduct him forth despise him in peace, that he may come unto me : for I look for him with the brethren. As touching our brother Apollos, I I tell you that greatly desired him
let
in store
And when
I come, whomsoever ye approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto And if it be meet that Jerusalem. I go also, they shall go with me.
shall
Vespers are always the First Vespers of the Feast of the Holy Name, except when the next day is Septuagesima Sunday, in which case the Feast of the
Holy
Name
(which
from
see,}
the
is
transferred to Jan. 28, these Vespers are,
and
Chapter,
with the Farewell
of Septuagesima, to the Alleluia, all
the Office between this that year omitted.
and
that,
being
Second Lesson.
M OW I
for
it
will
come unto
I
go.
when
through Macedonia, through Macedonia.
pass
may be
that
I
and winter with you bring
you,
Second Suntaj
after
shall pass
do
I
And
I
will ;
abide, yea, that ye may
Feast of the Most Holy 1 JESUS.
Name
Double of the Second
Class.
me
on my journey whithersoever For I would not see you only
in passing but while with you, ;
I
if
trust
the
to
tarry
a
Lord permit.
of
All as on ordinary Sundays, except is otherwise given here.
what
1 In the It is original this Office is not given here, but in the Proper Offices of Festivals. inserted here, ist, because it is nearly always so in practice ; and andly, as a specimen of the General Rubrics. the application of
SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. FIRST VESPERS.
Verse.
First four Psalms as on Sundays. J First Antiphon. Whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved.
Holy and
Second Antiphon. rible is His Name
the fear of the
;
LORD
ter
Third Antiphon.
2
Yet
will
I
From
the rising down of
be
to
is
praised. I will offer the Fifth Antiphon. sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call
Name
upon the
LORD.
of the
of
this
time
forth,
Alleluia.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed He That is mighty hath done me great things, and holy is His
Virgin. to
Alleluia.
Prayer throughout the
:
Fourth Antiphon.
Name
re
I will joy in the joice in the LORD God of my salvation.
of the sun unto the going the same the LORD S Name
the
Alleluia.
Answer. From and for evermore
Name
the beginning of wisdom.
is
Blessed be
.
LORD
the
365
Office.
C\ GOD, Who
hast appointed Thine Only - begotten Son to be the Saviour of mankind, and hast com manded that His Name should be called JESUS, mercifully grant that we earth do worship that
who here on
His most Holy Name may be made in heaven by His Presence. Through the Same our Lord JESUS
glad
Psalm CXV. believed, therefore have
I
&c,
I
spoken,
(p. 185.)
Hymn? the very thought of Thee sweetness fills the breast
!
JESUS With And
in
Commemoration of the First Vespers of the SUNDAY.
!
Yet sweeter far
Thy
Thy Face Presence
to see
rest.
voice can sing, no heart can frame, Nor can the memory find
sweeter sound than JESU S of mankind
The Saviour
Name,
To
How
good
to
!
!
art
low
this
our only joy be Thou,
!
3
li.
32
;
Except the
Caswall.
Rom.
prayer
!
A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, ^ Who dost govern all things in heaven and earth, mercifully hear the supplication of Thy people, and grant us
Thy peace
all
;
Joel
spake to Abra them of
to his seed, to exalt degree for ever and ever.
Prayer. !
As Thou our prize shalt be In Thee be all our glory now, And through eternity Amen. 1
He
ham and
!
But what to those who find ? Ah Nor tongue nor pen can show The love of JESUS, what it is, None but His loved-ones know.
JESUS
as
:
Answer. And let there descend upon us Thy mercy.
!
meek how kind Thou those who seek
joy of all the those who fall,
servant Israel
Verse. Let the evening ascend unto Thee, O Lord.
!
hope of every contrite heart
O
God hath holpen His
Antiphon.
No
A
liveth and Christ, Thy Son, Who reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen.
2
x. 13.
last verse,
selected from a
the days of our
life.
Through our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with hymn by
Hab.
St Bernard
:
iii.
18.
translation
by the Rev.
E..
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
366
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
At Compline
the last verse of the altered in honour of the In carnation.
Hymn
At the Name of Second Antiphon. JESUS, let every knee bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and 4
things under the earth.
is
Psalm XVIII.
MATTINS.
The heavens The Name which shall Invitatory. be called Wonderful, 1 the Name of JESUS
is
Name which is above * O come, let us wor
the
2 every name.
declare, &c., (p. 17.)
Third Antiphon. 5 Praise the LORD and call upon His Name: remember that His
Name
exalted.
is
Him.
ship
3
Psalm XXIII.
Hymn.
C\ JESU, King most wonderful Thou Conqueror renowned Thou sweetness most ineffable
The
!
earth
is
LORD
the
S,
&c.,
(p.
!
46.)
!
In
Whom
all
joys are found
When
once Thou visitest the Then truth begins to shine Then earthly vanities depart Then kindles love divine.
!
6
Verse.
For Thy
Name s
O
sake,
LORD, pardon mine iniquity. For it is great. Answer.
heart, ;
;
O
JESU, Light of all below Thou Fount of life and fire
First Lesson.
The Lesson
!
all
Surpassing All that
the joys
we can
is
taken from the Acts of
!
the Apostles
we know,
desire.
1VTOW
I.)
(iii.
and
Peter
went
John
up
*
every heart confess And ever Thee adore
May
together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth And a certain man, lame hour. 7 from his mother s womb, was carried
Thy Name,
;
And seeking Thee, itself inflame To seek Thee more and more. Thee may our tongues for Thee may we love alone
;
whom ever bless, ;
And
ever in our lives express The image of Thine own.
Amen.
the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple. Who, seeing Peter and
John about to go into the temple, And Peter, fastening asked an alms.
FIRST NOCTURN.
eyes upon him, with John, said And he gave heed unto us.
his
O LORD Thy Name
First Antiphon.
how
excellent
is
our Ruler, in all the
earth.
Who 3
by 4
:
Look on
them, expecting to receive something Then Peter said Silver of them. and gold have I none, but such as in the Name I have give I thee :
Psalm VIIL, commencing with 2nd verse.
i
hast
the
set, &c., (p. 7.)
;
of JESUS Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. And he took him by the right
Isa. ix. 6.
ii.
10.
hand, 2
Except the last verse, selected from a the Rev. E. Caswall. Phil.
they laid daily at the gate of
5
Isa. xii. 4.
and
Phil.
ii.
lifted
him
6
Ps. xxiv.
n.
and
9.
Bernard, very slightly altered
hymn by St
up,
7
:
translation
I.e.,
None.
SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. immediately his
feet
and
soles
re
hath
them
which
the
temple,
walking,
and
and praising God.
leaping,
;
which was so named of the Angel, before He was conceived in the womb. Answer. For He shall save His people from their sins. Second Lesson.
by
is
1 Blessed is Thy Name, O God of our fathers, for in wrath Thou wilt remember mercy. And in the time
Thou forgivest the sins of them that call upon Thee. 2 Verse. And blessed be Thy glori of tribulation
ous Name for ever, O doest wondrous things
Answer.
Thou
Who
only
!
in the
time of tribu
forgivest the sins of
them
upon Thee.
that call
the people saw him walk and praising God. And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. And, as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon s, greatly won And when Peter saw it, he dering. answered unto the people Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or strength we had made this man to walk ? The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
And
Thou
all
]
Third Lesson,
ing,
:
God
of our fathers, hath glorified His Son JESUS, ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence
Whom
of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. But ye denied the Holy One, and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you ;
Author of raised from
killed the
life,
Whom
God hath the dead, whereof we are witnesses. And His 1
faith
Him
hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
lation
and
whom
Second Responsory.
Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name JESUS for He shall save His people from their sins. Verse. His Name was called JESUS,
the
His Name,
strong, yea, the
:
First Responsory.
A ND
in
Name, through faith made this man ye see and know
ceived strength. And he, leaping up, stood and walked, and entered with into
367
Tobias
iii.
13.
2
A ND
came
(iv.
5.)
on the morrow, and elders, and and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the priests kindred, were gathered And when they had set together. them in the midst, they asked By what power, or by what name have ye done this ? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them Ye rulers and elders of the people, hearken If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole be it known unto you all, and to all it
to pass
that their rulers, scribes of Jerusalem,
:
:
:
;
the people of Israel, that by the Name of our Lord JESUS Christ of Nazareth,
Whom
Whom God
ye crucified,
from the dead, even by
man
Him
raised
doth
this
stand
here before you whole. This 3 is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is be come the head of the corner neither ;
is
there salvation in any other.
Ps. Ixxi. 18, 19.
3
Ps.
cxv.
22.
For
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
368
Name
no other
there
is
given
among men, whereby ye must be
under heaven
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
saved.
of
Third Responsory.
(
1
ally
I
will
praise
;
yea,
I
Thy Name
will praise
it
continu with thanks
to oil, when He maketh the Bride say to the Bridegroom Thy Name is as oil poured forth." 7 Oil indeed giveth light, meat, and unction. It feedeth fire, it nourisheth the flesh, it sootheth it is light, food, and pain healing. Behold, Thus also is the
groom
2 I will be glad and rejoice Thee I will sing praise to Thy Name, O Thou Most High.
"
:
:
Yea,
will praise
I
it
with
thanksgiving.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
to the Son,
and
Answer.
;
to the
Yea,
Holy Ghost. will praise it with
I
not idly that the Holy Ghost Name of the Bride
is
likeneth the
Verse.
Answer.
St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux.] $th on the Song of Songs. )
TT
giving. in
i
taken from the Sermons
is
6
Name
To preach
of the Bridegroom.
to give light to think of it, is to feed the soul to call on it, is to win is
it,
thanksgiving.
;
;
Psalm XLIV.
His marvellous light, even that light wherewith we being enlightened, and in His light seeing light, 8 Paul saith "Ye were sometimes dark truly of us
overflowing, &c., (p. 96.)
Second Antiphon. with me, and
LORD Name
3
O
let
magnify the us exalt His
:
but
ness,
together.
Lord."
Psalm
God
is
Her
5
Answer.
Thy Name 7 8
in
the
Thy Name for
Verse.
n Arise, O
Thou,
them that
Lord, help us,
and redeem us for Thy Name s sake. Answer. For Thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
LXXXVI.
foundation, &c., (p. 144.)
deliver us,
4
light
;
Thy Name.
Verse.
1
ye
10 Let them that know put their trust in Thee LORD, hast not forsaken seek Thee.
4
All nations whom hast made, shall come and wor ship before Thee, O Lord, and shall
Psalm
are
Fourth Responsory.
Thou
glorify
now
9
XL V.
our refuge, &c., (p. 97.)
Third Antiphon.
it
world but the preaching of the Name of JESUS ? Is it not in the light of this Name that God hath called us into
generations.
My heart is
Let us take
point by point. What, thinkest thou, hath made the light of faith so suddenly and so brightly to shine in the whole
First Antiphon. They shall be mindful of Thy Name, O Lord, unto all
and unction.
grace
SECOND NOCTURN.
Fifth Lesson.
For the glory of Thy Name,
O
T^ HIS
is the Name which the Apostle was commanded to bear before Gentiles, and kings, and the children
Lord.
And
forgive our sins, for
s sake.
Ecclus. li. 15. Ps. 1XXXV. 9.
Cant. i. 3, where spiced, or perfumed 9 Ps. xxxv. 10. Eph. v. 8.
2 5
p St p
s>
ix. 3.
Ixxviii. 9.
oil (i.e .,
ointment) seems 10
Ps. ix. ii.
to
3
p s-
6
Aug. 20. So Gesenius.
be meant. 11
Ps.
xxxiii. 4.
xliii.
26.
SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. Name
which he bore as Israel, the light to enlighten his people, crying 1 The night is far everywhere
of
a
"
:
let us there spent, the day is at hand fore cast off the works of darkness, ;
armour of
.and let us put on the let
He
light,
us walk honestly as in the day." pointed out to all that candle set
in the heart.
369 our healing
It is
any sorrowful among us ? thought of JESUS come into and spring to his mouth.
when
Is
Let
the
his heart,
Behold, beginneth flee away,
Name
the day of that
too.
break, every cloud will will be a great calm.
to
and there fall
any
into
sin
Doth Doth any draw
?
upon a candlestick, preaching in every How place JESUS and Him crucified. did that Name shine forth and dazzle
And if he nigh to an hopeless death ? but call on the life - giving Name of JESUS, will he not draw the breath of a
every eye that beheld it, when it came like lightning out of the mouth of Peter
new
life
to give bodily strength to the feet of the lame man, and to clear the sight
many a blind soul ? Cast he not In the Name of fire when he said of
Sixth Responsory. 4
"
O
LORD, let all those that put their Thee rejoice, let them ever
:
JESUS Christ of Nazareth, walk ?
rise
up and
"
trust
in
shout for joy because
them
be joyful 5
Verse. 2
for
Let
us
is
it
3
the
Some
in horses,
Name
great
Name,
we
For
LORD it is
will call
and
upon
our God.
terrible
and
love
Thy
Thee.
O
shall walk,
LORD, and
Thy countenance
;
shall they rejoice all the
Answer.
Let them also that love joyful in Thee. Glory be to the Father,
Thy Name be holy.
Verse.
to
the
Son,
and
the
to
Holy
Ghost.
Sixth Lesson.
Answer.
Name
of JESUS is not a Name of light only, but it is meat also. Dost thou ever call it to mind, and re ? Is there any thing like it to enrich the soul of him that thinketh of it? What is there
to restore the fagged senses, to fortify strength, to give birth to good lives and pure affections ? The soul is it
fed on husks if that whereon it feedeth lack seasoning with this salt. If thou writest, thou hast no meaning for me if
read not of JESUS there. If thou preach, or dispute, thou hast no mean ing for me if I hear not of JESUS there.
Let them also that love joyful in Thee.
Thy Name be
THIRD NOCTURN.
main unstrengthened
like
in
dwellest in
that
day.
and
HTHE
of
Thou
also
They
in the light in Thy
Name
holy. trust in chariots,
but
of the
Answer.
Thy
and
terrible
Verse.
some
praise
them
let
;
Name
Fifth Responsory.
?
again
First Antiphon.
Sing unto the His Name show forth His salvation from day to day.
LORD, and
bless
:
Psalm XCV.
O
sing unto the
LORD,
c.
(p. 148.)
I
The mention of JESUS is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, and gladness 1
Rom.
4
Ps. v. 12.
xiii. 12.
2 5
Q
Second Antiphon.
Thy Name, O God,
so
According is
unto the ends of the earth
hand
is full
Ps. xcviii. 3. Ps. Ixxxviii. 16, 17.
;
of righteousness. 3 Ps. xix. 8. s
to
Thy praise Thy right
Ps. xlvii. ii.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
370
Psalm
The LORD
XCVL
reigneth, &c., (p. 149.)
are a theme for the jubilation of angels. He is laid in a manger, but a bright star standeth in heaven over the place.
So also
His circumcision, the cere
in
Third Antiphon. l Sing unto God, spread a sing praises to His Name path before Him That rideth upon the heavens the LORD is His Name.
mony gave proof of the reality of the Manhood which He had taken, and that Name which is above every name
Psalm XCVII.
proclaimed the glory of His Blessed As very son of Abraham Majesty. He underwent circumcision He
;
:
;
O
sing unto the 2
Verse.
LORD,
&c., (p. 157.)
Give unto the
LORD
Seventh Responsory. 3
A T
that
time
(ii.
21.)
And
called JESUS.
I
am
Name
so on.
Y
Homily Clairvaux.]
Bernard, Abbat
[of (ist on the Circumcision?)
Behold a mystery, great and full of wonder The Child is circumcised, and His Name is called JESUS. Why are these two things thus mentioned It would seem that circum together ? cision should rather be for the saved !
than for the Saviour that the Saviour ought rather to be Circumciser than circumcised. But behold here the Mediator between God and men, how even from His childhood He joineth ;
the things of the Highest to the things of the lowest, the things of God to the He is born of a things of men.
woman, but her womb is made fruitful without the loss of the flower of her
He
virginity.
is
wrapped
in
swad
dling-bands, but these swaddling-bands 1
Ps. Ixvii. 5. 3 Ps. cxiv. 3, 4.
find.
I
of the
LORD is Him and
of the
trusted in
I
;
did
Name
helped.
Then
Answer.
called
I
upon the
of the LORD.
Eighth Lesson. 1Y/T
by St
The Name
a strong tower
When
eight days were accomplished for the cir cumcising of the Child, His Name was :
upon the
I
4
Verse.
taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Luke
Sorrow and trouble
Then called LORD.
Seventh Lesson. is
of JESUS as very
glory
and honour. Answer. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His Name.
The Lesson
Name
assumed the Son of God.
JESUS beareth not that as others have borne
it
Name before
and empty title. It is shadow of a great Name, but the very meaning of that Name. That His Name was revealed as a vain
Him,
not
in
Him
the
from heaven, is attested by the Evan where it is written, "Which
gelist,
was so named of the Angel before He was conceived in the womb." After JESUS was born, men called Him JESUS, but angels called Him JESUS, before He was conceived in the womb. The One Lord is the Saviour of angels and of His Incarnation
men
beginning
;
of men, since
of angels, from the
;
of their
creation.
"
His
was Evangelist, called JESUS, which was so named of the Angel before He was conceived in Name,"
the
saith
"
the womb." In the mouth therefore of two or three witnesses is every 2
Ps. xxviii. 2.
4
Prov.
xviii.
10
;
Ps. xxvii. 7.
SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY.
whereof the short,
2
;
forth at
word
that
as
spoke
Prophet
set
is
cut
length in the Flesh.
Even
(9//z
3 I
Lord,
Name.
For
wait on Thy good before Thy
will is
it
as 4
Verse.
To
give thanks unto
Holy Name, and
to
in
triumph
Thy Thy
"
For
Answer.
good
is
it
before
Saints.
the
to
the
Son,
the
to
and
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
For
Answer.
it
is
before
good
Ninth Blessing. glorious word May Cleansing to our souls afford. s
Ninth Lesson.
Of the Second Sunday
He
after the
is
There was a mar of Galilee, and the mother of JESUS was there. And both JESUS was called, and His dis that
time
riage
in
ciples, to the 1
Matth.
xviii.
:
Cana
marriage. 16
And
say
"Is
it
lawful for a
Lord
man
to
his wife for every cause ? answered that it was not lawful,
"
away
"
:
structed in the Catholic religion know that God is the Author and Blesser of
marriage
and
;
that,
so on.
whereas joining of God, divorce it is lawful for a
is
away
his wife in case of
8 for fornication, wife s faith to her
by not keeping a husband she herself
hath
taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (ii. i.)
A T
who
In except it were for fornication. which answer ye will remember that He used these words What God
man
Epiphany. )
The Lesson
5
Gospel that when the
together in marriage is of the devil. But
(
"
;
hath joined together, let not man put 7 asunder." (Eighth Lesson of the They who are well in Sunday.}
Saints.
the Gospel
6
was asked, put
Glory be
Verse.
forbidding to marry
that marriage is a bad thing in itself, and a work of the devil. Yet we read in
praise.
Thy
be asked, and to go showeth plainly enough that He is the Author and Blesser of There were yet to be those marriage. of whom the Apostle hath warned us to
to a marriage,
Saints.
and
[of
setting aside any mystical in the fact that the Lord
was pleased
Thy
Bishop Tract on John.}
terpretation,
Eighth Responsory.
O
St Austin,
Homily by Hippo.]
Word made
the
Gospel
and
l
word established
371
to put
first
willed not to be wife.
who have made a vow virginity to God and have also
They of their
thereby
attained to an higher degree of hon our and holiness in the Church, are
not unmarried, for they are a special of the marriage of the whole Church, which is the Bride of Christ.
part
(Ninth Lesson of the Sunday.}
The
Deut. xix. 15. apparently to the
;
2 The allusion is LXX. version of Isa. x. 22, which reads: "For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved for He will finish the word and cut it short in righteousness, because a short word will God, the Lord of powers, make in the whole world quoted in Rom. ix. 27, 28. ;
"
3
Ps.
7
A
4 Ps. cv. 5 i Tim. iv. 6 Matth. xix. li. ii. 47. 3. 3 et seq. person bound to the recitation of the Divine Office would satisfy the obligation by reading to this point only. 8 Quia ipsa esse uxor prior noluit, quse fidem conjugalem marito non servavit. As the Church teaches that a marriage once validly contracted and consummated is indissoluble, two explanations have been given to Matth. xix. 9. (i) That porneia" is there used synonymously with moicheia," and a separation a mensa et toro is meant ; (2) that the case referred to is that given in Deut. xxii. 21. "
"
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
.372
Lord, being asked, went to the marmarriage tie,
riag e, to strengthen the and to shed light on the
Celestial sweetness unalloyed eat Thee hunger still,
!
Who Who drink
hidden mean
"
said, until
O my
Thou
now,"
Christ,
hast kept the good wine was a figure of the Lord
Who
hath kept until
now
of
Thee
Which nought
In that marriage ing of matrimony. Feast the Bridegroom to whom it was
still
but
sweet JESUS
To Thee my
My
being
s
canst
fill
!
hear the sighs send!
!
Which unto Thee
the
a void
feel
Thou
I
inmost
spirit cries,
hope and end
!
good wine, namely the Gospel. Stay with us, Lord, and with Illume the soul s abyss
O
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, God, &c." is said.
l
*
oil
poured
forth,
O
Thy Name
therefore
Name
is
do the
Know
ye that
* and
God,
LORD. Answer.
Christ
8.)
Name.
Antiphon.
5
i
Mace.
vi.
44.
of the
There was a marriage
Answer. The LORD is clothed with strength, and hath girded Him self with power. Prayer as at the Commemoration at and everlasting "Almighty
Vespers,
God,
!
2
hymn
O
as at
clothed with majesty.
!
4
&c.,"
Cana of Galilee, * and JESUS was there, and Mary His mother. Verse. The LORD reigneth, He is
the Beauty art Oi angel worlds above Name is music to the heart,
with love
"
Office,
in
Hymn.*
it
Alleluia.
Commemoration of the Lauds SUNDAY.
humbled Him
JESUS, Thou
Cant. i. 3. Selected from a
heaven and
Vespers.
and became obedient unto even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly ex alted Him, and given Him a Name which is above every name, that at the Name of JESUS every knee should bow.
1
of
He
self
Enchanting
Who made
Prayer throughout the God, Who hast appointed,
death,
Thy
Name
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. gave Himself to deliver His people, and to get Himself an ever 5
lasting
ii.
in the
earth.
Young men and Fifth Antiphon. * old men and maidens, children, praise the Name of the LORD, for His Name alone is exalted. (Phil.
is
the
for ever.
Q
!
to
!
Our help
Verse.
His
endureth for ever.
TDRETHREN,
and joy
Thee Be praise, beatitude, and power, Amen. Through all eternity
Third Antiphon. My soul thirsteth * for Thy Holy Name, O Lord. Fourth Antiphon. 3 Blessed is the Holy Name of Thy glory, and worthy to be praised, and exalted above all
Chapter.
Spotless Virgin flower
!
life
!
2
Second Antiphon.
LORD He
JESU
Our
as
is
virgins love Thee.
the
light
Scatter the darkness of our night And fill the world with bliss.
LAUDS. First Antiphon.
Thy
;
p s xc
&c."
x 3 by St Bernard translation .
j
.
;
.
s Dan. iii. 52. by the Rev. E. Caswall.
SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. PRIME.
The
Chapter.
Hymn
is al of the of the Incarnation.
last verse
tered in honour
Antiphon.
Thy Name
as
is
&c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.} In the Short Responsory is "
Thou That wast born
oil,
373 ii.
(Phil.
10.)
A T
the Name of JESUS let every knee bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth and let every tongue confess that our Lord JESUS Christ is in the ;
said,
of the Virgin
glory of
God
the Father.
Mary."
Short Responsory. Chapter at the end.
iii.
(Col.
17.)
do in word "Y^HATSOEVER ye or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord JESUS Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. TERCE.
The last -verse of the Hymn is al tered in honour of the Incarnation.
Know ye that the Lord Antiphon. is God, &c., (Second Antiphon at Lauds. } Chapter from Lauds.
Give unto the LORD glory and honour Alleluia, Alleluia. Give unto the LORD glory Answer. and honour. Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His Name. Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Give unto the LORD glory and honour Alleluia, Alleluia.
He
O
Verse.
me
magnify the
LORD
with
exalt
His
Alleluia.
And
Answer.
Name
let
us
Alleluia.
together
Short Responsory. Blessed be the
Name
of the
NONE.
LORD
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Answer. the
LORD Verse.
Name
Blessed be the
Alleluia, Alleluia. this time forth,
From
of
and
for evermore.
Answer.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Blessed be the Name of
LORD Verse.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Give unto the
LORD
and honour Alleluia. Answer. Give unto the glory due unto His Name.
LORD
Young men and maidens, Antiphon at Lauds.}
Chapter, Col.
Alleluia.
iii.
i
7,
as at the end of
Short Responsory.
magnify the
LORD
with
me
the
LORD
Alleluia, Alleluia.
O
Answer. the
altered
Prime.
O glory
is
Antiphon. &c., (Fifth
Verse.
the
The last Verse of the Hymn in honour of the Incarnation.
with
me
magnify
Alleluia,
And
Verse.
let
Alleluia.
us exalt His
Name
together.
SEXT.
The last verse of the Hymn in honour of the Incarnation.
Answer. is
altered
Antiphon. My soul thirsteth, &c., (Third Antiphon at Lauds.} VOL.
i.
Verse.
and
to
Alleluia, Alleluia. be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Glory the
Ghost.
Answer. with
me
O
magnify
Alleluia,
the
Alleluia.
N
LORD
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
374
Our help
Verse.
LORD
the
Answer. earth
in the
is
Name
of
Alleluia.
Who made
heaven
and
was pleased to be circumcised. He was circumcised for the same reason for which He was born, and for which
He suffered. Neither one nor the other was for Himself, but all for the sake of the elect. He was not born
Alleluia.
SECOND VESPERS.
in
The same as First
Vespers, except
sin
;
separate
He was not circumcised to Him from sin neither did ;
He
die for sins of His own, but for ours. Which was so named of the
the following :
"
Antiphon at
Thou
Virgin.
JESUS for He from their sins :
Song of the Blessed
the
His Name shall save His people shalt
call
Alleluia.
He was
Angel before womb."
conceived in the
The Angel indeed gave Him of
Saviour," but not for the Saviour is His Name from He hath it of His own everlasting This title He proper nature to save. hath in Himself, not by the gift of anything that He hath made, be it
that
title
first
time.
"
;
Commemoration
of the
SUNDAY.
When the wine failed, Antiplwn. JESUS commanded them to fill the water-pots with water, and the water was made wine Alleluia. Verse. Let my prayer, O Lord, be
man
or Angel.
set forth.
Answer.
As incense
Second Day.
before Thee.
MATTINS.
Prayer as at the two former Com
First Lesson.
memorations. Note.
It
may
a Ninth Lesson Feast
\_for
if
is
wanted for
this
Septuagesima falls on
Second Sunday
after
Epiphany
the
Feast of the Most Holy Name is trans ferred to Jan. 28], in which case the following is the
Ninth Lesson.
T
T
is no wonder that it should be at His circumcision that the Name
of JESUS (which
being interpreted, Saviour,") is given to the Child Who is born unto us, for it was then that He for the first time shed that sinless is,
"
Blood Which is the mean whereby He hath chosen to work out our salva It is no matter for the specula tion. tion of Christians why the Lord Christ 1
.the 2
1 (First Lesson of Sunday. }
possibly happen that
2
Second Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (i. i.)
Here beginneth the
an Apostle pAUL, the will of
of JESUS Christ, God, and Timothy
by
our brother, unto the Church of God which is at Corinth, with all the Saints Grace be to which are in all Achaia. you and peace, from God our Father,
and
from
the
Blessed be the
Lord
Lord
JESUS Christ, the mercies, and the God of
Who
Christ.
JESUS
God and Father
comforteth us in
all
of our of
Father all
comfort,
our tribula
also may be able to com which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For, as the
tion, that fort them
we
A person bound to the recitation of the Divine Office can fulfil the obligation by reading Lessons of Sunday only. Written from some city in Macedonia, a year after the former.
SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. sufferings of Christ abound in us, consolation also aboundeth
our
so
to
by
epistle,
Christ.
and
clared
same
suffer,
sufferings which that our hope of you
we
3 O God, be Neither leave me.
deliver
in
;
yet
Whom
deliver
we
by means
may
be given
AND
^^ we
O how
Thy
is
that fear
Verse.
wrought
Thee
made
;
them
for
Answer. them that
for
fear
O
in
DO
"
:
for the
letter
was
stones,
letter,
killeth,
glorious, so that the
of
countenance
his :
how
which
is
shall not rather the ?
in this respect, by reason of For if that the glory that excelleth.
no glory
Monday,
iii.
I.)
done away is glorious much which remaineth is glorious. Seeing then that we have such an
we begin again to commend ? Or need we (as some others) epistles of commendation 2
our
glory, much more doth the ministra tion of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was glorious had
which
more
ourselves
1
but
;
of God, Who also hath able ministers of the New is
(Third Lesson of Monday.} For if the ministration of condemnation be
hast laid up
!
Second Lesson. (First Lesson of
that
ministration of the Spirit be glorious
Thee
!
Thee
us
of ourselves
as
done away
Lord, hast
that trust
not
;
children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the
glory
men Which Thou
before the sons of
God-ward
to
but of the but the But if the ministra Spirit giveth life. tion of death, engraven with letters Spirit
!
Which Thou, O
Lesso?i.
Testament, not of the
for
up
of
are sufficient of ourselves to think
upon
laid
O God
me
such trust have we through
sufficiency
us,
goodness,
which Thou hast
Lord,
them
great
helper.
Neither leave me.
Christ
anything,
First Responsory. 2
my
(Second Lesson of Monday.}
many persons, thanks by many on our behalf.
of
forsake
Third
trust
helping together by prayer that for the gift bestowed upon
Thou
salvation.
Answer.
ye also for us
us,
Nor
Verse.
my
;
will
of Christ,
epistle
Seco?id Responsory.
God, Which raiseth the dead Who delivered us from so great danger,
He
the
also
For we would Lesson of Sunday.} not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble, which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure above strength, insomuch that we were But we had the weary even of life. answer of death l in ourselves, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in
and doth
;
be
to
may be
steadfast, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye Third be also of the consolation. (
that
our
are
;
your exhortation and salvation, which is effectual to the enduring of
the
Ye
ministered by us, and written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
for
is
?
written in our hearts, known read of all men manifestly de
And whether we
(Second Lesson of Sunday.} be afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation, or whether we be comforted it is for your comfort, or whether we be exhorted it
from you
or
you,
375
The presentiment
Ps. xxx. 20.
we
felt
that
is
;
that
we should
die."
Abp. Kenrick. 8
Ps. xxvi. 9.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
376
if so be that, being clothed, we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened, not for that we would be that unclothed, but clothed upon, mortality might be swallowed up of
and, hope, we use great confidence not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look upon the ;
But is done away. minds are blinded. For until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the Old
face of that which their
Testament, because
First Responsory.
taken away
is
it
life.
in Christ.
O
2
hold
1
I
will bless the
My
Verse.
LORD
at all times.
shall continually
soul
shall
be
my
in
make
Thy
!
her
me.
Answer.
For
am
a stranger with
"THEREFORE we are always confident, knowing that whilst we
Ghost.
Answer. ually be in
I
Second Lesson.
my mouth. Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
ually be in to
;
Thee, and a sojourner.
;
and
tears
;
to help
boast in the LORD the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. Answer. His praise shall contin Verse.
my
peace, but, O, spare a stranger with Thee,
For I am and a sojourner. 3 Be Verse. pleased, O LORD, to deliver me O LORD, look upon me
me
Third Responsory. His praise mouth.
God, give ear unto not
are at home in the body, we absent from the Lord (for we walk by but we are con faith, not by sight) fident and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present Wherefore we labour, with the Lord. are
His praise shall contin my mouth.
:
Al Prayer throughout the week, mighty and everlasting God," &c., (p. "
3650
that,
whether present or absent, we For we must all
please Him. appear before the
may Third Day.
Christ,
taken from the Second
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (v. I.)
T7OR
we know
that
if
our earthly
house of this tabernacle were we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal For in this we groan, in the heavens. earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven
dissolved
;
1
judgment-seat of one may receive
good or bad.
First Lesson. is
every
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be
MATTINS.
The Lesson
that
Ps. xxxiii. 2, 3.
2
Ps. xxxviii. 13, 14.
Second Responsory. 4 The Lord hath set my feet upon And a rock, and ordered my goings. He hath put a new song in my mouth. He heard my cry He Verse. brought me up also out of an horrible :
pit.
Answer. song 3
in
my
And He
hath put a new
mouth.
Ps. xxxix. 14.
4
Ps. xxxix. 3, 4.
SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. Third Lesson.
and
flesh
T/"NOWING therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men ; but we are made manifest unto God. And I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. commend not our selves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf; that
We
spirit,
:
it
to
is
God
;
or
whether we be sober, it is for your cause. For the love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead and CHRIST died for all that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him Which died for them, and rose again. ;
:
:
and
are in our hearts, to die
live
with
you.
may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. For whether we be ourselves,
holiness
perfecting
Receive us. We God. have wronged no man, we have cor rupted no man, we have defrauded I no man. speak not this to condemn you for we have said before that ye in the fear of
ye
beside
377
First Responsory.
me
Cut
me
for
my
Thy
Enter not into judgment
O
servant,
me
Lord.
Nor keep
Answer. against
against
latter end. 2
Verse.
with
my
not off in the midst of
Nor keep Thy wrath
sins.
for
my
Second
Thy
wrath
latter end.
Lesso?i.
C* REAT
1
me.
I
said
Heal
my
soul, for
against Thee. Verse. Deliver
O
iniquities,
;
LORD, be merciful unto
:
have sinned
when we were come from
all
mine
Lord.
Heal
Answer.
me
I
into
Macedonia,
our flesh had no rest, but we were without were troubled on every side Never fightings, within were fears. theless God, That comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by And not by the coming of Titus. his coming only, but also by the con solation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest :
my
soul, for
have
I
sinned against Thee. Verse.
Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost. Heal my soul, for I have
Answer.
is my boldness towards you, I great is my glorying of you am filled with comfort, I am exceeding For in all our tribulation. joyful
^^
Third Responsory.
sinned against Thee.
your mourning, your zeal for I rejoiced the more.
desire,
me
so that
:
Fourth Day. Second Responsory.
MATTINS.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Second
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (vii. i.)
TTAVING
therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the 1
Ps. xl.
s.
O God, my is ready, I will sing and give ready. praise to the Lord. 3
First Lesson.
2
My
heart
heart
is
Verse.
Awake
my
up,
wake, psaltery and harp
!
I
glory, will
a-
awake
early.
Answer.
I
will
sing
and
praise to the Lord.
Ps. cxlii. 2.
Ps.
Ivi. 8, 9.
give
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
378
thought to be bold against some,, which think of us as if we walked ac For though we cording to the flesh. walk in the flesh we do not war after
Third Lesson. "POR
though
with a
I
have made you sorry
letter,
I
repent not
;
and,
had repented, perceiving that the same epistle made you sorry, (though if
I
the flesh.
for a season,) now I re not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance. For ye were made sorry according to God, so that ye receive damage from us in nothing. For the sorrow which it
were but
joice
First Responsory.
:
In
deliver
O
Lord
me
Third Responsory.
of
2
in
Thee,
will
I
be glad and rejoice sing praise
to
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse.
The God
of
my
in
Thy
cause
me
to escape.
mercy.
Fifth Day.
MATTINS.
weapons of our warfare but mighty carnal,
God
to the
strongholds,
Thy
Name, O Thou Most High. Answer. The God of my mercy.
Answer.
me
not
are
through will
I
And
the
"CpOR
mercy.
Verse.
deliver
Second Lesson.
O my Strength, will I God is my defence, the God
Unto Thee,
my
:
speedily.
Answer.
worketh death.
sing, for
God, do I put my never be put to con-
me
righteousness, and cause me to escape. Verse. Incline Thine ear unto me,
according tance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world
1
O
Thee, let
;
fusion,
God worketh repen
to
is
3
trust
down
pulling
down
casting
of
imagin
ations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of
God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. Look ye on things after the outward appearance ? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ s,, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ s, even so we are Christ
s.
First Lesson.
Second Respo?isory.
The Lesson
taken from the Second Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (x. i.)
~\T
OW
I,
is
Paul, myself beseech you,
by the meekness and gentleness presence am base among you, but being absent am bold towards you. But I beseech you that I may not be bold when I am present, with that confidence wherewith I am of Christ,
1
Ps.
Iviii.
who
18.
in
2 Ps. ix. 3.
4
Let
my mouth
be
filled
with
Thy
sing of Thy glory, all the day long of Thy greatness. Cast me not off in the time of old
praise, that
age
;
I
forsake
may
me
not
when my
strength
faileth.
Verse. I
My
Answer.
my 3
lips shall
be fain when
sing unto Thee.
Forsake
me
not
when
strength faileth.
PS. 1XX.
I, 2.
4
Ps. Ixx. 8, 9, 23.
SECOND WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. Third Lesson. should boast some though "pOR what more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edi fication, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed. But that I may not seem as if I would terrify you I
letters
by
("for
they,
his
letters,"
and
weighty
"are
say
powerful,
but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible,") let such an one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend
measuring ourselves by ourselves, and comparing ourselves to ourselves.
My
shall
lips
Thee
Thou,
O
of of
Thy Thy
my
I
And
which
soul,
Lord, hast redeemed. Glory be to the Father, and
and
to the
And
Answer.
O
my
I
body,
;
to utter.
First Responsory. 1
Thee, O Lord my my heart, and I will Thy Name for evermore. For
will
I
praise
God, with glorify
all
Thy mercy toward me. 2 Thou art my God, and I Thou art my God, praise Thee is
great
Verse. will
:
is
Thy mercy
Second Lesson.
C~\F such an one
praise.
Verse.
the
sing
tongue shall also talk righteousness, all the day long
O
in the body, or out of cannot tell God know eth ;) how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for man
man, (whether
which
soul,
My
to the Son,
Thou,
be fain when
and
;
Answer. Thou,
;
toward me.
Lord, hast redeemed.
Verse.
I cannot tell God knoweth ;) such an one to have been caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a
and I will exalt Thee. Answer. For great
Third Responsory. unto
I know a man in Christ above four teen years ag o, (whether in the body, I cannot tell, or whether out of the body,
but
themselves,
379
Holy Ghost. which soul,
my
Lord, hast redeemed.
^^
of myself
I
will
I glory: yet not glory, but
will
For though I mine infirmities. would desire to glory, I shall not be a in
fool
for
:
will
I
say the truth
:
but
I
forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to
And
or that he heareth of me.
be,
should be exalted above meas
lest
I
ure
through
the
abundance of
the
there was given to me a the flesh, the messenger of
revelations,
thorn in
For this thing I Satan to buffet me. besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me, and He said unto me My grace is sufficient for
Sixth Day.
MATTINS.
:
First Lesson.
thee
The Lesson
taken from the Second Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (xii. I.)
T F
it
is
behoveth
me
to glory (but
not expedient) yet visions
I
will
it is
come
to
and revelations of the Lord. 1
PS. IXXXV. 12, 13.
:
for
My
power
is
made
perfect
weakness.
in
Second Respo?isory. Great,
ward me.
my
O
Lord,
is
And Thou
Thy mercy
to
hast delivered
soul from the lowest hell. Ps. cxvii. 28.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
3 8o
In the day of
Verse.
called
upon
thee, for
my
Thou
trouble
I
hast heard
me.
And Thou
Answer. ered
my
hast
deliv
soul from the lowest hell.
I told every word be established. you before, and foretell you, as pres now as absent, to them ent, and which heretofore have sinned, and to
all other, that, if
come
I
again,
I
will
Seek ye a proof of Christ speaking in me, Which to you-ward is For not weak, but is mighty in you ? though He was crucified through weakness yet He liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in not spare.
Third Lesson.
OST
gladly therefore will I rather g lory in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. TV/I"
Therefore
I
take pleasure in mine
mities, in reproaches, in in persecutions,
Christ
s
in necessities, for distresses
Him, but we shall live with Him by power of God toward you.
the
I am weak, am become a
am
fool
ye have compelled me.
;
;
For when
sake.
then
I
infir
I
strong
For
First Responsory.
I
me
Cut
ought to have been commended of you for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest Apostles, though I be
not
off,
&c., (p. 377.)
:
Second Lesson. yourselves whether ye the faith prove your Know ye not your own selves,
nothing.
be
Third Responsory.
selves.
The LORD is my refuge. my God is the stay of my trust. 1
And
2 Verse. He delivered me from the strongest of mine enemies, and the
LORD was my stay. Answer. And my God of
my
Verse.
the stay
my
how
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost.
And my God
is
the stay
that
JESUS Christ
is
in
you
?
ex
Now I pray God that ye do no evil ; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is though we be as reprobates. For we can do nothing against the For we are truth, but for the truth. glad that we are weak, and ye are :
This also we pray
strong.
trust.
:
But I trust ye cept ye be reprobates. shall know that we are not reprobates.
right
Answer. of
is
trust.
to the Son,
in
for,
even
your perfection.
Second Responsory.
The Sabbath.
My
heart
is
ready, &c., (p. 377.)
MATTINS.
Third Lesson.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Second Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (xiii. i.)
TDEHOLD,
this
am coming mouth
is
the third time
to
I
In the you. of two or three witnesses shall 1
Ps.
xciii. 22.
"THEREFORE
I
write these things
being absent, lest, being present, I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given
me
to edification,
tion.
perfect
and not
to destruc
Finally, brethren, farewell. ;
be of good comfort 2 Ps. xvii. 18.
;
Be
be of one
THIRD WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. mind
;
live
in peace,
and the God of
peace and love shall be with you. Greet one another with an holy kiss. All the saints salute you. The grace of our Lord JESUS Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.
Whom
to
Father,
and
First Responsory. 3
O LORD,
rebuke
Third Responsory.
for
Have mercy upon me, O
(P. 378.)
VESPERS.
The Prayer is taken from the Lauds of the succeeding Sunday.
am
I
4
Verse.
Strength, &c.,
me not in Thine me in Thine hot
anger, neither chasten
LORD,
O my
be glory for ever
Amen.
ever.
displeasure.
Unto Thee,
331
weak,
Fearfulness and trembling-
are come upon me, and darkness hath overwhelmed me. Have mercy upon me, O Answer. LORD, for I am weak.
Second Lesson.
MARVEL
T
that ye are so soon rethat called you
moved from him
into the grace of Christ, unto another
Gospel
Sunliag after
which
some
is
not another
;
unless
that trouble you, and the Gospel of Christ.
would pervert But though we,
pipfjang* The Third Lord s Day after Epiphany 1
or an angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached As unto you, let him be anathema.
the
MATTINS.
we
said before, so say
I
now again
:
If
any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him For do I now persuade be anathema. men or God ? Or do I seek to please
FIRST NOCTURN. First Lesson. 2 Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Galatians
Here beginneth the (i.
:
there be
tfje
men ? If I yet pleased men, not be the servant of Christ.
I
should
i.)
T3AUL, an
(not
Second Responsory.
of
men, neither by man, but by JESUS God the Father, Who Christ, and raised Him from the dead) and all the brethren which are with me, unto the Churches of Galatia. Grace be to you, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord JESUS Christ, Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of our God, and Apostle
O
God, Which satest in the throne judging right, be Thou a refuge for the 5
poor,
a
refuge
times
in
of trouble.
For Thou alone beholdest mischief and spite.
Verse.
unto Thee
The poor leaveth himself Thou wilt be the helper of
;
the fatherless.
Answer. mischief and
For Thou alone beholdest spite.
1 The comparatively recent Feast of the Holy Home Jesus, Mary, and Joseph for this day, kept in the dioceses of Westminster, Hexham, and Salford. will be found in the Appendix. It was written probably about the year 54 of Christ." Abp. Kenrick says,
* Ps. vi. 2, 3.
VOL.
I.
*.
Ps.
liv. 6.
5
.
Ps. ix. 5
N
2
;
x.
14.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
382
Third Lesson.
17 OR
I
certify you, brethren, that the
Gospel which was preached of me not after man for I neither received of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of JESUS Christ. For ye have heard of my conversation in is
:
it
times past in the Jews
religion,
how
beyond measure I persecuted the Church of God, and wasted it, and pro fited in the Jews religion above many mine equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly jealous of the that
traditions of
my
The Lord
shall
heart
is
at
my
never be moved. is
glad,
and
my
The LORD
Verse.
right hand,
Glory be
Verse.
and
the portion of is
love.
Fourth Responsory.
right
hand there are pleasures
Thou art He That shalt mine inheritance unto me. Answer. Thou shalt fill me with joy Thy presence, at Thy right hand Verse.
restore in
of the
circumcision
would have the Galatians, who were under grace, to be under the burdens of the law, persuading them
[of Hippo.]
(Preface, Bk. iv.)
reason of the Apostle
was
Fifth Lesson.
"PHESE-men
taken from the Exposi
to the Galatians
for
evermore.
is
tion of the Epistle to the Galatians
HP HE
upon the
and
fourth Lesson.
by St Austin, Bishop
to say,
only the grace of faith which worketh
by
Holy Ghost.
SECOND NOCTURN.
is
is
there are pleasures for evermore.
Answer. Therefore my heart glad, and my tongue rejoiceth.
The Lesson
serve sin, laying, that
unrighteous a righteous law, whereby their unrighteousness was made mani For there is not fest, not taken away. anything which taketh away sin, save
tongue rejoiceth.
to the Father,
to the
I
my
mine inheritance, and of my cup. Answer. Therefore my heart glad, and my tongue rejoiceth. to the Son,
of grace,
to
2 O Lord, Thou hast shown me Thou shalt fill me the path of life. with joy in Thy presence, at Thy
Therefore is
benefit
be bound with burdens of the law burdens which the Lord God had laid, not upon such as serve righteousness, but upon such as
fathers.
Third Responsory. 1
hended that great and desiring still
s
writing that
this
:
they might understand that the grace of God had worked in them that they were no longer under the law. For
that the Gospel profited them nothing, unless they should be circumcised,
and take on them the other outward observances of the Jews religion. Whence the Galatians began to have doubts of the Apostle Paul, by whom the Gospel had been preached to them, as one that held not the doctrine of the other Apostles, who compelled the Gentiles to
come under
the law.
when
the grace of the Gospel was preached to them, there had not been wanting to them some of them of the indeed in qircumcision, Christians
strength
name, but who had not yet appre
my
Ps. xv. 9, 5.
2
Fifth Responsory. 3 I
love
will ;
the
fortress.
Ps. xv. 10, 5.
Thee,
LORD
is
O LORD, my my rock, and
THIRD WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY.
My
Verse.
Deliverer,
THIRD NOCTURN.
God, mine
my
383
Helper.
Answer. And
my
Seventh Lesson.
fortress.
The Lesson Sixth Lesson.
HP HE
same question
A T "^^
an end
putteth
and
discussion,
stilleth
to
the
the
strife
which had arisen between the Jewish and the Gentile converts, in con sequence of the Jews holding that they had earned the knowledge of the Gospel as a reward for their observance of the law, and grudg
same knowledge
ing the
to
done
men
to
who
deserve
to
it
;
taining that they were superior to the Jews, in that they were not the murderers of the Lord. Now,
the Galatians, the Epistle Apostle addresseth himself to those who were troubled by the authority in
this
to
and
St
Homily by
were of the uncircumcision.
When the Lord was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. They were not able to follow Him when He went up. And first there came a leper. This poor creature s disease had prevented him from hearing the Saviour s long sermon on the Mount. Let it be noted that he is the first person
the
;
Sixth Responsory. the
LORD S, and
the
and they
the world,
;
as
healed.
being
the Centurion
ser
s
was
Peter s wife s was sick of a fever at
third
who
mother,
who were
is
[at
Comm. on Matth.
\.
viii.)
Capernaum
earth
Priest
Jerome,
(Bk.
Bethlehem.]
vant
thereof
the
fourth
brought
were
unto
Christ
they as
being troubled with evil spirits, from whom He by His word cast out the evil spirits, at the same time that He healed all that were sick.
that dwell therein.
For
Verse.
upon the
seas, the floods.
He
The
Answer.
hath founded
and established
it
it
upon
to
the
2
my
Glory be
Verse.
Seventh Responsory.
world, and they that
dwell therein.
and
Son,
to
and
the to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
I
in
me
let
O LORD, do O my God, I trust
Unto Thee, soul.
lift
up
Thee,
not be ashamed.
O
Verse.
keep
my soul and
deliver
me.
Answer.
The
world, and they that
dwell therein. 1
Ps. xxiii. i, 2.
:
leper And so
Him.
worshipped
Him
on.
into
The
moun
the
great multitudes followed came a there and, behold,
specially named The second was
by them who were of the and sought to bring subjection to the law them who
claimed
fulness
JESUS was
tain,
circumcision,
1
When
:
down from
the un-
had and nothing the Gentiles, on the contrary, main as
circumcised,
time
that
come
:
Apostle
Matthew
to
discussed
is
the Epistle to the Romans, but with this difference in that case in
the
taken from the Holy
is
according
Gospel
O my
Answer. Thee,
let 2
me
God,
I
trust
not be ashamed.
Ps. xxiv.
i, 2, 20.
in
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. and
Righth Lesson. "
the
to
A
there
behold, ^^ ND, and
came a
:
the
Holy
confirm
hearers the truth
the
in
had gone
the teaching that "
Thou
if
Lord,
make me
He
clean."
Lord
Thou
wilt,
of
that
canst
prayeth
have the will, doubteth not but that He hath the power. "And JESUS put forth His hand, and touched him, saying I will be As soon as the Lord thou clean." put forth His Hand the leprosy de Let us remark how lowly parted. and unbragging is the Lord s lan to
:
The
guage.
Thou
"
wilt
will."
;
The
leper had said, the Lord answereth, "Thou
leper,
the
clean,"
"If "
I
canst
make
Be
thou misled
"
Lord,
Most Latin
clean."
;
readers,
the of form in that identity language between the Present Infini tive Active and the Second Person
by
Singular Present Imperative Passive of the Verb, read Christ s answer as if it were, I will to make thee clean." This is wrong. The sentences are
is
full
Ninth Lesson. "
A ND
*~*
before.
earth
of His glory.
doctrine cometh occasion for a sign, that the power of the miracle might
me
to
The whole
Answer.
leper,
worshipped Him, saying Properly after preaching and
the
and
Son,
Ghost.
JESUS
thou
tell
saith unto
no
him: See
man."
What
need was there to tell what his body showed ? But go thy way, show thyself to the Priest." There were divers reasons why Christ should send him to the "
First, for humility s sake, that
Priest.
He might show Then
Priest.
reverence to God s was a command
there
in the law that they that were cleansed of leprosy should make an offering to the Priests. Moreover, that, when
the
saw the leper cleansed,
Priests
they might either believe in the Saviour, if they believed, or refuse to believe that they might be saved, and, if they believed not, that they might have no ;
excuse.
Lastly, that He might give for the accusation that was
no ground
so often brought against Him, that law.
He
was unobservant of the
"
First
separate. sion of volition,
command,
"
cometh the expres "
I
Be thou
will,"
then
One Seraph
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. JESUS was come down from
cried unto another
There are Three in
heaven,
the
:
That :
and
these Three are One.
Holy, Holy, Holy of hosts
is
the
:
Glory be 1
to
Isa. vi. 3.
the
;
Father,
Word, and the Holy Ghost
Verse.
the mountain, * behold, there came a leper, and worshipped Him, saying Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And JESUS put forth His I Hand, and touched him, saying will be thou clean. :
2
bear record
Answer.
O
Thee,
When
:
LORD God
praise
LAUDS.
His glory.
the
"We
is said.
the
Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD God of hosts the whole earth is full of Verse.
&c.,"
clean."
Eighth Responsory. 1
The Hymn, God,
Father,
Prayer throughout the day and week.
A LMIGHTY
^^
ities,
and everlasting God, upon our infirm our dangers and neces-
mercifully look
and
in all 2
i
John
v. 7.
THIRD WEEK. AFTER EPIPHANY. sities
stretch forth the right hand of to help and defend us.
First Responsory.
Thy Majesty
O how
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
great, &c., (p. 375-)
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen.
Second Lesson.
NOW
T/
ye
that
they
the
same
Abraham.
And
therefore,
which are of VESPERS.
are the the of the Blessed
Antiphon at the Song canst
if
Lord,
Virgin.
make me him
saith to
I
:
Thou clean
will
;
* Thou
wilt, :
and
JESUS
be thou clean.
would
justify
thee shall
all
Abraham be
nations faithful
For
Abraham.
For law, are under the curse. written Cursed is every one
it
continueth not in
MATTINS.
all
things which are
book of the
written in the
is
that
"
:
Second Day.
2
faith shall
of the works of the
as are
many
"In
:
blessed."
then, they which be of
be blessed with as
foreseeing that God the heathen through
before unto
faith, told
So
of
children
Scripture,
faith,
law, to
do
3
them."
First Lesson.
The Lesson
Second Responsory.
taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Galatians (iii. i.) is
God, &c.,
C\ FOOLISH
Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes JESUS Christ hath been evidently set This forth, crucified among you ? Received only would I learn of you ye the Spirit by the works of the
375.)
(p.
Third Lesson.
^^^
T)UT
that
law
no man
in
is
justified
the sight of
God
dent, for "the just liveth And the law is not of faith
evi
is
by ;
by the
faith."
but
"
4
the
:
or by the hearing of faith ? Are ye so foolish, that, having be gun in the Spirit, ye are now made Have ye perfect by the flesh ? law,
so
suffered if
it
that
and
many
things
vain
in
?
be yet in vain. He therefore ministereth to you the Spirit, worketh
miracles
among
you, of the
He it by the works As law, or by the hearing of faith ? it is written Abraham believed God, doeth
man
that
them."
5
from
the
made
a
written
them
shall
hath
redeemed us
that
of
for
Cursed
hangeth on a ing the
of
curse curse "
:
doeth Christ
tree
is
the
us
")
law, ;
(for
accounted
to
him
Gentiles
through
we might
receive
JESUS the
Christ,
Third Respotisory. 1
righteousness." 1
Gen. xv.
4
Hab.
ii.
6.
4.
2
Gen.
xii. 3.
5
Lev.
xviii. 5.
is
promise
for
*
it
that the bless
"
was
it
being
Abraham might come upon
of the Spirit through faith.
:
and
in
every one that 6
:
live
will bless, &c., (p. 376.) 3 6
Deut. xxvii. 26. Deut. xxi. 23.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
386
Third Lesson.
AND
Third Day. MATTINS.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Galatians (v. i.)
CTAND
fast, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold I, Paul, say unto you, that, if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit For I testify again to you nothing. every man that circumciseth himself, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you,
whosoever of you are justified by the For law ye are fallen from grace. :
in spirit
faith wait for the
by
I
yet preach
why do I yet suffer Then is the offence of
persecution ? the Cross ceased.
First Lesson.
we
if
brethren,
I,
circumcision,
~^~
hope
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. For, brethren, ye have been called unto
only use not liberty for an liberty occasion to the flesh, but by love serve For all the law is ful one another. :
filled in
one word
thy neighbour as bite
that
"
:
Thou
shalt love
1
thyself."
But
if
ye
and devour one another, take heed ye be not consumed one of an
other.
I
then
say
Walk
:
Spirit,
and ye
shall not
of the
flesh.
For the
against
the
fulfil
flesh
in
the
the lust lusteth
and the Spirit Spirit, flesh for these are con
against the trary the one to the other, so that ye do not the things that ye would. :
of righteousness.
Third Responsory. First Responsory. I
O
God, give
said, &c., (p. 377.)
ear, &c., (p. 376.)
Second Lesson.
|7
OR
in
Fourth Day.
Christ JESUS neither cir
cumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision but faith which worketh by love. Ye did run well who did hinder you, that ye should not obey the truth ? This persuasion cometh not of Him That calleth you. A little leaven leaveneth the whole I have confidence in you in lump. the Lord, that ye will be none other wise minded. But he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whoso ever he be.
MATTINS.
;
First Lesson.
:
Second Responsory.
The Lord hath 1
Lev.
2
Abp. Kenrick
first
set,
&c., (p. 376.)
Here beginneth the
2
Epistle of the
Blessed Apostle Paul to the Ephesians
(i.
i.)
of JESUS Christ, pAUL, an Apostle 1 by the will of God, to all the Saints which are at Ephesus, and to Grace the faithful in Christ JESUS. be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord JESUS Blessed be the God and Christ. Father of our Lord JESUS Christ,
Who
hath blessed us with
all spiritual
xix. 18.
says, time, a prisoner at
"
This
Rome.
letter
"
was written about the year
62,
when
the Apostle was, the
THIRD WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. blessings in heavenly places in Christ, He hath chosen us in
according as
Him
before
the
of
foundation
the
we should be holy and
that
world,
without blame before
Him
in love.
ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory.
Third Responsory.
First Responsory.
Cut me not
off,
387
Unto Thee,
&c., (p. 377.)
&c., (p. 378.)
Second Lesson. hath
"\1THO
us
foreordained
unto Fifth Day.
adoption of children by JESUS Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the the
of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us acceptable In Whom we in His beloved Son. have redemption through His Blood,
MATTINS. First Lesson.
praise
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace, wherein He hath abounded toward us in all wis
dom and prudence make known unto
:
He
that
might
us the mystery of
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Ephesians
T
the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meek
with long
His
will,
ness,
which
one another
heaven,
Him,
and which are on
earth,
in
in the dispensation of the fulness
in
-
suffering,
forbearing
giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, even as ye are called love,
one one hope of your calling faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, Who is above all, in
;
Lord, one
of times.
Second Responsory.
My
i.)
THEREFORE,
ure,
according to His good pleas He hath purposed in Him to self, gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in
(iv.
heart
is
and through
all,
and
in us all.
ready, &c., (p. 377.)
First Responsory.
Third Lesson.
T
N Whom we
In Thee,
to have part, being predestinated .according to the purpose of Him worketh all things after the counsel of
we should be to the His glory, who have first
will,
trusted,
In
Whom
ye also
heard the word Gospel of your salvation,)
after that ye
truth, (the
in
Whom
T3UT
that
praise of trusted in Christ.
of
God, &c., (p. 378.)
Second Lesson.
Who
His own
O
also have been called
also, after that
ye believed, 1
gift
unto every one of us is given according to the measure of the Wherefore he saith of Christ. :
ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts Now that He ascended, unto men." 1 what is it but that He also descended "
When He
Ps. Ixvii. 19.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
388
He That
given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling
That ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.
cleanness or covetousness,
first
into the lower parts of the earth ? descended is the Same also
But
savour.
and
fornication,
unnot be
all
let it
even named
among you, as becometh neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not be fitting, but rather, giving of thanks. Saints
Second Responsory. Let
my
mouth, &c., (p. 378.)
;
Third Lesson.
First Responsory.
A ND He
gave some, Apostles and and some, some, Prophets Evangelists and some, Pastors and ;
will praise, &c., (p. 379.)
I
;
;
the
for
Teachers,
of
perfecting
Christ
:
till
we
come
all
into the unity
of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ
:
that
we henceforth
be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
by the after
craftiness,
whereby they
lie
sleight of the wiles in
men, and of
error
wait to deceive.
But, speaking the truth in love,
we grow up into Him in Which is the Head, even
all
Second Lesson.
the
Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of
may
things
TI^OR know ye and understand
this
;
no whoremonger, nor un clean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with empty words for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the that
:
children of disobedience.
Be not ye
For ye were sometime darkness, but now are Walk as chil ye light in the Lord. dren of light. therefore partakers with them.
Christ.
Second Responsory.
Third Responsory. Great,
My
lips,
O
Lord, &c., (p. 379.)
&c., (p. 379.)
Third Lesson.
OR
the fruit of light
"P
Sixth Day.
ness,
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Ephesians
(v.
things
ye therefore followers of God, as dear children, and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
;
good-
and
which are done of them in But all things that are re
proved are
IDE
in all
;
secret.
i.)
is
righteousness,
proving what is acceptable And have no fellow unto the Lord. ship with the unfruitful works of dark For ness, but rather reprove them. it is a shame even to speak of those truth
MATTINS.
and
light
for
:
manifest saith
"
:
is
made
manifest
whatsoever light.
Awake, thou
the
by
doth
make
Wherefore that
he
sleepest,
THIRD WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. and
from the dead, and Christ
arise
shall shine
upon
thee."
l
389
doing the will of God from the heart,, with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men knowing that :
whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And,
Third Responsory.
The LORD
&c., (p. 380.)
is,
ye masters, do the same things untoknow them, forbearing threatening ing that both their and your Master is ;
heaven, neither persons with Him.
in
The Sabbath.
is
there respect of
MATTINS. Second Responsory. First Lesson.
My The Lesson
heart
taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Ephesians
(vi.
/CHILDREN, Lord
the "
Honour thy
which
is
the
promise,
obey your parents for
;
father
first
"that
it
this
and thy
is
live
in
Third Lesson.
right.
with with
long
fathers,
IN ALLY, my
brethren, be strong Lord, and in the power Put on the whole ar of His might. mour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the deviL "P
in the
mother,"
commandment may be well
and thou mayest the earth." 2 And, ye
on pro
voke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
First Responsory.
For we wrestle not against
not
flesh
and
but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the dark ness of this world, against spiritual Where wickedness in high places. fore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to with
blood,
stand
done
me
ready, &c., (p. 377-)
i.)
thee,
Cut
is
is
in all,
the to
evil
day,
and, having
stand.
&c., (p. 377.)
off,
Third Responsory. Second Lesson.
CERVANTS,
be obedient
to
them
that are your masters according
Unto Thee, O my Strength,
to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto
not with eye-service, as men; pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, Christ
1
2
The
VESPERS.
The Prayer
is
of the succeeding
taken from the Lauds
Sunday.
late Dr Neale believed this to be a quotation from an ancient Christian hymn. Exod. xx. 12 Deuteron. v. 16. ;
c.,.
(P. 378.)
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
390 JFourtj)
Suntiag after
Second Lesson. tjje
God
ffiptpfjattg.
is
"POR
The Fourth Lord^s Day after Epiphany.
my witness, how greatly
all in the bowels of JESUS Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more
long after you
I
the
and more
in
judgment
that ye
knowledge and in all may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sin cere and without offence till the day
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
:
of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by JESUS Christ, unto the glory and praise of
First Lesson.
Here beginneth
the l Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Philippians (i. i.)
God.
But
would ye should under
I
stand, brethren, that the things which happen unto me have fallen out rather
unto the furtherance of the Gospel
T3AUL
and Timothy, the servants of JESUS Christ, to all the saints in Christ JESUS which are at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons. Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord JESUS
so
bonds
my
that
Christ
in
;
are
manifest in all the court and in other places, and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing con fident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word of God all
Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making re
without
fear.
quest with joy, for your fellowship in the Gospel of Christ, from the first
Second Responsory.
O
until now. Being confident of very thing, that He Which hath begun a good work in you will per form it until the day of JESUS Christ.
day
God, Which
satest, &c., (p.
381.)
this
Even
as
is
it
meet
for
me
Third Lesson.
to think
COME
because I have you in heart, inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confir mation of the Gospel, ye all are par this of
you
all,
takers of
;
Gospel, and some preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds. What then ? While Christ is preached any the
First Responsory.
way, whether
rebuke
me
not,
&c.,
even
;
my joy.
O LORD,
indeed preach Christ
of envy and strife and some also of goodwill some of love, know ing that I am set for the defence of
mine
therein
I
(p.
381.)
in
will
pretence or in truth, rejoice,
yea,
and do
rejoice.
1
Abp. Kenrick says, "The faithful of Philippi cherished at all times a tender affection for [St and cheerfully contributed to his wants, especially when he was a prisoner at Rome, whither they sent their offerings by the hands of Epaphroditus, who was probably their Bishop. Paul showed his confidence and tender regard for them by accepting their contributions, which Paul],-
he also gratefully acknowledged in this epistle. The letter was written in the year 62, and forwarded by Epaphroditus. It is believed to have been one of the last written during the imprisonment of the Apostle at Rome, as it indicates confidence that he would soon be .
first
set at liberty.
.
.
FOURTH WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. willed or not, he state of change
Third Responsory.
The Lord
my
at
is
right hand, &c.,
creature
"the
391
became subject and corruption. itself
to the
shall
also
But be
delivered from the bondage of corrup when it shall rise again incor tion
(P. 382.)
"
and be made partaker of the glory of the children of God.
SECOND NOCTURN.
ruptible
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Book
is
Fifth Responsory.
of Moral [Reflections on Job] writ ten by Pope St Gregory [the
Great]
I
will love
body lest it should grow too weak and fail us we chasten it by abstinence, lest it should wax gross, and become lord over us
Sixth Lesson.
refresh the
;
;
we
strengthen it with exercise, lest it and straight perish by the not using ;
way we
give it rest, lest weariness we succour ;
it
faint
it
with raiment,
it
;
have clothed
it,
In
all
afflict
through
should blight it and of the raiment wherewith
lest the cold
strip
it.
Thee, &c., (p. 382.)
30.)
(iv.
lest
we we
the heat should
these so
many
offices
what do we but serve the corruptible ? Upon what is all this care spent but upon that wherover hangeth the doom of weakness and change ?
still then, the elect are subject to sorrow, being yet by the sentence of corruption
TTERE,
bound but when we shall have put off this corruptible we shall be loosed from that sentence, and shall sorrow no For though we earnestly desire more. to appear before God, we are still hin ;
dered by the burden of this dying body. Rightly then are we called prisoners, since we are not free to go whither we will,
that
to
is
say,
to
God
O
Lord,
Thou
and
he cry out have a desire to depart and to be He would with Christ." (Phil. i. 23.) not have felt this keenness if he had not felt himself bound down.
this corruptible, rightly did
Fourth Responsory.
;
rightly did the prisoner Paul, yearning after the things which are eternal, and still weighed down with the burden of :
"
I
hast shown me, &c.,
(p. 382.)
Fifth Lesson.
For was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him Who hath subjected the same therefore saith Paul
Sixth Responsory.
"
:
the creature
in
hope
also
:
shall
because the creature be delivered from
The
to vanity, not willingly" of his own free
abdicated
his
state
(p. 383.)
the
into the glorious liberty of the children of God." (Rom. viii. "The creature was made 20.)
when man had
c.,
THIRD NOCTURN.
itself
Seventh Lesson.
bondage of corruption
subject
earth,
for will
of unchangeable
blessedness, the just sentence of death
was passed upon him, and whether he
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (viii.
230
AT
that time: When JESUS was entered into a ship, His disciples followed Him and, behold, there arose "*
;
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
392
a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered by the waves but He was asleep. And so on.
Eighth Responsory.
:
Homily by St Jerome, Bethlehem.]
(Sk.
i.
Priest
[at
"
The fifth sign that He did was when He took ship at Capernaum, and commanded the winds and the the
:
of the devils
sixth,
Gergesenes, to
in
when,
enter into
He
the country suffered the
the swine
the
:
He came into His He cured the man sick of
seventh, when, as
own
city,
the palsy lying on a bed. man sick of the palsy that
was the centurion
s
The
He
first
cured
servant.
the men marvelled, What manner of man
"DUT
that even the winds
Him
Unto Thee,
O LORD,
saying: is
this,
and the sea obey
It was not His disciples that marvelled, but the sailors, and the others that were in the ship. If,, "
?
however, any one willeth to with stand this our interpretation and to maintain that it was the disciples
who
we
marvelled,
are
ready
to
they who knew not before the power of the Saviour deserve to be stripped of the title of
them
answer
disciples,
Seventh Responsory.
cried, &c., (p. 384.)
Ninth Lesson.
Comm. on Matth.
viii.)
sea
One Seraph
that
and
to
The Hymn,
&c., (p. 383.)
be
called
simply
men."
"the
God,"
"
We
praise Thee,
O
&c., is said.
Eighth Lesson. "
He was asleep; and gUTdisciples came to Him,
LAUDS.
His
and awoke Him, saying: Lord, save There is a type of this in the history of Jonah, who, when the storm arose, was lying fast asleep, and whom the sailors woke to help them who also saved the sailors by commanding them to throw him into the sea, the said casting of him into the sea, being, as we know, a us."
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. * JESUS was entered into a ship,
When
there arose a great tempest in the sea
and His
awoke Him, saying we perish.
disciples
Lord, Save us
:
:
:
;
figure of Christ s Passion. "
Then He arose and rebuked
the
winds and the sea." From these words we understand that all things, which have been made, are sentient to their Maker. All things which He rebuketh or commandeth, hear His voice. This is not the error of the heretics who will have it that every thing is quick, but part of the majesty of the Creator, Who maketh to feel
Him
things which
feel us.
we cannot make
to
Prayer throughout f~\ ^^^
the
day and week.
GOD, Who
knowest us to be set midst of so many and great dangers, that, by reason of the frailty of our nature, we cannot always stand upright grant to us such health in
the
;
mind and body, that by Thy strength and protection we may overcome all evils, whereby for our sins we are justly afflicted. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and of
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen.
FOURTH WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. VESPERS.
Antiphon at
Song of
Virgin.
word,
great calm
O
the Blessed
and
hearts
your
minds
in
Christ JESUS.
* we perish let there be and God,
Lord, Save us
:give the
a
the
keep
393
:
:
Second Responsory.
O
!
God, &c.,
(p. 375-)
Third Lesson. whatsoever brethren, whatsoever are true, things things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are holy,
T7 IN ALLY,
Second Day.
MATTINS. First Lesson.
things are lovely, what soever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise of obedience, think
whatsoever
The Lesson
taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the is
Philippians
(iv.
I.)
^"THEREFORE, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy so stand fast in the and my crown I beseech Lord, my dearly beloved. ;
and entreat Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. And I entreat thee also, true yoke 1 women which those fellow, help laboured with me in the Gospel, with Clement 2 also, and with other my fellow-labourers, whose names are in Euodia
the book of
Those things which on these things. ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do, and the God of peace shall be with you. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that
hath were
now
at the last
flourished also
your care of me wherein ye but ye lacked
again,
careful
:
opportunity.
Third Responsory.
life. I
will bless, &c., (p.
376.)
First Responsory.
O how
great,
c.,
(p. 375-)
Third Day. MATTINS.
Second Lesson.
T) EJOICE I
known unto
:
Let your moder all
men
:
First Lesson.
again
for the
Be careful for at hand. but in everything by prayer supplication, with thanksgiving, is
nothing
and
Lord alway
say, Rejoice.
ation be
Lord
in the
Here beginneth the Epistle Blessed Apostle Paul to the sians
(i.
of 3
the
Colos-
i.)
;
be
let
your requests And unto God.
may
Cod, which passeth
A very common
all
made
known
peace of understanding, the
an Apostle of JESUS Christ, * by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ JESUS, which are
opinion is that this is the Bishop, the bearer of the letter. 2 Afterwards Pope. Nov. 23. 3 the Apostle at Kenrick says: "The letter was written during the imprisonment of Abp. Rome, about the year 62." 1
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
394
Grace be unto you and Father, and from
at Colossae.
peace from
Third Lesson.
God our
O
hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son, in Whom we have redemp tion through His Blood, even the
We give Lord JESUS Christ. thanks to God and the Father of our Lord JESUS Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ JESUS, and of the love which ye have to all the Saints, for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel, which is the
come unto
you,
as
also
God
of
grace
heard
of
fellow-servant,
in
is
of
our for
were
whether they be Thrones, Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers all things were created by ;
Him, and in Him, and He is before and in Him all things consist. all,
ye dear
And He
you a JESUS us your
the
is
the Church
;
Head
Who
is
of the body of the
;
unto
Him
by
invisible,
as
;
for
or
and knew
Christ
declareth
also
it,
;
the image
First-born
things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
the
all
truth
Epaphras
who
1
minister
faithful
who
of every creature
is
the
all
forth fruit, and doth also in you,
waxeth strong, as it since the day ye heard of the
in
is
it
:
and bringeth
world,
Who
forgiveness of sins of the invisible God,
Beginning,
the First-born from the dead.
love in the Spirit.
Third Responsory. First Responsory,
O
God, give
I
said, &c., (p.
ear, &c., (p. 376.)
Second Lesson. this
"POR
cause
we
also,
Fourth Day. since the
day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of His will, in all wisdom and spiritual that ye may walk understanding
MATTINS. First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Colossians (iii. 12.)
;
worthy of God,
in all pleasing, being every good work, and in creasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might, accord
fruitful
;
ing
T3UT
in
to
patience
His
and
3770
glorious
long
-
power,
in
all
giving with thanks unto the joyfulness Father, Which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of suffering,
the Saints in light.
on, therefore, as
the elect of
God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, kindness, humbleness, meek ness, long-suffering: forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any even as the Lord hath forgiven And above all you, so also do ye. these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness and let the ;
;
Second Responsory.
The Lord hath
set, &c., (p.
Probably
376.)
peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body and be ye thankful.
their Bishop,
;
(and
first
Apostle.)
FOURTH WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. First Responsory.
me
Cut
not
tinue in prayer,
ET
off,
in the
same
&c., (p. 377-)
Third Responsory.
word of Christ dwell
the
and watch
with thanksgiving.
Second Lesson.
T
395
Unto Thee,
in
&c., (p. 378.)
wisdom, teach you ing and admonishing one another in richly, in all
psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the Name of
the
MATTINS.
Lord
JESUS Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, the Lord.
and
Fifth Day.
be
Children,
as
is
it
fit
First Lesson.
Here beginneth the
Husbands, love your wives, not
bitter
1
First Epistle of Paul to the
Blessed Apostle Thessalonians (i. i.) the
in
them.
against
in
obey your parents
all
for this is well pleasing unto things the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be dis
T3AUL, and
and Timothy, Church of the Thes
Silvanus,
unto the
:
couraged.
Second Responsory.
My
heart
is
ready, &c.,
(p.
377.)
Third Lesson.
CERVANTS,
in
obey
all
things
shall
receive
God
in
the Father,
:
knowing, brethren beloved
for our Gospel of God, your election came not unto you in word only, but ;
and in the Holy Ghost, and in much fulness, as ye know what manner of men we were among you also in power,
your sake.
for
reward of the
the
is
Grace JESUS Christ. We give be unto you and peace. thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers without ceasing, remembering the work of your faith, and labour, and love, and patience of hope in our Lord JESUS Christ, in the sight of God and our Father
your masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service, as menpleasers, but in singleness of heart, Whatsoever ye do, do fearing God. to the Lord, and not it heartily, as unto men, knowing that of the Lord ye
salonians, which in the Lord
and
First Responsory.
Serve the Lord Christ. For he that doeth wrong shall re ceive for the wrong which he hath inheritance.
done and there is no respect of persons with God. Masters, (iv. i.) give unto your servants that which
In Thee,
just and also have a 1
equal,
knowing
Master
Abp. Kenrick says:
in
that
heaven.
"This
AND
ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, receiving the
word
in
much
affliction,
with joy of
be the first of [St Paul s] epistles. or the beginning of 52 though some date it as
letter is believed
ascribed to the close of the year 51, as the year 54."
is
(p. 378.)
^^
ye
Con
God, &c.,
Second Lesson.
:
is
O
to
;
It
late
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
396 the
Holy Ghost, so
that
were
ye
ensamples to all that believe in Mace donia and Achaia. For from you sounded out the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God -ward is spread abroad, so that we need not to speak any For they themselves show thing. of us what manner of entering in we had unto you and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, and to wait
Sixth Day.
MATTINS. First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the First
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians (iv. i.)
;
Son
His
from heaven (Whom from the dead) even JESUS, Who hath delivered us from the wrath to come. for
He
raised
pURTHERMORE, seech
we
then,
you, brethren,
be
and exhort
you by the Lord JESUS, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would walk, that ye may abound more and more. For ye know what
commandments
I gave you by the Lord JESUS. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification that ye should abstain from fornication, that every one of you should know how
Second Responsory. Let
my
mouth, &c.,
;
(p. 378.)
Third Lesson.
to possess his vessel in sanctification not in the passion of
and honour yourselves, brethren, know our pORentrance unto that was in
not vain
;
it
you,
we had
but even after that
suffered before, and were shamefully as ye know, at Philippi, 1 we were bold in our God to speak
First Responsory.
entreated,
unto
God
with much carefulness. For our exhor tation was not of deceit, nor of unbut as we cleanness, nor in guile
you the
Gospel
of
:
were approved of God to be put in trust with the Gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, trieth our hearts. For neither
Which at .as
any time used we flattering words, ye know, nor made occasion of
God is witness nor of sought we glory, neither of you,
covetousness
men
;
I
will praise, &c., (p. 379.)
Second Lesson.
AND
let
For God hath you, and testified. not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth [these commands] despiseth not man, but God Who hath also
given us His Holy
Third Responsory. lips,
no man go beyond, nor de
fraud his brother in any matter, because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we have forewarned
;
nor yet of others.
My
;
even as the Gentiles, which know not God.
lust,
Spirit.
Second Responsory.
&c., (p. 379-)
Great, 1
Acts
xvi. 21 et seq.
O
Lord, &c., (p. 379.)
FOURTH WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. and and
Third Lesson.
T)UT
as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you :
ye yourselves are taught of God But indeed ye to love one another. do it toward all the brethren which But we beseech are in all Macedonia. you, brethren, that ye increase more for
and more, and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you and that ye walk honestly toward them that are without, and covet no man s goods.
a
in
faith,
all
tribulations
your persecutions ye endure, as
that
token
manifest
of
judgment of God,
the
that
righteous
ye
may be
worthy in the kingdom which ye also suffer.
counted for
God,
397
of
First Responsory.
Cut
me
not
off,
&c., (p. 377.)
Second Lesson.
;
"DUT if it is
God
to
is,
&c., (p. 380.)
The Sabbath.
First Lesson.
Second Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians
(i.
l
i.)
and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the Church of the Thes salonians in God our Father, and in Grace unto the Lord JESUS Christ. you, and peace, from God our Father, ,
We
and the Lord JESUS Christ. bound to thank God always
are
for you,
meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth so that brethren, as
it
ourselves
Churches of God,
in
for
who
;
goodness, and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord JESUS Christ may be glorified in you,
and ye
is
glory
ye
angels, in flaming fire, taking ven geance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our who shall be Lord JESUS Christ punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power, when He in His shall come to be glorified Saints, and to be admired in all them because our testimony that believe among you is committed for proof Wherefore also we pray to that day. always for you, that our God would make you worthy of His calling, and the good pleasure of His fulfil all
you
in
Him, according to the God, and the Lord
our
of
JESUS
Christ.
Second Responsory.
the
your patience
in
grace
:
we
tribulation ;
:
MATTINS.
Here beginneth the
recompense them that trouble you
are troubled shall receive rest with us, when the Lord JESUS shall be re vealed from heaven with His mighty
Third Responsory.
The LORD
a righteous thing with
to
My
heart
is
ready, &c., (p. 377.)
Abp. Kenrick says: "The preceding letter, especially that portion of it which referred judgment, (iv. 13 et seg.) having produced a deep impression on the Thessalonians, some one took occasion to forge another in the name of the Apostle, announcing that the judgment itself was at hand. The report of the terror which this announcement spread soon reached St Paul, who "hastened to relieve them from their distressed state of mind, by assuring them that a great apostacy must first take place, and the great enemy of Christ must appear, before the final judgment of mankind. He did not, however, fail to set forth this event in all 1
to the last
its terrific
character,
&c."
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
398
Third Lesson.
1DUT
(
ii
.
you, brethren, by coming of our Lord JESUS Christ, and our gathering together in Him, that ye be not soon shaken the
mind, nor be troubled, either by as spirit, or by word, or by letter, in
sent
by
Lord
that
the
day of the
at hand. Let no you by any means
is
ceive
day
as
us,
:
come except
shall not
falling-away
first,
and
man
de
for
that
there
that
Unto Timothy, my beloved son in the faith Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and Christ JESUS our Lord. As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I hope
)
we beseech
come
man
went into Macedonia, that thou mightcharge some that they teach no other doctrine, neither give heed to fables, and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than the est
edifying which
&c.,
faith.
O LORD,
rebuke
me
&c.
not,
(p.
38i.)
Second Lesson. the end of the
commandment
charity, out of a pure heart, of a good conscience, and of faith
and
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. But we know that the law is g ood y unfeigned.
378.)
VESPERS.
The Prayer
is
taken from the Lauds
of the succeedi?ig Sunday.
man
a
if
JHftfj
$imlm5
after
tfje
knowing
;
not
made
but
for
the
for
a
lawless
for the ungodly and unholy and profane,, for murderers of fathers and murderers
for
sinners,
of mothers, for manslayers, and whore
mongers,
MATTINS.
for
them
that
defile
them
selves with for
FIRST NOCTURN. First Lesson. Epistle
Blessed Apostle Paul to (i.
lawfully is
and disobedient,
The Fifth Lord s Day after the Epiphany.
First
it
man,
righteous for
Here beginneth the
use
that the law
this,
of
Tim
liars
mankind, for men-stealers, and perjurers, and if there
be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, according to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
i.)
Second Responsory.
an Apostle of JESUS Christ, our
in
is
Unto Thee, O my Strength,
othy,!
God
First Responsory.
^T OW
Third Responsory.
the
of
of
be revealed, the son of perdi tion, who opposeth and exalteth him self above all that is called God, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself as though he were God. sin
(A
is
by the commandment of God and Christ JESUS our
Saviour,
O
God,
Which
satest,
&c.,
(p.
38i.)
1
"This letter," Jan. 24. says Abp. Kenrick, assigned by year 59, although others more generally date it as late as 64." "is
Hug
to
Pentecost of the
FIFTH WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY. Fourth Responsory.
Third Lesson.
THANK
Him Who hath enabled me, even our Lord the Christ of God, for that He counted me faithful,
(P. 382.)
who putting me into the ministry was before a blasphemer, and a per
in\OST
T
399
Lord,
Thou
hast shown me, &c.,,
Fifth Lesson.
;
and
but I obtained the mercy of God, because I did it And the grace ignorantly in unbelief. of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ This is a faithful saying, JESUS. secutor,
injurious
and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ JESUS came into this world to save
of
sinners,
whom
I
am
chief.
Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me, first, JESUS Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for the teaching of them that should hereafter believe on Him, to life everlasting.
is
my
at
to
evil
free-will avail-
Call
?
to
mind
a
Dost thou ask what God made
sinner
Man Him
availeth
to
help
Consider
?
in
which setteth free. no example which so showeth
the
grace
There is what availeth the
when
it is
to use
it
free
will
of man,
taken possession of by pride, without God s help, of evil is
there no greater and plainer example, The first man than the first man. fell
:
and where had he been if the Man had not come ? As the was man, so was the second Man,,
second first
and therefore is made for man.
saying a saying
this
Fifth Responsory.
Third Responsory.
The Lord
how
thou ask
eth
;
right hand, &c.,
1
will
love
Thee,
O LORD,
&c. v
(P. 382.)
(P. 382.)
Sixth Lesson.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Sermons
of
St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.] (On the words of the Apostles, 8.)
S is a saying made for man, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ JESUS came into this world to save sinners." Listen to the words of the Gospel 2 The Son of man is come to seek, and to save that which If man had not been lost, was the Son of man would not have come. Wherefore, man had been lost God came made Man, and man was found man had perished by his own free 1
"
:
lost."
;
;
will
:
God made Man came by
which setteth 1
This
is
grace
free.
the reading of the old Latin version.
EITHER
is there any example which so showeth what availetb the tenderness of the grace and the abundance of the All-might of God, as the Man That is the Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ JESUS. For what do we say, my brethren ? I speak to them that have been bred up in the Catholic Church, or who have We been reconciled to that Church. know and hold that the Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ JESUS, as touching His Man
1\J
hood, is of the same nature as we. For our flesh is not of one nature, and His Flesh of another nature, neither our soul of one nature and His Soul He took upon of another nature. Himself the same nature which He had freely ordained to save. -
Matth.
xviii.
n.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
400
Sixth Responsory.
The
earth
LORD S,
the
is
of evil doers
&c.
383-)
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
Gospel according
Matthew
to
(xiii.
good
24.)
AT
that time
~^^
:
JESUS put
ear.
forth unto
Eighth Responsory.
the multitudes this parable The Kingdom of heaven is likened unto a :
man which sowed good And so on. field.
are the heretics, since
"
world they are mingled together with the good, not in one common Communion, but only under one com mon name of Christian. But they which are of one faith with the good seed, and yet are themselves worthless, may more fitly be likened to straw than to tares, since the straw springeth from one soil and one root with the in this
One Seraph
seed in his
cried, &c., (p. 384.)
Ninth Lesson. St Austin, Bishop (Qucest. Eva?i. Matth.
Homily by Hippo.] Bk. 4.)
When wax
[of xi.,
the Shepherds of the Church and since the Apostles
careless,
cometh the the Lord
sleep the sleep of death,
and soweth them
devil,
whom
seed of evil-doers." Now, are these seed of evil-doers the heretics, or Catholics of bad lives ? It is possible to call even the heretics a seed of evil-doers because they have sprung up from the seed of the calleth
"a
"
"
"
"
Gospel,
Name
and of
been
begotten
in
the
though afterwards they have turned after crooked ways
and
Christ,
TLJOWEVER,
as touching
the
net
and enclosing a great multitude of fishes, both bad and good, we may well understand that by the bad are meant Catholics of bad lives. For the sea is one thing cast into the sea,
whereby we
understand to be world and the net another, which seemeth to signify our the Communion of one faith, or Church. Between heretics and sinful
may
the
signified
Catholics there heretics
;
is
believe
this difference, that a lie, and sinful
Catholics believe the not as they believe.
The Hymn,
lying doctrines.
God,"
"We
truth,
praise
but
live
Thee,
O
&c., is said.
Seventh Responsory.
Unto Thee,
O LORD,
LAUDS. &c., (p. 383.)
Antiphon at Sir, didst
Eighth Lesson.
thy field
TOUT
whereas it is written that they were sown in the midst of the wheat, we ought haply to understand that they are of one communion with the
righteous. Nevertheless, foras much as the Lord saith, The field is "
the
(and not, the Church,) we well understand that the seed
world,"
may
"
it
tares
?
?
the Song of Zacharias. not thou sow good seed in * From whence then hath And he saith unto them
An enemy
:
hath done
Prayer throughout
C\ LORD, Thy
the
this.
day and week.
we beseech Thee
to
keep
family continually in godli ness, that they who do lean only upon
FIFTH
WEEK AFTER
the hope of Thine heavenly grace,
with
Thee,
the unity of the
in
Holy Ghost, one God, world without
Amen.
end.
the Song of the Blessed The master saith Gather ye :
the
together
first
them
bundles to
in
* and bind burn them but
tares,
gather the wheat into
;
my
barn.
the
Deacons be
chaste, not
double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the And let faith in a pure conscience.
be proved then let a Deacon, beingEven so must the found blameless. women l be grave, not slanderers,, these also
Antiphon at Virgin.
T IKE WISE must
first
them use the
VESPERS.
4OI
Second Lesson.
may
evermore be defended by Thy mighty Through our Lord JESUS power. Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
EPIPHANY.
;
office of
Let the sober, faithful in all things. Deacons be the husbands of one wife
;
ruling
and
children
their
their
own
For they that have used Deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith, which is
houses
well.
the office of a
Second Day.
Christ JESUS.
in
MATTINS. Second Respo?isory.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
O
taken from the First
God, &c.,
(p. 375.)
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to
Timothy
HP HIS
(iii.
i.)
Third Lesson.
a true saying: If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he A Bishop then desireth a good work. is
must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober,, prudent, of good behaviour, modest, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, but patient not a brawler, not cove one that ruleth well his own tous house having his children in subjec For if a man tion with all modesty. know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God ? Not a novice, lest beinglifted up with pride, he fall into the
"THESE
things to
hoping ly
but
;
if
I
write
I
come unto tarry
unto thee, thee short that
long,
thou
mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the
;
truth.
And,
without
;
;
condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are without, lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil.
great
which
is
was
mystery manifest
controversy, of godliness, in the flesh,
justified in the Spirit, seen of Angels,
preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into But the Spirit speakglory, (iv. I.) eth expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing doctrines of devils.
spirits,
Third Responsory.
First Responsory.
O how
the
great, &c., (p. 375.) 1
I
will bless, &c., (p.
Probably Deaconesses.
376.)
and
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
402
with His holy calling, not according our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ JESUS before the world began. to
Third Day. MATTINS. First Lesson. l
Here beginneth the Blessed
of the
Timothy
Second Responsory.
Second Epistle
Apostle
Paul
to
The Lord hath
an Apostle pAUL, the will of
by
the promise of
life
of JESUS Christ, God, according to which is in Christ
Timothy, my dearly beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and Christ JESUS our I Lord. thank God, Whom I serve from my forefathers with pure con science, that without ceasing I have
remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears,
be filled with joy, when remembrance the unfeigned
may
I
that call
I
faith
that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother
Eunice
;
and
I
am
persuaded that
in
thee also.
T)UT
God, give
is
it
now made
manifest by
the light of our Saviour JESUS Christ, Who hath abolished death,
and hath brought
life and immortality through the Gospel, wheream appointed a preacher, and
to light
unto
an
I
and a teacher of the For the which cause I also
Apostle,
Gentiles.
suffer these things
;
nevertheless
I
am
For I know Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. Hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ JESUS. not ashamed.
First Responsory.
O
&c., (p. 376.)
Third Lesson.
JESUS, to
to
set,
I.)
(i.
Third Responsory.
ear, &c., (p. 376.)
I
said, &c., (/. 377.)
Second Lesson.
Vy HEREFORE, membrance the gift of the putting
I
put thee in re thou stir up
God which on of
Fourth Day.
that
in thee
is
my
hands.
MATTINS.
by For
First Lesson.
God hath
not given us the spirit of but of power, and of love, and of Be not thou therefore soberness. ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gos fear,
The Lesson
is
taken from the Second
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to
Timothy
(iii.
I.)
:
according to the power of God, Who hath saved us, and called us
"THIS
pel
1
Archbishop Kenrick
"
says,
ministry in the last chapter, and was the last letter from his pen."
facts
.
also,
that
in
the last
days perilous times shall come men shall be lovers of their own
:
for
The mention
some
know
.
of the approaching consummation of [St Paul s] have induced the general opinion that this . ,
WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY.
FIFTH
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blas phemers, disobedient to parents, un
Antioch,
contentious,
false
Yea, and
in
accusers,
Iconium, and Lystra, what endured but out of Lord delivered me.
persecutions I them all the
thankful, unholy, without natural affec tion,
2
403
;
that will live godly in
all
continent, fierce, discourteous, traitors, heady, high-minded, and lovers of
Christ JESUS shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall
pleasure more than lovers of God having a form of godliness, but deny And from ing the power thereof.
wax worse and
;
such turn away.
Third Responsory.
Unto Thee,
First Responsory.
me
Cut
not
off,
of this
creep
Fifth Day.
MATTINS.
are they which houses, and lead
sort
into
captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning and never able to come to
Now, knowledge of the truth. as Jannes and Mambres l withstood Moses, so do these also resist the
First Lesson.
Here beginneth the Blessed
the
men of corrupt minds, repro but they concerning the faith for their shall proceed no further folly shall be manifest unto all men, truth,
bate
:
;
theirs also was.
.as
heart
is
(i.
Apostle
Epistle
Paul
to
of the 3
Titus
i.)
a servant of God, and an Apostle of JESUS Christ, accord
TDAUL,
ing to the faith of God s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is
hope of eternal life which God, That cannot lie, promised after godliness, in
the world began, but hath in His own times manifested His word through preaching, which is com mitted unto me according to the com mandment of God our Saviour to Titus, my beloved son after the com mon faith grace unto thee, and peace, from God the Father, and JESUS Christ our Saviour.
before
Second Responsory.
My
&c., (p. 378.)
&c., (p. 377-)
Second Lesson,
T^OR
worse, deceiving and
being deceived.
ready, &c., (p. 377.)
;
Third Lesson.
;
TOUT
thou hast been a diligent follower of my doctrine, manner of life, purpose of faith, long - suf fering, charity, patience, persecutions, at came unto afflictions, which
me
First Responsory.
O
In Thee,
God, &c.,
(p. 378.)
of Balaam, who were called According to Jewish tradition, they were warlocks, disciples in by Pharaoh to oppose Moses in Egypt, and who afterwards accompanied Balaam when he went to curse Israel. The form ot their names slightly varies. Accepted Greek, and 1
Vatican Codex,
"Jannes
ben Uzziel, "Yanis and 2 Acts xiii. 50 xiv. 19. s
A
^Crete.
Gentile disciple,
and
Jambres,"
Yambris,"
or
Midrash Rabbah,
"
Yuchni and
and (probably) convert, of St Paul, by
See Alban Butler.
Jan. 4.
Mature","
Jonathan
"Yamreh."
whom
he was
made Bishop
in
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
404
Second Lesson.
T7 OR
this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order
Sixth Day.
MATTINS.
the things that are wanting, and or dain Priests in every city, as also I
have
a
but
;
of
lover
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to Titus
accused
children, not
For a Bishop must of riot or unruly. be blameless, as the steward of God, not proud, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre
First Lesson.
be
any
the husband of one wife,
faithful
having
If
thee.
appointed
blameless,
hospitality,
courteous, sober, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the faithful word as he
hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. ;
(ii.
15.)
and exhort,, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. (iii. i.) Put them in mind to be subject to princes and powers, to obey orders, "T^HESE things speak,
be ready to every good work, to evil of no man, to be no but gentle, brawlers, showing all meekness unto all men. to
speak
Second Responsory. Let
my
First Responsory.
mouth, &c., (p. 378.) I
will praise, &c., (p. 379.)
Third Lesson.
17 OR
Second Lesson. there are also
talkers
of
they
and
the
many unruly,
deceivers,
specially
circumcision
mouths must be stopped
;
vain
;
who sub
whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre s sake. One of themselves, even a
vert
said The prophet of their own, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies." This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not 1
"
:
giving
heed
to
Jewish
turn from all
things that are de
but unto them and unbelieving is nothing pure.
are pure filed
and
fables,
commandments of men, that the truth. Unto the pure ;
T7OR
whose
we
times
lips,
foolish,
ures, living in malice
and envy, hate
and hating
one another. But after that the kindness and love of
ful,
God our Saviour appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, Which He shed on us abundantly through JESUS Christ our Saviour that, being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs, according to the :
hope of eternal
Great, 1
de
and pleas
life.
Second Responsory.
&c., (p. 379-)
some
unbelieving,
ceived, serving divers lusts
Third Responsory.
My
ourselves also were
Epimenides.
O
Lord, &c., (p. 379.)
WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY.
FIFTH Third Lesson.
First Responsory.
HPHIS
is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have be
in
and
contentions,
alogies,
about the law
for
strivings
they are
unpro fitable and vain. A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition avoid, knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth,
being ment.
me
Cut
not
;
condemned
of his
own judg
Third Responsory.
The Lord
is,
&c., (p. 380.)
off,
&c., (p. 377.)
Second Lesson.
God
should be careful to These things maintain good works. are good and profitable unto men. But avoid foolish questions, and gene lieved
405
TI^OR
have had great joy and con
I
solation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by
brother. Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, yet for love s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and thee,
now
also a prisoner of
JESUS
Christ.
beseech thee for my son Onesimus, 1 whom I have begotten in my bonds, which in time past was to thee unpro fitable, but now profitable to thee, and to me, whom I have sent again to I
thee.
Second Responsory.
The Sabbath.
My
heart
is
ready, &c., (p. 377.)
MATTINS.
Third Lesson.
First Lesson.
Here beginneth the Epistle of the Bles sed Apostle Paul to Philemon (i.) a prisoner of JESUS Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved and fellow-labourer, and to our beloved sister Appia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the Church in thine house. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord I thank JESUS Christ. my God, mak
JDAUL,
ing mention of thee always in my prayers, hearing of thy love, and faith which thou hast toward the Lord
JESUS, and toward all saints that the communication of thy faith may be come evident by the acknowledging of every good work which is in you in :
Christ JESUS. 1
VOL.
I.
A
T^HOU
therefore receive him as mine own bowels whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the Gospel but without thy mind would I do noth ;
:
ing, that thy benefit should not be, as it
were,
of
necessity,
but
willingly.
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou shouldest receive servant,
him but,
for
ever
;
not
now
as a
instead of a servant, a
brother beloved, specially to me but how much more unto thee, in the flesh, and in the Lord ? If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as ;
If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught, put that on mine account. I, Paul, have written it with mine own hand.
myself.
run-away
slave.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
406
Unto
Third Responsory.
Second Lesson.
O my
T7OR unto which of the angels said Thou art My He at any time
thee,
&c.,
Strength,
"
:
378.)
(P-
VESPERS.
The Prayer
is
day have
Son, this
And
I
Son
of the succeeding Sunday.
:
"
?
eth
world,
be
"
?
Him
to
2
a a
He shall be to Me And again, when He bring-
3
He
saith
"
:
And
angels of God worship of the angels He saith
the
into
First -begotten
the
in
begotten Thee
will
"
again Father, and
taken from the Lauds
I
the
all
let
And
4
Him."
Who maketh and His ministers a But unto the Son He "
:
Suntrag after
Stxtjj
His angels
tfce
flame of saith
The Sixth Lord s Day Epiphany.
spirits,
fire."
"
:
5
Thy
after the
hated
iniquity
therefore God, even anointed Thee with the
:
Thy God, hath FIRST NOCTURN.
oil
of gladness above
First Lesson.
Blessed Apostle Paul to the rews (i. I.)
^-*
sundry times
1
the
O
Heb
^^
by the word
fail."
angels
Thou Thine
:
said at
at
My
any time until "
?
:
Sit
I
make
"
8
Are
ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ?
they not
all
Third Responsory. not,
The Lord
&c.,
is
at
My
right hand, &c.,
(p. 382.)
(P5
He
right hand, enemies Thy footstool
First Responsory.
me
Lord, in the begin-
;
when He had purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
rebuke
"Thou,
and as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed but Thou art the Same, and Thy years 7 But to which of the shall not
of His power,
God,
satest, &c., (p. 381.)
;
:
O
6
ning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thine hands. They shall and they perish, but Thou remainest all shall wax old as doth a garment,
hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed Heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds Who, be ing the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His Substance, things
God, Which
AND:
in
manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the Prophets,
all
fellows."
Third Lesson.
and
divers
and upholding
Thy
Second Responsory. of
Here beginneth the Epistle
at
for
is
God,
:
MATTINS.
/^OD, Who
O
throne,
ever and ever a sceptre of righteous ness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and
Ps.
ciii.
4.
2
Ps.
6
Ps. xliv. 7, 8.
ii.
7.
3
7
2 Kings (Sam.) Ps. ci. 25-28.
vii.
14.
4 8
Ps. xcvi. 7. Ps. cix. i.
SIXTH
WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY.
SECOND NOCTURN.
is
taken from the Sermons
l
St Athanasius, Pope [of Alex andria. ] -2nd againsf the Arians. ) (
of
spoken unto the fathers by the Prophets and, after the Prophets had discharged their office, and the law had been given by the ministry of angels, that the Son also came down unto us to minister and then he addeth, being made so much better than the :
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
407
"
T F the
had but known the person, the matter, and the times of the Apostle who spoke, they would never have spoken of Godhead as if It were human, nor borne themselves so wickedly, and withal so foolishly against heretics
be permitted to us to return, and to take again the first words of the Lesson. The Apostle then saith God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners, spake in time past unto the fathers by the Prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son and again, a little farther on When the Son had purged our sins, He sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high being made so much better than the angels as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than The Apostle here expressly they." nameth the times wherein God hath spoken unto us by His Son, and wherein the Same His Son hath purged our sins for when hath He spoken unto us by His Son, when did the Son purge our sins, or when was He born a Man, but since God spake unto the Fathers by the Prophets, Christ.
show
angels,"
to
differed!
from a
I
will love
:
;
namely, in these last days
Lord,
Thou
ministry and the old, maketh very bold in writing and speaking to the Jews.
For this cause, therefore, he doth not compare the details of the two minis tries, and then come to the general conclusion that the new was greater or more honourable than the old, (lest any should understand that the two minis tries were of the same kind, and that the conclusion that the new is better is arrived at by comparing the degrees in each of things which they had in
common,) but he "was
made
Son
that the
to distinguish at
Sixth Responsory. earth
the
is
LORD S,
&c.,
(p.
THIRD NOCTURN.
hast shown me, &c.,
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
first
that
those days been
God had silent,
not up but had
May
is
taken from the Holy
Gospel according
Apostle, about to enter on the
subject of the Word s human dis pensation and the last days, naturally to
saith
better,"
once and completely the nature of the Son from the nature of things created,
The 3830
Fifth Lesson.
mentioneth
&c., (p.
Apostle, therefore, seeing the difference between the new
(P- 382.)
JpHE
LORD,
HP HE
?
Fourth Responsory.
O
O
Thee,
Sixth Lesson.
"
"
Son
the
382.)
:
:
as
Fifth Responsory.
It will
"
that
servant, so is the ministry of the Son better than the duty and office of servants.
Matthew
(xiii.
JESUS spake
this
to
3I-)
A T
that
time
:
The parable unto the multitude kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of :
2.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
408
man took and And so on.
mustard-seed, which a
sowed
in his field.
Homily by
St
(Book
Bethlehem.] Matth. xiii.)
of of
knowledge
ii.
Priest
One Seraph
Comment, on
of heaven
is
Gospel,
the
Scriptures,
unto
;
understand every man that soweth good seed in his own field, that himself and in his
own
heart.
plant
is
men
therein nothinglife-
drooping, and There are herbs
is
and soft. and grass whereof it may delicate,
that
grass
"the
flower
be said and the But the
truly
withereth (Isa. xl. 8.)
fadeth."
grain of Gospel seed, though, when it was sown, it seemed to be the least of all seeds, when once it is rooted in the soul of man, or in the whole world, groweth not into an herb, but becometh
a tree
so that the birds of the air may understand, either
:
(whereby we
the souls of believers, or the [angelic] powers bound to the service of God,)
come
and
thereof.
I
lodge in the branches consider that the branches
of the Gospel tree, which groweth from the grain of mustard - seed, are the divers developments of doctrine, on
Seventh Responsory.
Unto Thee, O Lord,
The
giving.
life,
others in
of
doctrines
the
up, there
piercing, nothing healthy, nothing
which
forth the given to a nation bringing thereof." fruits (Matth. xxi. 43.) Therefore is this kingdom like to a grain of mustard - seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. By the man that sowed it in his to be meant field, many understand the Saviour, because He is the Sower That soweth in the souls of believers
is,
when
grow
and whereof it is said to the Jews, "The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and
leadeth
(p. 384.)
c.,
Ninth Lesson.
the pro and that
the
cried,
[at
T)UT
The kingdom clamation
Jerome,
Eighth Responsory.
which the birds above mentioned
find
&c., (p. 383.) resting-places.
The Hymn,
Eighth Lesson.
God,"
7 HO
"We
he that soweth, but our own mind and soul, which take the grain from preaching, and by nourish it
in the soil,
field
of our
cause
own
dead, and the stumbling-block of the Cross, receiveth at first but little credit. Compare such teaching as this with the doctrines of the Philosophers, with their
Thee,
O
is
it to sprout in The breast ? least of preaching of the Gospel is the He that preacheth, for all doctrines. his first lesson, God made man, Christ
ing the
praise
&c., is said.
books,
their
magnificent
elo
quence, and their rounded sentences, and thou shalt see how the grain of the Gospel, when it is sown, is the
humblest of
all
seeds.
LAUDS.
Antiphon at
The kingdom
the
Song of Zacharias.
of heaven *
is
like to a
least grain of mustard-seed, which is the of all seeds, but, when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs.
Prayer throughout the day and week. us,
^-J
we beseech Thee, O
Almighty God, ever to think such things as be reasonable, and in every word and work of ours, to do always that
is
well
pleasing
in
Through our Lord JESUS
Thy
sight.
Christ,
Thy
SIXTH
WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY.
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen.
409
confidence, and the glory of the hope, firm unto the end. Wherefore, as the
Holy Ghost saith To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts "
:
;
as
VESPERS.
the
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed The kingdom of heaven * is Virgin. like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened.
the
in
day
Provocation, and as in of Temptation in the
wilderness."
Second Responsory.
O
God, &c,
(p. 375.)
Third Lesson. heed, brethren, lest there be
"PAKE
Second Day.
any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the livingGod but exhort one another daily, in
MATTINS.
;
First Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from to the Hebrews (iii. i.)
the Epistle
HEREFORE,
holy brethren, par takers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even JESUS is
Who
;
to
faithful
Him That
hath appointed
Moses was faithful in all His house. For He was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, Him,
as also
while it is called "To-day," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the : beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end. While it is said To "
:
day, if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the Provoca for some, when they had heard, did provoke, howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 2
tion
inasmuch as He Who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some one but He That hath made all things, is God.
"
Third Respo?isory. I
will bless, &c., (p. 376.)
;
Third Day.
First Responsory.
O how
MATTINS.
great, &c., (p. 375.)
First Lesson.
Second Lesson.
AND
Moses
verily
was
faithful
in
all His house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were +C\ be \\d cr^/-*1^-or^ after o A-kV\n+to but Christ, asr a spoken which Son, over His own house C~*\-\-v>\ e-*
<-
*
:
;
house
we
are,
if
we hold
the
fast
The Lesson is taken from to the Hebrews (iv. i.)
T
J^
ET
us therefore fear,
the Epistle
lest,
a pro-
l^ft. ^ mise 1being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was "
,
.
.
.
.
1
See
2
[The Hebrew bears the translation For who, when they had heard did provoke ? all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?]
v. 6. :
did not
Nay,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
4io
the Gospel preached, as well as unto them. But the word of hearing did
not profit them, not being mixed with
them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, Unto whom I sware in as He said
faith in
"
:
wrath, that they should not enter rest into although the works were finished from the foundation of
My
My
"
the world.
Let us labour, there did from His. fore, to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of For the word of God is unbelief. quick and powerful, and sharper than
any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Third Responsory,
First Responsory.
O
God, give
I
ear, &c., (p. 376.)
said, &c., (p.
3770
Second Lesson.
T7OR He
spake in a certain place (Gen. ii. 2) of the seventh day And God did rest the on this wise seventh day from all His works." And in this place again They should not
Fotirth Day.
MATTINS.
"
:
First Lesson.
"
:
My
enter into
remaineth
it
therein,
Seeing, therefore, must enter
rest."
that
and they
The Lesson
some
whom
to
it
to the
preached entered not in, because of unbelief again He limiteth a certain To-day day, saying in David (after so long a time, as it is said To-day if ye will hear His above) voice, harden not your hearts." "
"-
:
"
Second Responsory. c.,
(p.
T^OR
if
Jesus
then
would
us go unto things more perfect, laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of let
not
toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we
faith
do,
376.)
God
if
permit.
First Responsory.
had given them
rest,
Cut
me
not
off,
&c., (p. 377.)
he
not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest 2 to the For he that is people of God. entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God 1 viz.
i.)
leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,
Third Lesson. 1
(vi.
"THEREFORE,
:
set,
taken from the Epistle
was
first
The Lord hath
is
Hebrews
Joshua, or Josue
the
name
is
the
Second Lesson.
^OR
it
is
impossible for those
who
were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly Gift, and were
same which
is
Graecised, Latinised,
and Anglicised
into lesus or Jesus. 2
Relinquitur
elegantly, are given
proverb.
"a
in
sabbatismus
"
;
literally
the
keeping of
a
Rheims has, very original, and the words
Sabbath
"
;
day of rest," but there is nothing about a day in the the text in that form in which they have become something
like
a pious
WEEK AFTER EPIPHANY.
SIXTH
made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance
;
seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put Him to
an open shame.
gave a tenth part of
all
;
first,
being,
interpretation, King of Righteous ness, and, after that, also King of
by
Salem, which is, King of Peace without father, without mother, with out descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God, abideth a
;
Priest continually.
Second Responsory.
My
heart
is
First Responsory. ready, &c., (p. 377-) In Thee,
O
God, &c.,
(p. 378.)
Third Lesson.
OR T7 ^
the earth which drinketh rain that
the
cometh
upon herbs meet for
and bringeth forth them by whom it is dressed, receiveth But that which blessing from God. beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto a curse whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we it,
:
are persuaded better things of you, and things nearer to salvation, though
we
For God
so speak.
righteous, to forget your the love which ye have
His name,
in that
in
ye have ministered
and do
to the saints,
not un work, and
is
showed
Second Lesson.
in
oft
OW
consider how great this man was, unto whom even the Pa triarch Abraham gave the tenth of the "M"
choicest spoils. And, verily, they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the
people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come But out of the loins of Abraham. he whose descent is not counted from
them, received tithes of Abraham, and blessed
him
minister.
had the promises.
Second Responsory.
Third Responsory.
Unto Thee,
that
Let
&c., (p. 378.)
my
mouth, &c.,
(p. 378.)
Third Lesson.
AND, without all contradiction, the ^^ less is blessed of the greater.
Fifth Day.
MATTINS.
And here men that die receive tithes but there, he receiveth them, of whom And it is witnessed that he liveth. (as I may say) Levi also, who re :
First Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the to the Hebrews (vii. I.)
Epistle
ceiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abra ham for he was yet in the loins of ;
this
King of of the Most High
Melchisedek,
"POR
Salem, Priest
God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed
him
;
to
whom
also
Abraham
his father
when Melchisedek met him.
perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another Priest If
therefore
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
412 should
after
rise
the
order
of Mel-
He
them
a change also of the law.
fear,
lips,
is
a rewarder of
Him. By Noah, being warned of God of that diligently seek
not seen as yet, moved with prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by the which he condemned things
the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Third Responsory.
My
faith,
He
and that
is,
chisedek, and not be called after the For the priesthood order of Aaron ? being moved there is made of necessity
&c., (p. 379-)
Second Responsory.
O
Great,
Lord, &c., (p. 379.)
Sixth Day.
Third Lesson.
MATTINS.
TDY
First Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from to the Hebrews (xi. I.)
1VTOW
faith
is
the
the Epistle
substance of the evidence
worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen
were not made of things which do appear. By faith Abel offered unto
God :
he went
not knowing whither he he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange coun tabernacles with dwelling in try, Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of For he looked for the same promise. a city which hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God. 1 went.
a more excellent sacrifice than by which he obtained witness
out,
By
faith
Third Responsory.
The Lord
was righteous, God testifying gifts, and by it he, being dead,
that he
of his
into a place which he should receive for an inheritance, and
go out
after
things hoped for, For by it the of things not seen. a obtained elders good report. Through faith we understand that the
Cain
to
faith he whose name is called Abraham, obeyed the command
is,
&c., (p. 380.)
yet speaketh.
The Sabbath.
First Responsory. I
will praise, &c., (p.
MATTINS.
379.)
First Lesson.
Second Lesson.
T) Y
faith
Enoch was
translated that
he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him for, before his trans lation, he had this testimony, that he :
pleased God. impossible to that
cometh The
to
But without faith it is For he please God. God must believe that
reader
is
vehemently urged
The Lesson is taken from the to the Hebrews (xiii. i.)
T
ET
Epistle
brotherly love continue among Be not forgetful to enter
you.
tain strang ers
entertained
:
for thereby
angels
member them
that are
bound with them
;
some have
unawares. in
Re
bonds, as
and them which
to finish reading this sublime chapter for himself.
SATURDAY BEFORE SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. adversity, as being yourselves the body. Let marriage be honourable in all, and the bed undesuffer
also
Third Responsory.
in
But whoremongers and adulter
filed.
ers
413
God
will
judge.
me
not
&c., (p. 377.)
off,
Second Lesson.
ET
Strength,
&c.,
Note. If there be less than six weeks between the Epiphany and Septuagesima, as many of the foregoing weeks as may be necessary are omitted, and the Office commences on the even
First Responsory.
Cut
O my
Unto Thee, (P. 378.)
your conversation be without
and be content covetousness, with such things as ye have. For He hath said I will never leave thee, l nor forsake thee so that we may
ing before Septuagesima Sunday as im mediately hereafter given; but the Antiphons, Prayers, and Homilies of the omitted Simdays are afterwards used for the latter Sundays before Advent.
:
"
:
boldly say:
and
"The
LORD
is
not fear what
mine
man
will
Before
helper,
do unto me." Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation, JESUS Christ, the Same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. I
shall
2
The Sabbath
before the Lord^s Day within Seventy Days of Easter.
;
VESPERS.
The Chapter and Prayer are taken
from
the
Lauds of the next morning.
Second Responsory.
My
heart
is
Antiphon at ready, &c., (p. 377.)
the
the Blessed
Song of
* Virgin. The Lord said unto Adam Of the tree which is in the midst of the garden thou shalt not eat in the :
Third Lesson.
IDE
not
carried
:
about with divers
and strange doctrines. For it a good thing that the heart be es tablished with grace, not with meats is
;
which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. We have an Altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the taber
For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the Sanc tuary by the High Priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Where fore JESUS also, that He might sanc tify the people with His own Blood, nacle.
suffered without the gate. Josh.
VOL.
I.
i.
5.
hour that thou eatest thereof,
thou
shalt surely die.
At the
the end, the words,
Lord,"
Verse.
we
"Bless
are said thus Bless
we
the Lord
Alleluia,
Alleluia.
Answer.
Thanks
be
God
to
Alleluia, Alleluia.
This luia,
the
the
is the Farewell to the Alle which word is not uttered in
Office again Compline of
till
this
Easter.
evening
every other Service, after the Ps. cxvii. 6.
O
2
"
At and Glory
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON. be
the
to
beginning,
Father, instead of
at
&c.,"
the
"Alleluia,"
is
said :
darkness was
upon the
face
of the
God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said Let there be light. And there was light. And God saw the and God light, that it was good deep
and the
:
Spirit of
:
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of Heaven.
;
If the Vespers of this evening be of a Festival, a Commemoration is
made of
the Saturday,
well
the Alleluia
to
and
Fare
the
takes place
as
divided the light from the darkness ; and God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night and the :
evening and first
above.
And God
day.
be a firmament Iffrom Septuagesima
Low Sun
to
day, both inclusive, a Feast fall on a transferred, or simpli fied, unless it be a Double of the First Class, as the Patronal Feast, or the it
Sunday,
is
Anniversary of the Consecration of the Church where the Service takes place, to which occasions yield all the Sun days except the First in Lent,
Palm,
Passion,
Sundays.
and
Easter,
and
Low
Let us Invitatory. the presence of the Lord joyful noise unto
:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, wherein He made man also, after His own image
and
Him
likeness.
come :
Answer. before
* and make
After His
omitted.
First Lesson.
Here beginneth the Book of Genesis i.)
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, And the earth was. without form and void, and
own image and
Second Lesson.
AND
God said Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the And it was so. dry land appear. And God called the dry land, Earth :
;
and
N
So God formed man of
likeness.
with Psalms.
FIRST NOCTURN.
.
2
the dust of the ground, and breathed into his face the breath of life.
The Second half of the First Verse of the XCIVth Psalm, (Let us come,
T
the
waters
the
which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the fir mament. And it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven and the evening and the morning were the second day.
Verse.
MATTINS.
(i.
and divided
firmament,
waters
the
And God made
from the waters.
of Easter.
is
divide
it
Let there
:
First Responsory*
The Lord^s Day within Seventy Days
&c.,)
let
said
the midst of the
in
1
Septuagesima
a
and
waters,
morning were the
the
the
gathering
He
waters called that
the
And God saw And God said
Seas.
was good.
it
of
together
;
Let the earth bring forth the green herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding
seed it
[Only Doubles Major and Feasts of Doctors
is
was
may be
fruit
in itself, so.
after
his
And
transferred.]
the
whose
kind,
upon the
earth.
earth 2
Gen.
And
brought ii.
7.
SEPTUAGESIMA. the
forth
green
herb
yielding
seed
and the tree yielding after his fruit, whose seed was in itself, And God saw that it was good. kind. And the evening and the morning after his kind,
And God
were the third day. Let there be lights
said
:
the firmament
in
415
brought forth abundantly after their and every winged fowl after his
kind, kind.
And God saw that And God blessed them,
was good. Be saying fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in And the evening and the the earth.
morning were the
and for seasons, and for days and let them be for lights and let in the firmament of heaven them give light upon the earth. And And God made two great it was so.
living
greater light to rule the and the lesser light to rule the
thing
for signs,
and years
;
;
lights,
day
;
night
the
;
He made
the stars also.
And
said
:
And God fifth day. the earth bring forth the creature after his kind, cattle
of the heaven, and let them divide the day from the night and let them be ;
it
Let
:
and creeping
and beast of the And it was so.
thing,
earth after his kind.
And God made after his kind,
that
the beast of the earth
and every upon the earth And God saw that it
and
cattle,
creepeth
after his kind.
And God
was good.
said
:
Let
Us
darkness.
Our Own image and likeness, and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
good.
creeping thing that creepeth upon the
God
set
them
in the
firmament of the
heaven, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
And God saw that it was And the evening and the morn
make man
after
earth.
ing were the fourth day.
Third Responsory. Second Responsory.
The LORD formed man
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and the Spirit
of
God moved upon the face of the 1 And God saw everything
waters. that
He had made, and
it
was very
a living soul. In Verse.
Verse.
Thus
the heavens
earth were finished, and of them.
all
the
wherein
He made man also. And breathed
Answer.
and the
the hosts
Answer. And God saw everything He had made, and it was very
that
face
AND
the breath of
came a and
to
Glory the
said
Let
:
face
the
waters
came a
1
Gen.
i.
31.
his
to
the
and
And
breathed
to
Father, the Holy
life,
into
his
and man be
living soul.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
And God
created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters
be
Son,
the breath of
bring forth abundantly the mov ing creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven.
into
and man be
Ghost.
Answer.
God
life,
living soul.
Verse.
good.
Third Lesson.
God the beginning heavens and the earth,
created
good. 2
of the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became
The Lesson .
tituled
taken from the book
is
"The 2
Handbook,"
Gen,
ii.
i.
in-
written
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
416
by St Austin, Bishop
[of Hippo.] torn. 3.)
(Chaps, xxv., xxvi., xxvii.,
T^HE
Lord threatened man with the punishment of death, in case he sinned. Thus did He gift him with free will, while He yet kept His lord ship over him, and helped him with
And
the dread of destruction.
put him
in that
so
He
happy garden, under
shadow of the tree of life, in good place from whence, had he kept his righteousness, he might have But the first man passed to a better. sinned, and was banished from Eden, and infected all his descendants with
the world the Apostle signi-
By
12.)
fieth in this
hath
then
damned
place all mankind. the matter stood.
mass
Thus
The
of
humanity lay in misery, or rather wallowed in it, and fell from bad to worse, till it joined the company of the sinning angels, and both
deserved
the
suffered
together
punishment of
their vile treason.
the very .
Fifth Responsory.
that
the disease of sin, poisoning their very root, and bringing upon all that sen tence of death and damnation, which
he had earned for himself. So that all that descend by fleshly generation from Adam, and from the guilty woman, who was the cause of his sin and the partaker of his punishment, derive from them original sin where by they are drawn through a way of divers sins and sorrows, towards that final ruin which they shall share with the rebel angels who are at once their their and their corrupters, lords, comrades.
The LORD God
make
keep
him into and to
it
it.
l And the LORD God had a planted garden aforetime in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
To
dress
and
it
to
keep
it.
;
Answer. Let Us make an help meet for him. Sixth Lesson. "PO
so
the wrath of God appertained whatever sin man, through the
blind and
untamed
sting of his flesh,
committeth, punishment, declared willingly
unwillingly
suffereth.
and whatever and open, he There is, in
deed, no pause in that goodness of the Creator whereby He giveth even to the traitor angels life and strength, if
He
gave
not, they
would be
annihilated,) and whereby He formeth the seed of men, though they come of
a
corrupt
and
condemned
stock,
them, strengtheneth and fitteth their limbs for the changing seasons of their life, extendeth their
knowledge in divers places, and giveth them whereon to live. It hath been His will rather to draw good out of evil,
one man sin entered into "by the world, and death by sin, (and
death passed all have
whom
i
upon
all
sinned."
i.
8.
than to suffer that there should
be no
Fifth Lesson.
CO
not good Let Us
quickeneth
Verse.
Answer.
It is
said
(which
God took the man and put the garden of Eden, to dress
:
should be alone. an help meet for him.
Verse. But for Adam there was not found an help meet for him and God
;
Fourth Responsory.
said
man
that the
men,)
in
(Rom.
v.
evil.
Sixth Responsory. 2
fall
The LORD caused a deep sleep upon Adam, and He took one 2
ii.
21-23.
to
of
SEPTUAGESIMA. ribs. And the rib which the LORD had taken from Adam made He a woman, and brought her unto
his
to see
Adam,
And he
what he would
call her.
her name Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 1 Verse. And while he slept He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh called
house
Ghost.
And
he called her name because she was taken out of
Answer.
Woman, Man.
He
?
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (xx. I.)
time JESUS spake this unto His Disciples parable kingdom of heaven is like unto a :
:
man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire
And
labourers into his vineyard.
We
so
[the
(iqth on the Gospels.}
in the world.
Seventh Responsory.
And
LORD God had
the
He
holder,
which went out early
morning,
labourers
hire
to
in
the
into
his
Who
indeed is more justly vineyard. to be likened to an householder than our Maker,
Who
household of
is
the
Head
bearing them whom He hath made, Master of His chosen ones in as a Master over those that faith,
planted a
Eden, and there whom He had formed.
garden aforetime
in
man And out of the ground made LORD God to grow every tree that
put the Verse.
the is
pleasant to the sight, and good for life also in the midst
food, the tree of
of the garden.
And there He Answer. man whom He had formed.
put the
householder, then, for the cultivation of his vineyard, goeth out early in the morning, and at the
and the sixth hour, and the ninth hour, and the eleventh hour, to Thus hire labourers into his vineyard. the Lord, from the beginning to the third hour,
end of the world, ceaseth not
to gather
together preachers for the instruction The early of His faithful people. morning of the world was from Adam
Noah the third hour from Noah Abraham the sixth hour from Abraham until Moses the ninth hour ;
until
;
;
hear that the kingdom of heaven unto a man that is an house
like
is
the
the True Vine, from righteous Abel to the last of the elect that shall be born
until
Homily by Pope St Gregory Great]
hath
HTHIS
The Lesson
The
That
Eighth Lesson.
Seventh Lesson.
that
is
for a vineyard, a vineyard that ceaseth not to bring forth branches of
THIRD NOCTURN.
A T
it
Church
instead thereof.
Answer. And the rib which the LORD had taken from Adam made He a woman, and brought her unto Adam, to see what he would call her. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
417
of the
from Moses until the coming of the Lord the eleventh hour from the coming of the Lord until the end of the world. At this eleventh hour are sent ;
forth as preachers the
Holy Apostles,
who have received full wages, they be come in late.
albeit
rule over
Eighth Responsory.
and being the world, are in his
Behold, Adam is become as of Us, to know good and evil. 2
One See
In the Hebrew it is Isshah from The Seventy appear Virago, quia de Viro. to have found it hopeless, and the Latin is clumsy, but the English does very well. 1
"
"
"Ish."
2
iii.
22.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
418
he take of the tree of
lest
life
and
live
for ever.
s
blood crieth unto
Unto Adam
Verse.
also did the a coat of skins, and
clothed him, and said
Answer.
See
and
life
:
he take of the
lest
Cursed shalt thou be upon
Verse.
earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother s blood
from thy hand.
Answer.
live for ever.
the cultivation of His vineyard, the instruction of His is,
(that people, ) the
Lord hath never ceased
to
by the Fathers, then, by the Prophets and Teachers of the Law, and lastly, by the Apostles He hath dressed and send into
it
labourers.
First,
lives of His people, as the owner of a vineyard dresseth and tendeth it by means of workmen.
tended the
Whoever
whatever degree joined
in
Behold, the voice of thy s blood crieth unto Me
from the ground. Verse. Glory be
Ninth Lesson.
to the Son,
and
Answer. brother Abel
eousness, was so far one of God s labourers in God s vineyard. By the labourers at early morning, and at the third hour, the sixth hour, and the
ninth hour, may be understood God s ancient people, the Hebrews, who strove to worship Him with a right faith in company with His chosen ones from the very beginning of the world,
and thus continually laboured
And now,
vineyard.
idle
is
it "
:
in
His
at the eleventh
unto the Gentiles stand ye here all the day
said
Why
and Holy Ghost.
to the Father,
to the
Behold, the voice of thy s blood crieth unto Me
from the ground.
LAUDS.
Have mercy upon
First Antiphon.
*
me, sin
O for
:
God, and cleanse
me
from
my
Thee only have
against
I
sinned.
Psalm L.
to a right faith the teaching of right
hour, also
from the
the
brother Abel
T7OR
Me
ground.
LORD God make
tree of
Abel
Have mercy,
c.,
(p. 87.)
will praise I Second Antiphon. * for Thou hast heard me. Thee,
Psalm
O
CXVIL
give thanks unto the
LORD,
&c.,
370
(P-
O
God, Thou art I seek Thee, because Thou hast been my help.
Third Antiphon. * God, early
my
will
"
?
Psalms LXII. and LXVI. The Hymn, &c., is
God,"
other
Sunday
Thee, O not said on this or any "We
praise
before Easter.
Ninth
is
Respo7isory.
The LORD
said unto Cain
Abel thy brother
?
Lord,
God, Thou
art, &c., (p. 23.)
2 Blessed art Fourth Antiphoi.i. * O our God, in the firmament Thou, of heaven, and worthy to be praised above all for ever.
Where know And not am I my brother s keeper ? He said unto him What hast thou 1
O
:
I
The Sojtg of the Three Holy Children.
:
:
done
?
Behold, the voice of thy brother 1
iv.
9-11.
Fifth Antiphon. Praise ye the * from the heavens. 2
Dan.
iii.
56.
LORD
SEPTUAGESIMA.
419
Psalms CXLVIIL, CXLIX., and CL. Praise ye,
c.,
SEXT.
Why stand ye here * all Antiphon. day idle ? They answered and said unto him Because no man hath
(pp. 25, 26.)
the
:
Chapter,
Cor.
(i
ix.
24.)
hired us.
1DRETHREN, know
ye not that they run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run that
which run obtain.
may
ye
LORD, Thou hast been our
Verse.
refuge.
Answer.
In
all
(i Cor. ix. 25.)
Chapter,
in a race
AND *^^
every
man
that striveth for the
mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
generations.
NONE. Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Thus saith the Lord The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an * which went out householder, early in :
the
morning
The Lord of the vine Antiphon. * Call the labourers, and yard saith :
give
them
their hire.
to hire labourers into his
vineyard.
(i Cor. x. 4.)
Chapter,
they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them and that But with many of rock was Christ. them God was not well pleased.
TI^OR
Prayer throughout the day and week.
C\ LORD, we beseech Thee ^^ ably to hear the prayers
favour-
of
:
Thy
are justly we, who punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by Thy goodness, for the glory of Thy Name. Through
people
;
that
our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, Amen. world without end.
VESPERS. Chapter as at Lauds.
Antiphon at
the
the Blessed
Song of
The householder saith unto Virgin. * stand ye here his labourers
Why
:
But they answered the day idle ? and said Because no man hath hired all
:
Go
us.
also
ye
and whatsoever
PRIME.
And when he had Antiphon. * with the labourers for a agreed * penny a day, he sent them into his
into
is
my
right,
vineyard, that will I
give you.
Second Day.
vineyard.
First Lesson.
TERCE.
The Lesson
*
Go
into my ye also vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that
Antiphon.
will
I
give you.
The Chapter
Genesis
CO
*^ is
taken from Lauds. 1
Greek, denarion.
taken from the Book of 27.)
created man in His Own in the image of God He him male and female
God
image
created Its
is
(i.
;
:
value was nearly a shilling.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
420
created He them. And them, and said unto them
God
blessed
Be
fruitful,
:
and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. ;
And God
said Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed which is :
upon the face of the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree to
yielding seed,
And
meat.
you
shall
it
be
everything that He had made, and it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the Sixth Day.
First Responsory.
When
called,
Lord walked
the
in
the
the cool of the day, and said Adam, where
He
in
:
thou ? Lord, I hid myself. Verse.
I
garden, and was naked.
Answer.
herb of the rain
before
grew
it
not caused
:
it
for to
and there was the ground but
upon the
earth,
not a man to till there rose up a spring 2 from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. ;
I
heard
Thy
voice,
Second Responsory. 3 The Lord said unto Adam In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread when thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yield unto thee ;
;
her
it
manded
thee, saying
eat of it,
cursed
I
Answer. shall
Second Lesson. the heavens and ^HUS were finished, and
all
the earth the host
to
And God
tree
blessed
the
seventh day and sanctified it, because that in it He had rested from all His work, which He created and made. These are the generations of the heavens earth,
when they were 2
Hebrew,
"a
Thou
shalt not
Thorns also and
thistles
bring forth to thee.
it
the
LORD God formed man
of
ground, and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul. And the LORD God had planted a garden aforetime in Eden, and there
of them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
;
:
the ground whereon
Third Lesson.
CO
hid myself.
is
thou shalt labour.
heard Thy voice in the I was afraid, because I
And
thistles
bring forth to thee. Verse. Because thou hast heark ened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree which I com
art
and
Thorns also and
fruits.
shall
the
and of the
field
LORD God had
the
for
And God saw
garden
God made
to
every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth wherein there is life, [I have And it was so. given it] for meat.
1
the day that the LORD the heavens and the earth, and every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth, and every in
created,
He
dust
of
the
put the man whom out of the ground
And God
He had made
formed.
the
LORD
to
grow every tree that is pleasant the sight, and good for food the :
of
life
also
in the
midst of the
garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. mist.
ni.
19
;
iv. 12.
SEPTUAGESIMA.
421
Third Responsory.
The LORD formed man,
Second Responsory. &c.,
The LORD God
(p.
416.)
said, &c., (p.
4I5-)
VESPERS.
Antiphon at the
Third Lesson.
Song
of the Blessed
These last have wrought but one hour, * and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. Virgin.
AND
^^
LORD God
the
sleep to
caused a deep upon Adam. And He took one of his
fall
while he slept, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib which the LORD God had taken from Adam made He a
ribs,
woman, and brought her unto Adam.
And Adam
Third Day. First Lesson.
The Lesson Genesis
taken from the Book of
is
LORD God
the
:
is
now bone
my
flesh
:
mother and shall cleave unto his and they twain shall be one
wife
CO
said
bones, and flesh of
;
15.)
(ii.
This
of she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
my
took the
man
and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it and He commanded him, saying Of
;
flesh.
Third Responsory.
;
:
every tree of the garden thou mayest but of the tree of the freely eat knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
The LORD
caused,
c.,
(p. 416.)
;
VESPERS.
:
And
LORD God said It is not good that the man should be alone let Us make him an help meet die.
the
And
the
Song of the Blessed
the householder said
*
:
:
;
him.
for
Antiphon at Virgin. I
do thee no wrong
Friend, not thou agree with
Take
that
is
thine,
didst
:
me for a penny and go thy way.
?
First Responsory.
God
took the man, &c., (p. 416.)
Fourth Day. Second Lesson.
First Lesson.
CO
out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought
them unto Adam, call
them.
to see
And
what he would
whatsoever
of the
Genesis "VT
Adam
called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave
names
The Lesson
to all cattle, and to every fowl air, and to every beast of the
field. But for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
the
is
(iii.
taken from the Book of i.)
OW the
serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which
LORD God had made. woman Why
said unto the
:
And he God
hath
said ye shall not eat of every tree of And the woman said garden ?
the
unto the serpent fruit
:
We may
eat of the
of the trees of the garden
;
but
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
422
of the fruit of the tree which
in the
is
midst of the garden, God hath said Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye And the serpent touch it, lest ye die. Ye shall not said unto the woman For God doth know that surely die. in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be :
LORD God she said and I did :
The
Woman
unto the
said
Wherefore hast thou done
this
?
:
And
serpent beguiled me,
eat.
:
And
as gods, knowing good and evil. the woman saw that the tree was
good and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her hus band with her, and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened.
Second Responsory.
Adam
Behold,
become,
is
Third Lesson.
for food,
AND the
LORD God
"^^
serpent
thou art
this,
:
said unto the
Because thou hast done cursed above all cattle,
and above every beast of the field upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust ;
shalt thou eat all the days of thy
And
the
LORD God,
&c., (p. 417.)
AND
when they knew
were
naked,
they
will
;
woman he said I will greatly multiply thy sorrows and thy concep in sorrow shalt thou bring forth tion children, and thou shalt be in the
unto the
Second Lesson. that
they
sewed
fig-
and made themselves And they heard the voice LORD God walking in the
:
:
leaves together,
power of thy husband, and he
aprons. of the
rule over thee.
in
garden
the cool of the
day
;
and
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amidst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and he said
Where art thou heard Thy voice
him
said unto
I
:
:
And
?
in
the
garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. And He said Who told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? And Adam :
said
me
:
to
The woman, whom Thou gavest
me of And the
be with me, she gave
the tree,
and
I
did
eat.
life.
put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed she l shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise her heel. And I
First Responsory.
&c.,
4170
(P-
And
unto
shall
Adam He
said Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I com :
manded
thee, saying
:
Thou
shalt not
cursed is the ground whereon thou shalt labour in sorrow shalt thou Thorns eat of it all the days of thy life. eat of it
;
also thee,
the
and thistles shall and thou shalt
field.
bring forth to
it
eat the herb of
In the sweat of thy face till thou return
shalt thou eat bread,
unto the ground for out of it wast for dust thou art, and thou taken And unto dust thou shalt return. ;
;
Adam because
called
his
she was
name Eve, 2
wife
s
the
mother of
all
living.
1 Ipsa. Abp. Kenrick remarks that two MSS. examined by Kennicott read as the Vulgate, and that in the very ancient style of the Pentateuch the gender of the Pronoun (without points) is common. The verb, however, is masculine, and the text is applied by St Irenseus to Christ "
the Seed predestined to trample under foot the seed of the serpent. itself, on March 25. (Fourth Lesson.) [Scholars now agree that the here is a scribal error, and that the passage refers to Christ.]
"
as
2
Chavah = Life.
See also the Breviary of the Vulgate
"ipsa"
SEPTUAGESIMA.
423
Third Responsory.
LORD
The
unto
said
First Responsory.
Cain,
&c.,
4i8.)
(P-
In the beginning, &c., (First sponsory on Sunday, p. 414.)
VESPERS.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Take that thine is, * and go Virgin. thy way Lord.
for
;
am
I
good,
saith
the
Second Lesson.
AND
said unto Abel his Let us go forth abroad. when they were in the field, Cain
"^^
Cain
brother
And
;
up against Abel his brother, and And the LORD said unto slew him. Where is Abel thy brother ? Cain And he said I know not am I my And He said unto brother s keeper ? rose
Fifth Day.
:
MATTINS.
:
him
First Lesson.
The Lesson Genesis
is
(iv.
taken from the Book of i.)
:
What
voice
of
unto
Me
;
thou
hast
thy
brother
from the
?
The
blood
crieth
done
s
ground.
Now,
she again bare his brother Abel and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother s blood When thou tillest from thy hand. the ground it shall not henceforth a fugitive yield unto thee her fruits and a vagabond shalt thou be on
And
the earth.
AND "^
said
:
therefore, cursed shalt thou
Adam knew
his wife,
and she
conceived, and bare Cain, and 1 I have gotten a man from GOD.
And
in process of
time
it
came
to pass
:
that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Second Responsory.
And
Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof.
to
Abel,
And
the
and
to
LORD had his
respect
offering.
In the beginning, &c., (Second Re sponsory on Sunday, p. 415-)
But
unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect and Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto him Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, doth not sin lie at the door ? 2 But the desire thereof is under thee, and thou hast control over it.
Third Lesson.
:
AND
^^
1
Cain
My
:
sin
said is
unto the
too great for
LORD me to :
Behold, Thou gain pardon thereof. hast driven me out this day from the 3
face of the earth, shall
I
be hid, and
and from Thy face I
shall
be a fugi
and a vagabond in the earth. Every one therefore that findeth me
tive
The name.
Like a beast of prey lying in wait. (Gesenius.) The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel on the whole passage is : "If thou doest thy work well, will not thy guilt be forgiven thee? But if thou doest not thy work well in this world, thy sin is retained unto the day of the great judgment, and at the doors of thy heart lieth thy sin. And into thy hand have I delivered the power over evil passion, and unto thee shall be the inclination thereof, that thou mayest have authority over it, to become righteous, or to sin." (Etheridge s translation, I. 170.) 3 The sins are greater Jerusalem Targum softens the hopelessness of this exclamation. than can be borne. Nevertheless there is power before Thee to absolve and forgive me." -
"
(Etheridge
s translation,
I.
172.)
My
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
424
O
shall slay me. And the LORD said unto him but It shall not be so whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt a vagabond in the land on the East of Eden.
what anguish, what affliction round on every side. Who shall tell His dereliction While His suppliant accents cried
Hemmed Him
:
:
!
!
!
Be accomplished
"
this
day
Neath that load of anguish sinking Drops of Blood stood on His Brow
Third Responsory.
The LORD formed man,
O My
Father O My Father Let this Chalice pass away Yet not My will, Thy will rather "
&c.,
Wondering earth in silence drinking One by one the Drops that flow.
(p.
4I5-) But an angel swiftly gliding Conies from heaven to His aid;
At the beginning of the Martyrology,
And
is said,
On
the
morrow we commemorate
Form
that
the
Godhead hiding
He
Comfort seeks from those
the prayer of our Lord JESUS Christ at the foot of the Mount of Olives.
made.
To
the Father praise be given Praise the Son, Whose Name is greater Than all names beneath the heaven,
Praise the Spirit, every creature. Office in
Memory
Lord JESUS
of the Prayer of our
2
Verse.
Christ in the Garden
My
Even unto
Answer.
Greater Double.
Antiphon at 3
Virgin.
the follow
the
He
prayed, saying
ing.
:
nevertheless, not
and Prayer
Chapter,
death.
Song of the Blessed
kneeled
remove
willing,
FIRST VESPERS. Antiphons,
exceeding sor
is
rowful,
of Gethsemane.
All as on Sundays, except
soul
Amen.
and
down, if
Father,
Thou be
Me
cup from
this
My
;
but Thine,
will,
be done.
from Lauds. MATTINS. Last Psalm. Ps. cxvi. (P.
1
O
praise the
LORD,
Invitatory. at the
prayed
&c.,
of Olives,
86.)
worship
QEE
the Eternal
Word
descending
the throne of bliss supreme, Love-constrained, His way now wending Adam s children to redeem.
First
Yearning to repair its fall, Prone upon the earth, our Master
Hymn
Wallace.
O
the
come,
Who Mount let
us
Vespers.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Pitying the world s disaster,
Prays for pardon for us
Him,
JESUS
of
foot
!
Hymn from
From
1
*
Christ
4
Antiphon.
Before
prayest, prepare thy soul, and not as one that tempteth God.
all.
thou be
from the Proprium of the arch-diocese of Freiburg, translation by the Rev. Dr 2
Matth. xxvi. 38.
3
Luke
xxii. 41, 42.
4
Ecclus.
xviii. 23.
SEPTUAGESIMA. Hear my
Ps. xvi.
&c.,
(p.
right,
O LORD,
God
425 Christ JESUS concerning you
in
all.
13.)
Answer.
Pray without ceasing.
l Let nothingSecond Antiphon. hinder thee to pray always, and de fer not until death to be justified.
Unto Thee, O LORD,
Ps. xxiv.
&c.,
Second Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle Blessed Apostle James (v.
of the
46.)
(P>
16.) 2
All things what soever ye shall ask in prayer, believ ing, ye shall receive.
Third Antiphon.
Ps.
cxli.
(p.
200.)
Verse.
My
&c.,
cried unto the
I
LORD,
is
(xii.
which purgeth away sin, and causeth to find mercy and everlasting life. But they that work sin and iniquity are enemies of their own soul. There fore I show you the truth, and will not keep an hidden matter back from with tears, and bury the dead, and leave thy dinner, and hide the dead in
as
like
thou
didst
pray
house by day, and bury them I did bring up thy prayer And because thou before the Lord. wast accepted with God, it was needs night,
are,
save his soul from death,
way
shall
and
shall hide a multitude of sins.
Second Responsory.
When if
is
4 ye stand praying, forgive, ye have aught against any. Verse. That your Father also Who in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.
Answer.
Forgive,
if
ye have aught
against any.
Third Lesson.
thine
by
to
subject
verteth a sinner from the error of his
death.
pRAYER
When
man
we
taken from the Book of
exceeding sor
is
is good with fasting, and to lay up alms rather than to lay up stores of gold. For alms doth de liver from death, and the same it is
you.
a
8-13.)
soul
first Lesson.
Tobias
was
Elias
and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know that he which con-
Even unto
The Lesson
a
of
passions
rowful,
Answer.
one for another, that ye may healed, for the fervent prayer righteous man availeth much.
pRAY be
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Hebrews
that temptation should try thee.
(v.
5.)
Christ glorified not Himself to be
made an High
First Responsory. 3
In everything give thanks. without ceasing. Verse. 1
Ecclus.
For xviii. 22.
this
is 2
the Matth.
said unto
Pray
to-day have ii.
will
of
xxi. 22.
Him
7.)
place: i
I
As He "Thou
Thess.
v.
Priest, "
:
but
Thou
art
He That
My
Son,
Thee."
begotten
(Ps. saith also in another
art
17, 18.
a Priest for ever, 4
Mark
xi. 25.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
426
cix.
(Ps.
of His
of
order
the
after
flesh,
prayers and supplications, strong crying and tears, unto That was able to save Him
Him from
1 death, was heard, in that He feared. And though He was the Son of God,
He He
learned
things which
made
ing
&c.,
to
by the and be become the
He
perfect,
is
;
Author of Eternal Salvation unto
to
Melchisedek.
to
my
prayer,
6
And
came
it
those
in
God. Ps. cxx.
&c.,
1
(p.
will
I
lift
up mine eyes,
86.) 7
Verse.
all
them that obey Him called of God an High Priest after the order of
ear
109.)
pass days, that JESUS went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer
obedience suffered
Give
liv.
(p.
Third Antiphon.
with
up
yet
Ps.
Melchisedek."
Who, in the days when He had offered
4.)
O My
if
Father,
it
be
possible,
Answer.
Let this cup pass from
Me! Fourth Lesson.
Third Responsory.
The Lesson
is taken from the Treatise upon the Lord s Prayer written by the Holy Martyr Cyprian, Bishop [of
The LORD hath heard my sup
2
plication
my
LORD
the
;
hath
received
Carthage. ]
prayer. 3 I
Verse.
heart
hear me,
;
my
O LORD
!
The LORD hath
Answer.
whole
my
cried with
received
prayer.
Glory be
Verse.
and
the
to
to
and
Son,
the
Father, the Holy
to
(
On
the
Lord s Prayer. )
HP HE
Lord hath indeed taught us to pray, not by words only, but also by deeds. He Himself prayed often times, and right earnestly, and showed us by the witness of His Own example what we are behoven to do as it is And He withdrew Himself written into the wilderness, and prayed." ;
Ghost.
"
:
The LORD hath
Answer.
my
received
prayer.
1 v. And again: "And it 6.) to pass in those days that JESUS out into a mountain to pray, and
(Luke
came went
SECOND NOCTURN.
continued 4 First Antiphon. When ye pray ye shall not be as the hypocrites are for they love to pray standing ;
in the
synagogues and
in the corners
of the streets, that they of men. Ps.
xlii.
Judge me,
may be
seen
Second
when
prayest,
and,
closet,
the
Antiphon.
thou
door,
when
O
God, &c.,
5
But
enter
thou,
into
thou hast thy Father
pray to
thy shut
Who
in secret.
is 1
3
"
Or,
God."
sinners beholden to pray ? remained sleepless all night
And in
if
He
unceas
how much more ought we watch by night in common prayer ? The Lord prayed and besought, but not for Himself for what had the Innocent One to ask for for Himself? But it was for us sinners that He prayed, as Himself declareth when He ing prayer,
unto Peter Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat saith
"
:
behold,
;
on account of His reverent
Ps. cxviii. 145.
night in prayer to
to
105.)
(p.
all
(Luke vi. 12.) If He prayed Who was without sin, how much more are
4 ,
Matth.
vi. 5.
2
submission." 5
Ibid., 6.
6
Luke
7
Ps. vi. 10. Matth. xxvi. 39.
SEPTUAGESIMA. have prayed for thee, that thy not." (Luke xxii. 31, 32.) And a little while after, He prayed to Neither the Father for all, saying
but
I
faith
fail
"
:
pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through
may be one
their word, that they all as Thou, Father, art in
Thee
Me, and I that they also may be one
;
xvii.
(John
Us."
;
427
These prayers and supplications He up unto the Father, Who met Him half-way by hearing Him. He offered them up unto Him That was able to save Him from death, that
offered
to
is,
Him
Whom He
in
was able
in
make Him
save
to
more and
20, 21.)
Him up
raise
of
Him,
so that
He
unto
again
knew
He
that
that
is,
to
could die no
no more, by deliver
suffer
ing Him from death, so that His Soul was not left in hell, neither did
Fourth Responsory.
His Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat but I have prayed for
Flesh
grave.
see
corruption
xv.
(Ps.
10.
the
in
)
;
Fifth Responsory.
thee, that thy faith fail not. Verse. And when thou
art
con
verted strengthen thy brethren.
Answer.
I
that thy faith
have prayed
for
thee,
fail not.
is
Com
E
offered
up prayers High Priest. That
we read oftentimes especially in
like
a true
He
prayed
the
in
Gospel,
that according to
who draweth Him
His
in
Luke,
Priestly
But even as all things which He did in the Flesh, His prayers and supplications were for men. Through all His life He prayed to the Father touching the Resurrection of His Own Flesh, and our salvation, and at the last moment before He character.
He
suffered,
offered
up
supplications,
prayers most beseeching and most vehement, with the utmost passion and tenderness of His Heart, when, that
is,
an agony He prayed more and His Sweat was as it were great drops of Blood falling down "being
in
earnestly, to
the
ground." 1
(Luke
Ecclus. xxxv. ci. .
xxii.
44.)
humble pierceth come nigh, he will
of the till it
And
Verse.
taken from the
and
not be comforted.
Most High Answer.
mentary upon the Epistle to the Hebrews, written by St Anselm, Archbishop [of Canterbury.] (v.) TUT
The prayer
the clouds,
Fifth Lesson.
The Lesson
1
will not
will
not depart
till
the
shall behold.
And
till it
come
nigh, he
be comforted.
Sixth Lesson.
AND these prayers and supplications He
offered up with strong crying, with the keenest and liveliest yearning of godly desire, as when, being in an agony, He prayed more earnestly, and even with tears, for in that
is,
that lengthened prayer we must believe that He shed Tears as well as those
drops of Blood which trickled
down
His Body in the place of sweat. And He was heard, for in rising again, He received that for which He had asked. He was heard, that is, He in especial was heard in a sense of thoroughness in which no other hath ever been heard,
since,
after
the throes of the
struggle were over, the Father exalted Him above everything created. More
He was heard on account of reverent submission, 2 which meaneth either that He was heard because as over,
2
Apo
tes eulabeias.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
428
the Son of God reverent submission was due to His wishes, or else that He was heard because of His reverent submission to the Will of God, in that He feared and honoured the Father Or again, we may under above all. stand that He was heard, because His
reverent submission merited that He The out-pouring of should be heard.
His Blood
may
unto the dust cording to Ps.
having never done any evil, willing to suffer, simply out of
He was love.
Verse.
4
Watch and
Let now Thine ears be attentive and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto
this day, night
Answer. prayer of
pray before Thee
and day.
To hearken Thy servant.
unto
the
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
and
to the Son,
Holy Ghost.
to the
To hearken unto Thy servant.
Answer. prayer of
the
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (xxii. 39.)
A T
that time
2
Trouble Antiphon. anguish have taken hold on me
Ps.
creased,
are
my
c.,
and :
Thy
delight.
LORD, how
iii.
are
they in
(p. 5.)
3 I looked for Second Antiphon. some to take pity on me, and there was none and for comforters, but I found ;
none. Ps.
&c., (p. 9.)
Third Antiphon.
My soul cleaveth
i
2Ezra(Nehem.),
3
Ps. Ixviii. 21, 3,
i.
i.
and
Him.
And
so on.
this cup from Me the shrank from death, the God re mained unshaken in the counsel of His Own Will. We must needs die to this world that we may rise again to God, that in accordance with God s sentence, the law of the curse may work itself out by our return to the dust of the earth from whence we are taken. Not My will, but Thine be done." In these words our Lord signifieth by My will His human will, and by the Father s will, His Own Divine Will. "
Remove
"
"
wills of men are temporal, but the Will of God is eternal. There is not one Will of the Father, and another Will of the Son. There is but one Will, where there is but one God.
The
Learn, nevertheless, from the ensample of Christ, to be resigned to God s Will,
and not
6.
choose
to
that
which best
pleaseth thyself, but that which thou knowest will best please God.
Seventh Responsory. 3
2
out,
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop [of (Bk. x. Coinm. on Luke xxii.)
How long wilt Thou forget,
xii.
JESUS came
Milan.]
"
commandments
:
went, as He was wont, to the Mount of Olives and His disciples *"*
"
THIRD NOCTURN. First
into
temptation.
Man
servant. I
my
pray,
That ye enter not
Answer.
Sixth Responsory.
Thy Which
of
ac
;
1
Verse.
Thou me
O LORD God
Ixxxvii.
also followed
the prayer of
quicken word.
salvation, &c., (p. 145.)
be called a
in itself
strong cry, wherein He was heard on account of His reverent submission to His reverent sub such suffering. mission in that case lay in this, that
;
Thy
sea,
I
am come
and the
into the depth of the
flood overfloweth me. 2
Ps. cxviii. 143, 25.
4
Matth. xxvi. 41.
SEPTUAGESIMA. Save me,
Verse.
come
waters are
And
Answer.
O
unto
in
the flood overfloweth
Eighth Lesson. let
us consider the special
meaning of His
different expres Soul is exceeding sorrow even unto death." (Matth. xxvi.
sions. ful,
"
"
Now
xii.
My
So also elsewhere
38.)
My
is
It
27.)
Soul
He
troubled."
was not
saith
:
(John
He Who had
Manhood unto God Who was troubled, but the Manhood Which He had so taken. The soul of man is able to be moved by divers feelings, but not so God. The Spirit indeed taken the
"
l willing, but the Flesh is weak." That which was (Matth. xxvi. 41.) exceeding sorrowful was not Himself but His Soul. The Eternal Wisdom was not sorrowful, the Divine Being was not sorrowful, but the human Soul
is
He had taken Godhead a Soul, but a Soul of same nature as mine. 2 I am not
of JESUS was sorrowful. into the
the
deceived into thinking that thing,
when
rowful
He seemed
it
it
Ninth Lesson.
for the
God,
my soul.
me.
HPHEN,
429
was one
seemed another. Sor to be, and sorrowful
He was not at the thought Own sufferings, but of our sins.
"THEN
He
saith
"
I
:
smite the
will
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad." He was sorrowful (Matth. xxvi. 31.) because He was leaving us orphans. But how resolutely He was giving Himself up to die is sufficiently clear by what followed, when He went to meet those that sought Him, when He calmed the agitated, when He nerved the timid, when He received the traitor himself with the condescension of a kiss. Neither is it other than the truth to say that He was sorrowful for their sakes who were hunting Him
down, since
He knew what
ment they were unutterable all
to
And
crime.
these things
a punish
undergo
He
said
for that
because of Let this "
:
It was not that cup pass from Me the Divine Son of the Divine Being was afraid to die, but He would not that even wicked men should perish on His account. "
!
The Hymn, God,
"We
O
praise Thee,
is said.
&c.,"
of His
LAUDS. 4 First Antiphon. JESUS cometh with His disciples unto a place called
Eighth Responsory.
Gethsemane, and saith unto them Sit ye here while I g o and pray yonder. And He took Second Antiphon. with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful :
3
Let
my
prayer come
before
Thee
:
Thine ear unto my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh incline
Verse.
unto the grave.
Answer.
my
cry. Verse.
and
to
Incline
Thine ear unto
:
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Answer.
my 1
Incline
cry. St
and very heavy. Third Antiphon. Then saith He unto them My soul is exceeding
Thine ear unto
sorrowful, even unto death
;
tarry
:
Ambrose seems to understand these words as spoken by our Lord concerning Himself. animam meam, suscepit corpus meum.
Suscepit 3
ye
and watch with Me. Fourth Antiphon. And He went a little farther, and fell on His Face, and prayed, saying O My Father
here,
Ps. Ixxxvii. 3, 4.
Antiphons from Matth.
xxvi. 36-39, 42.
!
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
430
Fifth
an agony He prayed more and His Sweat was as it were great drops of Blood falling down
this
to the ground.
be possible,
if it
let this
cup pass from
Me!
O My Father! Antiphon. cup may not pass away from Me, except I drink it, Thy Will be done
if
in
Being
earnestly,
!
(Matth. xxvi. 40.)
Chapter.
cometh unto the disciples, findeth them asleep, and
JESUS and
saith unto Peter What could ye not watch with Me one hour ? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temp :
!
tation.
Q LORD
JESUS Christ, Who in the garden didst both by Thy word and by Thine ensample teach us to pray that we enter not into temptation, mercifully grant that we may ever be ^^^
so
instant
Hymn.
Who livest
the
PRIME.
!
For the
ill
which Eden wrought
our parents went astray, Olivet to life hath brought us, Where our Lord doth watch and pray.
filled His Breast, Hastens to make expiation For the world by sin oppressed.
the Father s anger ceases, the Hand up-raised to smite,
And
Ps.
liii.
Thus the snares of hell are broken Heaven s gates are open wide,
Where eternal joys unspoken Welcome those for whom He
To
the Father praise be given Praise the Son, Whose Name
may be is
sections
44.)
the children of your Father,
&c., (Second
And He
took with Him,
Antiphon at Lauds.}
greater
Short Responsory. Amen. Soul
Song of Zacharias.
is
Answer. rowful, Verse.
Answer. the
v.
Chapter from Lauds. is
Lord, teach us to pray. After this manner there
Antiphon at
(Matth.
in heaven.
Antiphon.
fore pray ye.
1
two
TERCE.
My Answer.
the
;
died.
Praise the Spirit, every creature. 2
and
them which despitefully use you and persecute you, that
names beneath the heaven,
Verse.
36)
for
Who
!
all
(p.
(p. 38).
Chapter at the end.
ye
All those threatening shafts releases, Destined on our souls to light.
Than
&c.,
of His nation,
Such the love which
Now
cometh,
(First Antiphon at Lauds..)
<7/"cxviii.
The Redeemer
JESUS
Antiphon.
us,
When
prayer, that we may the comfortable fruits
and reignest with Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
God
high heaven the Mediator, Whom the Prophets sang of yore, Comes to heal our fallen nature, Zion s daughters weep no more.
in
gain
worthily thereof.
1
the Office.
Prayer throughout
Verse.
exceeding sorrowful. Soul is exceeding sor
My
Even unto
death.
Exceeding sorrowful. Glory be to the Father,
Another hymn from the Proprium of the arch-diocese of Freiburg, translation by the Rev.
Dr Wallace.
2
Luke
xi. i
;
Matth.
vi. 9.
SEPTUAGESIMA. and
to
the
and
Son,
to
the
Holy
Ghost.
431
My Soul
is
and
exceeding sor
to
pray.
Glory be
Verse.
Answer.
And
Answer. the
Son,
the
to
and
Father, the Holy
to
Ghost.
rowful.
O my
Verse.
Father,
if it
be pos
Let this cup pass from
Me!
pray.
His Sweat
Verse.
Answer.
Watch and
Answer.
sible
Was
Answer.
as
were great
it
drops of Blood.
SEXT. saith He unto Antiphon. them, &c., ( Third Antiphon at Lauds.}
SECOND VESPERS.
Then
Antiphons,
and
Chapter,
Prayer
from Lauds. xxi. 36.)
(Luke
Chapter.
ye therefore and pray always, that ye may be ac counted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man. ^\
Last Psalm.
THATCH
Ps. cxv.
Father
!
be possible. if it be Father !
possible
to
!
be possible. Glory be to the If
Verse.
and
Me
Let this cup pass from
Verse.
the
Was
as
it
were
great
drops of Blood.
if it
O My
Answer.
Vespers.
His Sweat
Answer.
Short Responsory.
O My
believed, &c., (p. 185.)
Hymn from first Verse.
Answer.
I
it
and
Son,
to
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed * Behold, the hour is at hand, Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Virgin. and the
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
O my
Answer. possible. Verse.
Father
Watch and
Answer.
!
if
it
The Sabbath.
be
MATTINS. pray,
That ye enter not
into
First Lesson.
temptation.
The Lesson
NONE. Antiphon.
Genesis
O My
Father!
&c.,
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.}
is
AND
Mahalaleel lived sixty and five And and begat Jared. Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared,
-^^
years,
Chapter from the end of Prime.
eight hundred
Short Responsory.
Watch and Answer. Verse.
pray.
ye
and
thirty
years,
pray, enter not
temptation. 1
into
and
And all begat sons and daughters. the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years and he And Jared lived an hundred died. sixty and two years, and he begat And Jared lived after he Enoch. ;
Watch and That
taken from the Book of
(v. 15.)
Matth. xxvi.
45.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
432
begat Enoch eight hundred years, and And all begat sons and daughters. the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty and two years and he died.
the days
all
of
Lamech were seven
hundred seventy and he died.
and
seven
years
;
;
And Enoch
and
lived sixty
five years,
Third Responsory,
and begat Methuselah.
The LORD First Responsory.
And
LORD God had
the
VESPERS.
planted,
&c., (p. 417.)
Chapter and Prayer from Lauds of the following morning.
Second Lesson.
AND
Enoch
and he
said unto Cain, &c., (p.
418.)
walked
with
after
lived,
he
God: begat
Methuselah, three hundred years, and And all begat sons and daughters. the days of Enoch were three hun dred sixty and five years. And he walked with God and he was seen no more, for God took him. And Methuselah lived an hundred, eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Methuselah were
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed The Lord said unto Noah * The end of all flesh is come before Me make thee an ark of planed timber, that seed of all flesh may be Virgin.
:
:
saved therein.
;
nine hundred sixty and
and he
nine
years
Sexapstma Suntiag. The Lord s Day within Sixty Days of Easter.
MATTINS.
;
died.
Invitatory and omission as on last Sunday.
in
Ps.
XCIV. Second Responsory. Behold,
Adam
is
become, &c.,
FIRST NOCTURN.
(p.
4170 First Lesson.
Third Lesson.
The Lesson
AND
Lamech
an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son, and he called his name Noah, 1 This same shall comfort us saying concerning our work and toil of our hands upon the ground which the LORD hath cursed. And Lamech after he begat Noah, five lived, hundred ninety and five years, and And begat sons and daughters. lived
:
1
I.e., ^
"rest, "or
Targums
Genesis
is
taken from the Book of 31.)
(v.
A ND when Noah
was
five
hundred
years old he begat Shem, and Japheth. (vi. i.) And it
when men began to multi on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God 2 saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and to
pass,
ply
"comfort."
"the
sons of the mighty,
Ham, came
and Samaritan,
"
sons of the
rulers."
SEXAGESIMA. they took them wives of all which 1 And God said My they chose. not always continue in spirit shall
man, his
days twenty years.
earth
the
in
flesh
is
him,
so
did he.
He made him
Verse.
an
ark, that
a seed of every sort might be saved
and hundred and And there were giants For in those days.
he also shall be an
commanded
God
that
all
:
for that
433
:
alive.
Answer.
According
commanded him,
that the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men, which were of
God
to all that
so did he.
after
men
old,
Third Lesson.
HTHESE
generations of a just man,
the
are
Noah
of renown.
Noah was
:
he and perfect in his generations And he begat walked with God. three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. The earth also was corrupt before God, and was filled with violence. ;
First Responsory. 2
The Lord
end of
all
the
for
Noah
said unto
flesh
earth
come
is
is
Make
will
I
through
:
The
Me
;
with violence
filled
And them. them with the earth.
before
And when God looked upon the earth and beheld how it was corrupt, (for all
destroy
had corrupted
flesh
an ark of thou make shalt rooms planed timber,
earth,)
in
earth
Verse.
thee
it.
And
Answer.
destroy them
will
I
of
all
them,
with the earth.
Second Lesson.
"^^
of
God saw man was
flesh
and
ark,
:
and
Make
rooms
great in the earth,
for
it
repenteth Me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
height of
Second Responsory. a just
man and
within and with is the fashion
this
it
thirty cubits.
Forty days and forty nights were the heavens opened and there went into the ark two and two of all flesh wherein ;
is
the breath of
shut them
life.
And
the
LORD
in.
In the self-same day entered
and his sons, and and the wives of his sons. And the LORD shut Answer. them in.
Noah
he walked with God.
it
Third Responsory.
Verse.
LORD.
the
of: the length of thou shalt the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
:
:
:
thee an ark of planed make in the
shalt pitch
;
;
Me
shalt thou
And make it
and that every thought of his heart was only evil continually, and it re pented Him that He had made man And it grieved Him at on the earth. and He said I will destroy the heart man, whom I have created, from the both man and face of the earth beast, and the creeping thing, and
Noah was
I
before
with violence through will destroy them with
out with pitch.
that the wickedness
the fowls of the air
come
is
filled
is
way upon the Noah: The end
his
said unto
the earth.
timber
AND
He
into the ark,
his wife,
perfect
;
According to
because for i Targum of Onkelos "This evil generation shall not stand before Me not ever, ben Uzziel "Have I imparted My they are flesh and their works are evil." Jonathan their works are wicked. Holy Spirit to them, that they may work good works? And, behold, Behold I will give them a prolongment of 120 years, that they may work repentance, and not :
:
2 vi.
perish."
13-
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
434
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
to the Son,
and
to the
And
Answer. them in.
Holy Ghost.
the
LORD
Answer. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
shut
Fifth Lesson.
SECOND NOCTURN.
ANE) God threatened
He would
that
He said I will destroy man. destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air." What harm had the animals done ? For man s use "
:
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Book upon Noah s Ark by St Ambrose, Bishop [of Milan.] "E
(Chap,
iv.)
read that the Lord was angry. the thoughts, that the knowledge of God,
It is in
in
say,
is
to
that
man
being put on earth and weighted with the body cannot l be without sin, for earth is the
home
of temptations,
and the flesh is a bait for corruption. Yet man had a reasonable soul, and his soul had power to control his
body and, being so made, he made no struggle to keep himself from fall ing into that from whence he would ;
God s thoughts are not thoughts in Him there is no such thing as change of mind, no such thing as to be angry and then
;
had they been created, and, when man was wiped away, they were of use no
And there is an higher reason. a living soul, capable of reason, may be described as a living
longer.
Man
is
who
animal, subject to death, and endowed with reason. When then the highest
animal is gone, why should the lower branches remain ? Why should any thing be saved alive, when righteous ness, the basis of salvation,
more
to
is
be no
?
not return.
man
as
s
down
cool
These things are
again.
written that
ness
Fifth Res^onsory.
;
of our
we may know sins,
the bitter
whereby we have
earned the Divine wrath. To such a degree had iniquity grown that God, Who by His nature cannot be moved
by anger, or hatred, or any passion whatsoever, is represented as provoked to anger.
The Lord said unto Noah 3 I do set My bow in the clouds of heaven and I will remember My covenant :
:
which
between
is
And
Verse.
when that
and you.
come
to pass,
bring a cloud over the heaven, My bow shall be seen in the
cloud.
And
Answer.
covenant which
I
is
will
remember
Me
between
My and
you.
Sixth Lesson.
Noah
builded an Altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings on the Altar ; and the LORD smelled a sweet savour, and blessed Noah,
and said Be fruitful, and and replenish the earth. :
multiply,
Verse. Behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you. 1
Me shall
I
Fourth Responsory. 2
it
Esse non possit,
i.e.,
since the Fall.
more
"DUT
effectually
condemn
to
the rest of men, and to manifest the goodness of God, it is written that
Noah found Lord.
grace in the eyes of the
Here we learn
also
that
the
neighbour casteth no shadow on the righteous, when he is kept as a stock from whence the whole race are to spring. He is praised, not because sin of his
2 viii.
20
;
ix.
i, 9.
3
j
Xi
j^
14.
SEXAGESIMA.
435
The Truth Him
he was of a noble race, but because he was a just man and perfect. The
to enforce
stock of a just man yieldeth men of for virtues, like blood, are just souls
beseemeth not man s frailty to fritter away His exposition by any further comment. But there is, in that very
self
;
whose comeliness
it,
and, after that,
by the Lord, somewhat, which it behoveth us well to weigh. If it were but we who bade you believe explanation
the lustre of
is
lesson.
it
Among men are some hereditary. families illustrious for honourable pedi grees, and so there are also races of souls
its
hath explained
that by the seed is signified the word by the field, the world by the birds, the devils and by the thorns, riches ye would perchance doubt of the
virtues.
;
;
Sixth Responsory.
;
By Myself have
sworn, saith the I will not again Lord. bring the I waters of the flood upon the earth And the will remember My covenant. waters shall become no more a flood I
of our explanation. Therefore the Lord Himself hath vouchsafed to truth
:
know
to destroy all flesh. Verse. I do set
and
clouds,
it
My bow be
shall
give this explanation, and that, not for this parable only, but that ye may
the
in
others,
token of
for a
what whereof
flood
to
destroy
and
to
the
to
and
Son,
God
Noah and his sons, and said unto them Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
the to
Father, the Holy
Verse. Behold, I establish My cov enant with you, and with your seed
Answer. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all
after you.
Answer. Be fruitful, and and replenish the earth.
flesh.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
"DEGINNING His explanation, the Lord saith that He speaketh in parables. Hereby He doth certify us, when our weakness would unveil to you the hidden meaning of His words.
is
that time
:
When much
people
were gathered together, and were come to JESUS out of every city, He spake by a parable A sower went out to sow his seed. And so on.
spake of myself, who would believe I say that riches are thorns ? Thorns prick, but riches lull to rest. And yet riches are indeed thorns, for If
:
Homily by Pope St Gregory Great.]
(15^ on
multiply,
Eighth Lesson.
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (viii. 4.)
^A T
blessed
:
Ghost.
The Lesson
interpret
Seventh Responsory.
flesh.
Glory be
to
hath not given the
all 1
Verse.
He
meaning.
a covenant between Me and the earth. Answer. And the waters shall no
more become a
manner
in
I
me when
[the
the anxiety they bring is a ceaseless pricking to the minds of their owners,
the Gospels. ]
Dearly beloved brethren, the passage from the Holy Gospel which ye have just heard, needeth not so much that I should explain it, as that I should seek
and, if they lead into sin, they are thorns which bloodily tear the soul. But we understand from another Evan gelist
7
9-
(Matth.
xiii.
22)
that
in
this
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
43^
Him
place the Lord speaketh, not of riches themselves, but of the deceitfulness of
parable
riches.
seed.
Eighth Responsory. Behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you. Neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. do set My bow in the I Verse. clouds, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth. Neither shall there any Answer. more be a flood to destroy the earth.
He spake by a sower went out to sow his
out of every city, :
A
Verse. And, as he sowed, some fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold. Answer. A sower went out to sow
his seed. Verse.
Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son,
and
Answer.
A
to the
HP HOSE
LAUDS.
little
while
riches,
;
for
relieve the poverty They are the only true
seek to be
rich, If riches.
earnestly desire
the
true ye would be truly honourable, strive after the kingdom If ye love the bravery of of heaven. hasten to have your names titles, written down at Court above, where Take to heart the Lord s Angels are. The words which your ear heareth. food of the soul is the word of God when the stomach is sick it throweth up again the food which is put into it, and so is the soul sick when a man heareth and digesteth not in his memory the Word of God. And if any man cannot keep his food, that :
is
Have mercy,
in
desperate case.
the words,
(A
Ninth Responsory.
When much
people were gathered together to JESUS, and were come to
Have mercy upon Thy great mercy. 1
&c., but beginning
Thy
"After
great
with
mercy,"
87.)
Second Antiphon. If the Lord be Saviour * I will not fear what man
my
can do unto me.
Psalm CXVII.
O
give thanks unto the
LORD,
&c.,
(A 370 Third Antiphon. I
cried betimes
my
God, early
Within the
*
O
:
will
I
veil 2
God, Thou seek Thee.
art
Psalms LXII. and LXVI.
O (A
God,
Thou
art
my
God, &c.,
23.)
Fourth *
praises
1
* after
Psalm L.
those riches are deceitful
riches, which make us rich in virtues. If then, dearly beloved brethren, ye
life
God,
a
which cannot
of our souls.
man s
O
me,
riches are deceitful riches,
which can be ours only
sow
to
his seed.
First Antiphon.
Ninth Lesson.
Holy Ghost.
sower went out
Let us sing Antiphon. Lord our God.
to the
The Song of the Three Holy Children. Fifth Antiphon.
Praise
God
with
In the Latin the order of verse 3 is reversed in the Antiphon, ("After Thy great mercy, have mercy," &c.,) and the Psalm consequently begins as usual. 2 The allusion is perhaps to the ancient custom of hanging a curtain before the chancel, between Septuagesima and Easter. It is still so done, at least in Sicily, but the translator does not think it is anywhere practised in Rome. Formerly it seems to have been nearly co-extensive with Latin Christianity. Cf., however, verse 8. [Lenten vails are still used in Spain.]
SEXAGESIMA. * the timbrel and dance praise Him with stringed instruments and organs. ;
437
good
xi.
with
Chapter from Lauds. SEXT.
Praise ye, &c., (pp. 25, 26.) (2 Cor.
fruit
patience.
Psalms CXLVIIL, CXLIX., and CL.
Chapter.
forth
bring
heart,
Some seed fell on good Antiphon. * and bare fruit, some an hun ground,
19.)
BRETHREN,
ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise for ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt
and some
dred-fold,
sixty-fold.
:
if
himself,
a
man
smite you on the
face.
(2 Cor.
Chapter.
T HRICE
was once was
suffered
I
shipwreck,
have
day
been
I
xi.
25.)
beaten with rods,
I
stoned, thrice a night and the
in
deep
I
a of
the sea. Verse
and Answer as
Antiphon at
the
last
Song of Zacharias.
When much to
gether
Him
to
NONE.
Sunday.
people were gathered to * and were come JESUS,
Antiphon.
brethren, ye nestly desire the true riches.
out of every city, He spake a sower went out to
by a parable sow his seed.
IV/T
OST
gladly
glory in power of Christ
C\ GOD, Who ^-^
seest that we put not our trust in anything that
we
do, mercifully grant that through the protection of the Teacher of the Gentiles x we may be defended against
all
Through
adversity.
our
Lord
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
(2 Cor.
Chapter.
;
Prayer throughout the day and week.
If then, dearly seek to be rich,
xii.
may
SECOND VESPERS. Chapter from Lauds.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed JESUS said to His disciples * Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but :
Virgin.
to others in parables.
Ame?i.
Some seed fell on good Antiphon. * and bare fruit with ground, patience.
First Lesson.
The Lesson Genesis
TERCE.
the-walls,
in
the
an honest and
^HEthou ark
;
taken from the Book of
is
i.)
(vii.
LORD
They which keep
word of God * This
said unto
and
Noah
:
Come
thy house into the for thee have I seen righteous beall
on account of the "Station" at Rome being on this day at St-Paul s-withoutfor which reason also (apparently) has been chosen the long Epistle at Mass,
is
from 2 Cor.
VOL.
rather
upon me.
rest
Second Day.
1
I
infirmities, that the
PRIME.
Antiphon.
19.)
therefore will
my
beloved * ear
I.
P
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
438
Me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by and sevens, the male and the female
fore
;
of beasts that are not clean by two, Of fowls the male and the female.
of the air by sevens, the male and the female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. For also
seven days and
yet
rain
to
and
upon
forty
substance
I
will
earth
nights, and that I have
from
destroy
the
off
the
cause
every face
strained.
And
Verse.
waters
the
returned
and end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Answer. And the rain from heaven was restrained.
from
off
after
the
earth
the
continually,
days
forty
made
it
and the waters assuaged, and the rain from heaven was re earth,
living-
will
of
Third Lesson.
I
the
earth.
T
N
* his
First Responsory.
the self-same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japhet, sons, his wife, and the three wives
of his sons with them, into the ark they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind,
;
In the self-same day entered Noah into the ark, and his sons, and his wife
and the wives of
his sons.
Every living substance was destroyed from the earth, and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. His wife, and the wives Answer. Verse,
of his sons.
and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind. [And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein
And they was the breath of life. went in, male and female, of all flesh, as God had commanded him and the LORD shut him in.] And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up :
Second Lesson.
AND
~^^
him.
Noah
that the (10.)
did according unto
all
LORD had commanded And it came to pass
seven days that the waters of In tha- flood overflowed the earth. the six-hundredth year of Noah s life, in the second month, the seventeenth
above the earth.
after
day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the water - spouts of and the rain heaven were loosed was upon the earth forty days and ;
forty nights.
Second Responsory.
The Lord remembered Noah, and made a wind to pass over the 1
Third Responsory. Forty days and forty nights were opened, and there went into the ark of all flesh wherein is And the LORD the breath of life.
the heavens
shut them Verse.
in.
In
tered
Noah
sons,
and
the into
his
day en and his
self-same
the
wife,
ark,
and
the
wives
shut
them
of his sons.
Answer.
And
the
LORD
in.
Verse.
Glory be
to
the
Father,
SEXAGESIMA. and
to
the
and
Son,
the
to
Holy
Ghost.
And
Answer.
the
LORD
shut them
439
the month, were the tops of the And it came to mountains seen. pass at the end of forty days, that
window
in.
Noah opened
Virgin.
made, and he sent which went forth, to forth a raven and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he sent forth a dove after him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face But the dove found of the ground. no rest for the sole of her foot, and
VESPERS.
the
of the ark
had
he
which
;
Antiphon *
able,
which
is
at the
Song
of the Blessed
ye would be truly honour strive after our Fatherland in heaven. If
she returned unto him into the ark.
Third Day.
Second Responsory.
The Lord
First Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Book of Genesis (viii. I.)
AND
^^
God remembered Noah, and
every living thing, and all the that was with him in the ark, and He made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged. J
cattle,
The the
fountains also of the deep, and spouts of heaven were
water
Third Lesson.
A ND
he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth And she the dove out of the ark. came in to him in the evening, and she bare in her mouth an olive-branch ^~*"
with
green
And
first
rested
in
the
seventh
month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.
Noah
builded,
c.,
1 the six-hundredth-and-first year, in the month, the first day of the mcfcth,
the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Third Responsory.
By
First Responsory.
So Noah knew
And he stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him And it came to pass in any more. the earth.
ark
leaves.
that the waters were abated from off
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. And the waters re turned from off the earth continually, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days, the waters were abated. the
said, &c., (p. 434.)
Myself, &c., (p. 435-)
(p. 434.)
VESPERS.
Second Lesson.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed The seed is the word of * and the Sower is Christ if God, Virgin.
A ND
^^
the waters decreased continu-
ally until
the tenth
the tenth month, on the
month first
in
:
day of 1
Of
;
any man find be moved. his age.
Him, he
shall
never
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
440
Third Lesson,
A ND God
Fourth Day.
Genesis
taken from the Book of
is
(viii.
A ND God
^^ Go ~
blessed Noah and his and said unto them Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the
^^
First Lesson.
The Lesson
15.)
spake unto Noah, saying
forth of the ark,
:
and
thou,
thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl,
and of
and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and go ye upon the earth be fruitful and multi And Noah went forth, ply upon it. and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him every beast and cattle, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth after their kinds, went forth cattle,
;
;
sons,
earth
the fishes of the sea, into
all
:
:
your hand are they delivered.
Every meat for you even as the green herb, have I given you all things but flesh with
moving thing
that liveth shall be
;
;
blood
the
thereof shall
ye
For your blood of your
and
the
at
require
will
I
hand of every
hand of man
at the
not eat.
lives
;
beast, at the hand
of every man s brother will I require Whoso sheddeth the life of man.
man for
s
in
blood, his blood shall be shed the image of God made He
;
man.
out of the ark.
Third Responsory.
First Responsory.
God
I.)
(ix.
blessed, &c., (p.
In the self-same day, &c., (p. 438) this addition :
4350
with
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. His wife, and the wives Verse.
Second Lesson.
AND
^^
Noah
to the Son,
builded an altar unto
LORD, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, anqfcoffered burnt-offerings
And
on the
LORD I
:
will
:
thoughts are prone to evil from his Neither will I again smite youth.
any more every thing done.
While, the
living, as
I
remaineth, seed-time, and harvest, and cold and
and summer and winter, night, shall not cease.
and day
Second Responsory. Behold,
I
Antiphon at
the
Song of the Blessed
But that on the good ground Virgin. * are they which in an honest and
good
heart
bring
forth
fruit
with
patience.
have
earth
heat,
VESPERS.
altar.
smelled a sweet savour, not again curse the ground any more for man s sake for the imagination of man s heart and his the
and said
and
of his sons.
the
establish, &c., (p. 436.)
Note. If any of the three Antiphons given for the Song of the Blessed Virgin on the three last days are omitted, and the Office on the next day ( Thursday") is
of the Week-day, then the Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin on that day will be the last of those which have been omitted.
SEXAGESIMA.
441 Third Lesson.
AND
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him, and he said Cursed
^^
Fifth Day.
First Lesson.
The Lesson Genesis
AND
taken from the Book of
is
12.)
(ix.
God
:
said
:
:
This
is
the token
of the covenant which
between
Me
I
and you, and every
make living
with you, for perpetual I do set My bow in the generations clouds, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth. creature that
is
:
And,
shall
it
come
be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said Blessed be the LORD God of Shem let Canaan be his servant.
to
pass,
when
;
May God
enlarge Japhet, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let
And Noah
Canaan be. his servant. lived after the flood three
hundred and And all his days were fifty years. nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
I
Third Responsory.
bring a cloud over the heaven, that My bow shall be seen in the cloud and I ;
remember My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living soul that quickeneth flesh, and the waters shall no more become a flood will
to destroy all flesh.
Forty days, &c.,
PRIME.
At
the beginning of the
Martyrology
is said,
On
the
morrow we commemorate
the
First Responsory.
The Lord
433.)
(p.
sufferings Christ.
of
our
Lord
JESUS
said, &c., (p. 433.)
Second Lesson.
AND Noah began
to
Sixth Day.
be an husband
Office in
Memory
of the Sufferings of
our Lord JESUS Christ.
man, and he planted a vineyard. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken and he was uncovered within
Greater Double.
;
And Ham, the father of Ca naan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers without. And Shem and Japhet took a garment
his tent.
on
shoulders, and went back and covered the nakedness of their father and their faces were back ward, and they saw not their father s their
ward,
;
All as on Sundays, except FIRST VESPERS. First Antiphon.
I
Noah was VOL.
I.
a just man, &c.,
(p.
433.
will
take the cup
Name
believed, &c., (p. 185.)
Second Antiphon. Second Responsory.
I
of salvation, and call upon the of the LORD. Ps. cxv.
nakedness.
the follow
ing.
With them
that
When I hate peace I was peaceable. spoke unto them they fought against me without a cause. P 2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
442 In
Ps. cxix. 1
my
distress,
&c.,
(p.
86.)
me
Third Antiphon. O LORD, preserve from the evil man. cxxxix.
Ps.
Deliver
me, &c.,
(p.
Keep me from
Fourth Antiphon.
the snare which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Ps.
LORD,
cxl.
cry unto Thee,
I
199-)
(p.
bleeds,
My
Saviour bleeds
looked on my Fifth Antiphon. right hand and beheld, but there was no man that would know me. Ps.
cxli.
I
cried unto
the
LORD,
200.)
(p.
!
Bearing the fatal wood His band of Saints He leads, Marking the way with Blood
He
bleeds,
My
Saviour bleeds Bleeds
!
!
On
Calvary His shame intercedes
still
Wounds
His open
bleeds,
My
Saviour bleeds
Bleeds
He
;
proclaim
He
!
!
hangs upon the there for
Hangs
Chapter from Lauds.
;
!
With Blood I
&c.,
He
Bleeds
198.)
&c.,
Beneath the thorny crown
The crimson fountain speeds See how it trickles down,
tree,
my
misdeeds
He He
sheds His Blood for
My
Saviour bleeds
me
;
;
bleeds,
Bleeds
!
!
Hyjnn. "DLOOD is the price of
heaven;
All sin that price exceeds;
O
come
to
be forgiven,
He
bleeds,
My
Saviour bleeds
Bleeds
!
The Blood drops from His Brows, bleeds,
My
Saviour bleeds
Bleeds
!
fierce scourges fall, Precious Blood still pleads
In front of Pilate
He
My
Saviour bleeds
hall
s
bleeds,
Saviour bleeds Bleeds
My
!
!
is
dead
;
!
!
is
flowing
still
My
thirsty soul It feeds
He He
lets
My
Saviour bleeds
O ;
;
great needs
when He
bleeds
me
drink
my
;
;
fill
;
bleeds,
Bleeds
!
While the
The
bleeds,
my
fled
is
He He
for
His Blood
the olive boughs,
Falling like ruby beads,
He
His Soul
!
still
Bleeds
!
Under
Ah me Yet
!
!
O
precious Blood what love it breeds Ransom, Reward, and Food,
sweet
What
!
He
bleeds,
My
Saviour bleeds
Bleeds
!
love,
!
!
1 The two beautiful and popular Hymns by the late Dr Faber which are here inserted at the Hymns Mcerentes oculi and Aspice, infami^ Vespers and Mattins are not translations of the Latin or whether it be an accidental coin but, whether the ideas were suggested by so closely, that they might fairly be called cidence, they agree with the sense of the Latin induces the Translator to insert them. Paraphrases or imitations, and this consideration Absolute translations have been executed by the late Rev. E. Caswall and the Rev. Dr Rev. E. Caswall s will be found in an appendix to this volume. Wallace.
SEXAGESIMA.
He was
l
Verse.
He
willed
up because
offered
it.
And
Answer.
we
with His stripes
Death came, and JESUS meekly bowed His failing Eyes He strove to guide
With mindful
A?itiphon at the Song of the Blessed 2 O all ye that pass by be Virgin. and see if there be any sorrow hold, like unto my sorrow. !
the following Lauds.
At Compline
Hymn
is
the
last verse
of the
O
Thee
slain for us, to
Here as
Spirit, One is in heaven.
it
O
Mary
s
face
crucified
is
;
!
break, hard heart of mine
and
self-love
;
crucified
is
!
guilty pride
His Pilate and His Judas were JESUS, our Love,
;
!
Come, take thy stand beneath the Cross, And let the Blood from out that Side Fall gently on thee, drop by drop :
JESUS, our Love,
crucified
is
!
A
broken heart, a fount of tears, it will not be denied A broken heart love s cradle is JESUS, our Love, is crucified
Eternal praise be given,
With Father,
break,
Thy weak
said thus:
Lord JESU,
love to
JESUS, our Love,
are healed.
Prayer as at
443
Ask, and
and Three,
;
;
!
O
MATTINS. Christ our
Invitatory.
was
*
crucified,
Who
King
O come
Him
GOD
O
!
sin of
man
!
is
tried
;
;
For He, our Love,
let
!
love of
In this dread act your strength And victory remains with love is
crucified
!
us worship.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Hymn? COME
C\
O
and mourn with me awhile
Mary
See,
come, and
calls
While
crucified
is
tears to
!
;
set
and against His Anointed.
shed for Him,
soldiers scoff
look
earth
!
Ps.
and Jews deride?
patiently He hangs JESUS, our Love, is crucified
Ah
The kings of the themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD First Antiphon.
!
;
us mourn with her
let
JESUS, our Love,
Have we no
us to her side
how
ii.
Why
do the heathen, &c.,
40
;
(P>
!
How
fast His Hands, His Feet are nailed His blessed Tongue with thirst is tied His failing Eyes are dim with Blood JESUS, our Love, is crucified
Second Antiphon. ;
;
me
that trouble rise
;
They be increased many are they that
up against me.
;
!
Ps.
His Mother cannot reach His Face She stands in helplessness beside
Her
is
LORD, how are they (.$.}
s
;
!
Third Antiphon. They part garments among them and cast upon my vesture. ;
Seven times
And
all
He
in
;
martyred with her Son JESUS, our Love, is crucified heart
iii.
creased, &c.,
;
spoke, seven words of love,
my lots
three hours His silence cried
Ps. xxi.
For mercy on the souls of men JESUS, our Love,
is
crucified
1
Isa.
3
By Dr Faber
liii.
:
(P.
!
My 2
7, 5.
as before
;
God,
48.)
Lam.
two verses are omitted.
My
God, &c.,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
444
He was
Verse.
He
willed
up because
offered
it.
And
Answer.
with His stripes
we
are healed.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Romans
/^OD
(v.
8.)
commendeth His
^-*
in
us,
Christ
sinners,
love toward
while we were yet Much died for us.
that,
now justified by His be saved from wrath For if, when we were through Him. enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord JESUS Christ, by Whom we have now For received the atonement. (17.) if by one man s offence, death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace, and bounty, and more
;
then, being
Blood,
we
Second Responsory.
shall
righteousness, shall reign in
JESUS
eousness of One, [the gift] came upon For all men unto justification of life. as by one man s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedi ence of One shall many be made Then, the law entered that righteous. but where the offence might abound sin abounded grace did much more abound, that, as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reign, through righteousness, unto eternal life, by JESUS Christ our Lord.
life
through
Christ.
I brought thee forth out of Egypt behind thee I caused Pharaoh to drown
;
the
in
went
Red
and before thee
Sea,
in the pillar of the
thou didst betray Priests, and lead
Me Me
cloud.
I
And
unto the chief unto the judg
ment-hall of Pilate.
O My
Verse.
done unto thee wearied thee
?
what have and wherein have Testify against Me. people,
?
I
I
And thou didst betray unto the chief Priests, and lead unto the judgment-hall of Pilate.
Answer.
Me Me
First Responsory.
Third Lesson, 1
I
saith
had planted thee a noble vine, the Lord, and thou hast brought
forth unto
Me
grapes exceeding bitter, for thou hast made ready a Cross for thy Saviour. 2
O My
people, what have and wherein have I wearied thee ? Testify against Me. Answer. For thou hast made ready Verse.
I
done unto thee
?
a Cross for thy Saviour.
Second Lesson. "THEREFORE, as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so, by the right Cf. Jer.
ii.
21.
(vi.
)
HAT
Shall shall we say then ? we continue in sin, that grace
may abound
?
God
forbid
;
how
shall
we, that are dead to sin, live any longer Know ye not that so many therein ? of us as were baptized into JESUS Christ
For were baptized into his death ? we are buried with Him by baptism into death, that, like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also may For if we walk in newness of life. have been planted together in the like ness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection know;
-
Micah
vi.
3.
SEXAGESIMA. ing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should For he that is dead is not serve sin. freed from sin.
Now,
if
we be dead we shall
with Christ, we believe that also live with Him.
445
tread
me down
all
their
thoughts
are
the day long
against
all
;
me
for
evil.
Ps.
Be
Iv.
merciful unto me, &c.,
no.)
(p.
God spared
2
Verse.
not His
Own
Son.
Answer.
Third Responsory. us
scourged Egypt in her first-born and thou when thou hadst scourged Me, didst deliver Me [to be
But delivered
Him up
for
all.
I
Fourth Lesson.
for thy sake,
Who
as a lamb before dumb, and opened
crucified,] Me, his shearer, was
not
O My
Verse.
what have and wherein have Testify against Me.
wearied thee
people,
?
?
And
Answer.
thou,
when
hadst scourged Me, didst deliver
thou
Me
be
crucified]. Verse. Glory
and
the
to
be
to
and
Son,
the
Father, the Holy
to
Answer.
Me, Who, as a lamb be was dumb, and opened Mouth.
fore his shearer,
My
First
and
his
me
name
.,
When
:
perish
Blessed
xl.
&c
Mine
Antiphon.
evil of
Ps. eth,
enemies shall he die,
?
is
he that consider-
(p. 94.)
Seco7id Antiphon. risen
awful sufferings
is
beloved brethren, the solemnity of the Lord s proclaimed unto us even
by the circumstances of the day itself whereon they took place, that day whereon the dumb elements were Let the light of dumb no longer.
make the tongues of men tell of that agony, whereon the silence of
Strangers
are
up against me, and oppressors
seek after Ps.
Name,
liii.
my
soul.
Save me,
O
God, by Thy
&c., (p. 36.)
Third Antiphon. 1
Isa.
3
Inter
liii.
Mine
Our Lord was eloquent. was weighing out upon the transom of the Cross, as upon the transom of darkness
a balance, the price of our salvation, and by the payment of one death He
SECOND NOCTURN.
speak
EARLY T")
faith
Ghost.
not
taken from the Sermons
Bishop [of Hippo.] on the Pas si07i.}
I
I
is
of St Austin,
Mouth. 1
My
done unto thee
[to
The Lesson
enemies
Who had made all, bought became the Restorer of all.
and let
paid more than the whole world was worth, since the inestimable value of the price paid infinitely exceeded the One value of the object redeemed.
was weighted against the other, it was done, they hung not 3 He Who had no sins of evenly. His Own, by His merits took away
scale
but
when
This victim of the sins of others. goodness alone fell, that He might lift up others, and since He alone 2
et
For
us have no hesitation in believing that He bought the whole world, when He
7.
redemptum
all,
redimentem dispensatio
fuit,
Rom.
viii.
32.
compensatio non
fuit.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
446
owed nothing, He alone was spend His superabundance
in
able to
Fifth Responsory.
chanty I
for debtors.
thee through the wilderness
led
for forty years, and gave thee to eat, and thou didst buffet
manna
Me
Fourth Responsory. smote the kings of Canaan for thy sake, and gave thee a kingly sceptre, and thou didst put on Mine Head a crown of thorns, and smite Me upon I
Head
the
with a reed.
O My
Verse.
done unto thee wearied thee
?
people, what have
and wherein have Testify against Me.
?
ND
now judge from this, if He hath paid for us so high a price, what interest He will have from us. On this day [on which He suffered] the words of the prophet were fulfilled :
gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair, I hid not my face from "
I
His good.
spitting."
(Isa.
1.
6.)
He
He
might give us From the extent to which that
man after his fall, we may understand how He was pleased to
He
loved
him before he sinned. When thou seest what was the worth of thy ran som, let it make thee feel some shame
love
Behold the Holy One scourged sake of a sinner, the Eternal Wisdom mocked for the sake of a fool, the Truth murdered for the sake
for sin.
for the
the Righteous One condemned sake of a criminal, the Merciful One tortured for the sake of the cruel, the Harmless One filled with bitterness for the sake of a wretch, the Gentle One given gall to drink, the Innocent One doomed for the sake of the guilty, Life dying for the sake of the dead.
of a
liar,
for the
I I
Answer, And thou didst and scourge Me.
Me
buffet
CENSE LESS
*^
nature shuddered at
the sin of man.
The
rebel
work
of His hands would not acknowledge Him, but the quaking earth bore wit
He was Lord of the world, and the shrinking sun confessed that His He was the King of heaven. clad in a purple [natural] Body was is robe, for the blood of His martyrs the stately robe of His [mystical body The crown upon His the] Church. Head was a crown of thorns, for the sharp prickles of our sins, by the re mission whereof He claimeth the likened glorious title of Redeemer, are unto thorns and thistles. (Gen. iii. ness that
^*"
evil,
?
what have and wherein have Testify against Me. people,
?
Sixth Lesson.
Fifth Lesson.
took our
wearied thee
I
reed.
shame and
O My
Verse.
done unto thee
I
And thou didst put on Answer. Mine Head a crown of thorns, and smite Me upon the Head with a
A
and
scourge Me.
1
And now
8.)
Him
let
otherwise than
us
try
He was
to
treat
treated
Him so that the lives of may form a crown for Upon the Cross He saith
then, to treat
His members
Him.
"
:
I
(John xix. 28,) that thirst was for unbelieving souls to believe in Him but on the contrary they put to His mouth the astringent vinegar of deadly sin, whereinto they have turned by malice the wine of wisdom The veil given unto them by God. thirst,"
;
of the
Temple was
rent in twain, for
the Synagogue lost her crown, the old rites were abolished, and the fact of one Church for all humanity stood re
The graves were opened, for death rightly lost her rights.
vealed.
SEXAGESIMA.
447 Seventh Lesson.
Sixth Rcsponsory. thee up with a strong hand, lift Me up upon the
lifted
I
is taken from the Holy to John (xix. 28.) according Gospel
The Lesson
and thou didst
gibbet of the Cross, and thereon I stretched forth My hands unto an 1 unbelieving and gainsaying people. O My people, what have Verse. I done unto thee ? and wherein have
thee
wearied
I
Me. Answer.
?
thou didst
Me
lift
Glory be
Verse.
the
to
Father, the Holy
to
Ghost.
And
Answer.
My
forth
thereon
I
stretched
hands unto an unbelieving
As
First Antiphon.
Ps. 1 (j>.
their
and
teeth their
Be
Ivi.
for
the
sons
spears and tongue a sharp are
merciful unto me, &c.,
Second Antiphon. They bend their bow, even bitter words, that they may shoot in secret at the perfect.
(p.
"
JESUS,
that
knowing
all
things "
:
And now see fulfilment of Scripture. here the spite of those that were there
Hear
Ixiii.
we had
my
But those beings were no wise touched, but rather excited they
passion.
;
and cracked their jests upon Him, they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to His "
this was why the hyssop was added, because to give them a draught of hyssop is a way to put to Seest thou in what a death felons. calm of unruffled strength He went
Mouth
"
all
through
voice,
&c.,
"40
JESUS
this
And
?
had
therefore
He
said
then
It
:
"
When
received is
the
finished.
And He bowed His Head and gave
am as a man I Third Antiphon. that hath no strength, lying nerveless Ps.
On John,
were now accomplished, said I thirst even in this one word 2 making a
vinegar,
among
(
countless enemies, who had grievously assailed us, if we saw them at the point of death, would be touched with some feeling of com
10.)
Ps.
Homily by St John Chrysostom, Pa triarch of Constantinople.
we, although
THIRD NOCTURN.
arrows, sword.
accom
;
and gainsaying people.
of men,
now
were
Scripture might be And so on. thirst.
:
the
to
and
Son,
JESUS, knowing that
:
84.)
up upon the gibbet of the Cross. and
that time all
things plished, that the I fulfilled, said
against
Testify
And
A T
^*~
up the
ghost."
the dead.
Seventh Responsory. Ixxxvii.
salvation,
&c.,
Verse.
O LORD God
of
my
145.)
(p.
He became
obedient unto
drink.
death,
Answer.
I gave thee to drink out of the rock the waters of salvation, and thou didst give Me gall and vinegar to
Even
the
death
Cross.
of the
Verse. I
1
Rom.
x. 21.
O My
done unto thee
what have and wherein have
people, ?
Dipso.
THE PROPER, OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
448 I
wearied
thee
?
Testify
Me
with a Saviour.
falleth,
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
the
to
Ghost.
Eighth Lesson. death the head but here the Head fell be is
after
death, whereby the Evangelist showeth that He was [exalted as] Lord above [the nature] of all others. The Jews had now swallowed the camel, and proceeded to strain out
Answer. Who redeemed the world by His Blood.
fore
the
gnat
;
the
having accomplished
great murder, they discussed a point about the honouring of a day. Be "
cause
it
was the
Preparation (paraskeue,} that the bodies should not remain upon the Cross on the Sab bath-Day, the Jews besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away." Seest thou the force of the truth ? What they did fulfilled a prophecy, for thereby was another made clear. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with Him, but "
when they came
thou didst open Side of thy
the
spear
Verse.
and
T commonly I
And
Answer.
against
Me. Answer. And thou didst give gall and vinegar to drink.
JESUS, and sawthat He was dead already, they brake not His legs, but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His Side." Will ing, with a vile and iniquitous willing ness to do the Jews a pleasure, that man outraged his Redeemer even in to
death.
Ninth Lesson.
T3UT
rest
my
Thou
O Thou Whom
still,
soul loveth
they thought to do it wickedly, but they did service to the truth. For these things were done, that the Scripture should be ful filled Not a Bone of Him shall be broken, and, again, another Scripture saith They shall look on Him Whom !
"
:
:
Nor was it done for was afterward a mean Thomas and them that were "
they pierced. this alone, but to faith for
it
with him.
And, yet again, another mystery was here established, for "forthwith came thereout Blood and Water." Not idly nor perchance great
sprang forth that twofold Fountain, for the Church, like her great Head, came by Water and Blood not "
;
by Water
only,
by Water and
but
Blood." What this (i John v. 6.) meaneth the baptized do know, for they have been born again of water, and fed on Flesh and Blood. Hence
come
the Sacraments, so that as often
wondrous Cup, thou dost as good as suck out of the as thou drinkest of that
opened Side.
Eighth Responsory. I opened the Red Sea before thee, and thou didst open with a spear the Side of thy Saviour, Who redeemed the world by His Blood. Verse. O My people what have I done unto thee ? and wherein have I wearied thee ? Testify against Me.
The Hymn, God,
&c.,"
"We
praise Thee,
O
is said.
LAUDS.
!
1
First Antiphon.
l
All the day long been plagued, * and chastened every morning.
have
Ps. Ixxii. 14.
I
SEXAGESIMA. l I Second Antiphon. gat me to mountain of myrrh, * and to I was brought the hill of frankincense as a lamb to the slaughter, and I was dumb, and opened not my mouth. 2 Third Antiphon. They pierced * and hands feet my my they have
Earth hears, and to
Rocks wildly
the
;
bones.
me
they gave
man alone be mute? Come, youth and hoary hairs, Come, rich and poor, come, all mankind, And
drink.
When JESUS had Fifth Antiphon. received the vinegar, * He said It is He bowed
Who Who
His Head,
and gave up the ghost.
Chapter.
(Phil. this
let
"DRETHREN,
which was
you,
ii.
5.)
JESU,
mind be in
in tears.
fall before His Cross, shed for us His Blood died, the Victim of pure love, !
To make
also
all
us sons of God.
praise to Thee,
Our joy and endless rest Be Thou our Guide while pilgrims Our Crown amid the blest. Amen. ;
in
Christ
form of JESUS, Who, being God, thought it not robbery to be but emptied Him equal with God took upon Him the form self, and of a servant, and was found in the likeness of men. He humbled Him self and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross. in
bathe those Feet
Come,
:
and
finished
mountains quake
two.
Shall
to
vinegar
;
rivers,
;
;
thirst
fro
;
3 I Fourth Antiphon. looked for * comforters and I found none they gave me also gall for meat, and in
my
base
its
and
The sun withdraws his light The midday heavens grow pale The moon, the stars, the universe Their Maker s death bewail.
;
my
to
Tombs burst seas, The vail is rent in
;
told all
449
here,
the
Verse.
He was wounded
for
our
;
transgressions.
Answer.
Q
in
depth of woe,
the tree of scorn
Upon
Hangs the Redeemer of mankind With racking anguish torn.
how
See
And
Hands
the nails those
Feet so tender rend
Prayer throughout
A LMIGHTY and God, ^^ Who didst sendeverlasting our Saviour to
!
His
!
take upon Him our flesh, and to en dure the Cross, that all mankind should follow the example of His great
with what awful cry
Spirit takes Its flight,
That
cry,
it
pierced His Mother her soul in night.
s
heart
And whelmed 1
4
Cant.
iv.
Another
6
;
Isa.
liii.
hymn from
Rev. E. Caswall.
the Office.
;
See down His Face, and Neck, and Breast His Sacred Blood descend
Hark
bruised for our
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. But when they came to JESUS, and saw that He was dead already, they brake not His Legs, but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His Side, and forthwith came thereout Blood and Water.
Hymn.^
ERWHELMED
He was
iniquities.
7.
humility, mercifully grant that 2
p s xx .
j.
I7j
^
3
ps
.
we who
Ixviii. 21, 22.
the Proprium of the arch-diocese of Freiburg, translation by the late
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
450 in
worship
memory
of His Sufferings,
worthily both follow the example of His Patience and also be made par takers of His resurrection. Through
Short Responsory.
may
our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
He was willed
He
because
up
He was
Answer.
He
cause
willed
And
Verse.
offered
up be
it.
with
His stripes we
are healed.
Answer. Verse.
and
PRIME.
offered
it.
Because He willed it. Glory be to the Father,
the
to
and
Son,
the
to
Holy
Ghost. All the day long, &c., Antiphon at Lauds. ]
He
cause
willed
thus
last verse
Hymn
of the
is
said
Answer. slain for us, to
us
Thee
But delivered
VXTHO
The
of
He was
gression
the
of
living
my
for
8.)
His generation
last verse
of the
Hymn
is
said
:
Lord JESU,
To shall declare
For land
liii.
Him up
SEXT.
thus (Isa.
His own
not
all.
Eternal praise be given,
With Father, Spirit, One and Three, Here as it is in Heaven.
Chapter at the end.
up be
Son.
:
Lord JESUS,
offered
it.
God spared
Verse.
The
He was
Answer.
Antiphon. (First
Who
for us didst die,
and Holy Ghost, Be praise below, as praise on high, On earth, as mid the Angelic host.
?
cut off out of the
the trans did I smite
Father, Thee,
for
:
people
Him.
They
Antipho?i.
pierced,
&c.,
(Third Antiphon at Lattds.}
Instead of Verse, is said: &c.,"
"
Thou That
sit-
Chapter.
test,
Thou That wast pleased
Verse.
to suffer for us.
AITHAT
(Zech.
xiii.
6.)
wounds in thine hands ? Then he shall answer Those with which I was wounded in are these
:
the house of
TERCE.
The thus
last verse of the
Hymn
is
said
Be
Father, Spirit, praise,
One and Three,
and thanks, and glory given, earth, by Saints in heaven.
God spared not His Own Son. God spared not His Own
Answer. Son. us
Antiphon.
I
gat me, &c., (Second
Chapter from Lauds.
But delivered
Verse.
By men on
Antiphon at Lauds. )
friends.
Short Responsory.
:
JESU, our Sacrifice, to Thee,
To
my
Him up
for
all.
Answer. Verse.
and
to
Ghost.
His Own Son. Glory be to the
the
Son,
and
to
Father, the Holy
SEXAGESIMA. God spared
Answer.
Own
not his
Son.
He became
Verse.
obedient unto
451
laid It in
death,
Even
Answer.
the death
of the
the Song of the Blessed Joseph took down the Body and wrapt It in linen, and a sepulchre that was hewn in
Antiphon at Virgin. of JESUS,
x
In that day there was a great women sitting over
stone.
mourning, and the
Cross.
against the sepulchre, mourned, as one mourneth for the death of the first
NONE.
born. 2
The
last verse
Hymn
of the
as at Verse at Compline as before.
Compline.
When JESUS,
Antiphon.
&c., (Fifth
Antiphoji at Lauds.}
The Sabbath. Chapter as at the end of Prime. First Lesson.
The Lesson
Short Responsory.
Genesis
He became obedient unto death. Answer. He became obedient unto death,
Even
Verse.
death
the
the
of
Cross.
Unto
Answer.
and
to
death.
Glory be
Verse.
the
to
and
Son,
the to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
is
(xi.
taken from the Book of 10.)
^PHESE are the generations of Shem. Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad, two years after And Shem lived, after he the flood. begat Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived five hundred and thirty and Arphaxad years, and begat Salah hun lived, after he begat Salah, three dred and three years, 3 and begat sons and daughters. And Salah lived thirty And Salah years, and begat Eber. lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and ;
He became
Answer.
obedient unto
death.
He was wounded
Verse.
our
for
transgressions.
He was
Answer.
bruised for our
iniquities.
daughters.
SECOND VESPERS. All as
First Responsory.
the First, except the follow
God
blessed, &c., (p. 435-)
ing.
He was wounded
Verse.
Second Lesson. our
for
AND
transgressions.
Answer.
He was
bruised for our
^*-
Eber
iniquities.
Eber
lived
four -and -thirty
And years, and begat Peleg. lived after he begat Peleg, four
xxiii. 53 Matth. xxvii. 60 Zech. xii. 10, n. almost invariably some commemoration, because, even if there be no feast on the Friday, or Saturday, the Votive Office of the Immaculate Conception is obligatory in 3 Present Hebrew Targums, 430. England on the Saturday. text, 403.
Luke
1
Cf.
2
There
is
;
;
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
452
hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. And Peleg lived And thirty years, and begat Reii. Peleg lived, after he begat Reii, two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. And Reii lived two-and-thirty years, and begat Serug".
And
Reii lived, after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, and
And Serug begat sons and daughters. thirty years, and begat Nahor. And Serug lived, after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. lived
VESPERS. Chapter and Prayer from the suc ceeding Lauds,
Hymn,
Behold,
and Answer,
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Abraham, the Captain and Father of our faith, * offered up a burnt-offering on the altar instead of his son. 1
umquapsima
establish, &c., (p. 436.)
as on p.
Virgin.
Second Respo?isory. I
Verse,
204.
Suntiag*
The Lord^s Day within Fifty Days of Easter.
Third Lesson.
AND
MATTINS.
Nahor
lived
nine-and-twenty And years, and begat Terah. Nahor lived, after he begat Terah, an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, and
Invitatory and omission in Psalm as on Septuagesima Sunday.
XCIV.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Nahor, and Haran.
These are the Terah begat generations of Terah And Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
First Lesson.
:
Haran begat
Lot.
And Haran
died
before his father Terah in the land of his
nativity
in
Ur
of the
Chaldees. took them
And Abraham and Nahor wives the name of Abram s wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor s wife ;
;
daughter of Haran the Melcha and the father of But Sarai was barren and
Melcha, the father Iscah.
had no
of
children.
Third Responsory. In the self-same day, &c., Glory be to the
(with the &c.)
The Lesson Genesis 1VT
OW the
(p.
438),
Father,"
1
Gen.
taken from the Book of I.)
LORD
said unto
Abram
:
Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred, and from thy father s house, and go into a land that I will show thee and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great, and thou shalt be blessed. I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram de parted, as the LORD had spoken unto him and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy and five years old :
;
"
is
(xii.
;
xxii. 13.
QUINQUAGESIMA. when he departed out of Haran. And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother s son, and all their substance that they that they
had gathered, and the had gotten in Haran
souls
and
;
they went forth to go into the land of And when they were come Canaan.
Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto And the Canaanthe noble vale." l ite was then in the land thither,
"
453
come near
to enter into
Egypt, that he
said unto Sarai his wife
thou art a
and
that
woman
fair
when
know
I
:
that
to look upon,
the Egyptians see thee,
This is his wife and they will say they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, therefore, I pray that it thee, that thou art my sister may be well with me for thy sake, and my soul shall live because of thee. :
;
:
Second Responsory. First Responsory.
Abraham stood by the oak of Mamre, and he saw three men coming 3
The LORD spake unto Abram, say Get thee out of thy country, and ing from thy kindred, and go unto the and I will land that I will show thee
He saw
:
:
make
of thee a great nation. I will Verse. surely bless thee
make
thy
name
great,
and thou
and
And
I
make
will
of thee
three,
and
Verse. Behold, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call
name
his
shalt
be blessed.
Answer.
up by the path. worshipped One.
Isaac.
He saw
Answer.
and wor
three,
shipped One.
a great nation.
Third Lesson. Second Lesson.
A ND r~*"
the
Abram
AND
LORD
appeared unto and said unto him Unto
thy seed will there builded
:
I
give this land.
he an
altar
And
unto the
LORD, Who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a moun tain on the east of Bethel, 2 and pitched
^^
came
it
to pass,
that,
Abram was come
into
the Egyptians beheld the
when Egypt,
woman
that
The princes also told Pharaoh, and commended her before him and the woman was taken she was very
fair.
;
into
Pharaoh
treated
s
Abram
And
house.
they en
well for her sake.
And
having Bethel on the And there west, and Hai on the east. he builded an altar unto the LORD, And and called upon His Name. Abram journeyed, going on still to
he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants,
And there was a south. famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass when he was
Abram
his
tent
there,
ward the
:
1
The meaning LXX.,
Moreh."
and
lofty
oak."
Onkelos,
And
and camels.
the
plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai,
And Pharaoh called him What is this that thou hast done unto me ? Why didst thou not tell me that she s
wife.
Abram, and
said unto
was thy wife
?
of both words seems uncertain. "the
she-asses,
LORD
"the
version.) Jonathan-ben-Uzziel, "the plain which "the plain (or, valley) of vision." And so on. 2 Afterwards so called by Jacob, xxviii. 19.
Abp. Kenrick, plain of
had been
Why
:
saidst thou that
turpentine tree of (so also the Protestant
"The
Moreh,"
showed."
3
Jerusalem Targum, xviii. i,
2;
xvii. 19.
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454
she was thy sister, so that I might take her to me to wife ? Now, therefore, behold thy wife, take her and go thy
way.
Third Responsory.
was the first which God w hen He said "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father s house." It would have been enough to have Get thee out of thy country," said, for there were his kindred, and there
The Lord did tempt Abraham, and him Take thy son Isaac whom thou lovest, and offer him there mountains which
I
will
And when
Verse.
him, he answered
thee
tell
his
father
the Lord called
:
:
burnt-offering upon one of the tains which I will tell thee of.
Glory be
Verse.
the
to
Son,
house.
s
to
2
The Angel of the LORD called Abraham and said Lay not thine hand upon the lad for now I know that thou fearest God. Verse. And Abraham stretched unto
forth his hand to slay his son and, behold, the Angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said
Father, the Holy
:
Answer. the
Answer. Take thy son Isaac whom thou lovest, and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the moun which
I
:
;
;
the
to
and
moun
Ghost.
tains
lad
fearest
;
Lay not thy hand upon
now
for
I
taken
from the Book
upon the Patriarch Abraham written by St Ambrose, Bishop [of Milan.] i.
2.)
A BRAHAM
was
illustrious
many
virtues
as
truly a great
an
one the
;
man, example of
like
of
whom
the day-dreams of Philosophy have not been able to produce. That which she imagineth is less than that which
he did his simple truth and faith were something grander than her lying rounded periods. Let us then con sider what this man s loyalty was. For that virtue is first to be taken which was the source of all the others, ;
1
xxii. i, 2.
thou
the
details
of his
one by one, that He might see whether he loved Him, lest also he should begin rashly, or should seek to evade the heavenly command ment. But as the whole of the precept was plainly set forth, lest anything should be unconsidered, so also were the rewards set forth, lest the burden should seem hopeless. He was tried as one that is strong, he was roused as one that is true, he was called as one that is righteous and he departed loyally as the Lord had spoken unto him. And Lot went forth with him. That saying of the Seven Wise Men of Greece is much spoken of Follow God." But this did Abraham before the Seven Wise Men were thought of; he followed God, and went out of his sacrifice
Fotirth Lesson. is
that
Fifth Lesson.
13 UT He gave
The Lesson
know
God.
will tell thee of.
SECOND NOCTURN.
(Bk.
:
Fourth Responsory.
of.
Behold, here I am. And the Lord said unto him Answer. Take thy son Isaac whom thou lovest, and offer him there for a
and
r
:
a burnt-offering upon one of the
for
this
"
1
said unto
and thus
called for from him,
;
"
own
land. 3
xxii. ii, 10.
jj
QUINQUAGESIMA. Answer.
Fifth Responsory.
The Angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second 1
time, I
and said
will multiply
:
I
455
will bless thee,
my
That
in
again
safety
I
unto
may the
return
house
of
master.
and
thy seed as the stars of
THIRD NOCTURN.
the heaven. Verse. Thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
blessed.
Gospel
And
Answer.
I
taken from the Holy
is
according
to
Luke
(xviii.
will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven.
AT that time
JESUS took unto Him and said unto them Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the Prophets concerning the Son of man shall be ac :
the twelve,
Sixth Lesson.
T)UT, forasmuch before
namely,
the
as
Abraham had
had
another
land
of
the
country,
Homily by Pope (2nd on the
Great.]
took Lot, his brother s son, with him, let us consider whether this Get thee out of thy country 2 signifieth not get thee out of this earthly dwelling," namely, our body, from which Paul "
"
Our convers forth, who said, in heaven." (Phil. iii. 20.) "
is
Sixth Responsory.
O God of my master Abraham, prosper my way which go that 3
I
return again in house of my master.
may
O
;
1
Thy
Gregory [the
minds
that the
His disciples would be troubled by His suffering, told them long before both of the pains of that of His suffering, and of the glory rising again, to the end that, when they should see Him die as He had prophesied, they might not doubt that He was likewise to rise again. But, since His disciples were yet carnal, and could not receive the words telling of of
this mystery, before them.
He
A
wrought a miracle blind
man
received
I
safety unto the
Lord, I pray Thee, be servant Answer. That I may return again in safety unto the house of my master. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse.
merciful unto
St
Gospels.}
Our Redeemer, foreseeing
"
ation
so on.
Chaldees,
whence went forth Terah the father of Abraham, and came unto Haran, and forasmuch as he to whom it had been Get thee out from thy kindred," said,
came
And
complished.
:
his sight before their eyes, that
if they could not receive heavenly things by words, they might be persuaded of heavenly things by deeds.
Seventh Responsory. 4 I I
came
this
besought the
day unto the well, and O Lord, and said :
xxii. 15, 17, 18.
2
There appears in this obscure passage to be some play on the word terra," which stands a country as well as for earth or soil. Hence, Exi de terra tua" might be translated 3 4 xx i v"Get thee of xxiv. 12. thy earth." 42-44.
for
"
"
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
456
LORD God
way. Therefore
Verse.
whom
Abraham, Thou hast
of
the
thy
:
to
virgin
me
shall say Give pitcher to drink ; and I
Fear not, Abram I and thy exceeding
Answer.
:
am
my
prospered
thy shield, great reward.
water of she shall
Drink, my lord, and I say to me let give thy camels drink also the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my
Ninth Lesson.
:
will
;
master
s
son.
O LORD God of Abraham, my way.
Answer.
Thou
hast prospered
must note that as JESUS drew to
ceived "
we
must so take the miracles of our Lord and Saviour, as believing both that they were actually wrought, and that they have some mystic interpreta tion for our instruction. For in His works, power speaketh one thing and Behold here, mystery again another.
We know not histori who this blind man was, but we do know of what he was mystically the Mankind is blind, driven out figure. from Eden in the persons of his first instance.
for
cally
parents, knowing not the light of heaven, and suffering the darkness of condemnation. But, nevertheless, through the coming of his Redeemer, he is enlightened, so that now he seeth by hope already the gladness of in ward light, and walketh by good works in the
path of
man
blind
interpreted, the moon
"
:
Holy Scripture the moon
re
name
this
Now,
signifieth and in
is
used as
our
of
imperfect flesh, of whose gradual corruption her monthly waning is a type. As, therefore,
Eighth Lesson. dearly beloved brethren,
a
sight.
Jericho, being the city of
a
T3UT,
Jericho
his
life.
figure
our Maker draweth nigh to Jericho, a blind man receiveth his sight.
While the Godhead taketh into itself our weak manhood, man receiveth again the light which he had lost.
By God s suffering in the Manhood, man is raised up toward God. This blind man is also well described as by the wayside begging
sitting
the Truth saith
(John
xiv.
:
am
"I
the
:
for
Way."
6.)
Ninth Responsory.
A
S the Lord passed by, a certain
man
blind
sat
and cried unto Him.
by the way-side, And the Lord
asked him, saying What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee ? Lord, that :
I
may
receive
my
sight.
And JESUS
stood, and com manded him to be brought unto Him and when he was come near, He asked Verse.
;
EigJith Responsory.
him, saying 1
The word
Abram, saying
LORD came unto Fear not, Abram I
of the :
:
am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
to
Ghost.
Chaldees.
my
the
Answer.
i, 7.
sight.
Son,
thou
wilt
Glory be
Verse.
and
Verse. For I am the LORD thy God That brought thee out of Ur of the
xv.
:
Answer. What shall do unto thee ?
Lord, that
I
the
to
and
that
to
I
Father, the Holy
may
receive
QUINQUAGESIMA. LAUDS. First Antiphon. O Lord, accord ing to the multitude of Thy tender * blot out mercies, my transgressions.
457
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. * and Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, all
are
that
things
written
by the
Prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished for He shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked and spitted on and they :
Psalm L.
;
Have mercy,
Second Antiphon. Thou art my * and I will Thou praise Thee art my God, and I will exalt Thee. God,
death, and the third day again.
Prayer throughout
CXVIL
C\ LORD,
to
shall rise
O
Third Antiphon. seek
I
*
Thee,
God,
early
see
to
Thy
LXIL and LXVL
God, Thou
art
my
we beseech Thee, merci
may by Thee be defended
sins, all
to
Through
adversity.
against our Lord
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
power.
Psalms
the day.
hear our prayers, that we, being loosed from all chains of our fully
give thanks, &c., (p. 37.)
will
O
He
:
Psalm
O
Him
scourge Him, and put
shall
&c., (p. 87.)
Amen.
without end.
God, &c.,
(p.
230 PRIME. * Fourth Antiphon. Sing praises, and exalt Him above all for ever.
The Song of the Three Holy Children. Praise Antiphon. * from the heavens,
Fifth
LORD
ye
the
all
His
As JESUS went on His Antiphon. * as He was come way, nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man cried unto that he might worthily receive
Him,
his sight.
TERCE.
angels.
Psalms CXLVIIL, CXLIX., and CL.
*
a
Him Praise ye the
LORD,
&c., (pp. 25,
As
Antiphon. :
the Lord passed by, man cried unto
blind
certain
Thou Son
of David, have
mercy
on me.
26.)
Chapter,
gRETHREN, the
(i
Cor.
though
tongues
of
xiii.
I
Chapter from Lauds.
i.)
speak with
men
and
and have not
become
as sounding brass or a tink
charity,
I
SEXT.
of
am
Angels,
And they that went be Antiphon. rebuked him, * that he should hold his peace but he cried so much the more Thou Son of David, have mercy on me fore
ling cymbal.
:
Verse
and Answer
gesima Sunday.
as on
Septua-
:
!
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
458 Chapter,
(i
Cor.
xiii.
C* HARITY never faileth
;
but whether
there be
prophecies, they shall fail whether there be tongues, they shall cease whether there be know jf<
And he went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai, unto the place of the Altar which he had made at the first and there he And called on the Name of the LORD. Lot also, which was with Abram, had
silver.
8.)
;
;
:
For we away. know in part, and we prophesy in part. it
ledge,
shall vanish
flocks,
NONE.
and herds, and
And
tents.
the
land was not able to bear them, that for their they might dwell together substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. :
The blind Antiphon. the Lord * so much the him
man
cried on
more, to give
light.
Chapter,
A ND now
(i
Cor.
abideth
these three
rity,
est of these
is
xiii.
First Responsory.
13.)
Abram removed his tent, and came, and dwelt by the vale * of Mamre and built there an altar unto the LORD.
hope, cha but the great
faith, :
;
charity.
And
Verse.
him
VESPERS. Chapter from Lauds.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed And JESUS stood, * and com
the
LORD
said unto
up thine eyes, and look all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. Answer. And built there an altar unto the LORD. :
Lift
;
Virgin.
manded the blind man to be brought unto Him, and He asked him, saying What wilt thou that I shall do unto
Second Lesson.
:
thee
?
Lord, that
I
may
receive
And JESUS
my
Re said unto him thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying sight.
ceive thy sight
:
:
God.
^P HE RE FORE
there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram s cattle, and the herdmen of Lot s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite
dwelled
then
in
the
land.
therefore said unto Lot
:
Abram
Let there be
I pray thee, between me and and between my herdmen and for we be brethren. thy herdmen
no
strife,
thee,
;
had, and Lot with him, into the South.
Behold, the whole land is before thee separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take the left hand, then I if thou depart to will go to the right the right hand, then I will go to the And Lot lifted up his eyes, and left. beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Go
And he was
morrah,
Second Day.
;
First Lesson.
The Lesson Genesis
is
taken from the Book of
(xiii.
A ND Abram ^sr
he,
and
1
i.)
went up out of Egypt, and all that he
his wife,
very rich in gold and in
Some, instead of
"vale
"or
:
"plain,"
read
even
"oak"
or
as
the
garden
"terebinth-tree."
of the
QUINQUAGESIMA. LORD, and like the land of Egypt, as Then Lot thou comest unto Zoar. chose him all the plain of Jordan, and journeyed eastward.
459
the Week within Days of Easter.
Third Day in Fifty
First Lesson.
Second Responsory. 1
Abraham
counted unto
And
The Lesson
believed God, and
it
was
him for righteousness. became the friend of
therefore he
God.
For he was righteous in the and walked in His
Verse.
sight of the Lord,
ways.
And
Answer.
therefore he
became
Genesis
is
taken from the Book of
(xiv. 8.)
A ND
there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomor rah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Belah, (the same is Zoar:) and they joined battle with them in the vale of the
^^
woods, with Chedorlaomer, the king Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar four kings
the friend of God.
of
Third Lesson.
;
AND ^^
with
they separated themselves, brother from brother. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and
Lot dwelled in the
of the plain
cities
of Jordan, and abode in Sodom. But men of Sodom were very wicked,
the
and sinners before the LORD exceed ingly.
And
the
LORD
unto
said
Abram, after that Lot was separated from him Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, Northward and Southward, and East ward and Westward all the land :
:
which thou seest, to thee will and to thy seed for ever. it, I
will
make
thy
seed
as
I
the
give
was of
five.
full
And
the vale of the
of slime-pits.
And
woods
the kings
Sodom and Gomorrah
there
:
fled and fell and they that remained fled to
the mountain.
And
they took
all
the
goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way and they took Lot, Abram s brother s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his
;
goods.
First Responsory.
The Angel of the LORD, (Fourth Responsory on Sunday, p. 454.)
And dust
Second Lesson.
of the earth.
AND,
behold, there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt in the vale
Third Responsory.
The Lord
did tempt, &c., (p. 454.)
Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner for these were confederate with Abram. And
of
;
Prayer throughout the day as on
when Abram heard
Sunday.
that his
brother
VESPERS.
Lot was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his house,
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed And they, &c., (Antiphon at Sext on Sunday, p. 456.)
three hundred and eighteen, and pur sued them unto Dan. And he divided his comrades, and warred against them
Virgin.
Gen. xv.
6.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
460
night, and smote them, and pur sued them unto Hobah, which is on And he the left hand of Damascus.
by
brought back
all
the goods,
brother Lot, and his goods
women
;
and his and the
and the people.
also
High God,) said
:
and
Blessed be
blessed
Abram
him,
of the
and Most
High God, Maker of heaven and earth and blessed be the Most High God,
;
Which hath into
delivered
thy hand.
tithes of
thine
enemies
And he gave him
all.
Second Responsory.
The Angel
of the
LORD,
c.,
O God
Third Lesson.
A ND
^^
to
the king of
meet him,
of
my
master, &c.,
Prayer throughout
Sodom went (after
Third Responsory.
(Fifth
Responsory on Sunday, p. 455.)
his
out
455.)
day as on
Sunday.
return
from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him,) in the valley of Shaveh, which is the King s Dale. And Melchizedek King of Salem brought forth bread and wine, (for he was the Priest of the Most
the
(p.
VESPERS. the Song oj the Blessed Thou Son of David, * have
Antiphon at Virgi?i.
mercy on me. What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee ? Lord, that I may .
receive
my
sight.
Common
Cije
f
of faints,
OFFICES FOR THE FEASTS OF THE SAINTS, ACCORDING TO THE CLASS TO WHICH EACH SAINT BELONGS, AND COMMON TO ALL THE SAINTS OF EACH CLASS RESPECTIVELY.
The Office is of the Week-day, begins at Mattins, and ends at None. What is not of the Week-day and what is not specially given in its own place is as follows. First Lesson.
the one object of all His com mandments, and all His command ments are one ? For, even as a tree, having but one root, bringeth forth many branches, so, if the root be love, many virtues do spring there is
from.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (xv. 12.) is
Neither
good works
the
is
if
green,
it
branch
of
abide not
in the root of love.
A T that time JESUS said to His This is My com IT* disciples mandment, That ye love one an
Second Lesson.
:
1
:
other, as I have so on.
loved you.
the
And fold,
command-
ments of the Lord are mani and yet one. Manifold, indeed,
by the diversity of working, but one,
Homily by Pope (z-^th
Great.]
St
Gregory [the
on the Gospels.}
All the holy words of the Lord full of His commandments.
are
Why, the
then,
speaketh
commandment
the
to love
Lord of one an
other as if He gave no other com mandment? saith He, My commandment, That ye love "This,"
one
another."
VOL.
i.
Is
it
"is
not because love
as concerning the root of love. And how it behoveth us to keep fast hold on that root of love, we know from
Him, Who in sundry places of His holy Scripture, moveth us to love our friends in Him, and our ene mies for Him. He truly abideth in love, who loveth his friend in God, and there are
his enemy for God. For some who love their neigh
bour indeed,
but
by an affection Q
THE COMMON OF
462
SAINTS.
the engendered of kinship and of such love the Scripture forflesh biddeth not but it is one thing to
hateth us of old time, even while he draweth our mind to love the things which are seen and temporal, rouseth
love our neighbour with that love whereto nature doth freely move us, and another thing to love him with
up against us our neighbour who is weaker than we are, to take from us that which we love.
:
:
we are obliged, if we would do whatsoever the Lord commandeth us. that love whereto
Prayer at Lauds and during
HE,
but attaineth not unto that for he loveth great reward of love,
deed,
him, not after the spirit, but after the flesh. Therefore, when the Lord saith:
My
is
"This
That ye love one also,
"as
commandment,
another,"
have loved
I
He
you,"
saith
even
though He said openly, "Love one another, with that aim where ye And in with I have loved you." this matter, dearly beloved brethren, it behoveth us to watch ; for he that
as
3BL Everything as
what
is
on Sundays except
stand, may avail us to the increase both of godliness toward Thee, and of health to our own
now
souls.
Christ
Through our Lord JESUS Son, Who liveth and
Thy
the
unity
Ghost, one Amen. world without end.
God,
are said at
Lauds
reigneth of the
with
Thee,
in
Holy
The Long Preces and Prime, and
the
corresponding short ones at Terce, Sext, and None, kneeling.
and
Antiphons, Chapter, Lauds.
And
Ansiver.
their
words to the
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed 2 For they will deliver you Virgin.
up
Hymn from
always Proper.
Last Psalm.
O
blessed
the
ends of the world.
FIRST VESPERS.
The Prayer
Thy
name of Apostle, [here the Saint,} on the eve whereof we insert
dFor Apostles antr
otherwise given here.
is
of
the
that
God,
Feast
worshipful then, that loveth his neigh bour naturally, loveth him in
O
we beseech Thee,
GRANT, Almighty
Third Lesson.
the day.
councils, and they will you in their synagogues,
to the
scourge and ye shall be brought before kings and governors for My sake, for a the testimony against them and Gentiles.
MATTINS. praise the
LORD,
&c., (Ps. cxvi.,
Invitatory.
p. 186.) x
Verse.
through
all 1
Their sound the earth.
is
gone out
us worship 2
Ps. xviii.
5.
The Lord, He
* King of the Apostles.
Him Matth.
!
x.
17,
1
8.
is
O come,
the let
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. Hymn}-
^T HE
Lord
s
*
*
The Apostles mighty praise, Their victories, and high reward, Sing we in joyful lays. Lords of the Churches they; ;
high
Camp
fell
;
;
He
;
tyrant low.
his circuit unto the ends of * and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of the LORD is perfect, * the converting the soul testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the
Praise to the Father, Son,
And
;
before,
simple.
Amen.
The right,
FIRST NOCTURN.
Only three Psalms are First Antiphon. gone out through
:
:
One and Three
shall for ever be.
to
from
is
And
it
:
As evermore hath been
man
:
the end of the heaven.
;
Spirit,
rejoiceth as a strong * his going forth
run a race
In them the Father shone In them the Son o ercame In them the Holy Spirit wrought, And filled their hearts with flame.
And
There is no speech nor language, * where their voice is not heard. Their sound is gone out through * and their words to all the earth the ends of the world. He hath set His tabernacle in the sun 2 * which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber. :
faith
And quenchless hope s pure glow And perfect charity, which laid The world s
showeth
night
:
Triumphant Chiefs of war Brave Soldiers of the Heavenly True Lights for evermore. s
and night unto
knowledge.
eternal gifts,
Theirs was the Saint
463
commandment
are
*
the
the
heart
of the
is
:
LORD
giving light unto the eyes. The fear of the LORD
said.
Their sound
LORD
of the
statutes
rejoicing
is
clear,
is
holy,
* the enduring for ever and ever of the LORD are judgments true, :
the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. all
righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold and store of precious stones,
Psalm XVI 1 1. Psalm of David," with the [Intituled further obscure superscription, as in Pss. xii. and xiii.] "A
same
* sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb. Verily, Thy servant keepeth them * in keeping of them there is great
:
heavens declare the glory of God, * and the firmament showeth His handy-work. Day unto day uttereth speech, 1
reward.
Who Cleanse
can understand his errors?
Thou me from
secret faults
:
an hymn by St Ambrose, or by one of the Ambrosian school; slightly altered; translation by the Rev. E. Caswall. 2 So the LXX., as well as the Vulgate. Cf. Ps. cii. 19 ; ciii. 2, 3. The sense seems to be that the physical source of the light and life of this system is represented as a kind of celestial counterpart of the tabernacle, which was the centre of the Divine authority as re vealed upon earth. The Hebrew, however, which is St In reads, supported Ptirt
of
"
them to
(i.e.,
the starry heavens) hath
He
commend
by
set a tabernacle for the
sun,"
Jerome,
and
this
reading seems
itself to Archbishop Kenrick, who suggests that the tabernacle may signify below the horizon, into which the sun retires nightly, as into a tent, to sleep, and from which he issues in renewed glory "In them hath He set every morning. Targum "
the region
:
splendour as a tabernacle for the
sun."
"
THE COMMON OF
464 *
also from preserve Thy servant the sins of others. If they get not dominion over me, * and then shall I be undefiled I shall be cleansed from the great :
transgression. Let the words of
my
mouth, and * be
the meditation of mine heart,
Thy
acceptable in
Redeemer
my
!
Second Antiphon. cry,
The
* and delivered
me,
me
from
all
my
distress.
Draw near unto Him, and be
light
* and your faces shall not be
ened,
ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, * and saved him out of
all
his troubles.
angel of the LORD encampeth * round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is
The
sight for ever,
mine Helper, * and
O LORD
SAINTS.
righteous
and the LORD heareth.
good O
:
* blessed
is
the
man
that
Him. O fear the LORD, all ye His Saints * for there is no want to them that fear Him. The mighty lack and suffer hunger
trusteth in
:
Psalm XXXIII. when he changed who drove
[Intituled "Of David, his behaviour before Abimelech,
him away and he is "
This incident
departed."
thus described in i Kings (Sam.) xxi. 10. arose and fled that day for fear
And David
"
of .Saul, and went to Achish (otherwise the King of Gath. And called Abimelech) Is the servants of Achish said unto him not this David the King of the land ? Did of him in they not sing one to another Saul hath slain his thou dances saying, And sands, and David his ten thousands ? David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath. And he changed his behaviour before them,
:
* but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto *
"
me
:
I will
:
and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. Then said Achish to his servants: Lo, ye wherefore have you see the man is mad of mad brought him to me ? Have I need men, that ye have brought this fellow to ;
play the
madman
this fellow
come
in my presence? into mine house?
Shall xxii.
David therefore departed thence, and es Psalm caped to the cave of Adullam." This ^is
A BC
Darian.]
WILL,
I
times
:
bless
tinually be in my soul shall
My
the,
LORD
at
all
* His praise shall con
mouth.
.
make her boast
in
* the humble shall hear be glad. and thereof, * magnify the LORD with me the
LORD
:
:
and 1
us exalt His Name together. sought the LORD, and He heard let
teach you the fear of
LORD What man
the
.
is he that desireth life, * that loveth to see good days ? * and Keep thy tongue from evil, thy lips from speaking guile. * Depart from evil and do good :
seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the LORD are upon * and His ears are the righteous :
open unto their
cry.
But the face of the LORD is against them that do evil, * to cut off the re membrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry and the LORD * and delivereth them out heareth, of
all their
troubles.
The LORD
is
nigh unto them that * and saveth
are of a broken heart, such as be of a contrite
Many righteous
spirit.
are the afflictions :
* but the
LORD
of the will
de
them out of all. The Lord keepeth all their bones * not one of them shall be broken.
liver
:
,
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. The death of sinners is grievous * and they that hate the righteous
:
shall
be
guilty.
The LORD redeemeth His servants that trust in
Ihird
make earth
Him
shall
be
over
princes
be
shall
they
O
Thy Name,
shalt all
mindful
the of
Lord.
Monarchy.]
INE
heart is overflowing with * I a good matter speak of works unto the king. * of a is the :
my
My tongue
pen
ready
writer.
Thou
art fairer
than the children
of men, grace is poured into thy lips * therefore God hath blessed thee :
for ever.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * most mighty In thy comeliness, and thy beauty,
O *
!
go forward, fare prosperously, and
Because of
truth,
and meekness, * and thy right
and righteousness hand shall lead thee wonderfully. Thine arrows are sharp (the * into people shall fall under thee) :
the heart of the
King
O
Thy
throne, * the ever
and
s
the queen in a vesture of gold, bedecked with divers colours.
and
O
And sire
and con
daughter,
incline thine ear
get also thine father s house
the
own
*
people,
:
* for
and thy
:
King
thy beauty
:
shall
greatly
de
He
the
* for
Lord thy God, 2 and
Him
is
shall they
worship. And the daughters of Tyre shall * with entreat thy favour gifts, even all
the rich among the people. The King s daughter is all
glo rious within, * in a vesture of gold, clad in divers colours.
After her shall virgins be brought * her fellows shall unto the King be brought unto thee. .
:
With gladness and rejoicing shall * they shall enter they be brought into the King s palace. Instead of thy fathers shall be * thou shalt make thy children them princes over all the earth. They shall be mindful of thy * unto all :
kingdom
Thou
is
Thy sceptre a right sceptre. hast loved righteousness,
So are these words translated
The word
He
through
Heb.
i.
all
Ansiver.
is
gone out
the earth.
And
their
words to the
ends of the world. 8, 9.
not in the Hebrew, and the original meaning, addressed to the thy lord, and bow thou to him." So also St Jerome.
"God"
is
in
Their sound
Verse.
is
2
"
generations.
Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever, * yea, for ever and ever.
for ever
of
1
is,
name,
enemies.
God,
:
bride,
whereby kings daughters
:
reign,
1
*
among thine honourable women have made thee glad. Upon thy right hand did stand
sider,
[This Psalm has a long superscription, the exact meaning of which is not now certain. It seems to have been a marriage-song writ The Tarten to be sung by the Korahites, gum ascribes it to the time of Moses, but it seems rather to belong to that of the Jewish
!
:
Hearken,
Psalm XLIV.
IV /T
and hated iniquity * therefore, God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces,
guilty.
Thou
Antiphon.
them :
the souls of
* and none of them
:
465
is
THE COMMON OF
466
The following Lessons are not read if Proper Lessons are assigned instead.
taken from the First Blessed Apostle Epistle Paul to the Corinthians (iv. i.) is
of
the
thou didst not receive? Now, if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received
Now
ye are full, now ye are ye have reigned as kings with out us and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with it?
E/T
a
man
so account of us as of
the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. It is required of stewards here, that a
man be found me it is a very
no one of you be puffed For against another.
written; that up for one
who maketh thee to differ from an other? And what hast thou that
First Lesson.
The Lesson
SAINTS.
But with
faithful.
small thing that I
should be judged of you, or of man s judgment yea, I judge not mine For I know nothing own self. against myself: yet am I not here but He that judgeth by justified me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come Who both will bring to light the hidden things of dark ness, and will make manifest the and then counsels of the hearts shall every man have praise of God. :
rich
:
For
you.
think that
I
God
hath set
forth us the Apostles last, as it were appointed to death for we are made :
a spectacle unto the world, and to Angels, and to men.
Second Responsory.
:
:
:
3
Take My yoke upon you, saith the Lord, and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart ; for My is
yoke
and
easy,
burden
My
is
light.
And
Verse.
shall
ye
find
rest
:
First Responsory.
unto your souls. Answer. For and My burden
1
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, saith the Lord ; be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 2 Verse. While ye have light, be lieve in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Answer. Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
My is
yoke
is
easy,
light.
Third Lesson.
E \y\7 *
are fools for Christ
s
sake,
*
but ye are wise in Christ we are weak, but ye are strong ye are honourable, but we are despised. Even unto this present hour we both :
:
and are naked, and have no cer tain dwelling place, and labour, with our own hands being working
hunger, and
and are
thirst,
buffeted,
:
Second Lesson.
reviled, we bless being persecuted, we suffer it being defamed, we en :
A ND *T*
these
have
in
things,
a figure
brethren, I transferred
to myself and to Apollos for your sakes, that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is 1
Matth.
x. 16.
John
:
treat
:
we
are
made
as the filth of
the earth, and are the off-scouring of I write not all things unto this day. these things to xii.
36.
shame you, but Matth.
xi.
29.
as
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. For beloved sons, I warn you. in thousand ten have though ye structors in Christ yet have ye not
He
my
;
I
For
fathers.
many
in Christ
JESUS begotten you through the
have
own
hath chosen His * the
tance for
whom He
Jacob,
inheri
of
excellency
us,
2
loved.
* gone up with a shout, a of sound the with and the LORD
God
is
trumpet.
Gospel.
When
ye stand before kings and governors, take no thought how or what ye shall speak for it shall be ;
given you in that same hour, what
praises
King, sing praises. For God is the
For
it
not
is
ye
that
our
unto
King of
all
the
under sing ye praises with
:
standing.
ye shall speak. Verse.
*
earth
God, sing
praises
sing
:
our
to
Sing praises *
Third Responsory. 1
467
*
God God
reigneth over the heathen sitteth upon the throne of :
speak, but the Spirit of your Father,
His
Which speaketh
are princes of the people of gathered together with the God * ones the for Abraham
in you. For it shall
be given that same hour, what ye
Answer. in
you
shall speak. Verse. Glory
and
to the Son,
be to the Father, and to the Holy
Second given
Answer. that
in
mighty
:
of the earth are greatly exalted.
Ghost.
you
holiness.
The
For it shall be given same hour, what ye
fear
Thou
Antiphon.
the
heritage
O
Thy Name,
hast
those
to
that
Lord.
Psalm LX.
shall speak.
It has also a [Intituled "of David." musical (?) superscription now of uncertain _
SECOND NOCTURN.
meaning.]
The princes of First Antiphon. the people are gathered together
God
with the
of
Abraham.
my HEAR unto my
O God
cry,
From
* attend
:
prayer.
the ends
of
the earth
I
* when mine cried unto Thee heart was overwhelmed, Thou didst :
Psalm XLVI. "A Psalm of the sons of with another (now uncertain) direc
[Intituled Korah,"
me up upon a rock. Thou didst lead me,
Thou
for
a me, the from tower enemy. strong I will abide in Thy tabernacle * I will make for ever refuge "
tion.]
hast
CLAP people
:
your hands, all ye * shout unto God
with the voice of triumph. For the LORD Most High rible
lift
*
:
He
is
a great
been
a
shelter
for
my
:
is
King over
ter all
the earth.
in the covert of
2
Thy
wings. God, hast
heard For Thou, O * Thou hast vows given the my :
He
hath subdued the people under us, * and the nations under our feet. 1
Matth.
x.
1
8-20.
heritage
to
those
that
fear
Thy
name.
Thou
wilt
prolong 2
SLH.
the
King
s
THE COMMON OF
468 life
and
:
his
years
to
many
generations.
He
shall abide before * who will seek
ever:
God
for
His
for
mercy and truth? So will I sing praise unto Thy
name
for ever
I
may
And declared the work of God, * and understood His doings. The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in Him * and all the upright in heart shall :
glory.
daily
Third. Antiphon. They declared the work of God. and understood His
Thou
1
Verse.
vows.
my
perform
* that
:
SAINTS.
princes over
Answer. of
all
make them
shalt
the earth.
They
Thy Name, O
be mindful
shall
Lord.
doings.
Psalm LXIII.
A
Psalm of [Intituled farther superscription of
Fourth Lesson.
David with a meaning now "
uncertain.]
IT EAR
my
voice,
O
God,
in
my
:: * prayer: prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Thou hast hidden me from the secret counsel of the wicked, * from the insurrection of the workers of
*-
-*
:
iniquity.
For they whet their tongue like a sword: * they bend their bow, even bitter words, that they may shoot in secret at the perfect. Suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not they encourage :
themselves in
evil
They commune *
privily
:
they say
purpose. of laying snares :
Who
them? They search out
shall see
iniquities
* :
they accomplish a diligent search.
Man are
to thoughts that * but God shall
deep:
be exalted.
[still]
TT *
All that saw
and 1
all
men
Ps. xliv. 17,
1
them were moved feared,
(Job
His
Spirit the
the
garnished xxvi.
13.)
Now
"
:
word of wisdom, to Spirit another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit to another the the
;
of healing by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, gifts
to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But
these worketh that one and the
self-same Spirit,
dividing to
man
He
xii.
:
"By
hath
the garniture of the heavens are the godly powers of preachers, and this garniture, what it is, Paul teacheth us thus To one is given by the
severally as
will,
(i
every Cor.
8.)
Fourth Responsory.
:
*
written:
heavens."
The
arrows of babes have pierced * and their them tongues are weakened against them.
is
Lord
all
shall attain
very
The Lesson is taken from the Ser mons of Pope St Gregory [the Great.] (30^ on the Gospels.)
2
1
saw men
standing together, shining raiment, and the Angel of the Lord spake unto me, clad in
8.
2 This Responsory reads like a quotation, but neither the translator nor any has consulted have succeeded in It is not in Scripture. discovering its source.
whom
he
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. saying
These men
:
are
they are the friends of 1
Verse.
God
1
holy,
When men
hate
shall
you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man s sake. Answer. Rejoice, and be ex
God.
saw a strong Angel of
fly into the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice
These men are holy, God.
Answer.
3
Verse.
for
469
for they are the friends of
ceeding glad, for great in heaven.
is
your re
ward Fifth Lesson.
much power
SO preachers,
so
written
LORD
were xxxii.
(Ps.
"
:
the Lord
By
the
end
But, to the
if
garniture
VERILY, sel that
the word of the
will
whose most holy body we are now
it
is
He
one woman, that he denied Life.
straightway the Holy
But let us hear Cross. what that craven was after that the When the rulers and Spirit came. elders were gathered together, the Apostles were beaten, and com
Ghost had comforted For we know what manner of men the Teachers of the Holy Church were before the coming of this Spirit and since He came we
Holy
manded not to speak at all nor And teach in the name of JESUS. Peter answered with great boldness,
them.
made
they
ought to
"We
:
strength
well
upon the
is
Whose
for fear of death,
And we may
remember that Peter denied in cap tivity Him, Whom the thief con fessed, even when He was lifted up
the might of the Spirit, for they had not braved the powers of this world, unless the strength of
in
before that the Spirit came. was so stricken by the words of
sitting,
added touching God Ghost: "and all the host of them by the Breath of His mouth." Therefore the might of the same
see
measure
Son of the Father. that all the Holy
of the Apostles,)
the
us what was the
of weakness and of strength in that 4 Shepherd of the Church nigh to
Trinity may be made manifest as the Maker of the heavens, (that is,
heavens
tell
we ask of the dam kept the door, she
heavens made." For the Word of
the 6.)
is
much
Sixth Lesson.
have
as
Wherefore again
have the heavens. it is
then
than
are
men."
obey
(Acts
v.
God
rather
42.)
strong.
Sixth Responsory. Fifth Responsory.
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake ; rejoice,
These are they which have con quered, and are become the friends of God, who recked not of the commandments of princes, and earned the everlasting reward. And
and be exceeding
now have
2
glad, for great
is
your reward in heaven. 1
Cf.
2
Matth.
v.
II, 12.
St Peter, buried in the Vatican Basilica, preached.
where
Apoc.
4
.
heads,
VOL.
I.
viii.
13.
3
this
on
crowns
they
and palms
their
in their hands.
Luke
yi.
22.
sermon seems
to
have been
Q
2
THE COMMON OF
470 l
These are they which and have washed their robes in the Verse.
came out
of great tribulation,
blood of the Lamb. Answer. And now have they crowns on their heads, and palms
SAINTS.
up another
LORD
Note that between Septuagesima and Easter the word "Alleluia" in the fol lowing Antiphons is omitted.
full
the
The horns
Antiphon.
be
shall
righteous
of
exalted.
a cup of strong wine
is
he turneth
way and
this
it
dregs thereof are * all the wicked of
surely the
:
not wrung out the earth shall drink them. But I will declare for ever :
will
sing
to
praises
the
* :
God
All the horns of the wicked also
break
* and the horns of the
:
righteous shall be exalted.
Light
is
sprung
and Alleluia for the righteous. gladness for the upright in heart.
up
Psalm LXXIV. [Intituled
"A
A Song
Psalm
of
with a superscription of meaning "
but,
in "
Destroy not.
[Alleluia.] Asaph,"
The Targum
Thee, O God, will we ^^ give thanks * we will give thanks and call upon Thy name. :
works
will :
declare
* when
I
Thy wondrous
shall
take a set
time, I will judge uprightly. The earth and all the inhabitants
thereof are dissolved the pillars of it. 2
*
I
:
bear up
:
:
[The Vulgate and the LXX. have the superscription "[A Psalm] of David when was re established his country per haps meaning after the usurpation of Ab-
:
solom.]
HTHE
the let LORD reigneth * let the mul earth rejoice titude of isles be glad thereof. ;
*
:
Clouds and darkness are round * about Him righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne. A fire shall go before Him, * and burn up His enemies round about. :
world
:
The the
Apoc. vii. 14, cf. 9. Aromatic herbs, &c., were mixed with wine Smith s Diet, of the Bible, Wine.
presence
of 2
to
the
enlightened
lightnings
* the earth saw and trembled. hills melted like wax at
1
3
"
-
His
unto the wicked Deal not * and to the evil-doers wickedly Lift not up your horn on high. I said
Psalm XCVI.
part,
T INTO
We
:
now un
indicating the tune says that it was composed as a thanksgiving at the time when David said "Destroy not thy people," and the occasion meant is probably that of the plague provoked by David s number ing of the people, as related in the last chapter of 2 Kings (Sam.)] certain,
I
of
Jacob.
Second Antiphon.
[Alleluia.]
and setteth hand of the
of mixture. 3
And that
:
there
will I
First
:
down
one, * for in the
putteth
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. And now have they Answer. crowns on their heads, and palms in their hands.
THIRD NOCTURN.
:
:
He
in their hands. Verse.
*
up your horn on high speak not wickedness against God. For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains * for God is the judge Lift not
make
it
the
LORD,
*
at
SLH. more
intoxicating.
See
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. the
of the
presence
whole
Lord of the
earth.
The heavens *
eousness,
saw His
declared His right all the people
and
Thou
Confounded be all they that * and that worship graven images, boast themselves of idols.
:
all ye His An * Zion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Judah * because of !
Thy judg
rejoiced,
O LORD
ments,
!
For thou, LORD, all
the earth
far
above
Ye
*
high above
art
Thou
:
exalted
art
all
gods. that love the
LORD, hate
evil
:
* the Lord preserveth the souls of His saints He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. ;
sprung up for the * and gladness for the
holy.
Moses
Aaron among His among them upon His name. They called upon the LORD, and
and
* and Samuel
priests, that call
Worship Him, gels
executest judgment and right
eousness in Jacob. Exalt ye the LORD our God, and * for it worship at His footstool is
glory.
He answered them. * He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar * and They kept His testimonies, the ordinance that He gave them. Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God! * O God, Thou forgav:
est them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. Exalt the LORD our God and * for the worship at His holy hill :
LORD
our
God
is
Light righteous,
upright in heart. Rejoice in the
LORD, ye
*
and give thanks eous, memorial of His holiness
right to the
471
O
l
Verse.
is
holy.
God, Thy friends are
exceeding honourable. Answer. Their power
is
waxen
right strong.
!
Seventh Lesson.
Third Antiphon. They kept His testimonies, and the ordinance that
He
gave them.
The Lesson Gospel
[Alleluia.]
(xix.
taken from the Holy according to Matthew is
27.)
A T
Psalm XCVIII.
that time Peter said unto JESUS Behold, we have for saken all, and followed Thee what shall we have therefore? And so :
^~^
[The Vulgate and the Psalm to David.]
LORD *
LXX.
:
ascribe this
:
be
reigneth,
the
He
sitteth
:
upon the Cherubim, be
the earth never so unquiet.
The LORD and
He
is
is
great
high above
Let them praise
all
Thy
the
and
great
* and Name, for it is holy King s majesty loveth judgment.
Thou
:
dost
establish
equity 1
Peter was a fisherman, he was not he earned his bread by his
:
people.
terrible
Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at Bethlehem.] (Bk. iii. on Matth. xix.)
*
Zion
in
on.
*
people never so impatient
*
:
rich,
hand and
skill, and nevertheless he thus bold, and saith confidently "We have forsaken And be cause it sufriceth not to forsake only, is
Ps. cxxxviii. 17.
:
all."
THE COMMON OF
472
he addeth that which to do is to be perfect: "and followed Thee." done that which Thou "We have hast commanded us, what reward therefore "
Thou
wilt
And JESUS
said unto
us
give
them
:
"
?
Amen
say unto you, that ye which have followed Me, in the regeneration, I
when
Son of
the
of His
throne
the
Man
shall sit in
glory,
ye
also
shall sit upon twelve thrones, judg He ing the twelve tribes of Israel." said not, "Ye which have forsaken
did even
SAINTS.
incorruptible, (i Cor. xv. 53,) ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones of judg
ment, condemning the twelve tribes when ye believed in Me, they would not. (John iii. 1 8.) And every one that hath for saken houses, or brethren, or sisters, of Israel, because,
or father, or mother, or wife, or chil Name s sake, dren, or lands, for
My
receive
shall
shall inherit everlasting
"
:
Crates the
not
to
For
I
this 1
Seventh Responsory.
These are they who while yet they lived in the flesh, planted the Church in their own blood ; 2 they drank of the Lord s cup, and became the friends of God.
Their sound
Verse.
is
gone out and their
through all the earth, words to the ends of the world. Answer. They drank of the Lord s cup, and became the friends of God.
Eighth Blessing.
He
(or they)
whose
feast-day
we
are keeping,
Be our Advocate
in-law
-
1
A
2
Cf.
at
and a man
;
s
own
foes shall
be
household."
Every one, there no store by
set
and riches, and the pleas ures of the world, for Christ s faith s sake, and the preaching of the Gos receive an
pel,
shall
and
shall inherit everlasting
hundred-fold, life.
Eighth Responsory.
These men are saints, whom the Lord hath chosen in love unfeigned, and hath given them glory everlast These are they by the light of ing. whose teaching the Church is glori
moon is glorified light of the sun. 3 Verse. The saints through faith even as the
by the
subdued kingdoms, wrought
right
eousness.
Answer. teaching
By
the
even as the
the light of whose
Church
moon
is
is
glorified,
glorified
by
the light of the sun.
cynic, remarkable for his self-denial, Matth. xx. 22, 23.
Greek
sword.
man
a
set
affection,
TN
the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of His glory, and when the dead shall rise again from corruption "
to
his of they (Matth. x. 34.) that hath fore,
with God.
Eighth Lesson.
send peace, but
am come
a
variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-
fied,
(or Advocates)
This
life."
place agreeth well with that other I came where the Saviour saith
philosopher, and they which have set nothing by riches are many, but, which have followed Me." "Ye This did the Apostles, and this do believers do.
for
all,"
hundredfold, and
an
who
flourished at 3
Heb.
Athens about xi.
33.
B.C. 300.
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse.
Answer.
By
even as
the
the light of whose
Church
the
teaching
moon
is
is
glorified,
by
glorified
the light of the sun.
Blessed are peace- makers, blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see the
God. 3
In your Fifth Antiphon. tience * possess ye your souls.
an hundredfold," some will have there shall be a thousand it that years after the resurrection, wherein they that have forsaken all things receive an hundredfold of shall those things which they have for
BY
and shall inherit everlasting Such men consider not that
saken, life.
(Eph.
Chapter.
reason of these words,
in other things this were as touching wives it is un worthy,
2
Fourth Antiphon.
Ninth Lesson. "
473
T3RETHREN, *-
now
ii.
pa
19.)
no
are
ye
more
strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the Saints,
and of the household of God
and
:
upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, JESUS Christ Himself being the chief
are
built
corner-stone.
though
becometh us not to think that he that hath forsaken one seemly
:
for
it
wife in this world, shall receive an hundred wives in that which is to
But the meaning is this, that every one that for the Saviour s
come. sake
hath
forsaken earthly things,
shall receive spiritual things
which
:
weighed against though an hun dredfold were weighed against one.
things, being rightly earthly things, are as
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, is said. God,
O
&c.,"
l
Antiphon. * That
commandment,
This
is
My
ye love one
l Greater love Second Antiphon. hath no man than this, * that a man
down
his
life
for his friends.
l Third Antiphon. Ye are My * if friends, ye do whatsoever I
command 1
4
John
Of
round
the earth with joy resound,
Heaven the chant re-echo
;
Nor Heaven nor
earth
too high can
raise
The
O
great Apostles glorious praise.
ye who, throned in glory dread,
Shall judge the living and the dead Lights of the world for evermore To you the suppliant prayer we pour. !
!
Ye
close the sacred gates on high
At your command apart they
O
fly
loose for us the guilty chain strive to break, and strive in vain.
We
or stay From sin s disease our souls restore In good confirm us more and more.
xv. 12-14.
tenth to fifteenth century
;
;
:
;
So when the world is at its end, Christ to judgment shall descend, May we be called those joys to see, Prepared from all eternity.
And
Praise to the Father, with the Son,
And Holy
Spirit, Three in in ages past,
One
so shall be while ages
last.
;
As ever was
And
Amen.
you, saith the Lord. 2
;
:
Sickness and health your voice obey
another, as I have loved you.
lay
let
At your command they go
LAUDS. First
NOWAnd
Matth. v. 9, author unknown
3
8. ;
translation
Luke
xxi.
19.
by the Rev. E. Caswall.
THE COMMON OF
474 l
Verse.
.-
the work
They declared
of God.
And
Answer.
understood
His
Antiphon at
They shall be mindful Thy Name, O Lord.
Song of Zacharias. forsaken all, and
the
have followed Me, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit ever
SEXT. friends,
A ND
mandment,
&c.,
by the hands of the Aposwere many signs and
ties
(First Antiphon at
Lauds.}
Short Responsory.
Thou over (Acts
v. 41.)
HP HE
Apostles departed from the presence of the council, re that
joicing
worthy to
suffer
name
were
they
shame
counted
for the sake
all
Thou
Answer. princes over
Over
Answer.
&c.,
to
all
Thou
sound
is
gone
the earth.
words to the
ends of the world. Answer. Through all the earth. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and
Answer.
to the
Their
out through
all 1
Ps.
princes over
O
Holy Ghost.
sound
the earth. Ixiii.
shalt
make them
the earth.
all
God, Thy friends are
10.
is
waxen
NONE.
gone out through
their
Holy
right strong.
the earth.
And
of
the earth.
the Son, and to the
Verse.
Short Responsory.
Verse.
all
exceeding honourable. Answer. Their power
Chapter from Lauds.
out through
make them
Glory be to the Father,
Answer. Greater love, Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.)
Their
shalt
the earth.
all
Ghost.
TERCE.
Answer.
princes
Verse. They shall be mindful Thy Name, O Lord.
and
is
make them
shalt
the earth.
Verse.
of JESUS.
Their sound
12.)
My com
is
Chapter at the end.
v.
wonders wrought among the people.
This
Antiphon.
(Acts
Chapter.
Office is
PRIME.
all
My
are
(Third Antiphon at Lauds.)
**
of the
Ye
Antiphon. &c.,
life.
The Prayer throughout the always special.
.-*
make them
shalt
the earth.
all
Answer. of
Ye which have
lasting
Thou
Verse.
princes over
doings.
2
SAINTS.
is
gone
Antiphon. In your patience, (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.)
c.,
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Short Responsory.
O
God, Thy friends are exceeding
honourable.
Answer.
O
God, Thy friends are
exceeding honourable. 2
Matth.
xix. 27-29.
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. Their power
Verse.
waxen
is
will
I
LORD
right strong.
Exceeding honourable. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. Verse.
O
Answer.
God, Thy
friends are
my vows
pay
truly I
LORD, *
am Thy
I
will
His
doings.
sworn, and
will
:
a Priest for ever.
art
The LORD
Ps. cix.
said, &c.,
(J>.
will
pay
in
the
*
people
LORD
O
:
S
:
*
I
the sacrifice of
upon the
my vows unto the presence of all His
of the in the courts house, in the midst of thee,
Jerusalem
!
[Here the Hebrew appends "Alle which the Vulgate and the LXX.
luia,"
176.)
prefix to the next Psalm.]
That the Lord Second Antiphon. may set him with the princes of His people.
Praise the LORD,
Ps. cxii.
His servants, &c.,
O
Fourth
ye
Psalm
(/. 178.)
O Lord, Thou Third Antiphon. I will offer hast loosed my bonds :
Thee the
of
sacrifice
thanks
giving.
Psalm CXV. Hebrew this Psalm is a continua The Vulgate and the LXX.
[In the
They went
Antiphon.
forth weeping, sowing their seed.
"
to
bonds.
my
thanksgiving, and will call name of the LORD.
LORD,
The LORD hath not repent Thou
Thee
to
servant
and the son of
:
hast loosed
offer
1
SECOND VESPERS. First Antiphon.
Thou
am Thy
servant,
of God.
understood
the
Saints.
Thine handmaid
And
unto
the presence of all His * Precious in the sight people. of the LORD is the death of His in
exceeding honourable. Verse. They declared the work
Answer.
475
[Intituled
A
CXXV.
Song
of
Degrees."]
the LORD turned again * we the captivity of Zion, come again like them that
WHEN
were from sickness. Then was our mouth filled with * and our tongue with laughter,
tion of the last. prefix
"Alleluia."]
Then
T BELIEVED, *
spoken
therefore
* but
:
have
I
was greatly
I
afflicted. I
are
said in
I
my
haste
:
* All
men
liars.
What LORD * me?
shall for all
I render unto the His benefits toward
LORD.
call
said they among the hea * The LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done great things * whereof we are for us glad. Turn again our captivity, O * as the streams in the
then
:
:
LORD, south.
They
will take the
* and
singing.
upon
cup of salvation, the name of the
that
sow
in
tears
reap in joy.
They go
forth
ing their seed;
* shall *
weeping,
sow
THE COMMON OF
476
come
shall doubtless
They with
*
their
bringing
rejoicing,
again
sheaves with them.
O
waxen
For the darkness is not darkness Thee and the night shineth as * the day the darkness and the to
:
:
God, Thy Fifth Antiphon. friends are honourable; their power is
SAINTS.
right strong.
*
Thou
hast
mother
ness
not
now
certain.]
LORD, Thou
hast
me, and known me
knowest
Thou afar
searched * Thou
down-sitting and mine
my
up-rising
:
understandest *
Thou
my
searchest
thoughts
my
path,
and
my line, And art acquainted
ways
my
* before there
:
with all my a word on
is
*
:
attain unto
Whither Spirit?
it
is
and
I
cannot
it.
shall
I
from
go
* or whither
shall
Thy I
flee
But
to
more
in
me. If
I
say shall cover shall
be
pleasures.
:
Surely
me
light
:
am
the
darkness
* even the night about me in my
still
Thou *
* their
:
:
I
wilt slay the wicked,
men. For ye say vain
*
the sand with Thee.
depart from me, ye bloody
:
shall
in
Thy
thought people take
*
:
In
Thy
cities.
Do that
not hate
I
*
hate them,
I
O
LORD,
Thee? * and am not I those that rise up against
hate them with perfect hatred me as enemies.
:
they are to
Search
Even there shall Thine hand lead * and me, Thy right hand shall hold
God, Thy friends
number than
and
Thee?
parts of the sea;
Thy
right strong. If I should count them, they are
grieved at
If I take the wings of the morn * and dwell in the uttermost ing,
in
waxen
Thou
:
O
me,
is
from Thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou * if I are there go down into hell, art there.
soul
:
Surely
high,
my
and
:
are exceeding honourable
O God
me
imperfect
all
upon me. Such knowledge for
that
were written * day by day were they to be fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
book
arose,
too wonderful
:
and
:
:
LORD, Thou knowest all * Thou things both new and old hast made me, and laid Thine hand is
Thee, for Thy great * marvellous are
lower parts of the earth. Thine eyes beheld my substance
O
:
:
from
My bones were not hid from Thee, when Thou madest me in * nor secret my substance in the
power
tongue.
Lo,
reins
right well.
yet being
:
off.
knoweth
my me
womb.
s
Thy works is
upholden
will praise is terrible
I
[Intituled "A Psalm of David," with a musical (?) direction, the meaning of which
are both alike.
For Thou didst form
my
Psalm CXXXVIII.
Thee
light to
mine heart
:
thoughts. And see
way way
in
me
O
God, and know
try
me and know my
me, *
if :
there be any wicked me in the
* and lead
everlasting.
Chapter,
Hymn, and
swer from Lauds.
Verse
and
An
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. at
Antiphon Blessed
and
fight,
the
serpent
the
in
against the old ye shall receive an
strive
and
:
of
valiant
Song
Wax
Virgin.
the Lord, twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." shall
"Ye
saith
sit,"
"upon
Alleluia.
kingdom.
everlasting
number, Twelve.
of this
nification
477
Fifth Lesson.
TF ^ ILessons for
tfjer
tfje
Jftastg
of the
Paul, in that he is the thir 5,) teenth Apostle, hath not where to
Never nor wherein to judge. he hath said of himself that he will judge not men only, but angels. "Know ye not," saith sit,
theless,
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
he,
taken from the Ex position of the Eighty-sixth Psalm
The Lesson
"
TTER *
-^
foundation
mountains
the
eth
gates hath the
fore
and
tions,
in
:
of
authority
is
in the holy LORD lov-
twelve
city
their
where
Where
2
Because through them we enter in unto the kingdom of God, since they have preached the same unto us, and
we
when
enter
we
preaching,
Who x.
is
7.)
in
?
through
enter in
by
their
Christ,
Himself The Door. (John And, whereas it is written
that the city hath twelve gates, and, again, that Christ is the one Door,
Christ in
all
is
all
the
the twelve, for He is and therefore twelve :
were twelve Apostles chosen. There a great mystery in the sig-
lieth
A
judge
that
3,)
angels?"
the fallen
is,
Then might they have Wherefore boastest answered him thou thyself to be a judge ? For where is thy seat ? The Lord hath angels.
"
:
said
that
for
the
twelve
Apostles one thrones
twelve, even Judas, is in deed fallen, but holy Matthias is chosen into his place for the twelve thrones there are still twelve to sit whereon thou first find thereon
Because
fore are they the gates
shall
founda
of the Apostles
resteth.
vi.
there shall be twelve
the foundation
on our weakness
(i
we
"that
Cor.
Where
them the names of
Lamb? 1
the
is
the
Zion."
Prophets and
the of
is
St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.]
by
then there be set there twelve thrones of judgment, (Ps. cxxi.
of
:
the
;
:
shalt
sit,
and afterward give
out for a
what
is
judge."
Let us
thyself
see, then,
the meaning of these twelve
thrones.
By them
is
signified
in
a mystery the whole world, since the Church shall be through all
the earth, whence this building is called to be built up together in Christ.
Sixth Lesson.
H^HEREFORE
is
it
said
that
*
there shall be twelve thrones, because from all quarters shall there
come men
to
be judged
;
even as
it is
sort of quotation from or allusion to Apoc. xxi. 14, but there the Prophets are not mentioned. 2 Apoc. xxi. 12, says that on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 1
THE COMMON OF
478
said that the city hath twelve gates,
because from
quarters shall the which are saved,
all
nations of them enter into it. So,
not the twelve only, and the Apostle Paul, but all,
as
as shall judge, have part twelve thrones, this signi
many
in these
fying, that they shall
even city,
as
that
all
judge enter
men
all
into
;
the
have part in her twelve gates.
For there are four quarters of the world, the East, and the West, and the North, and the South of which four quarters is mention often made :
the
in
winds
From Scriptures. shall the elect be saith the
as
together,
the four
gathered
Lord
in
the
And He shall send His Gospel with a great sound of a Angels trumpet and they shall gather to gether His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the
SAINTS.
Homily by the Venerable Bede, and Doctor of the
Priest [at Jarrow
(Homily for St Benedict s
Church.] Birth-day.) "If
thou "
Christ,
be
wilt
go and
perfect,"
sell that
saith
thou hast,
and give to the poor, and come and follow Me and thou shalt :
have treasure in
heaven." (Matth. Yea, treasure that passeth not away Unto such saith JESUS, at the questioning of Peter Amen I say unto you, that ye which have followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of His glory, ye also
xix. 21.)
!
"
:
"
:
;
(Matth. xxiv. 31.) four winds, therefore,
From
other."
the
is
the
together; and how are they called? Everywhere are they called in the Trinity ; for they are called no otherwise than by
Church
called
shall sit
upon twelve thrones, judg He ing the twelve tribes of Israel." taught them, which work for His Name s sake in this life, to look for their reward in another life that is, in the regeneration. In the regeneration when we who :
"
"
!
have
been
born
a dying surrection be into
undying
creatures
dying shall
life,
in
born again
the re into
an
life.
them in the Name of the and of the Son, and of the
baptizing Father,
Holy
Now is
Eighth Lesson.
Ghost.
(Matth. xxvii. 19.) four being multiplied by three
twelve.
THIRD NOCTURN.
A ND
soothly, it is a just retribution, that they, who, while they were yet here, have for Christ s sake set no store by being great
-**
among men, should
there by Christ
be
singularly glorified to be the assessors of His judgment-seat, even
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson Gospel (xix.
taken from the Holy according to Matthew is
27.)
they whom nothing here could turn aside from being the followers of
His there
A T
that time Peter said unto JESUS Behold, we have for saken all, and followed Thee what shall we have therefore ? And so on. :
^~*-
:
:
footsteps.
be
no
Nevertheless, let that believeth
man
that the twelve Apostles only, among whom Matthias holdeth that place
from which Judas by transgression fell,
(Acts
i.
25,)
that
they
only
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. judge, even as the twelve tribes of Israel shall not alone be for then were the tribe of
shall
judged Levi, which :
un-
the thirteenth,
is
judged.
then, were Paul,
MOREOVER, who the thirteenth Apostle, self:
angels?
the
judg
him
of
How much
more
pertain to this life?" behoveth us to know that
that
things
But
in
saith
ye not that we shall
"Know
judge
he
it
one who hath forsaken
all
as did Christ, with come also shall Apostles, to judgment, even as every
the
every
and
followed
shall stand at
And signify
the
His judgment
Scriptures
all
this
by
King Jehoiachim s captivity, the word of the LORD came unto Ezekiel, of
use
Chebar, and the hand of the
brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof, (that is, out of the midst of the fire,) as the
colour of amber.
Second Lesson.
man
often
to ;
are signified the thrones of all them that shall judge ; and by the twelve tribes of Israel, the whole number of them that shall be judged.
in
Jjtasts
FIRST NOCTURN.
of four living creat
was their appear the likeness of a had ance, they And every one had four man. faces, and every one had four wings. Their feet were straight feet, and ures
;
and
this
the sole of their feet was like the and they sole of a calf s foot, sparkled like the colour of glowing And they had the hands of brass.
man under
four sides,
wings on
of
the midst thereof the
ALSO likeness
a tije
LORD
looked,
behold, a whirlwind came and, out of the North, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a
seat.
number twelve
for
I
Him
by the twelve thrones of the Apostles
Herons
And
was there upon him.
is
part
heavens were opened, and I saw In the fifth day of visions of God. the month, which was the fifth year
the son of Buzi, the Priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river
Ninth Lesson.
deprived of all ment ; whereas
479
their
wings on their
and they had four
sides.
faces
and
And
the
wings of one were joined to the wings of another; they turned not when they went they went every ;
First Lesson.
one
straight forward.
Here beginneth the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel
AND
it
came
thirtieth
(i.
to
year,
Third Lesson.
i.)
pass in the the fourth day of the
in
month, in the fifth month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the
AS
for the likeness of their faces,
they four had the face of a the face of a lion on the the side, and they four had
man and right face of
an ox on the
left
side,
and
THE COMMON OF
480
they four had the face of an eagle above. Thus were their faces, and
were stretched upward, two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies and they went every one forward. Whither straight the spirit was to go, they went, and they turned not when they their wings
;
went.
Fourth Lesson.
position
is
of
taken from the
Ex
Book
of
the
Pope
St
(Horn.
3,
the
Prophet Ezekiel by Gregory [the Great.] Bk. i.)
Prophet writeth very min-
"PHE
Fifth Lesson.
"T7VERY one had four faces" -*-four faces, that is, and If thou seek to know one body. what Matthew teacheth concerning the Incarnation of the Lord, he teacheth no other doctrine than
teacheth
Mark, or Luke, or John. know what John teacheth, it is beyond all doubt If thou
seek to
that his doctrine
SECOND NOCTURN.
The Lesson
SAINTS.
is
the doctrine of
If Matthew, and Mark, and Luke. thou ask concerning Mark, he hath that which hath Matthew, and John, and Luke. If thou wilt know of Luke, know that he teacheth as doth Matthew, and Mark, and John. Therefore every one hath four faces, for God knoweth and seeth in them but one faith, which thou mayest see in each and in all.
-*-
utely touching the four holy living creatures, whom he saw in the spirit as being to come. He saith Every one had four faces, and every one had four wings."
Sixth Lesson.
"
:
What signifieth the face save like ness whereby we are known ? or wings, save the power to fly ? since it is by the face that man is known from man, and by their wings that the birds bodies are carried up into
"
A ND every one had four
^~^
For they do
all
Lord
accord
preach
Christ,
the Son of Almighty
our
toward Whose Godhead
pertaineth to the Lord s and the wings to His
God Almighty, Who saith Good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine." And (John x. 14.) I know whom I have again chosen." And by con (xiii. 18.)
Whom
air.
certitude,
known "I
1
of
am
:
the
"
:
templation, whereby we rise above ourselves, we as it were fly heaven
wards.
God
lifting
:
up
Manhood, Godhead
:
for they turn their face toward Him they see in bodily shape:
but when they say that He is, as touching His Godhead, Incompre hensible, and Incorporeal, the wings of their contemplation do, in a manner, carry them in flight heaven ward. Because, then, they have all
and 1
JESUS
the eyes of their mind, they do lift the wings of contemplation, and do In the Evangelists, the face fly.
So the face pertaineth to and the wings to con With certitude we are templation. the
wings."
with one
one all
Text, adfidem.
faith in the Incarnation, equally look by contempla-
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. tion
toward
well
written
had four four
Godhead
the
faces,
it
:
Eighth Lesson.
is
Every one and every one had
of them,
"
wings."
soever
Seventh Lesson.
Lesson
to
the
Luke
time The Lord ap other seventy - two
that
:
pointed
and sent them two and two and He would whither Himself place,
also,
before His face into every city
And
Homily [the
so on.
by
St
Pope
admonish us by words, and some times by works. Yea, His very works do themselves teach us for that which He doth silently His example still moveth us to copy. Behold how He sendeth forth His disciples to preach by two and two :
:
commandments commandment to commandment to
since there are two is,
a
and a
neighbour
:
and
where
not two, the one, being hath not whereon to do the alone, there are
Lord
s
commandment.
And no
man can
properly be said to love himself: for love tendeth outward toward our neighbour, if it be the love
whereto
oblige us.
the
office of
it
a preacher.
He
said that
sent
:
:
Gospel
Ninth Lesson.
T^HEREFORE
our beloved brethren, Lord and Saviour doth sometimes
love God, love our
is
neighbour,
them before His face into every city and place whither He Himself would come. The Lord followeth His preachers first cometh preach the Lord Himself ing, and then cometh to the house of our mind, whither the word of exhortation hath come before and so cometh
Gregory
Dearly
to love, that
Well also
his
behoveth not to take
it
the truth into our mind.
(i^th on the Gospels.}
Great]
not
loveth
upon him the from
taken
is
Holy Gospel according
come.
sendeth
His disciples to preach and thus doing, by two and two He doth silently teach us that who forth
such an one
AT
Lord
the
"DEHOLD, **-*
:
THIRD NOCTURN.
The
481
doth
to preachers saith Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight an high way for our God." (xl. 3.) And again the Psalmist saith Spread --
Isaiah
"
:
"
:
a path before the West"
Him That (Ixvii.
rideth
upon
The Lord
4.)
upon the West above that from which in death He veiled His glory hath He royally exalted that glory that excelleth, even the glory of His rising again. He rideth upon rideth
the West,
;
Who, being
risen
again
from the dead, is throned high above the death to which He bowed. Be fore Him, therefore, That rideth
upon the West, we spread a path, when we set forth His glory before the eyes of your mind, to the end
He Himself may come after, and Himself enlighten the same your minds by His presence and His love. that
THE COMMON OF
4 82
tu
of
dPor
3HE3L
SAINTS.
law of his God even unto death, and hath not feared for the words of the ungodly for he had his foundation
Everything as on Sundays, except is otherwise given here.
what
:
FIRST VESPERS.
upon a strong
Antiphons, Chapter; and Prayerfrom Lauds.
MATTINS.
Last Psalm.
O 1
/.
praise the
LORD,
The Lord He is the Invitatory. * O come, let King of the Martyrs.
&c., (Ps. cxvi.,
Hymnl
Hymn
soldiers
Spare Thy people, who
the Praise of the Blest
He
FIRST NOCTURN.
hymn Only three Psalms are
;
s bitter
joys, lures and
its
its
frown,
is
was and
at rest.
Thy Martyr, he
An
ran all valiantly o er highway of blood
(/
for the prize Thou hast given. at Thy feet
Honour and
in
Thou
Ps.
&c.,
him
I cried unto * with my voice, and heard me out of His holy
Lord. Ps.
LORD, how are they
iii.
Verse.
Thou
hast crowned
with glory and honour,
Antiphon * holy,
at
the 3
Song This
Abridged from an hymn
2
Ps.
viii.
7.
Ecclus.
iv.
33
;
I
Mace.
is
Thy
of the Ambrosian school ii.
62
;
Matth.
O
him
Lord.
Answer. And madest him to have dominion over the works of
the
Virgin. for he hath striven for the
1
3
of
man
in
creased, &c., (p. 5.)
hands.
Blessed
heathen,
hill.
And madest him to Answer. have dominion over the works of Thy
do the
4.)
LORD
the
hast crowned
O
Why
ii.
(/.
Third Antiphon.
Amen.
with glory and honour,
the man, &c.,
Second Antiphon. The Lord hath him * upon His holy hill, to
He Verse.
is
declare His decree.
praise
always. 2
Blessed
i.
heaven.
To the Father and Son And the Spirit be done
Now and
*
4.)
set
and meekly implore, That our pardon may wait
delight
LORD day
night.
Ps.
We kneel
on his triumph
said.
First Antiphon. His in the law of the
scanned them and scorned,
and so
!
as at First
Thy OGOD, the Portion and Crown, Earth
Him
us worship
86.)
of
rock.
vii.
25.
hands. ;
translation
by Cardinal Newman.
FOR ONE MARTYR.
483
The following Lessons are not read
First Responsory.
if other Lessons are assigned instead,
This man is holy, for striven for the law of his
(either special, or from Scripture ac cording to the Season, ) or if the Martyr whose Feast is being kept was not a In the latter case, failing Bishop. other Lessons, are read those from Rom. viir. 12, given on p. 499.
he hath even
God
unto death, and hath not feared for the words of the ungodly; for he
had
foundation upon a strong
his
rock. * Verse. This is he which loved not his life in this world, and is come unto an everlasting kingdom. Ansiver. For he had his found ation upon a strong rock.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Acts
is
of the Apostles (xx. 17.)
T7ROM
Miletus Paul sent to Eph-
and
esus,
Second Lesson.
called the elders of
And when
the Church.
they were
A ND
come to him, he said unto them Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I
^~^
:
at all seasons, serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and
fore I take
men.
declare unto you
:
you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying
both to the Jews and also to the Gentiles, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord JESUS
after
that
now, behold, I go unto Jerusalem,
of these
count
bonds and
at Jerusalem.
things
to
my
testify
afflictions
Cf.
neither
disciples
them.
Second Responsory. 2
The
lily;
righteous shall grow as the he shall flourish in the
yea,
presence of the Lord for ever.
the Gospel of the grace
John
speaking per
away
life
of God. 1
arise,
Therefore watch, and remember that, by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one of you night and day with tears.
after
But none
move me,
men
selves shall
verse things, to draw
dear unto myself: so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord JESUS, I
my
departing shall grievous enter in among you, not sparing the flock ; also of your own
in the spirit
me
the counsel of
wolves
not knowing the things that shall befall me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying abide
all
God. Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you Bishops to shepherd the Church of God, which He hath purchased with His Own Blood. I know this, that
kept back nothing that was profit able unto you, but have showed
And
you to record this day, pure from the blood of all For I have not shunned to
am
that I
temptations, which befell me by the how I lying-in -wait of the Jews
Christ.
all,
gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. Where
have been with you
bound
I know that among whom I have
now, behold,
ye
Verse. xii.
2
25.
Hos.
xiv.
6;
Isa. xvii. II,
3
Those
&c.
that
be planted Ps. xci. 14.
THE COMMON OF
484 in
house of the LORD,
the
flourish in the courts of the
shall
Answer. the
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
house
and
to the Son,
he
Yea,
shall
flourish
Lord
of the
presence
he
the Saints.
among
for
ever.
SECOND NOCTURN. Third Lesson.
now
I
Which
is
ANDGod, and
commend you to the
have coveted no or
gold,
know
apparel,
s
silver,
set
[Intituled
"A
Psalm of
direction
(?)
of
I called,
Him
David," with a (now) uncertain
the
God
of
my *
righteousness heard me hast enlarged me when I was :
Thou
in distress
labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord JESUS, how He said It is more blessed to give than to receive. And when he had thus
:
Have mercy upon me, * and hear
my
:
prayer.
ye sons of men, how long * ye be dull of heart? Why will ye love vanity, and seek after will
kneeled down, and them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul s neck, and kissed him, sorrowing spoken, he prayed with
leasing
?
1
But know that the LORD hath set apart for Himself him that is holy :
* the LORD will hear call unto Him.
words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. all
holy for
of
hath
meaning. ]
for these
most of
is
LORD
Psalm IV. musical
ye yourselves
that
sons
ye
that the
self.
or
hands have minis tered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have showed you all things, how that so :
*
know apart him
men,
word of His
man
as
O
First Antiphon. to
able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. grace,
I
Holy Ghost. is numbered
to the
And
Answer.
of our God. in
SAINTS.
for the
Be ye angry and in
ye speak 1 your bed.
me when
sin not
I
* what
:
your heart, repent upon
Offer the sacrifices of righteous and put your trust in the LORD.
Third Responsory.
ness, is he which knew righteous ness, and saw great wonders, and made his prayer unto the Most High and he is numbered among
This
;
* There be many that say Who will show us any good ? LORD, Thou hast set upon us the :
light of
hast put gladness in
Verse. This is he which loved not his life in this world, and is come unto an everlasting kingdom.
their
Answer.
among
And he
the Saints.
is
numbered
More
than
corn, increased.
in
my
heart,
the
time
and wine, and
1 will both lay * and sleep,
SLH.
*
Thy countenance.
the Saints.
me down
Thou that oil
*
in peace,
FOR ONE MARTYR. For Thou, LORD, only * makest
me
to dwell in safety.
LORD, Thou
* with compassed him Thy
hast
Let them sels
O
Second Antiphon.
favour as with a shield.
485
;
fall by them out
cast
!
* let them Thee, rejoice because Thou joy,
in
:
ever shout for
Psalm V.
them
dwellest in musical
Psalm of
"A
David,"
with a
superscription.]
(?)
IVE
unto my words, O * consider my suppli
ear
LORD, cation.
*
Hearken unto the voice of my
my King and my God For unto Thee in
LORD, hear
cry,
!
*
will I pray.
the morning voice
my
own coun
of their transgressions, * for they have rebelled against Thee, O Lord And let all those that put their trust
[Intituled
their
in the multitude
Thou
O
shalt
:
Let them also that love Thy Name be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt bless the righteous. LORD, Thou hast
* with
Thy
compassed us favour as with a shield.
Third Antiphon. Thou hast crowned him * with glory and honour in all the earth.
:
Psalm VIII.
In the morning will I stand before Thee and look up. * For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness Neither shall the evil dwell with * nor the Thee, unrighteous stand
a song for the vintage.]
in
the earth
A
Psalm of [Intituled also a title which seems to "
It
has
it
was
how Thy Name in
ex-
David."
show
that
:
Thy Thou * Thou
sight hatest all workers of iniquity. shalt destroy all them that :
speak leasing
multitude of
will
in
temple
Lead
fear.
O
me,
:
*
Thy
because of
mine
;
For there
is
no
way
mouth
faithfulness
in
;
1
Out of the mouth of babes and
mightest destroy the enemy
When I consider Thine heavens, * the moon the work of Thy fingers and the stars which Thou hast or dained
O God!
:
What ful
:
Judge Thou them,
exalted * above
and the avenger.
straight
* their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulchre * they flatter with their tongue. their
is
:
in
LORD,
make my Thy face.
enemies
all
!
sucklings hast Thou perfected praise because of Thine enemies, * that
Thou
into
Thy
righteousness,
before
me,
Thine house * worship toward Thine holy
come
I will
I
for
Thy mercy
is
For Thy glory the heavens. 1
the bloody
and deceitful man. * But as in the
cellent
:
The LORD abhorreth
our Lord, *
LORD,
of
is
him
man, that Thou ?
art
mind
* or the son of man,
him ? made him a little lower angels, Thou hast crowned
that thou visitest
Thou
hast
than the him with glory and honour, * and madest him to have dominion over the works of Thine hands.
This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning those Sunday, Matt. xxi. 16.
who
cried
Hosannah on Palm
THE COMMON OF
486
Thou his feet,
all
fowl of the
field.
air,
and the
fish
of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea. O LORD, our Lord, * how excel lent
is
Fourth Responsory.
all things under sheep and oxen, yea,
hast put
*
and the beasts of the
The
SAINTS.
Thy Name
O
Verse.
in all the earth
Thou
Lord,
1
The Lord made him
perpetual glory.
He went down with him
Verse.
Anszver. hast set a
left
glory.
crown of precious stones Answer. Upon his head.
Fifth Lesson.
of the blessed
the
SO Martyrpatience was crowned,
fourth Lesson.
The Lesson mons of Hippo.] "
^HE
St
*
during his battle, and shrank not from prison. Like his Head, he bore reproach, underwent mocking, and feared not for scourges and as many sufferings as for Christ s sake for this
on the Saints.)
day whereon Martyr N. (here insert his name) conquered, doth this day come round to us again and as the Church doth rejoice with him in his glory, so doth she set before us his footsteps to be fol For if we suffer, we shall lowed. also reign with him. In his glorious battle we have two things chiefly to consider the hardened cruelty of I
given over to everlasting torture. Christ s glorious champion looked
is
Bishop [of
Austin,
(44//z
and the
unchastened spite of the tormentor
taken from the Ser
is
in
him not in bonds. And gave him perpetual
and
to the pit,
!
honourable,
and defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait for him, and gave him
illustrious
the blessed
:
:
:
he bore before he died, so many offerings did he make unto Him of He had drunk in the himself. Apostles word and kept it deep in him: "The sufferings of this pres ent time are not worthy to be com pared with the glory which shall be revealed
in
us,"
(Rom.
viii.
18,)
the tormentor, and the unconquered patience of the Martyr the cruelty of the tormentor, that we may abhor
our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal
the patience of the Martyr, that imitate it. Hear what the Psalmist saith, complaining against
weight of
:
it
j
we may
Fret not thyself because of the evil-doers, for they shall soon dry up like the grass." (xxxvi. i.) But touching the patience which is to be shown against the evil-doers, hear the word wherewith the Apos tle moveth us Ye have need of sin
"
:
"
:
patience, promise."
that
ye
(Heb. 1
may x.
Wisd.
receive the
36.) x.
"for
glory."
(2 Cor.
iv.
17.)
Being lifted up above earthly things by the love of this promise, and tasting beforehand the sweetness of the heavenly peace, he was unspeak ably moved, and said with the What have I in heaven, Psalmist and what is there upon earth that I desire beside Thee ? My flesh and "
:
my heart faileth Thou art the God of my heart, and God is my portion :
for
11-14, substituting
ever."
"Lord
for
(Ixxii.
26.)
"Wisdom."
FOR ONE MARTYR. Fifth Responsory.
hast given him Lord, his heart s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips.
For Thou hast prevented
Verse.
him with the
Thou stones
blessings of sweetness hast set a crown of precious his head.
And hast not withh olden
the request of his
health and
wisdom
Answer. a crown of
And
and
and
to drink.
put about his head
joy.
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
the Son, and to the
to
Holy
Ghost.
And
Answer. lips.
life
understanding hath the Lord fed him, and given him the water of
:
upon
Answer.
With the bread of
Verse.
Thou
1
487
put about his head
a crown of joy.
Sixth Lesson.
he considered, as far as man s weakness is able, through this
THIRD NOCTURN.
IT^OR
darkness, to fix the eyes of his upon the eternal things, what
mind is
the
and gladness of the city above not to tell cried able he it, being :
out wondering
As
heaven?"
have said it it
"
:
What have
though
I
he would
It passeth my strength, passeth the power of my utterance, goeth beyond the reach of my
what
:
that
is
glory,
is
that beauty, is that
what
wherein, when He hath hidden us from the troubling of men, in the secret of His presence,
our Lord JESUS Christ shall change our vile body, that it may be fash ioned like unto His glorious Body In sight (Ps. xxx. 21, Phil. iii. 21.) of this perfect liberty he shrank from no danger, and quailed before no and if he could have died suffering a thousand times, he would not have thought himself to have bought it at "
!
:
a price high enough.
Sixth Responsory. 2 The Lord hath put on him a robe of honour, and put about his head a crown of joy.
Ps. xx. 2,
3.
upright
ness.
Psalm X. "Of
[Intituled
There
David."
LORD
the
IN how
my
I
put
also a of
is
superscription perhaps musical, but uncertain meaning.]
now
trust
say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to the mountain
For
exaltation,
1
:
countenance doth behold
in
"
understanding, what
The righteous First Antiphon. * loveth His righteousness
LORD
they
lo,
bend
the wicked
make ready
their
;
* ?
bow,
their arrows in the
* that they quiver,
may
privily shoot
at the upright in heart.
For they have destroyed that which Thou hast established and what hath the righteous done ? The LORD is in His holy temple :
:
* the
LORD
S
throne
in heaven.
is
His eyes behold the poor * His eyelids try the children of men. :
The LORD
trieth
the
righteous
* but he that lov eth iniquity hateth his own soul.
and the wicked
Upon snares
:
:
the wicked
* fire,
He
shall
rain
and brimstone, and
an horrible tempest,
this
shall
the portion of their cup. For the righteous LORD Altered from Ecclus.
vi.
32
;
xv. 3.
be
loveth
THE COMMON OF
488
* His countenance doth behold uprightness. righteousness
* in
Thy
For Thou hast met him with the * Thou hast
:
He shall dwell He shall rest
Second Antiphon. tabernacle,
SAINTS.
blessings of sweetness
:
a crown of precious stones upon his head. He asked life of Thee * and set
:
upon Thy holy
hill.
Thou
gavest him length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in Thy salva * honour and tion great majesty
Psalm XIV. [Intituled
Psalm of
"A
David."]
:
T ORD, who -*
shall
tabernacle
abide in
Thy
who
shall
*
?
dwell in Thine holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, * and
worketh righteousness. He that speaketh the truth in his * he that deceiveth not with heart, his tongue. that
He
neighbour,
hath not done evil to his * nor taken up a reproach
against his neighbour.
In whose eyes a vile person is * but he honoureth them
despised
:
that fear the
LORD.
and deceiveth him
neighbour, * he that
not,
money
to usury,
against
the
in
nocent.
He shall
doeth these things, * never be moved. that
Third Antiphon. O Lord, Thou hast set a crown * of precious stones
upon
For Thou
his head.
lay upon him. wilt give him to
*
ever
for
blessing
:
make him exceeding
Thou
be a shalt
glad with
Thy
countenance. For the king trusteth in the * LORD, and, through the mercy of the Most High, he shall not be
moved. Thine hand thine enemies shall
out
find
find out all thy right hand those that hate
shall
* :
all
thee.
Thou
He that sweareth to his putteth not out his nor taketh reward
Thou
shalt
oven the
LORD
wrath,
shall cut
and
them. Their the
make them
shalt
as a fiery
in the time of thine
the
fruit shalt
earth,
*
them
fire
and
anger
*
:
His devour
off in
shall
thou destroy from their seed from
the children of men. For they intended evil against thee they imagined a device, which they were not able to per
among
*
:
form.
Therefore shalt thou cast them * thou shalt leave behind thee
Psalm XX.
:
[This Psalm also bears the same the xviiith.]
title
as
their faces lying in thy track.
Be Thou shall
king **
joy
in
Thy
* and in strength, O LORD salvation how greatly shall he :
Thy
rejoice
desire,
hast given him his heart s * and hast not withholden
the request of his 1
1
lips.
SLH.
O
:
Verse.
!
Thou
exalted,
Thine own strength * we and praise Thy power.
Thy
2
His glory
is
LORD, will
in
sing
great
in
salvation.
Answer. jesty shalt
Honour and Thou lay upon 2
-Ps. xx. 4.
great
him.
ma
FOR ONE MARTYR.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
Gospel according to Luke 26.)
that
AT
time
JESUS said unto
:
If any man the multitudes to Me, and hate not his fa
mother, and wife, and and brethren, and sisters, children, life also, he cannot his own and yea,
and
ther,
My
be
And
disciple.
Homily by Pope Great,]
(37^ on
Dearly
Thou
blessings of sweetness, hast set a crown of precious
stones
upon
beloved brethren,
He
how
if
whose feast-day we are keeping with God.
prehend how great
is
Eighth Lesson.
great things
the rejoicing
we hear these things our hearts burn within us and we long to be already there,
WHEN
to rejoice for ever. attain unto great rewards, save through great labour. Therefore saith the excellent preach er Paul
cept he
"
:
where they behold the Incomprehensible Light, where they have no fear of death, and where ?
Seventh Responsory.
gold upon his engraved Holiness,
of
My
disciple."
Eighth Responsory. This is a Martyr indeed, who shed his blood for Christ s Name s sake who feared not for the threats of judges, nor sought to be great with the glory of this world, but pressed on unto the kingdom of heaven. ;
Verse.
2
The Lord guided
Altered from Ecclus. xlv. 14. 10,
ii.
and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, life also, he cannot yea, and his own
present,
x.
Tim.
"
be
Wisd.
(2
:
before the glory of the of Creator, where they see the face
2
not crowned, ex
Therefore the Truth saith unto every If any one that cometh unto Him man come to Me, and hate not his
spirits
1
is
lawfully."
greatness of the reward 5.) doth delight our mind ; let not the throes of the struggle dishearten us.
father
is
He
strive
The
where they have of Angels, where choirs with the part blessed they stand with the most
they rejoice eternally incorruptible
;
where we hope But we cannot
in the city above,
crown
engraved
Be our Advocate
we
This present life being compared to life eternal, ought rather to be called For what is the death than life. our of corruption but, daily failing But as it were, a creeping death ? what tongue is there that can tell, or what understanding that can com
head, wherein
is
Eighth Blessing.
St Gregory [the
promised unto us in heaven, all things which are upon earth grow For when this poor to our mind. world s goods are reckoned against the gladness above, they are found to be a clog rather than an help.
A
Wherein
Holiness, an ornament of honour, a costly work.
the Gospels.)
consider what and
1
his head.
Answer.
so on.
are
God
For Thou hast prevented
him with the
:
come
costly
work. Verse.
(xiv.
a
ornament of honour,
an
Seventh Lesson.
489
again substituting
the
Lord"
for "Wisdom/
the
THE COMMON OF
490
righteous in right paths, and him the kingdom of God.
Who
Answer.
showed
feared not for the
be
the glory of this world, but pressed on unto the kingdom
of heaven.
and
to
the
Holy
Who
Answer.
feared not for the
threats of judges, nor sought to
be
great with
the glory of this world, but pressed on unto the kingdom of heaven.
Upon a few
occasions, instead of the above, the following is the Eighth Re-
sponsory.
Lord,
Thou
hast
prevented
him with the ness
;
v.
(Eph.
Behold,
25.)
disciple commandeth a man to love his wife, and the Master saith If any man hate not his "
Ghost.
1
Church."
the
:
Glory be to the Father, the Son,
to
And
xix. 6.)
(Matth.
"
great with
and
asunder."
Paul saith Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the :
threats of judges, nor sought to
Verse.
put
SAINTS.
Thou
blessings of sweet hast set a crown of
precious stones upon his head. Verse. He asked life of Thee,
and Thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever. Answer. Thou hast set a crown
he cannot be
wife,
My
disciple."
Doth the
judge, then, order one proclamation, and the crier make another ? or can the man both love
and hate
If we consider well the commandment, we shall be able in wisdom to do both. Let us love wife, and kindred, and ?
force of the
neighbour, as touching their near ness in the flesh ; but as touching the way of God, if they withstand us therein, let us not know them, but hate them and flee from
them.
The Hymn, God,
"We
praise Thee,
O
is said.
&c.,"
LAUDS. First
2
Antiphon.
*
Me
Whosoever
of precious stones upon his head. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
shall
Ghost.
3 Second Antiphon. He that followeth Me * walketh not in dark ness, but shall have the light of
Answer.
Thou
hast set a crown
of precious stones upon his head.
him
UT
will
before
men,
confess also before
I
My
Father.
life,
Ninth Lesson.
confess
saith the Lord.
Third Antiphon. 4 If any man serve Me, * let him follow Me and where I am, there shall also My ;
may be asked how we commanded in one place
it
are
to hate our parents, and are near us in the flesh,
them that and in an
other place to love even our enemies. And, verily, the Truth hath said, a
as
wife
touching hath joined together, 1
3
viii.
Fourth Antiphon. 4 serve Me, * him will
Who
12.
is
in
If
any man
My
Father,
heaven, honour. 4
Fifth Antiphon. Father, I will * that where I am, there shall also
My
servant be. 2
Ps. xx. 4.
John
What God let not man
"
:
servant be.
4
Matth.
John
x. 32.
xii.
25, 26
;
xvii. 24.
FOR ONE MARTYR. (James
Chapter,
BLESSED dureth he is crown
12.)
man
the
is
i.
en-
that
temptation for, when he shall receive the which God hath life, :
tried,
of
promised to them that love Him.
Hymn.
1
Hast
won
celestial glory
blessed
Martyr
He
like
a
cedar in Lebanon.
protection. Christ
JESUS
Prayer for a Martyr not a Bishop.
3.
we beseech Thee, O God, that we who birthday of Thy blessed
GRANT, Almighty keep the
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. He that hateth his life * in this life
his
Lord
Amen.
out end.
shall
righteous
flourish like the palm-tree. shall grow Answer.
of
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with
;
unto
year by year dost us by the solemn
Thy
our
Through
:
eternal.
If the Prayer is not special there is one of the following, which is also used throughout the whole Office of the
.said
Saint.
Prayer for one Martyr, who was a
I.
of
effects
joyful
Glory to the Father be Glory to th Incarnate Son Glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee, While eternal ages run. Amen.
it
the same.
(here insert his name,} mercifully grant that we who keep his birthday, may ever feel the
the fetters of the world.
world, shall keep
Another Prayer for
and Bishop,
Loosen d from the fleshly chain Which detain d thee here of old, Loose us from the bonds of sin,
3
and
Amen.
feast-day
lethargy.
The
Thy
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with
OGOD, gladden
;
2
that
Who
;
;
Verse.
Thee, blessed
please
of
Thy
2.
the virtue of thy prayer, Let no evil hover nigh Sin s contagion drive afar
From
it
glorious Martyr and Bishop (here insert his name) may shield us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ
!
By
Waken drowsy
dered, may the prayers
out end.
of unconquer d might, Follower of th Incarnate Son victorious in the fight,
MARTYR Who,
491
(here
Martyr,
his
insert
name,}
may be so holpen by his prayers, that we may ever grow more and more in love toward Thy holy Name. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world Amen. without end.
Bishop.
IV/T ^*^
ERCIFULLY weakness, O
and
whereas
our sins 1
consider
Almighty God, burden of by we are sore let and hinthe
Author unknown (tenth
4.
our
Another for
GRACIOUSLY Vjr
seech Thee,
the same.
hear
O
and, at the petition of
to thirteenth century)
;
hymn
us,
slightly altered
Thy ;
the Rev. E. Gas wall. Ps. xci. 13.
John
xii.
25, 26
;
we be
Almighty God,
xvii. 24.
blessed
translation
by
THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
492
insert his
Martyr, (here
to
pleased
mercifully
name,) be us may hurt
SEXT.
deliver
from all things which our bodies, and from all thoughts which may defile
evil
If any man serve Me, (Third Antiphon at Lauds.)
Antiphon. &c.,
our
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and souls.
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
Amen.
without end.
(Ecclus. xv.
Chapter.
3.)
V\fITH * ^
the bread of life and hath the understanding Lord our God fed him, and given him the water of health and wisdom to drink.
PRIME. Antiphon. Whosoever, &c., (first Antiphon at Lauds.) Chapter at the end.
(Ecclus. xxxix.
hath
6.)
his
righteous given heart to resort early to the
Lord That made him, and before the Most High.
will
pray
Short Responsory.
O
Lord, Thou hast set a crown of precious stones
Answer. O Lord, Thou hast set a crown of precious stones Verse. Upon his head. Answer. crown of precious
A
stones.
TERCE. Antiphon.
He that followeth
to the Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost.
Me,
Antiphon at Lauds.)
&c., (Second
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
O
Answer. Lord, Thou hast set a crown of precious stones
His glory
Verse.
Chapter from Lauds.
is
great in
Thy
salvation.
Answer. Short Responsory.
jesty shalt
Honour and great ma Thou lay upon him.
Thou
hast crowned him with and honour, O Lord. Answer. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, O Lord. Verse. And madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy glory
hands.
Answer.
Antiphon.
and
be to the Father, and to the
Holy Ghost. Answer. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, O Lord.
O
Verse.. Lord, Thou hast a crown of precious stones Answer. Upon his head. .
set
Father,
(Fifth Antiphon at
I
&c.,
will,
Lauds)
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
With glory and hon
O
Lord. our, Verse. Glory to the Son,
NONE.
Short Responsory.
His glory
is
great in
Thy
salva
tion.
Answer.
Thy
His glory
is
great in
salvation.
Honour and great majesty Thou lay upon him. In Thy salvation. Answer. Verse.
shalt
FOR ONE MARTYR. The
Verse.
righteous shall flour
ish like the palm-tree. Ansiuer. shall
He
grow
He&sons
tfjer
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphons, Chapter, Verse and swer,
and Prayer from
The Lesson
An
*
Bishop [of Milan.] a continua and the LXX. is
:
* but
I
was greatly
I
* for I
and LORD.
* All
:
take the cup of salvation, upon the name of the
call
I will
my vows
pay
unto the LORD His people.
in the presence of all
* Precious in the sight of the is the death of His Saints.
LORD, *
I
am Thy
Thou
am Thy
truly I
awe of Thy
word."
the words of a beareth unjustly the
rightly
who
martyr,
to
my
servant
hath
bed of no man, who
:
laws
the
in
*
I
of
sacrifice
debtor to
is
and who
nothing,
punished more grievously than
were a robber
all
:
if
who speaketh
:
and there
eousness, will hear
who speaketh
fight against I is able to say "
When
is
he
right
none that
is
men
:
bonds.
Thee the
violently
and
:
hast loosed
offer
LORD
and the son of
servant,
Thine handmaid will
These are
me my
oppressed no man, who shed the blood of no man, who hath imagined to defile the
will
*
Sermon?)
unto the LORD His benefits toward me ?
haste
my
shall I render
all
st
men
in
liars.
What
1
torments of the persecutors, who hath robbed no man, who hath
said
I
(2
JDRINCES have persecuted without a cause; but
heart standeth in therefore have
afflicted.
are
"
"Alleluia."]
spoken
hundred- and -
the
eighteenth Psalm by St Ambrose,
[In the Hebrew this Psalm tion of the last. The Vulgate
T BELIEVED,
Ex
taken from the
is
of
position
Laiids.
Psalm CXV.
prefix
for Jltasts of
ne JKartgr.
a
like
Lebanon.
cedar in
493
salvation,
him
:
who
spoke unto
them, they fought against me with out a cause." (Ps. cxix. 7.) They fight against him without a cause, who can lay no sin to his charge ;
thanksgiving, and will call name of the LORD.
upon the
doer,
pay my vows unto the LORD, * the presence of all His people
1 will
in
:
the courts of the the midst of thee, in
LORD
O
Hymn
S
house, in
Jerusalem
by
their
own acknow
:
all
all things well because he things for God s sake.
the *
Fifth Lesson.
If
Matth. i.
is
they fight righteous against him as a warlock, who glorieth in the name of the Lord, and
doeth
Song of the any man will come after Me, * let him deny him and take up his cross, and self, follow Me. VOL.
who
ledgment
who doeth
!
as at First Vespers.
Antiphon at Blessed Virgin.
they fight against him as an evil
THEY who ness xvi. 24.
fight against is
among
accused the
him of
in vain
ungodli
ungodly and the
THE COMMON OF
494 unfaithful,
Faith.
because
he
him
that
Verily,
against without a cause
teacheth is
fought
behoveth
it
SAINTS.
there
not
both unshaken hope of
the eternal things, and awe of the things of God?
Where be strong and patient. he saith fore then My heart to
THIRD NOCTURN.
"
:
awe of Thy word?" Awe is the mark of the weak, the But there timid, and the fearful. standeth
is
also
there "
O
is
in
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson Gospel
a weakness unto salvation, a fear which
fear the
LORD,
an holy fear. ye His Saints."
all
"Blessed (Ps. xxxiii. 10.) And again: is the man that feareth the LORD."
(Ps. cxi.
And wherefore is he because he delighteth His commandments."
i.)
"
blessed? greatly in
taken from the Holy to
Matthew
24.)
(xvi.
is
is
according
that time JESUS said unto If any man His disciples will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and And so on. follow Me.
AT
:
:
Homily by Pope St Gregory (3 2nd on the Gospels?)
[the
Great] Sixth Lesson. then,
how
the
martyr
THINK, standeth between two dangers. On
for
hand the wild beasts, his blood, do indeed
strike terror
he heareth the hissing
the one
roaring
;
of the plates of white-hot metal, and seeth surging up the flames of the him is the fiery furnace ; behind
clanking of fetters, and beside him the executioner, stained with fresh blood think of him there, face to face with the apparatus of death of what thinketh but think again he? Of the Law of God, of the ;
everlasting
fire,
of the eternal flames,
wherein the unbelieving shall burn for ever, of that torture whereof the agony is for ever new. And then
indeed his heart faileth for fear, lest by giving way under torment here, he should give himself up to ever then in lasting torment hereafter :
Our Lord and Redeemer came new Man, and gave For the world new commandments.
into the world a
old
life,
He
set
It
was
neighbour s goods also, and, if he were not able to take them, at least But the Heavenly to lust after them. Physician hath medicines wherewith
meet all the diseases of sin. For, even, as by the art of the physician, things hot are healed by things cold, and things cold by things hot, so to
doth our Lord ness,
ordaining
set against sin holi for the lecherous
purity, for the miserly munificence, for the hot-tempered meekness, and for the
SO them
true-hearted,
of our
the old way, according to the know ledge of the carnal man, for every man to keep his own goods, and, if he were able to do it, to take his
are
of the
ways
brought and bred up in sin, the contrast of His new life.
deed he trembleth, when Faith maketh to glitter before his eyes the awful sword of the judgment to And in this, the faithful come. trembling
the
against
proud lowliness. Eighth Lesson.
the Lord, when He would give new commandment unto a that
came
to
Him,
said:
FOR ONE MARTYR. "
Whosoever he be of you that not
saketh
cannot be
My
as
33,)
"
openly
:
bour
s
the
zeal
But
in
(Luke had
said
which
hear
this
man,
xiv.
is
your
"
place
after
Me,
himself."
First
He
must deny
to
own."
what
again :
give
If
He
any man
him deny saith that we let
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (x.
26.)
A T
that time JESUS said unto His disciples There is no thing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known. And so on. :
-*"*
:
St
Homily by
is
:
when welcome unto Him even ourselves, since of us as are entered into
nothing of
and there must we wrestle with them, naked with naked. For if he that
fore
clothed, wrestle with
him
that
is
naked, he faileth swiftly, because he hath whereon he that is naked taketh hold. And what are all things
with
earthly the soul
whosoever with his
Satan, clothes,
endangered.
but is
where
things
clothed
therefore let
him
lest
he
upon? wrestle
will
cast
be
away
thereby
all
He
us
;
in
it
will
since
many
evil spirits have their own in this world,
of
Therefore
things
the battle of faith, are entered into a contention against evil spirits.
is
The Lord pointeth to the day of judgment, that day wherein the hidden counsels of the hearts shall be made manifest, and those things which are dark now shall be the
what
But the
Bishop
Chap. 10.)
ourselves
to
as
have us deny
will
Hilary,
(Comm. on Matth.
Poitiers.]
subject
Ninth Lesson.
Lord
[of
men s knowledge. warneth us not to fear threats, nor persuasions, nor the power of such as fight against
denial exceeding great.
YETthe
Third
Seventh Lesson.
ourselves that which
our own, and now that we must even deny ourselves to our selves. Perchance it is not hard for a man to give up that which is his own, but it is exceeding hard to give up himself. To deny himself his possessions is little but to deny himself himself is a
the
Nocturn.
your neigh according to
that
us
let
he
lust after
goods, must, of the new
come
will
He
Again other Lessons for
for-
hath,
All ye that according to
away even saith
disciple,"
though
man
the old
he
that
all
495
be
the day of judgment all these
manifest that
are null I
tell
speak ye in hear in the
and
you
in
light
;
void.
"And
darkness,
that
and what ye
that
preach ye We read not that the Lord s use was to speak by night, or to tell His doctrine in darkness, but that to the carnal all His words were
upon the
ear,
house-tops."
darkness, and to the unbelieving His discourse night.
all
Eighth Lesson.
"THEREFORE willeth He that *that which He hath spoken, should be freely proclaimed in faith and in confession. Therefore com-
THE COMMON OF
496
He
mandeth hath
told
that
that which
darkness
in
shall
He
JFor
be
spoken in light, and that that which He hath made to be heard in the ear should be preached upon the house-tops, that is, with For it beloud and high words. hoveth us ever to make God known, and to speak in the light of Apostolic preaching the dark things of the Gospel message, hav ing no fear of them which have
power over bodies, but none over our souls, but rather fearing God, Which is able to destroy both body and soul in hell.
SAINTS.
Simple Jftasts of
tie
JKartgr. The Office is as on a Semi-double, with the following exceptions. FIRST VESPERS.
The Office is of the Week-day till the Chapter exclusive. The Office of the Saint begins with the Chapter, which, as also the Hymn, ,
Verse and Answer, Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin, and Prayer The Com are all as given, (p. 482.)
mon Commemorations according
are said or not
to the season.
At Compline
are said Preces.
MATTINS.
Ninth Lesson. "
not them which kill the Therefore we need body."
T7EAR
nothing which may chance to our bodies, nor sorrow because of the destruction of the flesh, when, according to the laws of our nature fear
from whence we are taken, we are unclothed upon, and become a pure spirit. And, since it behoveth us who are rooted in such a doctrine, freely and con stantly to confess God, even were it only because of the alternative
and
that
whereby we are bound, He saith Whosoever shall confess further Me before men, him will I con
The Invitatory and Hymn are as just given. Then follow the Week-day Psalms, with their own Antiphons.
On Mondays and
Thou
Verse.
Thursdays.
him
hast crowned
with glory and honour,
O
Lord.
Answer. Anc^ madest him to have dominion over the works of
Thy
hands. Absolution.
Graciously hear, &c.
"
:
fess also before is
in heaven.
deny I
Me
also
Which
in
He
Father,
Which
But whosoever
shall
him
will
before
deny is
My
men,
before heaven."
set a
crown of precious stones Answer. Upon his head.
My
Father, Such wit
hath seen us to have been here to His name before men, such a Witness shall we find Him to be hereafter to our names before His Father Which is in heaven. nesses as
On Tuesdays and Fridays. Verse. O Lord, Thou hast
Absolution.
May His
loving-kindness, &c.
On Wednesdays. Verse.
salvation.
His glory
is
great in Thy.
FOR ONE MARTYR. Answer. jesty shalt
Honour and great ma Thou lay upon him.
497
(Second Responsory in the preceding Office;] with this addition:
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
Absolution.
May
and
the Almighty, &c.
the Son, and
to
Yea, he shall flourish in
Answer.
May His
blessing be
doth
live
upon us, and reign for ever.
from Scripture accord Season, being either the first part, or, if the Saint have two Lessons, the whole read as one, at will.
On Tuesdays and Fridays.
O
First Lesson to the
ing
man
is
to the
Thursdays.
holy,
(First
c.,
Re
and
Son,
to
the
Holy
And hast not withAnswer. holden the request of his lips.
Office. )
On
On Tuesdays and Fridays. The Lord made him honourable, (Fourth Responsory in the pre
ceding Office.)
This Or,
a
is
O
Wednesdays. indeed, &c. hast prevented,
martyr
Thou
Lord,
&c., (Eighth Responsory in the
pre
ceding Office.)
On
A crown
him,
Ghost.
sponsory in the preceding
&c.,
hast given
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
This
Thou
Lord,
&c., (Fifth Responsory in the preceding Office ;) with this addition :
and
First Responsory.
On Mondays and
Holy
the presence of the Lord for ever.
First Blessing.
Who
to the
Ghost.
Wednesdays.
of gold, &c., (Seventh
Third Blessing.
Re
May He That
sponsory in the preceding Office?)
is
the
Angels
King
To
Second Blessing.
He whose
feast-day
we
are keep
Be our Advocate with God.
there is one, or else the special Lesson
Second Lesson is the first of the Le gend of the Saint, if there be two; if
which the
second from Scripture, to
tJiird
may
be
added at
will.
The
righteous
grow,
O
Then God,
the
Hymn,
&c.,"
"
is said,
We and
praise Thee, so end Mat-
tins.
inclusive;
Preces are said at Prime,
and the Common Commemorations ar& made at Lauds or not, according to the
Thursdays.
shall
assigned.
The rest of the Office is as on a Semidouble, as just given; it ends at None,
Second Responsory.
On Mondays and
realm His people
Third Lesson is the whole or the sec ond part of the Legend of the Saint, if
ing
not, it is the
that high
bring.
&c.,
season.
THE COMMON OF
498
JWang
of
dfov
*
Everything as on Sundays, except is otherwise given here.
of heaven,
Last Psalm.
LORD,
who loved not
their lives
world, and have attained unto the reward of the kingdom, and have washed their robes in the in
praise the 8 6.)
all
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed 3 For theirs is the kingdom Virgin.
Antiphons, Chapter, and Prayerfrom Lauds.
1
shout for joy,
ye that are upright in heart.
FIRST VESPERS.
O
And
Answer.
what
/.
SAINTS.
&c., (Ps. cxvi.,
this
blood of the Lamb.
Hymn}-
HTHE
MATTINS.
triumphs of the martyred saints
The joyous
-*-
lay demand, The heart delights in song to dwell On that victorious band Those whom the senseless world ab
let
horred,
The
Invitatory.
He
Lord, *
O
King of the Martyrs.
:
Him
us worship
is
the
come,
!
Who
cast the world aside, Deemed fruitless, worthless,
the
for
Hymn.^
sake
Of
Christ, their
Lord and Guide. "M"
-L^
For Thee they braved the tyrant
s
rage,
OW,
comrades, sing we the
and the
Sing we the triumph, the joy, and the
The scourge s cruel smart The wild beast s claw their bodies :
majesty,
Fain be our
tore,
But vanquished not the heart Like lambs before the sword they
strife
victory,
lips
when
the theme for
their utterance
:
Nor
Tells of fell,
cry nor plaint expressed For patience kept the conscious mind, And armed the fearless breast.
Wisdom was
While
in the might of followed Thee,
Jesus,
2
Be glad
in
when
the
conquerors, strong
under agony, Crushed the power of the
1
;
altered at
hymn
some places
3
Ps. xxxi. ii.
original
eternal King.
cruelty
Broke,
Kind rejoice, ye righteous.
The
s
a
hymn
torturer. ;
translation;
Cf. Matth. v. 10 John xii. 25 Apoc. vii. 14. of the Ambrosian school, perhaps by St Ambrose himself. ;
is
Spirit they
theirs which no mocking nor threatening Daunted, nor all the inventions of
the LORD,
Author unknown (sixth to ninth century) by the late Dr Mant.
heaven
Thy
Courage was
:
Verse.
which was reckoned
theirs
Lost on a world which esteemed their end honourless
tongue can tell Thy crown pre pared To wreathe the martyr s head ? What voice Thy robe of white to clothe His limbs with torture red ? Vouchsafe us, Lord, if such Thy will, Clear skies and seasons calm If not, the martyr s cross to bear, And win the martyr s palm. Amen.
4
glorified.
as foolishness,
What
2
martyrdom
:
;
FOR MANY MARTYRS. Mute
lamb
as the
that
led to the
is
slaughtering they, no cry and no violence uttering Peace in their hearts from the peace of eternity
Died
:
Only witnessing is
Glory
theirs
all
was
well.
Ps.
499 LORD, how are they
iii.
creased, &c., (/.
Be glad
Verse.
in the
Answer. And shout for joy, ye that are upright in heart. First Lesson.
of
is taken from the Epistle Blessed Paul the Apostle to
Romans
the
(viii.
T3RETHREN,
with Thee, co-
ye shall die but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the
Author
:
Who,
equally
Amen.
Reigns eternally magnified.
body, ye shall
live.
by the
as are led
Psalms are
they meditate day and
night.
Ps.
i.
Blessed
is
the man, &c.,
4.)
2 As gold in Lord tried His chosen ones, and received them for
Second Antiphon.
the furnace * hath the
ever as a burnt-offering. Ps. (P>
ii.
Why
do the heathen,
as
many
God, they For ye have
not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we
said.
First Antiphon. By the rivers of water * hath the Lord planted the 1 of the righteous, and in vineyard
Law do
For
Spirit of
are the sons of God.
FIRST NOCTURN. three
12.)
we
beget-
s
Who
teth Thee, And to the Spirit,
The Lesson
are debtors, not *-) to the flesh, to live after the For if ye live after the flesh, flesh.
Praise be to Thee, their faith and Finisher, Only-begotten with Him
(A
all
and unspeakable happi
Bright with the light of unaltering blessedness, Stored up in heaven for such as have died for Thee By our minds inconceivable.
His
LORD, and
rejoice, ye righteous.
ness,
Only
in
5.)
&c.,
Abba (Father.) For the Spirit Itself beareth witness with our spirit
cry
:
that
And
!
we if
are the
of God.
children
children, then heirs
;
heirs of
God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of
God.
4.)
2 Third Antiphon. Though the * in the elect be punished sight of men, yet is their hope full of immor
tality for ever.
First Responsory.
God shall wipe away all tears from the eyes of His Saints, and 3 there shall be no more sorrow, 2
Wisd. iii. 6, 4. Cf. Isa. v. 7. And In Apoc. xxi. 4, from which this beautiful Responsory is taken, the words are, The mention of "death seems to be there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, &c." omitted because the Church will not apply that word to the glorious transit of her Martyrs, which she habitually styles their natalitia," or Birthday Festival. 1
"
3
"
"
THE COMMON OF
5oo
nor crying, neither shall there be for the former any more pain things are passed away. Verse. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, shall the sun light on neither them, nor any heat. Answer. For the former things ;
SAINTS.
their lives, and were made like unto in their flesh, and therefore they
Him
have earned crowns of
One
Verse.
V\
know
*
(28.)
that for
all
things to
from
Shall
written
His Son,
be
He
that
First-born
Saints,
might be the brethren.
among many
whom He did predes and tinate, them He also called whom He called, them He also and whom He justified, justified them He also glorified. What then Moreover,
:
:
shall
we
God be
say to these things
who can be
for us,
?
If
against
distress,
or nakedness, or persecution, or sword ?
according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of
called to
or
tribulation,
good them who
together that love God, to
then shall separate us the love of Christ ?
/"HO
V
famine,
are
faith
Third Lesson.
Second Lesson.
them
victory.
and one
was in them. Answer. And therefore they have earned crowns of victory.
are passed away.
ANDworkwe
spirit,
peril,
As
it
or
or is
For Thy sake we are killed all the day long, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 1 Nay, :
in all these things
we
conquerors, through
For
are
more than
Him That loved
am
persuaded that neither nor angels, nor Prin Powers, nor things cipalities, nor present, nor things to come, nor might, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ JESUS our Lord.
us.
I
death, nor
? He That spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also
life,
us
Who
freely give us all things ? lay anything to the charge of
elect?
Who
It
is
He
God That
shall
God
s
justifieth.
It condemneth? is Christ JESUS, That died, yea, rather, That is risen again, Who is even at the right hand of God, Who also maketh intercession for us. is
that
Third Responsory.
They gave their bodies for God s sake to death ; and gained the ever lasting crown. 2 Verse. These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes in the Blood of the Lamb.
And
Answer.
gained the ever
lasting crown.
Second Responsory.
These men are holy, who have gloriously shed their blood for the Lord s sake, yea, who loved Christ in 1
Ps.
xliii.
22.
Verse.
and
to
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
And
Answer.
gained the ever
lasting crown. 2
Apoc.
vii.
14.
FOR MANY MARTYRS. SECOND NOCTURN.
To
1
First
1 will Antiphon. give My Saints a place * in the kingdom of My Father, every one
unto
own name,
his
by
saith the Lord.
the
*
land,
501 Saints
He
hath
that
are
in
His
made
all
my
will
admirable.
Their sorrows are multiplied, * that hasten after [a strange god.] In their assemblies for blood-
* nor shedding will I have no part mention their names with my lips. :
Psalm XIV.
A
"
[Intituled
T ORD, who *-*
* who
?
The LORD
David."]
shall abide
tabernacle
Thine holy
in
Psalm of
in
Thy
shall dwell
hill ?
He that walketh uprightly, * and worketh righteousness. He
that speaketh the truth in his * he that deceiveth not with heart,
art
that hath not
done
The
LORD.
He and
that sweareth to his neighbour, deceiveth him not, * he that
:
restore
I
yea,
:
me
unto
*
places
in
have a
goodly heritage. I will bless
I
fore
have
my
set the
face
*
my
:
hath
reins also
night seasons.
LORD
always be because He is at my shall never be moved. *
:
right hand, I
Therefore mine heart
my
Who
the LORD,
me counsel instruct me in the
is
tongue rejoiceth
and
glad,
*
:
that fear the
*
cup
shalt
lines are fallen
pleasant
evil to his
* nor taken neighbour, up a reproach against his neighbour, In whose eyes a vile person is * but he honoureth them despised
my
mine inheritance unto me.
given
his tongue.
He
Thou
the portion of mine
is
and of He That
inheritance,
my
:
flesh
also shall rest in hope, For Thou wilt not leave my soul * neither wilt in hell Thou suffer :
putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the in nocent.
He shall
doeth these things, never be moved. that
To
Second Antiphon.
that are in the earth *
made
all
my
*
the Saints
Thou
work
"of
ORESERVE Thee do I
I
O
put
have said unto the
art
of
me,
my God, for Thou my goods. 1
VOL.
i.
Cf.
John
shalt
presence
hast
that
wait
not
renew
their
but the now of
Lord, for in
*
my trust LORD Thou :
:
xiv. 2.
right
hand
no need
2
The
Saints
strength ; with wings
fly
and not
as
shall
shall
they
eagles,
faint.
Psalm XXI 1 1. Psalm of Vulgate and the LXX. add day of the week."] [Intituled
hast
with joy in
Thy
* upon the LORD
mount up
is
me
fill
* at
:
Third Antiphon.
they shall
David,"
word
Thou
there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalm XV. [Intituled a
life,
Thy
counsels admirable.
specifically descriptive certain meaning.]
Thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast shown me the path of
HP HE -*
and
"A
earth
is
the
David."
The
the
first
LORD S and
the
"for
fulness thereof; * the world, they that dwell therein. .
Msa.
xl.
31.
R
2
THE COMMON OF
502
For He hath founded it upon the * and established it upon the
seas,
Who
ascend into the moun * or who shall tain of the LORD? stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands and a * who hath not lifted pure heart, up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully unto his neighbour. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, * and mercy from the shall
is the generation of them seek Him, * that seek the face of the God of Jacob. 1 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting * and the doors King of glory
This
!
come
Who
in.
*
King of glory ? The LORD strong and mighty, the this
is
LORD mighty Lift
in battle.
up your
gates,
O
ye princes,
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting * and the doors King of glory !
shall
is to come. For they only do truly keep Holiday on the Feasts of the Martyrs, who
follow
the
after
Martyrs
example.
These Feasts of the Martyrs are the Martyrs preaching, whereby to stir us up to imitate what we are not loath to honour.
Fourth Responsory.
of his salvation.
that
shall
cession, such good things in this life that thereby we, following them, may
gain better in that which
floods.
God
SAINTS.
come
Who
this
is
that
mandments, found
without
they hurt in
might be midst
the
of the mighty waters. Dry land appeared, and, out of the Red Sea, a way without impediment. 4 He smote the rock, and Verse. the waters gushed out, and the
streams overflowed. Answer. Dry land appeared, and, out of the Red Sea, a way without
impediment.
of
* King of glory?
He
hosts,
who would
BUTwithwe, the
1
2
Let the righteous rejoice
before God.
Answer.
Fifth Lesson.
the
is
glory.
Verse.
3
in.
The LORD King of
Thy Saints, O Lord, have passed a wonderful way, serving Thy com
share with
not
Saints,
fain rejoice fain
would
them the persecu Whosoever will
tion of the world.
Yea,
let
them exceed
ingly rejoice.
not take ensample of the holy Mar as far as lieth in him, such an one cannot attain unto their tyrs,
Fourth Lesson.
Thus preacheth the blessedness. As Apostle Paul, when he saith the of are sufferings, partakers ye so shall ye be also of the consola tion." (2 Cor. i. 7.) Yea, the Lord If Himself saith in the Gospel the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you." (John xv. 1 8.) He will not be of "
The Lesson is taken from the Ser mons of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.] (47^ on the Saints.}
:
"
beloved brethren,
DEARLY often as
as
we keep the Feasts holy Martyrs, we look to obtain of the Lord, by their inter of the
SLH.
2
Ps. Ixvii. 4.
3
Wisd.
:
xix. 5-7
;
Neh.
i*.
n.
4
Ps. Ixxvii. 20.
FOR MANY MARTYRS. the body, who will with the Head.
not
be
hated
Saints
God
of
shrank
not
from the stripes of the executioners, but died for Christ s Name s sake ; that they might be made joint-heirs in the house of the Lord. Verse.
God
for
Verse.
and
That
they might be joint-heirs in the house of the
Lord.
Glory be to the Father,
and
the Son,
to
to the
Holy
Ghost.
Answer. For the grace of God, and His peace, are with His chosen.
They gave their bodies sake to death.
s
Answer.
made
and such as be faithful in love shall abide with Him. Answer. For the grace of God, and His peace, are with His chosen.
Fifth Responsory.
The
503
THIRD NOCTURN. 2
First Antiphon. * for live
evermore
also
The
righteous
their
;
reward
with the Lord.
is
Sixth Lesson.
OUT
some man will say: "And who is he that can tread in footsteps of the blessed Mar
"
the
To
tyrs?"
such an one
by the Lord
that,
we so
able, if
s
I
to tread in
will,
unto
for
I
heart."
all men Learn am meek and lowly "
:
xi.
(Matth.
29.)
1DEJOICE
^^
of in
Hear
what words the Apostle Peter warneth us Christ suffered for us, an example, leaving us that we should follow His steps." "
:
Pet.
ii.
21.)
Sixth Responsory. 1
As gold
Lord
in the furnace
hath the
His chosen ones, and received them as a burnt offering, and yet a while, and they shall be regarded ; for the grace of God, and His peace, are with His chosen. tried
Verse. in
Him
that put their trust shall understand the truth
They
:
1
Wisd.
iii.
6-9.
in
righteous:
the *
LORD,
praise
is
O
ye
comely
for the upright.
Praise
the
* with harp with the psaltery
LORD
sing unto Him of ten strings.
:
* Sing unto Him a new song play skilfully unto Him with a loud :
noise.
For the word of the LORD is * and all His works are done
also with
(i
ascribe this
"
the
not of the blessed Mar tyrs only, but even of the same Lord Himself. Hearken, not to me, but to the same Lord, Who
Me,
I.
LXX.
[The Vulgate and the to David."] psalm
are
footsteps,
crieth
XXXI
answer
we
help,
Psalm
right in truth. :
He loveth mercy and judgment * the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. :
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, * and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
He gathereth the waters of the * He sea together as an heap layeth up the depths in storehouses. :
Let
the earth fear the LORD the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
*
all
:
let all
2
Wisd.
v.
1
6.
THE COMMON OF
504
He
Psalm
and it was done commanded, and it was made.
For *
He
:
spake,
The LORD
SAINTS.
XXXI
1 1.
Of David, when he changed [Intituled his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove "
bringeth the counsel
*
He of the heathen to nought maketh the devices of the people of none effect, and setteth aside the
This incident departed." thus described in I Kings (Sam.) xxi. IO And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish (otherwise called Abimelech) the King of Oath. And Is the servants of Achish said unto him not this David the King of the land ? Did they not sing one to another of him in Saul hath slain his thou dances saying, And sands, and David his ten thousands ? David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath. And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. Then said Achish to his servants Lo, ye see the man is mad ; wherefore have you brought him to me ? Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall xxii. this fellow come into mine house? David therefore departed thence, and es This Psalm caped to the cave of Adullam.
him away and he
:
is
:
"
"
"
counsel of princes. But the counsel of the LORD * the standeth for ever, thoughts of
His heart to is
all
:
generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God the LORD, * the people He hath for His own inheritance. The LORD looketh from heaven
chosen *
He
beholdeth
From *
tation
all
:
the sons of men.
the set place of His habi He looketh upon all the
:
inhabitants of the earth. He fashioneth the heart of every one of them * He considereth all :
their works.
"
no king saved by the mul * a titude of an host mighty man is not delivered by much strength. There
is
is
ABC
:
An *
by
horse
is
WILL I
a vain thing for safety he shall not
Behold, the eyes of the
LORD
are
* and upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy. deliver their soul from death, to feed them in time of famine.
Our for
He
soul waiteth for the is
LORD
*
at
all
in
my
mouth.
make her
boast in * the humble shall hear
and be glad. * magnify the LORD with me to Name His exalt us let and :
gether. 1
me,
our help and our shield.
LORD
thereof,
:
For our heart shall rejoice in Him * because we have trusted in His
:
the
* His praise shall con
soul shall
LORD
the
bless :
be
tinually
My
escape.
To
times
:
his great strength
* and
Darian.]
sought the LORD, and He heard * and delivered me from all
my
distress.
:
holy us,
* and your faces shall not be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, * and saved him lightened,
Name.
Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon * according as we hope in Thee.
Second Antiphon. They gave up bodies unto death * rather than serve idols and therefore have they crowns on their heads and
their
:
palms
Draw near unto Him, and be
1 in their hands. 1
Apoc.
out of
all his
troubles.
LORD encampeth * round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is The
vii. 9.
angel of the
FOR MANY MARTYRS. good
*
blessed
:
trusteth in
O Saints
them
fear
* for there
:
that
for Christ
and ye His no want to
all
is
Him. and
that fear
The mighty
man
the
is
Him. the LORD,
lack
sake shall live for ever
s
ever.
God
Ps. xlv.
our refuge, &c.,
is
(P- 97-)
hun
suffer
The
Verse.
* but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto the fear of me * I will teach ger:
live
righteous
for
evermore.
Answer.
reward
Their
also
is
with the Lord.
you
:
the LORD.
Seventh Lesson.
What man
he that desireth
is
life,
* that loveth to see good days ? * and from evil, Keep thy tongue thy lips from speaking guile. * Depart from evil and do good seek peace and pursue it. :
The
eyes of the
the righteous
LORD
are
upon
* and His ears are
:
the earth.
heart,
such as be of a contrite the
are
spirit.
afflictions
* but the righteous liver them out of all. :
The Lord keepeth
LORD
of the will
de
bones
(xxi.
guilty.
The LORD redeemeth :
the souls of
* and none of them
Him
that trust in
the
Luke
9.)
that time
AT
to
JESUS said unto
:
When ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified for these things must first come to pass ; but the end is His
disciples
:
And
not by and by.
Homily by Pope
(35^
so on.
St Gregory [the
on the Gospels^}
Our Lord and Redeemer willeth us to know what shall be the end of the world is end that ye may be the less terrified, when that cometh whereof ye have already had Darts strike less which warning. and the plagues are seen coming of the earth will be to us more signs that the hand, to the
at
:
:
His servants
from
taken
is
:
all their
* not one of them shall be broken. The death of sinners is grievous * and they that hate the righteous
be
Lesson
Holy Gospel according
Great.]
righteous cry and the LORD * and delivereth them out heareth, of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that * and saveth are of a broken
The
Many
The
:
open unto their cry. But the face of the LORD is * to cut against them that do evil, from them off the remembrance of
shall
505
shall
be
guilty.
bearable,
against
if we them with
foreknowledge. saith
"
:
When
are
the
Behold, ye
shall
harnessed shield
of
how He hear
of
and commotions be not ter for these things must first rified come to pass; but the end is not It behoveth us to by and ponder these words of our Re
wars
:
by."
Behold, how * of great with God is the reward : His Saints yea, they who died
Third Antiphon. :
1
Matth
deemer, wherein He warneth us of from suffering, from without, and V. 12.
THE COMMON OF
5 o6
Wars
the work of a of the commotions enemy,
within.
foreign citizens.
are
Therefore,
know
He may
that
SAINTS.
and
by
hath no end.
we shall be troubled from within and from without, He us
let
many woes must come warning of the woe that
:
to give
first,
that
showeth that our wrestling
shall
and
in part against strangers, against our brethren.
Eighth Responsory.
be
in part
O the
My
who, being in have striving I render unto you a reward of ye
will
2 your labours.
Seventh Responsory.
3
Verse.
Because of the covenant of the Lord, and the laws of their fathers, the Saints of God abode in brotherly for one spirit and one faith was ever in them. 1 Verse. Behold how good and love,
how pleasant it is for brethren dwell together in unity.
to
Answer, For one spirit and one was ever in them.
faith
whose
feast-day
we
are
end
He
saith
rise
against
is
against
kingdom shall
;
be
Theirs tie
:
is
a brotherhood indeed, storms availed to
no
together they followed the the shedding of their
in
blood.
Together they set at nought Royal Palace together they attained unto the kingdom of the
shall
"Nation
and kingdom and great earth
nation,
quakes
render unto you
I will
On the Feasts of Martyrs who were brothers the following is the Second or
Lord
these woes come, the not by and by. And
further:
Answer.
a reward of your labours.
sever
Eighth Lesson. -*-*
My
!
Answer. I will render unto you a reward of your labours. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
whose
keeping Be our Advocates with God.
T3UT, when
Come, ye blessed of kingdom
Father, inherit the
Eighth Responsory.
Eighth Blessing.
They
Saints,
didst
flesh,
;
heaven. Verse.
how
Behold how
pleasant
it
is
good
and
brethren to
for
dwell together in unity.
pestilences, and famines, and fearful sights and great signs shall
Answer. Together they set at nought the Royal Palace together they attained unto the kingdom of
there be from
heaven.
in
divers
places,
and
heaven."
Before the
tribulation cometh, shall come many other tribulations and, by
last
:
the first,
many woes which shall
lasting
shall
come
in the
therefore, after wars
commotions, the end 1
come
be foreshadowed the ever
woe which
And
end.
shall
Ps. cxxxii.
i.
is
and
not yet by 2
Wisd.
;
Verse.
and
to
Glory be to the Father, the Son,
and
to the
Holy
Ghost.
Answer. Together they set at nought the Royal Palace together they attained unto the kingdom of ;
heaven. x. 17.
Matth. xxv. 34.
FOR MANY MARTYRS. Ninth Lesson.
forasmuch as the signs and whereof the Lord speaketh are so manifold, we must needs shortly consider each for, of
BUT,troubles
:
we
necessity,
must
things from heaven,
some from the powers of and some from men. For
earth,
nature,
where
suffer some some from the
He
saith
Nation
"
:
shall rise
He speaketh con against nation of men cerning the troubling "
:
shall where great earthquakes be in divers places concerning wrath from above: where: "and "
507
Third Antiphon. l The bodies of the Saints are buried in peace, * and their name liveth for evermore.
O all ye Mar Lord, bless ye the Lord
Fourth Antiphon. tyrs of the * for ever.
Fifth Antiphon. praise ye the
heavens, praise
O
ye
Martyrs,
LORD
Him
from the with the dance
[Alleluia.]
Note that between Septuagesima and Easter this last word "Alleluia" is omitted.
:
"
"
concerning the frailty and famines where barrenness of the the concerning earth: where: "fearful signs from pestilences of the body
"
"
:
:
and tempests concerning commotions of the air. As, then, heaven,"
The Chapter.
HP HE 1
:
and we who have sinned
and come short in all things
be
in all things, shall afflicted, that
be
fulfilled
that
the
world
shall
against the
written
is
fight
unwise."
"
:
and
Him
with
(Wisd.
may
it
v.
21.)
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, is said. God,
O
iii.
i.)
righteous are
hand of God, and the
torment of death shall not touch In the sight of the unwise them. they seemed to die
:
but they are in
peace.
fore
troubled
souls of the
in the
things shall have an end, so, be the end, shall all things be
all
(Wisd.
Hymn for many Martyrs? THOU, the Martyrs glorious
O
King,
the crown and prize dost to joys celestial bring Those who the joys of earth despise
Of Confessors
;
Who
!
By all the praise Thy Saints have won ; By all their pains in days gone by By all the deeds which they have done Hear Thou Thy suppliant people s ;
;
&c.,"
cry.
LAUDS.
Thou dost amid Thy Martyrs fight Thy Confessors Thou dost forgive May we find mercy in Thy sight, And in Thy sacred presence live. ;
First Antiphon.
torments * fered,
have
all
that
they
O how many the
Saints
suf
;
attain
might
unto the palm of martyrdom The Saints Second Antiphon. have attained unto the kingdom, * safely
!
with palms in their hands they have earned crowns of Majesty from the Lord s hand.
To God the Father glory be, And to His sole-begotten Son And glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee While everlasting ages
; !
Amen.
run.
;
1
Ecclus. xliv. 14.
2
The
original
Verse. ful
Let the Saints be
in glory.
hymn, written between the tenth and
altered in the Breviary.
3
thirteenth centuries, 3
Ps. cxlix. 5.
is
slightly
THE COMMON OF
508 Answer.
1
Let them
sing
aloud
their beds.
upon
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Even the very hairs of your head
are
fore; ye
many
* fear not there of more value than
numbered
all
are
:
sparrows.
SAINTS.
of their worthy deeds, may be also stirred up to follow after their ex
Through our Lord JESUS Son, Who liveth and
ample. Christ
Thy
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
If the Prayer is not special there is said one of the following, which is also used throughout the whole Office of the
PRIME.
&c., (First
Prayer for many Martyrs, who were Bishops.
LORD, we
Thy
blessed
and Bishops (here names) may keep us,
tyrs
worshipful
Through our
Thy
Son,
Who
insert their
and
commend
prayers
Mar their us.
*
the
among
the
(Wisd.
iii.
stubble.
They
and
nations,
Lord JESUS Christ liveth and reigneth
shall
have do
minion over the people, and
Lord
7.)
shall shine, and fro like sparks
righteous
run to and
judge
torments,
Antiphon at Lauds.}
Chapter at the end.
T^HE
beseech Thee, that
the feast of
O how many
Antiphon.
Saints.
their
shall reign for ever.
TERCE.
Avith
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
The
Antiphon. tained,
have
Saints
(Second Antiphon
&c.,
at
at
Lauds.}
Prayer for many Martyrs, not Bishops.
Chapter from Lauds.
^
f~\ GOD, by Whose mercy we here keep the birthday of Thy holy Martyrs, (here insert their names,} grant us hereafter to rejoice in their blessed company for all
Through our Lord JESUS Son, Who liveth and
eternity.
Christ
Thy
Short Responsory. 2
Be
joice,
glad in the LORD, and re ye righteous.
Answer. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous.
And
Verse.
shout
for
joy,
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one world
ye that are upright in heart.
without end.
eous.
God,
Amen.
Answer. Verse.
Another for
the same.
God, Who, year by year, dost gladden us by the solemn feast-day (here
of
Thy
insert their
grant, that
holy Martyrs, names,} mercifully
we who 1
Luke
xii.
rejoice because 7.
And
rejoice,
all
ye right
Glory be to the Father, and
and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous. Verse. Let the righteous rejoice before God. Answer. Yea, let them exceed to the Son,
ingly rejoice. 2
Ps. xxxi. ii.
FOR MANY MARTYRS.
The bodies
Antiphon.
of
the at
Antiphon
(Third
&c.,
Saints,
(Wisd.
THE
Saints a reward of
evermore.
Let the Saints be joyful
their
:
by day, and a
la
light of
Let the righteous rejoice before God. Let the righteous re Answer. joice before God. let
them
exceed
Before God.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Let the righteous re Answer. Verse.
joice before God. The righteous Verse. evermore.
Answer.
Their
for
live
reward also
is
with the Lord.
* for they have given up their bodies unto death for the sake of the covenant of their God, and have washed their robes in the Blood of
Lamb.
the
O
Antiphon.
righteousness,
the eagle s they shall grow as the of the Lord. in the city lily :
God shall wipe Fourth Antiphon. the from tears all eyes of His away * and there shall be no more Saints :
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain ; for the former
the Saints
ye
Martyrs,
&c.,
for ever
and
prefix
I is
with
1
Heb.
spoken I
For evermore. xi.
are 2
33.
:
have I was greatly
therefore
* but
I
afflicted.
the Lord.
Answer.
"Alleluia."]
BELIEVED,
live for
evermore.
Their reward also
ever.
Psalm CXV.
righteous live for evermore. righteous
is
[In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continua tion of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX.
Short Responsory.
The
In the heavenly
the dwelling of there shall be their rest
:
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Verse.
obtained
promises.
Fifth Antiphon. * there kingdoms,
Antiphon at Lauds.}
The
Saints
subdued kingdoms,
faith
through * wrought
The
1
Second Antiphon.
things are passed away.
NONE.
Answer.
These men are
First Antiphon.
Third Antiphon. 2 The youth of * like the Saints shall be renewed
ingly rejoice.
Answer.
SECOND VESPERS.
holy,
Short Responsory.
Yea,
their beds.
upon
mar them
in the night season.
Verse.
Let them sing aloud
Answer. to the
bours, and guided them in a and was unto vellous way for a cover
Holy Ghost.
righteous live for
in glory.
x. 17.)
Lord hath rendered
to the
The
Answer. Verse.
Chapter.
(Fifth
and
to the Son,
Lauds.}
stars
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
SEXT.
509
said in
my
haste
:
* All
liars.
Ps.
cii.
5
;
Ixxi. 16
;
Isa. xxxv.
I.
men
THE COMMON OF
5io
What LORD * me?
shall
render unto the His benefits toward
I
for all
take the cup of salvation, * and call upon the name of the LORD. I will
I will
my vows
pay
unto the
LORD
the presence of all His people. * Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His Saints. in
*
LORD, I
servant,
Thine handmaid
Thou will
am Thy
truly I
am Thy
my
Thee
to
pay
*
bonds.
I
the sacrifice of
thanksgiving, and will call name of the LORD. 1 will
:
:
hast loosed
offer
servant
and the son of
upon the
my vows unto the LORD,
* in the presence of all His people in the courts of the LORD S house, in :
the midst of thee,
O
Jerusalem
!
[Here the Hebrew appends "Alle which the Vulgate and the LXX.
SAINTS.
TI^VERY man -L-
knoweth how, by good Providence of God,
the
the divers glories of His Martyrs are held in such esteem by His people, that the same His Saints in all places receive worthy honour, and before us is set, by the favour of Christ, the
noble ensample
we
thus are
of their
stirred
courage
:
to consider,
up
on the occasion of these Holidays, great glory doth abide them inheaven, whose birthdays are thus
how
kept upon earth thereby, also, we are roused to strive to be like them, :
so that, in brave, godly, and true the strength of Christ, we, like them, may wrestle with, and conquer our :
enemy, and, when we have gained the
same
may
with them at
the
victory that they gained, last
be glorified in
kingdom of heaven.
luia,"
prefix to the next Psalm.]
Chapter,
and
Verse
Lands.
Hymn from
Fifth Lesson.
and Answerfrom
First Vespers.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed In heaven do rejoice the Virgin. souls of the Saints * who have fol lowed the steps of Christ; and because they shed their blood for the love of Christ,
made
they be
glad
therefore
shall
ever
with
for
Christ.
tf)er
Hessons
of
for
tfje
Jfcasts
SECOND NOCTURN.
Patriarch
their faith,
[of
either
their brave
or
seek
find
their glory
by likeness to their lives ? whosoever doth so follow them,
But him not doubt but that, though in very deed he gain not the crown of martyrdom, he is yet able by good works to make himself meet there for. For we have a most merciful God, Which either giveth Martyrdom let
kingdom
of God.
John Chrysostom, Constantinople.]
(ist on the Martyrs.
and imitate
can
patience,
Sixth Lessoji.
taken from the Ser
St
there willing to
heirs with the Saints in the
Fourth Lesson. is
is
share their reward, that if he do not first lay hold on their stead fastness, follow after the ensample of
unto such as be willing, or, without Martyrdom, doth make them joint
IHang JHartprs.
The Lesson mons of
IT^OR what man
Tom.
iii.)
even the
as
afflictions
ungodly,
harden the righteous.
so
do
unman trials
Even thus
FOR MANY MARTYRS. did the Saints strive against sin ; but the work braced their muscles, and in death they were more than Of such as run in a conquerors.
no man
race,
saith
that
they are
unless they run, and none can be crowned, unless he conquer. strong,
No
soldier
prevaileth
enemy, unless he the
fight
;
against his or winneth
favour, unless he have Christian the needful arms
Emperor s
warred.
!
In thy hands are the strong weapons, wherewith thou canst conquer the enemy are
thine
!
!
there
that
saith
sick
were there 23.)
(iv.
people,"
Of
man had need
every
of
"all
these
healing,
when he had
received strength, by and by, he might go up into the
that,
And
mountain.
Himself come
them
being
therefore,
He
down,
in the plain, that
is
healeth
to say,
He
them away from their lust, and freeth them of their blindness. He cometh down to our wounds, to the end that by a certain use of His nature, and by the abundance calleth
He
thereof, heirs of the
might make us jointkingdom of heaven.
THIRD NOCTURN. Eighth Lesson.
Seventh Lesson. "
The Lesson
is
taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Luke
(vi.
17.)
T3LESSED *-*
your
be is
ye
for
poor,
kingdom of
the
Luke giveth us but Lord s Beatitudes, and but in those Saint Matthew eight eight are contained these four, and Saint
God."
A T
s
JESUS came down -** from the mountain, and stood in the plain, and the company of His disciples, and a great multitude of
four of the
Judea, and Jeru salem, and from the sea coast of And so on. Tyre and Sidon.
these four are embraced the cardinal
that time
people out of
:
all
:
in
[of Milan.]
Mark
how JESUS goeth up His disciples, and down
well
ward with How should ward to the multitude. the multitude behold Christ, save in a lower place ? Such go not up to such the things which are above attain not to the things which are ;
and
:
in
number
set forth in a is
in
those eight they are full of mystery. written at the head of more
virtues
It
St
Ambrose, Bishop (Bk. v. on Luke vi.)
Homily by
For
these four those eight.
than one of the Psalms that they are for the octave," and thou hast "
received the
commandment
a
seven, seven or
"
to
eight
and
to
portion
"
:
Give
also
to
eight what ? of blessedness.
Perchance degrees For as this eighth [Beatitude] doth name the most glorious realization of our
hope
kingdom
["the
of
name
high.
And when JESUS cometh
Heaven
down,
He
the most royal exertion of our blessed are they which strength are persecuted."] l
findeth
such
as
are
diseased for such like go not up to the heights. Hence also Matthew :
1
The
latter half of this
so
doth
it
also
"]
Lesson, from the words
["
"
It is
written,"
&c.,
is
one of the most
as it is so passages in the Breviary, and seems to require a short note, especially as a translation of often recited in the Church Service, (i.) "For the octave" is meant the Hebrew words Alhashsh minith," found in the superscription of Pss. vi. and xi. The real meaning of these words seems to have been lost for at least two thousand years,
difficult
"
THE COMMON OF
512
Ninth Lesson. us
tudes.
first
"Blessed
the
be ye poor,
for
of
God."
Both of the Evangelists give
to this
your
s
is
Beatitude surely, spirit,
the
for is
kingdom first
place.
poorness, at least in the first in order, the
since he that setteth
no
winneth
things,
Apostle Therefore let us keep the not with old leaven, feast, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the un leavened bread of sincerity and
warneth us
truth."
Yea,
mother, and procreatrix of virtues;
temporal
store
by
toward
eternal things; neither is any man able to gain the kingdom of heaven, on whom the love of this present world doth so press, that he cannot rid himself thereof.
as
a
(i little
The meaning, therefore, of Beware, lest passage is this ye be as the hypocrites, for yet a truth.
"
this
:
while, and all men shall see that ye are good, and they are evil."
little
A
S
^~~*-
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (xii. i.)
that time JESUS said unto His disciples Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is :
^~^
:
And
Homily by the Venerable Bede, and Doctor of the (Bk.
iv.
on Luke, Cap.
touching "
For there
what
followeth
:
nothing co vered that shall not be revealed, neither hid, that shall not be is
known. Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light." These words are true, not only as concerning the world which is to come, where
so on.
Priest [at Jarrow
Church.]
Cor. v. 8.) For even leaven doth infect the
Eighth Lesson.
Seventh Lesson.
hypocrisy.
"
:
whole lump wherein it is put, and the savour thereof doth spread all abroad therein, so doth hypocrisy, when once it hath tainted the soul, drive out from it all sincerity and
Another Homily.
A T
this leaven the
Touching
consider the fuller of the forms of these Beati
"OUT let
SAINTS.
Hi.)
in
the
of
secrets
all
hearts
be made manifest, but even this
cerning
present
as
world,
shall
con since
and conjectures on the subject have exercised the various ingenuity of the learned, who are It is, however, a widely disagreed. pretty general idea that the phrase is a technical musical direction, and has something to do with the number 8. Gesenius believes it to correspond to the Italian "basso," and to imply a composition intended for men s voices. "Cast (2.) Eccles. xi. begins thus thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth." This latter verse the Rev. T. P. Dale, in his profound trans lation and Commentary upon Ecclesiastes, renders, Give a share all round, and to some one else beside, for thou dost not know what sort of mischief shall be in the earth," and he says, is equivalent to our everybody and some one else. The whole would seem to be an exhortation to almsgiving full even to abundance seven, as the perfect" number, being chosen to imply a full number generally. Cf. Job v. 19 Micah v. 5 Matth. xviii. 22. Sicut enim spei nostrce octava (3.) benedictionibus. perfectio est, ita octava summa virtutum est." The translator confesses to great uncertainty as to the meaning, but, upon full and repeated consideration, at the interval of years, he is inclined to think that octava agrees with "benedictio" understood, and that the paraphrase in the text is the most probable sense. :
;
"
"
"It
"
:
;
;
FOR MANY MARTYRS. now and
that
which the Apostles spake in
suffered
darkness
the
of
of dun persecution, and the gloom is geons, is, since that the Church glorified,
of
told
them
me
a
for
513
should ye be afraid of them that
He
the
that
is
kill
the careful
body? Lord of the beasts, which think not, how much more shall He be careful of man which hath a reasonable soul?
morial of them, wherever their acts read are throughout the whole not afraid of them "Be world. for they that body," the righteous, when they persecute have killed the body, "after that,
that
kill
the
no more that they can Truly, it is a childish folly which maketh such men to cast the dead limbs of the martyrs to birds and while yet they have no beasts,
have
do."
of strength to withstand the Almight will He quicken surely God, whereby the same limbs and raise them up again.
Ninth Lesson.
OF
persecutors kinds first,
of
:
two
are
there
such as do
Jor Simple Jeasts The
Office is as
of Jttang
on a Semi-double, with
the following exceptions.
FIRST VESPERS.
The
Office is
of the Week-day,
till
the
Chapter, exclusive.
The Office of the Saints begins with the Chapter, which, as also the Hymn, Verse and Answer, Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin, and Prayer The are all as just given, (p. 498.)
Common Commemorations are said or not according to the season. At Compline are said Preces.
cruelty against us ; openly rage and, secondly, of such as do seek, in
by cunning beguile us. the Saviour
wiliness
and
lying,
both
Against
to
these
guard and in one place warning
willeth
to
strengthen us, us to be not afraid of them that kill the body, and, in another place, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees since, when we neither the cruelty of the one class, nor the falsehood of the other, will are dead,
:
be
able
"Are
two
any
not
more
five
farthings?"
to
touch
us.
sold
for
sparrows If
God,
saith the
Lord, if God cannot forget the least of the works of His hands that hath life, the little birds that fly hither
and
thither in the
air, if
He
cannot forget them, wherefore should and ye, who are made in the image likeness of your Maker, wherefore
MATTINS. The Invitatory and Hymn are as just given.
Then follow the Week-day Psalms, with their own Antiphons.
On Mondays and Verse. rejoice,
Be glad
Thursdays.
in the
Lord, and
ye righteous. And shout for joy,
Answer.
all
ye that are upright in heart. Absolution.
Graciously hear, &c.
On Tuesdays and Fridays. Let the righteous rejoice God. Answer. Yea, let them be exceed Verse.
in the presence of
ing glad.
THE COMMON OF
514
SAINTS.
Absolution.
May
Second Responsory.
His loving-kindness,
These men are
On
Wednesdays.
The
Verse.
Mondays and Thursdays.
O?i
c.
righteous
for
live
holy, &c., (Second
Responsory in the preceding with the following addition :
Office,}
evermore.
Answer.
Their reward also
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And therefore they have earned crowns of victory. Verse.
is
with the Lord. Absolution.
to the Son,
the Almighty, &c.
May
O?i
First Blessi?ig.
May
Who
His blessing be upon us, doth live and reign for ever.
First Lesson from Scripture, accord ing to the Season, being either the first part, or, if the Saints have two Lessons, the whole read as one, at will.
The Saints of God shrank not, &c., (Fifth Responsory in the preced ing Office,} with the following addi tion
:
On Mondays and
God
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
to the Son,
Answer.
made First Responsory.
Tuesdays and Fridays.
joint-heirs in the
On
Thursdays.
O
shall
My
ye,
the
covenant,
&c.,
(Seventh Responsory in the preceding Office.}
May He That To that high
whos.e
feast-day we
(Eighth Office.}
the Angels King, realm His people
is
Third Lesson is the whole or the Second part of the Legend of the Saints, if there is one, or else the special Lesson assigned.
Second Blessing.
They
&c.,
bring.
On Wednesdays. of
Saints,
Third Blessing.
O
Lord, &c., (Fourth Respqnsory in the preceding Office.}
Because
Wednesdays.
Responsory in the preceding
On Tuesdays and Fridays. Saints,
house of the
Lord.
wipe away, &c., (First Responsory in the preceding Office.}
Thy
and to the Holy Ghost. That they might be
Then are
O
the
Hymn,
&c.,
God,"
is
"We
said,
praise Thee, so end
and
Mattins.
keeping,
Be
.our
Advocates with God.
Second Lesson
is the First of the Le the Saint, if there be twoj if not, it is the Second from Scripture, to which the Third may be added, at will.
gend of
The
rest
of the
Office is
as on a Semi-
double, as just given ; it ends at None, inclusive; Preces are said at Prime, and the Common Commemorations are
made
at
season.
Lauds or not, according to
the
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR.
IT,
515
of one 3Ste{)op antr
dPor
Everything as on Sundays, except is otherwise given here.
what
5-
Glory and honour, virtue and salvation Be unto Him, Who, in His might
FIRST VESPERS.
divine,
Antiphons, Chapter, and Prayer from
Ruleth supremely over
One and
yet Trine.
all
creation,
Amen.
Lauds.
Last Psalm.
O
praise the
LORD,
&c., (Ps. cxvi.,
186.)
.
2 The Lord loved him Verse. and beautified him. He clothed him with Answer.
a robe of glory.
Hymn} i.
CAFE
now
for
Whose hippy
ever,
festal
JESTJ S
true
here His people
keep, Doth of his labours for his
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed O thou Priest and Bishop, * thou worker of mighty works, thou good shepherd over God s people, pray for us unto the Lord. Virgin.
mighty
Richest reap. O
right excellent Teacher, Light Holy Church, N. (here insert
of the
Gen
he W1Se PUre
hLrted SobeT and
modest,
**) blessed Law, pray Son of God.
his
ever
foe
to
strife,
Divine
While in his frame there flowed as yet un parted Currents of
Invitatory.
i
To
sake, us on earth- the
same
of
the
us
to
the
MATTINS.
life.
Ofttimes hath He Whose face he sees in heaven, s Being entreated for His servant
lover for
The
Lord,
Hymn
as at First Vespers.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Only three Psalms are choir, in thankfulness
adoring, Lifteth
its
voice with
While he on high
1
8
melody of laud,
for us his
prayer
is
Blessed
First Antiphon.
man *
said. is
;
the
doth meditate in the his delight is Q f t h e L or d j aw . and njghtj and what day soever he doeth shall prosper.
^^
that
:
but very of the Middle Ages, after the manner of the Ambrosian school, the third. translation by the Rev. Dr Littledale, except the first verse, and Ecclus. xlv. 9.
Hymn
altered
is
O
for healer
given Sick whole to make.
Wherefore our
He
King of the ^Confessors. come, let us worship Him.
the
much
THE COMMON OF
5i6 Ps.
(/
Blessed
i.
the man, &c.,
is
SAINTS. he must have a good them which are without, he fall into reproach, and the
Moreover, report of
4.)
Blessed and Second Antiphon. * that putteth his trust holy is he
lest
snare of the devil.
in the Lord, that declareth the decree of the Lord, and is set
upon His holy Ps.
do the heathen,
Why
ii.
&c., (p. 4-)
Third Antiphon. Thou, O Lord, * Thou art a shield my glory,
art
me
for
:
Thou
art the
Lifter-up
of
mine head, and Thou hast heard
me
out of
Ps.
Thy
creased, &c., (p.
Answer. in
him with
clothed
Lesson
is
taken from the the Blessed
Apostle Paul to Timothy is
a true saying
:
(iii.
If a
i.)
man
desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. Bishop,
A
must be blameless, the hus band of one wife, sober, prudent,
then,
of good
from
the
7.)
(i.
a Bishop must be blame as the steward of God not proud, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre but a lover of hospitality,
:
:
courteous,
sober,
holy,
just,
tem
perate, holding fast the faithful word, as he hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to ex hort and to convince the gainsayers.
behaviour, modest,
not a brawler,
not
given
covetous
;
one
own
house, hav ing his children in subjection with For if a man know not all gravity. that ruleth well his
own
how
how
to rule
shall
he take care of the church of
God?
his
Not a
novice,
house, lest,
being
up with pride, he fall into condemnation of the devil. 1
Matth. xxv. 21, 20.
For there are many unruly, vain and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped who subvert whole houses, teaching things which talkers,
to hospitality, apt to teach, not given to wine, no striker, but patient ;
the
taken
is
:
J-
lifted
Lesson
Epistle to Titus
less,
of
Epistle
HPHIS
the
IT^OR
First Lesson.
First
into
Second Lesson.
The
He
a robe of glory.
The
Enter thou
joy of thy Lord.
loved him and
beautified him.
Answer.
beside them five talents more.
5.)
The Lord
Verse.
;
hill.
holy
LORD, how are they
iii.
First Responsory.
Well done, thou good and faith ful servant, thou hast been faith ful over a few things. I will make thee ruler over many things en ter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Verse. Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents; behold, I have gained 1
hill.
:
ought not,
they
for
lucre
filthy
s
sake.
Second Responsory. 2
Behold an high
priest,
who
in
therefore pleased God the Lord assured him by an oath his
days
:
He
would multiply His people. among that
2
his
Ecclus. xliv. 16, 22, 25.
seed
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR.
He hath made him a unto all nations, and hath blessing established His covenant upon his Verse.
to the Son,
Therefore the Lord as sured him by an oath that He would multiply his seed among His
Answer.
Thou
yea,
UT
thou
speak
When His holy Lord heard him, the Lord heard him, and gave
things
him peace.
become
sound doc trine that the aged men be sober, chaste, temperate, sound in faith, which
a Priest for
art
First Antiphon. * the called,
i.)
the
Holy
SECOND NOCTURN.
one (ii.
to the
ever after the order of Melchisedek.
people.
Third Lesson,
and
Ghost.
Answer.
head.
B
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
517
Psalm IV.
:
The aged patience. women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness,
in
in
charity,
much
accusers, not given to wine, teachers of good things ;
that
they
not
false
women
teach
may
the
young
be sober, to love their
to
husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, sober, keepers at home, good, obedient to their
own husbands,
that
word
the
of
God be not blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to be soberIn
minded. self
a
all
pattern
of
things
show thy
good works,
in
doctrine, in uncorruptness, in gravity, sound speech, that cannot be con
demned
he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, hav ing no evil thing to say of us. :
that
The LORD hath sworn and
will
:
The LORD said unto my Lord Sit Thou at My right hand. Answer. Thou art a Priest for Verse. :
ever after the order of Melchisedek. Ps. cix. 5,
A
Psalm of
WHEN Thou
I called,
God
the
of
my *
righteousness heard me hast enlarged me when I was
in distress
:
:
Have mercy upon me, * and hear
my
prayer.
ye sons of men, how long * Why ye be dull of heart? ye love vanity, and seek after
will will
leasing
?
2
But know that the LORD hath set apart for Himself him that is holy :
* the
LORD
will
hear
unto Him. Be ye angry and
me when
I
call
in
sin not
:
* what
your heart, repent upon
ye speak 2 your bed. Offer the sacrifices of righteous ness, and put your trust in the * There be that LORD.
Who
show us any good ? LORD, Thou hast set upon us the :
light of
will
Thy
countenance.
* Thou
hast put gladness in my heart, More than in the time that their * increased. corn, and wine, and oil 1 will
* and
both lay
me down
sleep, 2
i.
with a uncertain
David,"
of (now)
direction
(?)
meaning.]
say
not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.
1
[Intituled
musical
many
Third Responsory. 1
"
SLH.
in peace,
THE COMMON OF For Thou, LORD, only * makest
me
to dwell in safety.
Second Antiphon.
with
flatter
they
their
Let
those
all
*
Thou hast compassed Thy favour as with a
shield.
;
tude of their transgressions, * for they have rebelled against Thee, O
Lord!
And
all those that put their * let them Thee, rejoice ever shout for joy, because Thou
let
trust in
Psalm V. "
[Intituled
musical
A
Psalm of
David,"
with a
superscription.]
(?)
IVE
unto my words, O * consider my suppli
ear
LORD,
*
tongue.
Judge Thou them, O God Let them fall by their own coun sels cast them out in the multi !
that put their trust in Thee rejoice, Lord, for Thou hast blessed the
righteous ; him with
SAINTS.
:
them
dwellest in
:
Let them also that love Thy Name be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt bless the righteous.
LORD, Thou hast compassed
cation.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, * my King and my God * O For unto Thee will I pray. LORD, in the morning Thou shalt
us * with
hear my voice In the morning will I stand before Thee and look up. * For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness Neither shall the evil dwell with * nor the Thee, unrighteous stand
Ruler,
!
:
Thy
favour
with
as
a
shield.
O
Third Antiphon,
Name
how
LORD, our
excellent
in all the earth
is
Who
!
Thy hast
crowned Thine holy one with glory and honour, and madest him to have dominion over the works of
:
in
1
Thy Thou Thou
sight hatest all workers of iniquity. shalt destroy all
come in
temple
Lead
Thine house
* :
me,
righteousness,
*
LORD,
in
Thy
because
of
mine
make my Thy face.
enemies
;
For there
is
no
way
straight
is
1
mouth
:
It
has
it
was
our Lord, * is
that
how Thy Name in
exall
!
For Thy glory
is
exalted * above
Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast Thou perfected praise because of Thine enemies, * that
Thou
mightest destroy the enemy
and the avenger. faithfulness
in
* their inward part very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulchre ;
their
David."
show
the heavens. 1
fear.
O
cellent
the earth
Thy mercy
into
Thy
LORD,
me,
worship toward Thine holy
will
[Intituled "A Psalm of also a title which seems to a song for the vintage.]
abhorreth the bloody * But as for
in the multitude of
before
that
man.
deceitful
I will
them
:
The LORD
1
Psalm VIII.
:
speak leasing
and
hands.
Thy
When I consider Thine heavens, the work of Thy fingers * the moon :
and the dained
stars
which Thou hast or
:
This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning those Sunday, Matthew xxi. 16.
who
cried
Hosannah on Palm
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. What
is
of him
ful
man, that Thou ?
art
mind
* or the son of man,
Thou visitest him ? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, Thou hast crowned that
him with glory and honour, * and madest him to have dominion over the works of Thine hands.
Thou
all things under sheep and oxen, yea,
hast put
*
his feet,
all
and the beasts of the
The
fowl of the
fish
O
earth
Thy Name
is
us iv.
in
15.)
Fourth Responsory. 3
have found David holy oil have
I
him
My
My
with
My
for
;
hand
servant,
anointed
I
shall
help
him.
The enemy
Verse.
and the
JESUS hath he through the Gospel."
Christ
in
for
begotten (i Cor.
field.
air,
of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea. * how ex LORD, our Lord, cellent
"
519
shall prevail
nothing against him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
Answer.
For
hand
My
shall
help him.
the
all
!
Fifth Lesson. l
Verse.
him for a Answer.
The Lord hath chosen
Priest unto Himself.
To
offer
up unto
Him
therefore,
WHATSOEVER, virtue and grace
there
of
may
be
Fourth Lesson.
in this holy people, all the bright streams thereof do flow from him, as from a most clear fountain. By his noble his sternly manly chastity, by
The Lesson is taken from the Ser mons of St Maximus, Bishop [of Turin.] (59^ Hom.^ being the
temperance, by the graceful courtesy which marked him, he drew all men s and by his eminent love to God ministry in his Bishoprick he hath
the sacrifice of praise.
2nd on St Eusebius of
TT
is
idle to strive to
Vercelli.)
add anything
:
left
him in his disciples, heirs of his priesthood.
behind
many
to the praise of our holy and most blessed Father N., (here insert *
name of the Saint whose Feast is being kept?) whose Feast is this day
Fifth Responsory.
the
kept. not to
The beauty
of his
ought
be the subject of panegyrics,
much as the object The Scripture saith so
of imitation. "
:
the glory of his
is
life
A
wise son 2
father,"
truly
then will he be honoured by such as, by doing after his ensample, show themselves to be his children 1
Cf. Ecclus. xlv. 20.
2
There does not appear
thing like 3
it.
Ps. Ixxxviii. 21, 20.
to be
3
I have laid help upon one that mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of My people; for My hand shall help him. is
I
Verse.
servant,
with
have found David My My holy oil have I
anointed him.
Answer.
For
My
hand
Prov.
x.
shall
help him.
any such passage in Scripture.
I
is
some
THE COMMON OF
520
SAINTS.
Sixth Lesson.
TT
THIRD NOCTURN.
very meet and right that upon this day, which is made is
--
First Antiphon. Lord, this Thy Saint * shall dwell in Thy taber
a joyful day for us because it is the day whereon our blessed Father N.,
nacle,
(Jure insert his name,} passed away to heaven, I say it is very meet and
holy
day we should The sing that verse of the Psalms righteous shall be in everlasting re membrance." (cxi. 7.) His memory is rightly honoured among men who
on
that
right
"
[Intituled
:
:
"
Judge death,"
it
when
xi. 30,) as though Judge him blessed
(Ecclus.
were
"
said,
life is
ended, praise him when
he is made perfect." For there are two main reasons why it is better to praise a dead man than a living, since, if thou call him holy and worthy after his death, thou dost it when neither canst thou be cor rupted by being a flatterer, nor he by being
flattered.
This is he which wrought great wonders before God, and the whole is full
he pray sins
may be
Verse.
all
people,
that
forgiven unto
This
is
tained unto the
May their
them
4-y
and hath
he pray
people, that their sins
given unto them
David."]
?
Thy
* who shall dwell
hill ?
that walketh uprightly, *
He
and
worketh righteousness. He that speaketh the truth in his * he that deceiveth not with heart, his tongue. that hath not
He
done
evil to his
* nor taken up a reproach his against neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is * but he honoureth them despised neighbour,
:
that fear the
LORD.
He
that sweareth to his neighbour, deceiveth him not, * he that
and
He shall
at
for
may be
things,
He
asked
life
O
Lord, gavest honour and great majesty hast
Thou set a
laid upon him Thou hast crown of precious stones upon :
his head.
all
Psalm XX.
for
!
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. May he pray for all people, that their sins may be for given unto them Verse.
!
1
:
*
that doeth these never be moved.
Second Antiphon. of Thee, * and Thou, it
kingdom of heaven.
May
Psalm of
shall abide in
tabernacle
Thine holy
in
!
he which loved not
his life in this world,
Answer.
1
of his teaching.
for
upon Thy
putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the in nocent.
Sixth Responsory.
earth
A
T ORD, who
at this present
Angels.
hath worked
Psalm XIV.
this
making glad among The word of God saith none blessed before his
that
this
hill.
"
is
and
righteousness shall abide
Cf. 2
[This Psalm also bears the the xviiith.]
king ^-
Thy
strength, salvation
rejoice
Mace. xv.
14.
!
shall
joy
in
title as
Thy
* and in greatly shall he
O LORD how
same
:
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. Thou desire,
hast given him his heart s * and hast not withholden
salvation
them
of
for this
:
5
2I
the generation
is
that seek the Lord.
1
the request of his lips. For Thou hast met him with the * Thou hast blessings of sweetness set a crown of precious stones upon
Psalm XXIII.
:
his head.
and of Thee: Thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever.
He
"
asked
life
His glory is great in Thy salva * honour and tion great majesty :
Thou
shalt
ever
*
:
be a
Thou
shalt
glad with
make him exceeding
Thy
countenance. king trusteth in the and, through the mercy of the Most High, he shall not be
For the
LORD,
*
moved. Thine hand thine enemies shall find
out
HPHE
earth
is
the
"for
LORD
S
the
The first
and the
* the fulness thereof; world, they that dwell therein.
*
and For
it
seas,
it
He hath founded * and established
upon the upon the
Who tain
shall
ascend into the moun * or who shall ?
LORD
of the
stand in His holy place ? He that hath clean hands and a * who hath not lifted pure heart, unto vanity, nor sworn his soul up deceitfully unto his neighbour. shall receive a blessing from
He
shall
* :
all
find
out
all
thy right hand those that hate
thee.
the
* and mercy from the
LORD,
God
of his salvation.
of them is the generation seek Him, * that seek the 1 face of the God of Jacob. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting * and the doors King of glory
This
that
Thou
make them
shalt
as a fiery *
in the time of thine anger the LORD shall cut them off in His
oven
:
devour them. thou destroy from * and their seed from the earth,
wrath,
and the
Their
among
fire shall
fruit shalt
the children of men.
they intended evil against * they imagined a device, which they were not able to perform. Therefore shalt thou cast them * thou shalt leave behind thee:
For
thee
David."
floods.
to
wilt give
for
blessing
upon him. him
lay
For Thou
Psalm of
"A
[Intituled
Vulgate and the LXX. add day of the week."]
:
their faces lying in thy track.
Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in * we will Thine own strength sing :
and praise Thy power.
He
1
SLH.
come
re
in.
* King of glory ? The LORD strong and mighty, the
Who
this
is
LORD mighty
in battle.
up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting * and the doors King of glory Lift
!
shall
come
Who
in.
The LORD King of
King of
this
is
of
glory
He
hosts,
is
?
*
the
1
glory.
Verse.
shall
Third Antiphon. * a blessing from the LORD, and mercy from the God of his ceive
!
shall
2
Thou
art
a
Priest
for
ever.
Answer.
After the order of Mel-
chisedek. 2
Ps. cix.
5.
THE COMMON OF
522 Seventh
The Lesson
is
14.)
(xxv.
A T
robe of glory, and crowned him at
Lesso?i.
taken from the Holy according to Matthew
Gospel
the gates of Paradise.
The Lord hath put on
Verse.
him the
1 breast-plate of faith,
and
hath adorned him.
that time JESUS spake unto His disciples this parable A :
And crowned him
Answer.
:
*
SAINTS.
at
the gates of Paradise.
man, travelling into a far country, called his own servants, and deliv ered unto them his goods. And
Eighth Blessing.
He
so on.
whose
feast-day
we
are keep
ing
Homily by Pope
Be our Advocate with God.
St Gregory [the
(gth on the Gospels.}
Great.]
Dearly beloved brethren, this Les son from the Holy Gospel moveth us to take good heed lest we, who are seen in this world to have received more than others, should thereby bring ourselves into greater condem nation from the Maker of this world.
To whom much
is
given,
of the
Eighth Lesson.
\ \J HAT
other, then, is that man travelling into a far country
* *
but our Redeemer, Who is gone up from us into heaven in that Flesh Which He had taken into Himself?
For the earth
is
the
home
of the
Which travelleth into a far when our Redeemer giveth country Flesh,
same is much required. Therefore, him that receiveth much, strive to be all the more lowly, and all the more ready to do God service,
travelling into a far country de livered unto his servants his goods
for his
and so doth our
let
he
very
will
be
sake, knowing that obliged to give account gifts
Behold, a man, travelling
thereof.
into a far country, calleth his own and delivereth unto them
servants, talents,
to
the
end that they may
After a long time, the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them, and to trade therewith.
them
that have
done
well
He
ren-
dereth a reward of their labours, but that servant which was care less of his master s work He con-
It
But that man
a place in heaven.
spiritual
Redeemer
unto His faithful unto one he gave to another two, and to
gifts "
people.
And
five talents,
another
There
one."
bodily senses
;
that
is,
are sight,
smell, and touch. talents therefore are
ing,
taste,
the
five
nified the five
senses, that
is,
five
hear
By sig
out
ward knowledge. By the two, wit and work. And by the figure of the one talent, understanding, which is
alone.
demneth. Eighth Responsory. Seventh Responsory.
The Lord fied
him
;
loved him and beauti He clothed him with a 1
i
Thess.
v. 8.
;
give
2
Let your loins be girded about,
and your
lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto men that wait 2
Luke
xii.
35, 36.
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. for their lord,
when he
will return
from the wedding. l
Verse.
These are they which themselves clean from the unruly motions of the flesh, and from the lust of the world, and from the delight of things which double.
keep
Watch
therefore, for ye
know not what hour your Lord doth come. And ye yourselves like Answer. unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wed
by their preaching, keep other men also clean from all are seen, and,
these things.
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
to the
Ghost.
And ye yourselves like Answer. unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wed ding.
2
In the midst of the congregation did the Lord open his mouth. And filled him with the spirit of wisdom
work. These are they which inwardly understand dark things, and outwardly work wonders. And these, since they preach unto others, both through their understanding and their works, gain, as it were, double, for the talents which they
to
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, is said. God, LAUDS.
He made him
Verse.
rich with
First Antiphon.
joy and gladness.
And
Answer.
of
spirit
him with wisdom and under filled
standing. Verse.
Glory be to the Father, and
and
Holy Ghost. him with Answer. the spirit of wisdom and under
to the Son,
to the
And
filled
standing.
Ninth Lesson.
A ND
-* five
so he that
five
talents
for
had received gained
talents,
"
some
other
there
be
who, while yet they are not able to go on unto things inward and mystic, do yet so desire our Father land which is above, that they teach well
all
whom
those
very
they
have
1
they
outward received
Matth. xxiv. 42.
O
&c,"
and understanding.
41
there are
receive, as their two talents, the power to think and the power
have received.
Eighth Responsory for Doctors.
the
And some
who
ding.
and
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and of things which
*
priest,
gain
Ecclus. xv.
in
3
Behold an high
his
days pleased
God, and was found righteous. 3 None was Second Antiphon. found like unto him, * to keep the
Law
of the
Most High.
3 Therefore the * Lord assured him by an oath that He would multiply his seed among
Third Antiphon.
His people. O all ye Fourth Antiphon. * bless of God, Priests ye the Lord O all ye servants of the Lord, sing praises unto our God. :
Alleluia.
This last -word, Alleluia, is omitted between Septuagesima and Easter. "
Good and faith Fifth Antiphon. * enter thou into the servant,
can,
make
who
ful
joy of thy Lord. 5, 6.
Ecclus. xliv. 16, 17, 20, 22.
THE COMMON OF
524 Chapter.
T3EHOLD
^
(Ecclus. xliv. 17.)
an high
priest,
Prayer.
who
in
God, and was found righteous, and in the time of wrath he made a propitia his
days
we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that the wor
pleased
tion.
shipful Feast of Thy blessed Con fessor and Bishop N., (here insert his name,)
Hymn.
TESU, Thy
1
s
!
near Accept with gentler love to-day !
prayers and praises that
The day
that
we pay
!
crowned with deathless
avail us to the in
may
both
crease
Redeemer, hear Bishops fadeless crown, draw
the world
J
The
SAINTS.
godliness toward Thee, and healthfulness to our own souls. Through our Lord JESUS of
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
fame This meek Confessor of Thy Name, Whose yearly feast, in solemn state, Thy faithful people celebrate.
Another Prayer.
IT EAR, O
Lord, we beseech Thee, the prayers which we offer Thee on this the solemn Feast-day of Thy blessed Confessor
The world, and all its boasted good, As vain and passing, he eschewed And therefore, with Angelic bands,
-*-
;
In endless joys for ever stands.
Grant then that we,
O
gracious God, May follow in the steps he trod ; And freed from ev ry stain of sin,
As he hath won, may
also win.
O
To Thee, Christ, our loving King, All glory, praise, and thanks we bring All glory, as is ever meet, To Father and to Paraclete. Amen. Verse.
2
The Lord guided
:
J-
and Bishop N., (here insert his name,} and, for the sake of him who so nobly served Thee, forgive us our trespasses. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
the
For
just in right paths.
Answer.
And showed him
Amen.
without end.
the
Doctors.
GOD, Who
kingdom of God.
didst
Thy people Thy
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Well done, thou good and faithful * thou hast been faithful servant; over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things, saith the Lord.
If the Prayer is not special, there is said one of the following, which is also used throughout the whole Office of the Saint.
vant N., (here insert his name,) to feed them with the bread of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that even as on earth he showed unto us
Thy may
lively
;
word, so in heaven we
worthily be holpen succour of his prayers to
by the
Thee on
Through
our
Lord
JESUS Christ Thy Son, and reigneth with Thee,
Who
liveth
our
behalf.
Author unknown hymn of the tenth to thirteenth lation by J. D. Chambers, Esq. 1
give unto blessed ser
in the unity
centuries, with alterations 2
Wisd.
x, 10.
;
trans
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
The same Prayer throughout the day. PRIME.
525
(Ecclus. xliv. 20.)
Chapter.
N ONE
was found like unto him, keep the Law of the Most High; therefore the Lord assured him by an oath, that He would mul tiply his seed among His people. to
Behold, an high priest, Antiphon at Lauds.)
Antiphon. &c., (First
Chapter at the end. execute
(Ecclus. xlv. 19.)
the
office
of
the
Priesthood, and to be
hon oured for His Name s sake, and to offer to Him the incense which He had chosen, for a sweet savour.
Short Responsory.
The Lord hath chosen him
for a
Priest unto Himself.
The Lord hath chosen
Answer.
him
for a Priest
To
Verse.
unto Himself. up unto
offer
Him
the sacrifice of praise.
A Priest unto Himself. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. The Lord hath chosen him for a Priest unto Himself. Answer. Verse.
TERCE.
None was found, &c., Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.)
Thou
Verse.
Chapter from Lauds.
Answer.
art a Priest for ever.
After the order of Mel-
chisedek.
Short Responsory.
The Lord loved fied
NONE.
him, and beauti
Antiphon.
him.
The Lord loved him, Answer. and beautified him. Verse.
He
clothed him with a
&c.,
And
Verse.
and
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost.
faithful,
Short Responsory.
beautified him.
Glory be to the Father,
to the Son,
and
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
robe of glory.
Answer.
Good
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.)
Thou
art a Priest for ever.
Thou
Answer.
art
a Priest for
ever.
Answer. The Lord loved him, and beautified him. Verse. The Lord hath chosen him for a Priest unto Himself. Answer. To offer up unto Him
After the order of Mel-
Verse.
chisedek.
For
Answer.
Thou
Answer.
the sacrifice of praise.
ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse.
art
a
Priest for
ever.
The Lord
Verse.
SEXT.
guided
the
And showed him
the
just in right paths.
Antiphon. &c.,
Therefore the
Lord,
(Third Antiphon at Lauds.)
VOL.
i.
Answer.
kingdom
of
God. s
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from
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphons, Chapter, and Verse and Answer from Lauds. Hymn from First Vespers.
Song of
It
Degrees."
reads like a Processional for some transla tion of the Sacred Ark, perhaps that de scribed in 3 (i) Kings vii. (Saturday before 8th Sunday after Pentecost. )]
* and ORD, remember David, all
his
meekness
Of
:
the fruit of thy body
upon thy throne. children
If
thy covenant,
shall
Psalm CXXXI. "A
*
it
will I set
*
and
keep
My
testimony
*
For the LORD hath chosen Zion * He hath chosen it for His habita
:
tion.
This
My
is
rest for ever
will I dwell, for I will
I
*
widows
:
I
will
:
* here
have chosen
abundantly
:
How he sware unto the LORD * he vowed a vow unto the God of
ever
thy throne.
upon
sit
My
will
that I shall teach them, Then their children for
Last Psalm.
[Intituled
SAINTS.
it.
bless
her
her
poor
satisfy
with bread.
:
Jacob
;
Surely I will not come into the * nor tabernacle of mine house, go
my bed
into
up
I will
;
mine head any
of
rest, until I find out
* an habita a place for the LORD, of tion for the God Jacob. 1 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah * we found it in the fields of "the :
Wood."
We we
will will
go into His tabernacle worship in His foot
prints.
*
O LORD, into Thy rest, Thou and the ark of Thine holi ness.
Thy
My
upon
:
Song of the Blessed * and him with a robe of glory, and crowned him at the gates of Paradise. Antiphon at
the
The Lord loved him Virgin. beautified him ; He clothed
:
Arise,
Let
:
sanctification flourish.
But
if the Saint were a
following
be clothed with * and let Thy Saints
priests
righteousness,
clothe
will
:
;
not give sleep to mine eyes,
* or slumber to mine eyelids I will not give the temples
*
her Priests with * and her Saints shall shout aloud for joy. There will I make the horn of David to bud * I have ordained a lamp for Mine Anointed. His enemies will I clothe with him shall shame * but I
salvation
Pope, the
said instead :
*
Being made the Chief Bishop, he dreaded not earthly things, but pressed on gloriously unto the king
dom
of heaven.
shout for joy.
For Thy servant David s sake, * turn not away the face of Thine Anointed. The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David, and He will not turn
is
For Doctors.
O
right excellent Teacher, Light Holy Church, N. (here insert
of the
name} blessed lover of the Divine Law, pray for us to the Son of God.
his
This verse relates to the fetching of the ark from Kirjath-jearim, (literally "The which stood at the borders of the territory of Ephraim, here called week after Pentecost.) Ephratah. See 2 Kings (Sam.) vi. (Thursday, 5th 1
town-of-the-woods,")
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. Hessons
tfjer
for
jjtasts of
527
to be forgiven, so that they obeyed, and answered How many wounded !
nt Bishop anli Confessor.
Fourth Lesson.
angel, brought health again
St
Maximus,
HOW
being
Father N., (here insert the name of the Saint whose Feast is being kept,} is safe Blessed
now, and we may
He
safely praise his that kept such a
manful hand upon the tiller of faith, hath now cast the anchor of hope in moorings of great calm, and brought his ship, heavy laden with heavenly riches and everlasting mer chandise, safe into the haven where he would be. Thus fareth it now with him who never fainted, but for so long time held up ever the shield of the fear of that did beset
him.
there
many were,
had
souls
wan
dered away from the path of the Truth, and were hanging from the edge of the precipice over the pit, when he gave them sight again, and
opened
their
see Christ
eyes that they might
How many
deaf ears were there, stopped up with unbelief and condemnation, when he opened them to hear that voice of com
mandment
!
by
as
seemed, incurably foul with covered all over with virulent
it
sin,
leprosy
How many
!
souls
there
were, dwelling in living bodies, but dead, and crushed and buried under the sense of sin, whom he quick
ened again
God, by calling them
for
amendment
to
dead
to
to
light,
souls
which that great Lord killed sin by
of his
follower
the
as in
God,
same Lord
s
life-giving death.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Holy
according
Matthew
to
(xxiv. 42.)
blinded that
him
in
and pardon,
discipline and exhortation, many a stricken soul, long distempered, and,
Gospel Fifth Lesson.
God wrought
cleanse
to
God against all What was his
whole life but one long fight against an enemy that never slept ?
HOW
!
Sixth Lesson.
Bishop Vercelli.}
great deeds.
his
taken from the Ser
is
[of Turin.] (59^ Homily, the 2nd on St Eusebius of
R
whom
to
there,
tongue, persuading them and pray ing for them like the tongue of an
SECOND NOCTURN.
The Lesson mons of
were
spirits
from that speaketh heaven, and gave them that precious hearing that heareth God calling us
A T
that time JESUS said unto His disciples Watch, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth And so on. come. :
^~*-
:
Homily by Poitiers.]
St Hilary,
Bishop [of Matth.
on
(Comment,
chap. 26.)
To
the end that
we may know
that
our ignorance of that day whereof no man knoweth is not without use, the Lord
moveth us
the coming of the instant
in
prayer,
to
watch for be ever
thief, to
and ever busy
in
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such works as He commandeth. He showeth how that the devil is that thief who watcheth ever how he may spoil our goods, breaking into the house of our body; that,
we are dwelling therein care and heavy with sleep, he may dig through our walls with the arms of his craft and temptations. Us, therefore, it behoveth to be ready, who have ever our ignorance con cerning that day to be unto us a while
less
SAINTS.
glory with God, for in all things he shall have of that which is best.
Ninth Lesson. if
despise the of God, Which
that servant
BUTlongsuffering waiteth
to
give
salvation
unto
all
wax
wanton against his fellow servants, and to give himself over to the evil and
and begin
men,
the
vices
of
to
this
present
world,
his care for the worship of his belly the Lord of that ser
reason of watchfulness.
having
all
:
and
vant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and shall cut him off from the goods wherewith
his
he was entrusted, and appoint him
over His Although the Lord
his portion with the hypocrites, in everlasting punishment, because he
Eighth Lesson. "TIT
HO
* *
Lord
then
is
(Chap. 27.)
a faithful
wise
hath
servant, made ruler
household ? doth move us "
all
in
whom common
to
weary not in carefulness and watch
He layeth more especially upon the rulers of His people, that is, ing,
the Bishops, this duty, to look al
For such an ways for His coming. one is that faithful and wise servant, made ruler over his Lord s house hold, who ever seeketh such things as be convenient and useful for the Such people unto him committed. an one, if he hear this word, and do that which he is commanded, that is, if he strengthen by seasonable and sound doctrine such things as be weak, if he bind together that which is sundered, if he make straight again what is become crooked, and give to the household the lively Word which is able to feed them unto life eternal, if such an one do thus, and meanwhile the hour which he knoweth not come upon him, he shall obtain glory of the Lord, as a faithful steward and an useful that is, he shall have overseer :
hath disobeyed the commandments, because he hath minded the things of this present world, because he hath lived the life of an heathen, because being unmindful of the judgment to come, he hath afflicted with hunger, and thirst, and stripes, the flock committed to his care.
If it should be that several Bishops Confessors are to be honoured by one Feast, the Office is the same as that
and
just given, except as follows
:
In the Common Prayer the words and Bishop "Thy Blessed Confessor are altered into Thy blessed Con 1.
"
N."
and Bishops N. and 2. In the Serin ons by St Maximus of Turin everything said of the Saint in the Singular Number is altered into the Plural. For example: "Our Blessed Fathers N. and N. are safe now, and we may safely praise their great fessors
deeds.
N."
They
that kept such
hands upon the tiller, &c. &c. 3. The following Lessons may in the First Nocturn.
manful &c."
be read
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. First Lesson.
The Lesson
of Ecclesiasticus (xliv. i.)
TET
us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through His great power from the beginning. Such as did
*-
kingdoms, men power and their understanding, showing forth among bear rule in their
renowned
for their
the Prophets the dignity of Prophets, and still ruling over the people that
now
and
is,
wisdom
by the
instructing
most holy words.
strength
of
people
in
the
Such
by sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the Scriptures. Second Lesson.
EN
virtue,
studying
comeliness, living at peace All these were their houses.
honoured
in
their generations,
not
people tell of their wisdom, and the congregation show forth their praise.
Jor a Simple
Jeast of Bishop anU Confessor.
FIRST VESPERS.
The
of the Week-day,
Office is
till
the
The Office of the Chapter, exclusive. Saint begins with the Chapter, which, as also tlte Hymn, Verse and Answer, Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin, and Prayer are all as just given, The Common
515 et seq.}
Comme
morations are said or not according
to
the season.
At Compline
and
were the glory of their times. They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises And some there might be reported. be which have no memorial who
a
The Office is as on a Semi-double^ with the following exceptions.
(p.
in
rich
<*!
in
shall
their
as
skill
TV /T
Their seed, and their glory, Their be blotted out. bodies are buried in peace, but their name liveth for evermore. Let the ever.
taken from the Book
is
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are said Preces.
MATTINS. The Invitatory and Hymn are as just give it. Then follow the Week-day Psalms, with their own Antiphons.
;
though they had who also were born as though they had not been born, and as
are
perished never been ;
their children after
them.
On Mondays and Thursdays. The Lord loved him and Verse. beautified him.
Answer.
He
clothed
him with
a robe of glory.
Third Lesson.
OUT *~*
Absolution.
were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not these
been
forgotten
shall
continually
:
with
their
remain
a
seed
good
inheritance, their children have an holy heritage their seed also abideth :
covenant, and their children for their sakes remain for
firm
in
the
Graciously hear, &c.
On Tuesdays and Fridays. The Lord hath chosen him
Verse.
for a Priest
Answer.
unto Himself.
To
offer
the sacrifice of praise.
up unto
Him
THE COMMON OF
530
SAINTS. Second Responsory.
Absolution.
May His
On Mondays and
loving-kindness, &c.
On
Wednesdays.
Thou
Verse.
a
Priest
for
the
order
of
art
&c., priest, high (Second Responsory in the preceding Office,) with this addition :
ever.
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
Answer.
After
Melchisedek.
and
to the
Ghost.
Answer. Absolution.
May
Thursdays.
an
Behold
assured
Therefore
would multiply
the Almighty, &c.
his seed
Lord
the
him by an oath
that
He
among His
people.
First Blessing.
May His
Who
blessing be
doth
live
upon
and reign
On Tuesdays and Fridays. us,
First Lesson from Scripture, accord to the Season, being either the first part, or, if the Saint have two Lessons, the whole read as one, at will.
ing
have
I
for ever.
laid
&c.,
(Fifth
Responsory in the preceding with the following addition :
Office,)
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
help,
and
to the Son,
the
Holy
hand
shall
to
Ghost. First Responsory.
On Mondays and
Well done, &c., {First in the preceding Office.)
On I
For
Answer.
Thursdays.
My
help him.
Responsory
On Wednesdays. Let your
Tuesdays and Fridays.
loins, &c.,
(Eighth Re
sponsory in the preceding Office.)
have found David, &c., {Fourth Third Blessing.
-Responsory in the preceding Office.)
On
May He That Wednesdays.
To
The Lord
loved him, &c., (Seventh Responsory in the preceding Office.)
Second Blessing.
They whose
feast-day
we
are keep
ing*
Be our Advocates with God. is
the
the
Angels
First of the
Legend of the Samt, if there be two; if not, it is the Second from Scripture, to which the Third may be added at will.
that
high realm His people
bring.
Third Lesson is the whole or the second part of the Legend of the Saint, if there be one, or else the special Lesson assigned. Then the
Hymn,
God,
is said,
&c.,"
The
Second Lesson
is
King,
"
We praise Thee, O
and so end
Mattins.
of the Office is as on a Semidottble, as just given; it ends at None, inclusive; Preces are said at Prime, and the
rest
Common Commemorations are made
at Lattds or not, according to the season.
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP.
ottftssor not a
dPor dfaagts of a
*
Everythitig as on Sundays, except is otherwise given here.
ivhat
5-
Glory and honour, virtue and salvation Be unto Him, Who, in His might
FIRST VESPERS.
divine,
Antiphons, Chapter^ and Prayerfrom Lauds.
the
praise 1
cxvi., /.
One and
all
creation,
Amen.
The Lord loved him and
LORD,
&c.,
(Ps.
He
Answer.
him with
clothed
a robe of glory.
This
is
the day, &c.,
for ever,
JESU
S true
at
Antiphon
or,
Con-
the 1
Blessed
CAFE now ^
yet Trine.
beautified him.
86.)
Hymn.
Ruleth supremely over
Verse.
Last Psalm.
O
531
Virgin.
1
Song will
the
of
liken
him
unto a wise man, * which built his house upon a rock.
fessor,
Whose happy
festal
here His people
keep, Doth of his labours for his
mighty
Blesser,
For
O
Doctors.
right excellent Teacher, Light Holy Church, N. (here insert
of the
Rich harvest reap.
his
blessed
name)
of
lover
the
Divine Law, pray for us to the Son Gentle was he, wise, pure, and lowly-
of God.
hearted,
Sober and modest, ever foe to strife, While in his frame there flowed as yet unparted Currents of
MATTINS. Invitatory.
life.
The Lord, He
* King of the Confessors. Him. us come, let worship the
Ofttimes hath
He Whose
face he sees
Hymn
is
O
as at First Vespers.
in
heaven, Being entreated
for
His
servant
s
FIRST NOCTURN.
sake,
To
us on earth the
same
for healer
Only three Psalms are
given Sick whole to make.
Wherefore our
choir, in
thankfulness
voice with melody of laud, for us his prayer is
its
is
the
that
in
the
law
Ps.
pouring,
Unto
his
Lord day and
soever he
While he on high
(A
God. Matth.
vii.
Blessed doth meditate
of the
therein
adoring, Lifteth
First Antiphon.
man *
4-
said.
4-) 24.
i.
his
:
delight
is
night, and what doeth shall prosper.
Blessed
is
the man, &c.,
THE COMMON OF
532
Second Antiphon. Blessed and * that holy is he putteth his trust in the Lord, that declareth the decree of the Lord, and is set
upon His holy Ps.
(A
Why
ii.
do the heathen,
Third Antiphon. for
my me
*
Thou
art
O
Thou,
Thou
glory, :
out of
:
First Responsory. &c.,
Lord,
a shield
art
Thy
the Lifter-up of
holy
Well done, thou good and faith servant, thou hast been faith ful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things en ter thou into the joy of thy Lord. ful
mine head, and Thou hast heard
me
soul pleased the Lord therefore hasted He to take him away from among the wicked.
hill.
4-)
art
SAINTS.
hill.
;
Verse. Lord, Thou deliveredst unto me five talents behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. Answer. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. ;
Ps.
iii.
LORD, how are they
in
creased, &c., (p. 5.) Verse.
The Lord
loved him and
beautified him.
He
Answer.
him with
clothed
a robe of glory.
Second Lesson.
HPHIS
the people saw, and under stood it not, neither laid they
First Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from of Wisdom (iv. 7.)
the
Book
HP HOUGH
the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest. For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an :
He unspotted life is old age. pleased God, and was beloved of Him,
so that living
he was translated.
away
among
sinners,
He
was taken that wickedness
speedily, lest should alter his understanding,
or
deceit
this up in their minds, that the grace of God and His mercy are with His Saints, and that He hath Thus the respect unto His chosen.
righteous that is dead doth condemn the ungodly which are living, and is soon perfected, the years of the unrighteous. For they shall see the end of the wise,
youth that
many
and shall not understand what God in His counsel hath decreed of him, and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety. They shall see him and despise him but the Lord shall laugh them to scorn. And :
they shall thereafter fall without honour, and be a reproach among the dead for evermore for when
For the beguile his soul. bewitching of naughtiness doth ob scure things that are honest, and the wandering of concupiscence
they are puffed up, He shall rend them, and they shall be speechless,
doth undermine
and
the simple
He, being made perfect
mind.
in a short
time, fulfilled a long time
:
for
his
:
He
shall
shake them from the
foundation, and they shall be utterly laid waste.
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. Second Respoiisory.
The
1
lily
righteous shall grow as the he shall flourish in the
presence of the Lord for ever. 2 Those that be planted Verse.
house of the
the
in
LORD,
flourish in the courts of the
shall
house
he
shall
flourish
in the presence of the
Lord
for ever.
Yea,
come
is
unto an everlasting kingdom. And he is numbered Answer.
among
the Saints.
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
Son, and to the
to the
Holy
Ghost.
And he
Answer.
of our God.
Answer.
and
his life in this world,
yea,
;
533
among
numbered
is
the Saints.
SECOND NOCTURN. Third Lesson.
one
they cast up the accounts of
him peace.
AND When
their sins they shall come with fear, and their own iniquities shall con vince them to their face, (v.) Then
the righteous stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted them, and made no When account of their labours. they see it, they shall be troubled shall
with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of their salvation,
and
they, repenting
of
anguish themselves
spirit,
and groaning shall
for
say within
These were they whom we had sometimes in derision, and :
a proverb of reproach.
We
fools ac
counted their life madness, and their end to be without honour. Behold, they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the Saints.
how
Third Responsory. is he which knew righteous and saw great wonders, and made his prayer unto the Most High and he is numbered among
This
ness,
;
the Saints. Verse. 1
VOL.
When His holy First Antiphon. * the Lord heard him called,
they shall be in sorrow, and their memorial shall perish.
This
Hos. I.
xiv.
is
6;
he which loved not Isa. xvii.
1 1,
&c.
;
yea, the
Lord heard him, and gave Psalm IV. "A
[Intituled
musical
Psalm of of
direction
(?)
with a uncertain
David,"
(now)
meaning.]
WHEN Thou
I called,
God
the
of
my *
righteousness heard me hast enlarged me when I was
in distress
:
:
Have mercy upon me, * and hear
my
prayer.
O
ye sons of men, how long * Why ye be dull of heart? will ye love vanity, and seek after will
leasing
?
3
But know that the LORD hath set apart for Himself him that is holy :
* the
LORD
will
me when
hear
unto Him. Be ye angry and
I
call
sin not
* what
:
upon ye speak 3 your bed. Offer the sacrifices of righteous in
your heart, repent
and put your trust in the LORD. * There be many that say Who will show us any good ?
ness,
:
LORD, Thou hast
set
upon us the *
light of Thy countenance. hast put gladness in my heart, 2
Ps. xci. 14.
3
SLH. S 2
Thou
THE COMMON OF
534
More than corn,
in
both lay
I will
* increased.
oil
me down
* and sleep,
in peace,
For Thou, LORD, only * makest
me
to dwell in safety.
Let
Second Antiphon.
all
those
*
Thou hast compassed Thy favour as with a
;
is
Psalm V. (?)
"A
Psalm of
David,"
with a
unto my words, O * consider my suppli
ear
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, * my King and my God For unto Thee will I pray. * O LORD, in the morning Thou shalt !
hear my voice In the morning will I stand before Thee and look up. * For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness Neither shall the evil dwell with * nor the Thee, unrighteous stand :
:
Thy Thou Thou
*
sight hatest all workers of iniquity. shalt destroy all them that :
speak leasing
:
The LORD abhorreth and
deceitful
in the multitude of
will
;
Lord!
And
me,
Thy mercy
:
them
dwellest in
:
Let them also that love Thy Name be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt bless the righteous.
*
us
LORD, Thou hast compassed with
favour
Thy
as
with a
shield.
O
Third Antiphon.
LORD, our
* how excellent is Ruler, Thy Name in all the earth Who hast crowned !
Thine holy one with glory and hon our, and madest him to have domin ion over the works of Thy hands. Psalm VIII. [Intituled "A Psalm of also a title which seems to a song for the vintage.]
OLORD, cellent the earth
David."
It
has
show
it
was
our Lord, * is
that
how Thy Name in
ex all
!
For Thy glory
is
exalted * above
sucklings hast Thou perfected praise because of Thine enemies, * that
Lead
Thy me,
righteousness,
into
:
fear.
O *
LORD,
;
in
Thy
because of mine
make my way Thy face.
enemies
1
for
all those that put their * let them Thee, rejoice shout for joy, because Thou
let
in
in
come
;
*
the heavens.
temple
before
tongue.
Thine house * worship toward Thine holy
I will
1
the bloody
* But as
man.
their
tude of their transgressions, * for they have rebelled against Thee, O
cation.
in
in
inward part
Judge Thou them, O God Let them fall by their own coun sels cast them out in the multi
ever
superscription.]
GIVE LORD,
faithfulness
their
with
flatter
trust
[Intituled
no
:
very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulchre
they
shield.
musical
is
*
mouth
their
!
that put their trust in Thee rejoice, Lord, for Thou hast blessed the
righteous him with
For there
the time that their
and wine, and
SAINTS.
straight
1
Out of the mouth of babes and
Thou
mightest destroy the enemy
and the avenger.
When
This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning those Sunday, Matthew xxi. 16.
I
consider Thine heavens,
who
cried
Hosannah on Palm
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. the work of
and the dained
:
* the
man, that Thou
is
him
of
fingers
moon
which Thou hast or art
mind
* or the son of man,
?
Thou visitest him ? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, Thou hast crowned
that
him with glory and honour, * and madest him to have dominion over the works of Thine hands.
Thou
hast put
*
his feet,
sheep and oxen, yea,
all
and the beasts of the
The
things under
all
fowl of the
is one vexed no more, when we remember that Paul saith even to men living here in this life Rejoice evermore, pray without
and the
earth
Thy Name
is
in
Thess.
(i
ceasing"?
v.
16, 17.)
Fourth Responsory. 2
The Lord made him honourable,
and defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait for him, and gave him
all
the
He
Verse.
the
into
pit,
went down with him and left him not in
bonds.
* how ex LORD, our Lord,
O
is
"
fish
of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea. cellent
that that place
perpetual glory.
field.
air,
we
fore marvel
where the mind
:
What ful
Thy
stars
535
And
Answer.
gave him perpetual
glory.
!
Fifth Lesson. l
Verse.
The mouth
of the right
And
Answer.
his
TTERE
there are sicknesses, here there are strivings, here there are untimely deaths, here there are
*
eous speaketh wisdom.
tongue talketh
judgment.
-^
here there are jealousies, here are troubles, here there is anger, here there are lustings, here there are pit-falls unnumbered, here lies,
there
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson mons of
taken from the Ser
is
St
John
Chrysostom,
Patriarch
(On St
[of Constantinople.] Philogonius, Tom. iii.)
blessed N., (here insert the name of the Saint whose Feast is
being kept?) whose
Feast we are
day keeping, doth justly call on our tongue to tell what great deeds he wrought. To-day did that blessed
this
servant of
God
pass into that higher a life of peace, a life
which is where there is no trouble. To-day his ship reached that harbour where after wreck is to be dreaded no more. He hath felt trouble and anguish of And where spirit for the last time.
life,
1
Ps. xxxvi.
30.
Wisd.
there are daily cares, here one evil
followeth after another, and all bring vexation. And yet Paul hath it that
even here a man may rejoice ever more, if he will but raise his head above the flood of earthly things,
How much
and order
his life aright. we fare when
better shall
passed away from
and from
all
us,
when we nor
health,
wherein thing,
to
have no illnor matter when that hard
shall
disease, sin,
right of property,
shall exist
no more, whereby all unrighteousness cometh into this life, and strifes un
numbered
are begotten. "
x.
we have
these things, these things are taken away all
11-14, substituting
"Lord
for
"Wisdom."
THE COMMON OF
536
not his
Fifth Responsory.
The Lord him
fied
:
SAINTS.
loved him and beauti He clothed him with a
righteous
the gates of Paradise.
people.
The Lord hath
Verse.
put on
the breast-plate of faith, 1 hath adorned him.
and
and
is
Me among
all
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the
to the
Holy
Ghost.
And crowned him
Answer.
world,
everlasting
before
Verse.
and
this
kingdom. For thee have I seen
Answer.
robe of glory, and crowned him at
him
in
life
come unto an
Answer.
at
For thee have
I
seen
Me among
before
righteous
the gates of Paradise.
all
people.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson.
TN *
this verily rejoice, for
do
I
most
first Antiphon. Lord, this Thy * shall dwell in Thy taber
chiefly
the
of
happiness holy servant of God, in that, being taken away hence, and having found here no abiding city, he is become a citizen of that other city, that
which is the city of the living God from the Church here he is gone, but he is come unto the Church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, (Heb. xii. 22, 23); he keepeth holiday with us no more, but he is passed to where he holdeth high festival with Angels. And what be that city, and that Church, and that
Saint
and
nacle,
holy
Paul
biddeth us Ye are come unto know, saying the city of the living God, the heav enly Jerusalem, and unto the Church above,
"
of the first-born which are written in
com
"
[Intituled
T ORD, who *
in
This is he which did according unto all that God commanded him and God said unto him Enter thou into My rest for thee have I seen righteous before Me among all ;
;
i
Thess.
v. 8.
?
David."]
abide in
shall
Thy
* who shall dwell
hill ?
that walketh uprightly, *
and
worketh righteousness. He that speaketh the truth in his * he that deceiveth not with heart, his tongue. that hath not
He
done
evil to his
* nor taken up a reproach his against neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is * but he honoureth them despised that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his neighbour, * he that and deceiveth him neighbour,
putteth not out his nor taketh reward
he which loved 2
Cf.
to usury, against the in
money
nocent.
He
that
shall never
people.
1
Thine holy
He
:
is
tabernacle
Psalm of
not,
2
This
A
:
Sixth Responsory.
Perse.
upon Thy
Psalm XIV.
:
heaven, and to an innumerable pany of Angels."
hath worked
hill.
:
festival
that
this
righteousness shall abide
of Gen.
doeth these be moved.
* things,
He asked life Second Antiphon. * and Thee, Thou, O Lord, vii.
5,
i
;
Ps. xciv.
n
;
Heb.
iv.
u.
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. honour and great ma him laid upon Thou hast set a crown of precious
thee:
his head.
form.
it
gavest
:
Thou
hast
jesty
stones
upon
:
537
For
they intended evil against they imagined a device, which they were not able to per *
Therefore shalt thou cast them * thou shalt leave behind thee
Psalm XX.
:
[This Psalm also bears the same
title
as
the xviiith.]
their faces lying in thy track.
Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in Thine own strength * we will sing and praise Thy power. :
shall
king
THE
in
joy
Thy
LORD * and in strength, salvation how greatly shall he
Thy
rejoice
O
:
!
Thou desire,
hast given him his heart s * and hast not withholden
the request of his For Thou hast
1
vation
of
lips.
He
Third Antiphon.
re
shall
ceive * a blessing from the LORD, and mercy from the God of his sal for
:
them
this
the generation
is
that seek the Lord.
met him with the
* Thou hast blessings of sweetness set a crown of precious stones upon :
his head.
He
[Intituled
asked
life
Thee
of
:
* and
Thou
gavest him length of days for and ever. His glory is great in Thy salva * honour and tion great majesty ever
:
shalt
Psalm XXIII.
Thou
For Thou
lay upon him. wilt give him to
for
blessing
ever
*
:
Thou
shalt
For the king LORD, and, through the mercy of the Most High, he shall not be moved. Thine hand shall find out all * thine enemies thy right hand *
:
those that
all
hate
Thou
shalt
make them
first
S
and
*
the
there
He hath founded it upon the * and established it upon the
For seas,
floods.
Who
shall
tain of the
ascend into the * or
LORD?
moun
who
shall
stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands and * who hath not a pure heart, lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor
sworn
deceitfully
LORD
shall cut
and the
them
fire
He
as a fiery
oven in the time of thine anger wrath,
LORD
thereof; they that dwell
the
unto
his
neigh
bour.
thee.
the
"for
in.
trusteth in the
out
the
is
The
David."
fulness
and
world,
countenance.
find
Psalm of
earth
THEthe
be a
make him exceeding glad with Thy
shall
"A
Vulgate and the LXX. add day of the week."]
* :
His devour
off in
shall
them. Their
fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, * and their seed from among the children of men. 1
the
God
from * and mercy from the
shall receive a blessing
LORD,
of his salvation.
This is the generation of them * that seek the face that seek Him, of the Lift
God
and be ye SLH.
of Jacob. 1
up your lift
gates,
up,
O ye princes, ye everlasting
THE COMMON OF
538 doors shall
* and the King
!
come
Who
of
glory
in.
*
King of glory?
this
is
The LORD strong and LORD mighty in battle.
SAINTS.
deeds, if he strive not to join thereto the earnest doing of good works, it
immediately added
is
"
:
And
your
mighty, the
Our lights burn lights burning." when, by good works, we give bright
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting * and the doors King of glory
example to our neighbour concern ing which works the Lord saith Let your light so shine before
!
shall
come
Who
in.
The LORD King
*
King of glory?
this
is
of
hosts,
He
is
the
;
:
"
men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Which is
in
heaven."
v.
(Matth.
16.)
of glory. 1 2
Verse.
The law
of his
God
in his heart.
None
Answer.
of his steps shall
slide.
Seventh Lesson.
taken from the Holy according to Luke (xii.
A T
forgiven unto them Behold a man without
may be
is
35.)
Verse.
!
a worshipper of God in keeping himself clean from every evil work, and abiding still in his innocency. Answer. May he pray for all people, that their sins may be for given unto them
blame, truth,
JESUS said unto Let your loins be girded about, and your lights
^*-
This is he which wrought great wonders before God, and praised the Lord with all his heart. May he pray for all people, that their sins
The Lesson Gospel
Seventh Responsory.
is
time
that
His
And
burning.
:
disciples
:
so on.
!
Homily by Pope Great]
St Gregory [the
(i$th on the Gospels.)
the brethren, Dearly beloved words of the Holy Gospel, which have just been read, lie open be fore you, and,
lest
Eighth Blessing.
He
whose
their very plain
should make them seem to some to be hard, we will go through them with such shortness as that neither may they which understand not remain unenlightened, nor they which understand be wearied. The Lord saith Let your loins be Now, we gird our girded about." "
loins about,
master the flesh.
when by continency we lustful inclination of the
But, forasmuch as it sufficeth man to abstain from evil
not for a
1
SLH.
we
are keeping
with God.
Eighth Lesson.
ness
:
feast-day
Be our Advocate
T T ERE, *-
-*-
then, are two commandloins to gird our
ments,
about, and to keep our lights burn the cleanness of purity in our ing body, and the light of the truth in
our works. Whoso hath the one not the other, pleaseth not thereby our Redeemer that is, he pleaseth Him not which doth good works, but bridleth not himself from the pollutions of lust, neither he
and
;
2
Ps. xxxvi. 31.
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. which
eminent
is
not
exerciseth
in
chastity, but in good
himself
Neither is chastity a great works. without good works, nor good thing works anything without chastity.
And
if
any
man do
both,
it
And filled him with the wisdom and understanding.
Answer. of
spirit
Ninth Lesson. "
remain-
A ND
that wait for their lord,
when he
the love of honour in this present
at
world.
knocketh when, Eighth Responsory.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning, and ye men that wait yourselves like unto for their lord, when he will return
from the wedding. Verse. Watch, therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth
come. Answer. And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wed ding. Verse.
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost.
to the Son,
Answer. And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord,
when he
will
return from the
from the wed
will return
that, when he cometh and ding knocketh, they may open unto him :
The Lord cometh
immediately."
hour
the
of
sickness,
He
death
nigh.
is
if
love.
Whoso
body,
will
when He
judgment by the pains :
know
biddeth us
immediately,
He of that
To Him open we receive Him in
we
leave this
to
feareth
not open to the Judge knocketh, for he dreadeth
to see that Judge, eth that he hath
Whom
he knowBut
despised. that his
whosoever knoweth hope and works are built upon a good foundation,
when he
heareth to
Judge knock, openeth
the
Him im
one that mediately, for to such an is blessed, yea, when the hour of death is at hand, such an one haileth with gladness a glorious
coming
reward.
LAUDS.
wed
Lord, Thou Antiphon. * deliveredst unto me five talents them beside I have behold, gained five talents more. *
First
ding.
unto
like
ye yourselves
men
<*
that he must look by hope toward our Fatherland above, and not have for his reason wherethrough he turneth himself away from vice,
eth
539
:
Eightk Responsory for Doctors. In the midst of the congregation And did the Lord open his mouth. filled him with the spirit of wisdom
been
and understanding. Verse.
joy
He made him
rich with
and gladness.
And filled him with the wisdom and understanding. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. spirit
to 1
3
of
Matth. xxv. 20. Matth. xxiv. 45.
Second Antiphon. thou good servant,
-
4
2
*
faithful in a very
Well done, thou hast little,
enter
thou into the joy of thy Lord. Third Antiphon. 3 A faithful and * whom his Lord hath wise servant
made
His household. 4 Blessed is Antiphon. servant * whom his Lord, ruler over
Fourth that
Matth. xxv. 21 Matth. xxiv. 46
;
;
Luke xix. Luke xii.
17.
36, 37
;
Apoc.
iii.
20.
THE COMMON OF
540
when He
and
cometh
at the door,
knocketh
shall find watching. 1
Fifth Antiphon.
SAINTS.
Then
for his sake Thy wrath lay by, And hear us while we pray And pardon us, O Thou Most High On this his festal day. ;
Thou good and
* enter thou into faithful servant, the joy of thy Lord.
!
All glory to the Father be,
And
Sole Incarnate Son
;
Holy Paraclete, to Thee, While endless ages run. Amen.
Praise,
(Ecclus. xxxi.
Chapter.
T3LESSED *-J
is
the
8.)
man
that
is
found without
blemish, and gone after gold, neither
hath not hath put his trust in riches, nor in
Who is he, and we will him blessed ? For wonderful things hath he done in his life.
The Lord guided
Verse.
the just
in right paths.
And showed him
Answer.
the
kingdom of God.
treasure. call
Hymn?
ESUS
T
Antiphon at the Song of ZachaWell done, thou good and faithful servant; * thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will rias.
make thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
:
Eternal Truth sublime J Through endless years the Same Thou Crown of those who through all time Confess Thy Holy Name !
!
!
Prayer.
GOD, Who,
!
Thy
suppliant
through
people,
the
prayer
Of Thy For
blest Saint, forgive
his dear sake
And
Thy wrath
bid our spirits
Feast-day of insert
;
(here
forbear,
grant unto
live.
Again returns the sacred day With heavenly glory bright, hich saw him go upon his way
W
T
Into the realms of light.
year by year, dost us by the solemn
gladden
Thy
blessed Confessor
his
name,)
all
who keep
mercifully his birth
day, grace to follow after the pattern of his godly conversation. Through
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. our
Who
All objects of our vain desire, All earthly joys and gains, To him were but as filthy mire And now with Thee he reigns.
Another Prayer.
;
Thee, JESUS, his all-gracious Lord, Confessing to the last,
He trod beneath him And stood for ever
Satan
s
fraud,
fast.
In holy deeds of faith and love, In fastings and in prayers,
His days were spent and now above Thy heavenly Feast he shares. ;
1
a
Matth. xxv. 21
Hymn
;
Luke
LORD, unto
mercifully hear the supplications which we offer Thee on this the solemn
Feast-day
of
Thy
blessed
Confes
sor (here insert his name,) and, for asmuch as we put no trust in our
own righteousness, grant that we may be holpen by his prayers who walked with Thee.
Through our
xix. 17.
of the Ambrosian school, slightly altered
;
translation
by the Rev. E. Caswall.
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one liveth
Amen.
God, world without end.
Answer. The Lord loved him, and beautified him. Verse. He clothed him with a robe of glory.
And
Answer.
For Doctors.
Who
OGod, Thy people vant N. feed
Verse.
and didst
Thy
give unto blessed ser
(here insert his
name) to
them with the bread of
lively
word, so in heaven
we
worthily be holpen by the suc cour of his prayers to Thee on our behalf.
Christ
Through our Lord JESUS Thy Son, Who liveth and
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
without end.
The Lord loved him, Answer. and beautified him.
the day.
PRIME. Lord,
edst, &c., {First
Thou
Antiphon at
Chapter at the end.
(Wisdom
deliver-
SEXT.
Lord guided the just in showed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his travails, and multiplied right paths,
faithful
and wise
(Third Antiphon at
&c.,
Lauds.)
TERCE.
HPHE
righteous giveth
^
to
that
made
fore the
resort
early
him, and
to
6.)
his
heart
the
Lord
pray be
will
Most High. Short Responsory.
The
mouth
ond Antiphon at Lauds.)
of
the
righteous
speaketh wisdom.
The
Answer.
mouth
of
the
righteous speaketh wisdom.
And
Verse.
Verse.
Well done, &c., (Sec
and
to
The
his
tongue talketh
righteous speaketh
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Answer.
Chapter from Lauds.
The
mouth
righteous speaketh wisdom. The law of his Verse.
Short Responsory.
The Lord loved him, and
(Ecclus. xxxix.
Chapter.
judgment. Answer. wisdom.
the fruit of his labours.
him.
A
Antiphon. *
servant,
x. 10.)
-
fied
of the right
Lauds)
HP HE
Antiphon.
The mouth
Verse.
eous speaketh wisdom. Answer. And his tongue talketh judgment.
Amen.
The same Prayer throughout
Antiphon.
to
beautified him.
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
eternal
grant, we beseech Thee, that even as on earth he showed unto us life,
Thy may
541
of
God
the is
in his heart.
beauti
Answer. slide.
None
of his steps shall
THE COMMON OF
542 NONE.
tfjer
Thou good and
Antiphon. ful
SAINTS.
Wessons
a Confessor not a
faith
Antiphon at
servant, &c., (Fifth
FIRST NOCTURN.
Lauds.)
First Lesson.
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
The Lesson
of his
God
in
is
his
heart.
The law
Ansiver.
of his
God
is
in his heart.
None
Verse.
of his
shall
steps
8.)
man
the
is
BLESSED found without
that
is
blemish, and after gold, neither
hath not gone hath put his trust in riches nor in
Who is he, and we will him blessed? For wonderful things hath he done in his life. treasure. call
slide.
Answer.
In his heart. Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
taken from the Book
is
of Ecclesiasticus (xxxi.
Short Responsory.
The law
for Jtasts of
and
the Son,
to
to the
Holy
Ghost.
The law
Answer.
of his
God
is
in his heart.
The Lord
Verse.
guideth the just
in right paths.
And showed him
Ansiver.
the
Whoso
been
hath
perfect, the glory for ever ;
have
who
shall
might
and hath not offended; or done evil, and hath not done it. His goods are established in the Lord, and all the congregation of offend,
the Saints shall declare his alms.
Second Lesson,
SECOND VESPERS. as at First Vespers, except the
jolloiving.
Verse
thereby,
same
of God.
kingdom
Same
tried
and found
and Answer from Lands.
Antiphon
at
Blessed Virgin.
God who
the
Song
of the
1
Lo, a servant of esteemed but little things
(xxxii. 18.)
WHOSO
feareth
law shall be
filled
Lord
the
the
:
but offended that fear the Lord
hypocrites
thereat.
They
:
be
righteous judgment, and
find
shall
therewith
shall
shall kindle justice as a light
earthly.
And by word and work up treasure
laid
him
in heaven.
will
and receive His discipline shall find Him that seek early they He that seeketh the His blessing.
He
God
that believeth
to the
commandments
trusteth in
Him
:
(28.)
taketh heed
and he
shall fare
that
never the
There shall no (xxxiii. i.) happen unto him that feareth but in temptation God the Lord will keep him, and deliver him from worse,
For Doctors.
evil
O
right excellent Teacher,
Light Holy Church, N. (here insert his name] blessed lover of the Divine of the
Law, pray
for us to the
Son of God. An
:
evil.
A
wise
commandments
elegiac couplet.
man
hateth not
and
the
judgments,
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. neither
he
is
man
of law
tossed
and
to
a storm.
a ship in
therein as
fro
A
understanding trusteth in and the law is
of God, faithful unto him. the
This kind of shrewdness the young acquire by practice, and children pay for the learning it. Those who are at this look down good upon their
neighbours are
it
Third Lesson,
HPHE ^ His
of those that fear
spirit
is
(xxxiv. 14.)
precious,
For
and
is
God
blessed in
hope is in Him that saveth them, and the eyes of God are upon them that love Whoso feareth the Lord Him. shall fear nothing, nor be afraid, for
sight.
He
is
soul of
Blessed
his hope.
him
doth
the
he look?
And
The
eyes of
his
is
is
that feareth the Lord.
To Whom
Who
their
strength are upon
?
Lord them that fear Him, He is their mighty protection, a defence from and strong stay heat, and a cover from the sun at the
;
noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling. He rais-
and
;
He
giveth
and
health,
ened ness
called
taken from the
Book
of Moral [Reflectionjs upon Job, written by Pope St Gregory [the
Chap.
is
simplicity of the righteous a subject of derision.
sweet
the
have
to
whom
on
These
revenge. a man,
as
enough,
to
else,
force,
at
they
long give
their
may
them
feet
wreak
rich
teach
principles as he is strong way to nobody
he hath no chance by
and,
if
to
try
and
attain
his
object
by diplomacy. Fifth Lesson.
^HE
wisdom of the righteous is all this. They
the contrary of
words, to love the truth because the truth, to avoid falsehood,
it is
rather to suffer than to inflict
evil.
and
Such are they who seek not to avenge themselves for wrong, and deem it gain to be despised for the truth s sake. This their simplicity is made a subject of derision, for such as are wise in this world believe the purity
of this world hideth our
of their virtue to be simple foolery.
and useth
Whatsoever is done innocently, they consider without doubt stupid. Such works as the truth approveth are idiotic, when tried by carnal stand
true feelings by artifice, language to conceal our is
on
made
The wisdom
this
xvi.
xii.)
HHE *
(Bk.
and when they have
to distinction,
seek to avoid deception, to give their thoughts a clear expression in their
Fourth Lesson.
Great.]
The
good breeding.
attained the bubble of glory which is so soon to pass away, to feel it
I
SECOND NOCTURN.
Job
Unstraightforward-
epithets. is
principles of the world teach those who entertain them, to try and rise
-*
x.
are bad at and wonder
life,
blessing.
is
who
timid,
at it in others ; they regard this astuteness too, wrong though it be, with wistful admiration, under soft
r
The Lesson
those
;
humble and
eth up the soul, and lighteneth the
eyes
543
thoughts;
wisdom which demon-
strateth the truth of falsehood, and showeth the falsehood of the truth.
ards
of wisdom.
After
all,
what
THE COMMON OF
544
SAINTS.
When he is in he doth not know how to give a double answer.
stupider thing is there in this world than to express our real thoughts in our words, to keep nothing quiet by
the
Holy Word.
quired
skilful tact, to repay no injuries, to pray for them which curse us, to seek
poverty, to give
up property,
THIRD NOCTURN.
to strive
not with such as take from us, to turn the other cheek to the smiter ?
Sixth Lesson.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (xii. 32.)
(Ch. xvii.)
A T
that time JESUS said unto His disciples Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
LAMP
A
"
in the despised thoughts of the rich, is for the time appointed."
^~*
ready (Job xii.
of,
:
^"*-
:
1
And
It often happeneth 5.) one of the elect, who is on his way to be happy for ever, is crushed down here by repeated misfortunes. He reposeth in no luxury of posses sions, no distinction marketh him as honourable among men, no admir ing followers court him, no rich dress maketh comely his bodily
so on.
that
Homily by the Venerable Bede, and Doctor of the iv. Ch. 54 on Luke Church.] (Bk.
Priest [at Jarrow
xii.)
The
appearance. Everybody seeth in him a person to be looked down
upon, and his reputation is that of one unworthy of the world s favour.
And
yet, that
eyes
of the
secret,
is
whose
life
He
is
a
Judge
man
who, to the
Who
seeth
glorious through is radiant with
1
in
virtue,
worth.
be honoured, and doth not refuse to meet with con disliketh
to
He bringeth abstinence to tempt. bear on his body, and his luxury is He trieth spiritual richness in love. feelings patient, and to stand up for right eousness sake, is glad to be despised.
to
keep
his
when he hath
He
feeleth
afflicted,
and the prosperity of the
1
inwardly to digest I.e.,
the
man seems Abp. Kenrick.
the just
in splendour.
promiseth to her here, when He biddeth her to seek only the king dom of God, and, to comfort her in her travail, He doth so sweetly and so graciously say that her Father will give
it
to her.
Eighth Lesson.
from his heart for the
godly giveth him as much pleasure as if it were his own. He is care ful
elect are called a little flock,
perchance because the reprobate are far more in number than they, but, more probably, because they love to be lowly, since it is God s will that however much His Church should grow in numbers, she should grow with lowliness even unto the end of the world, and should enter lowly into that kingdom which is hers by That kingdom He His promise.
"
CELL *<
that
alms."
ye have Fear not,
and
He
give
saith,
food of
while ye fight for the kingdom of God, ye should lack such things
now
but dimly, but at the same time he shall shine
to shine
lest,
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. as are needful for this
life, nay rather, even that which ye have, and This doth, whosoever give alms. for the Lord s sake leaveth all that he hath, and then worketh with his hands, that so he may have to eat, and withal to give alms. In this doth the Apostle boast himself, say I have coveted no man s ing
sell
Number
is
545
For
altered into the Plural.
example: "The blessed N. and N., whose Feast we are this day keeping, do justly call, c., &c."
For Abbats the Office is as above, ex cept the following :
"
:
or
silver,
gold,
or
yourselves know have ministered unto :
and
as
apparel, for these
my
necessities,
to
that so labouring ye ought to support
(Acts xx. 33, 34, 35.)
weak."
Ninth Lesson.
what for our own worthiness we cannot obtain, Thou mayest grant us through his help. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
yourselves wax not old
bags
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
"
that
by almsgiving, the reward thereof remaineth for ever. Never theless, we must not think here that to say,
is
commandment forbiddeth the money for their own
this
Saints to keep use,
and
helping of the poor. Himself, to Whom Angels
ministered, had a bag, and kept therein that which the faithful people
gave unto
Him
(John xii. 6,) to re lieve therewith the need of His But disciples, and other poor folk.
we
are
commanded
not
to
serve
God
for gain, nor to work unright eousness for fear of poverty.
it should be that several Confessors not Bishops are to be honoured by one Feast, the Office is the same as that just given, except the following :
Iff 1.
In the
Thy
into
Common Prayer the words
blessed Confessor are altered blessed Confessors N. and N."
"Thy
and the word his into their/ In the Sermon by St John Chry"
N.,"
2.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Matth. xix. 27, with the Homily of St Jerome upon the same, (p. 471.)
for
The Lord
"
beseech Thee, that
the prayers of Thy blessed Abbat N. (here insert his name) may commend us unto Thee, and that
liveth
"
pROVIDE which
LORD, we
hands
them that were with me. I have showed you all things, how
the
Prayer.
ye
"
Other Lessons. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (xi.
250 JESUS answered thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. that
AT and
And
time
said:
I
so on.
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.] (io/^ Sermon on the Words of the Lord^)
"
sostom everything said in the Singular
"
bour
Come unto Me, all And wherefore "
!
ye that labour
la
we
THE COMMON OF
546
but because we are frail, sickly, burdened with creatures, dying earthen vessels which distress us ? But if these fleshly vessels be dis all,
the open expanse of love and wide. Come unto and why ? Me, all ye that labour That we may labour no more. His tressful, let
be
"
free
"
!
an instant promise, for He calleth such as are labouring. Perchance they will ask Him what "And shall be their reward? promise
is
SAINTS.
standeth
what
I
heareth.
What
is
Such them
worship false gods but they see them
and
say,
he
promised you is to see God, God, the True, God, the Supreme. Blessed is he who seeth Him by Whom he is seen. as
easily,
see
who
have eyes and see not. But unto it is promised that we shall see
us
that
God Who xvi.
(Gen.
and
liveth
seeth.
14.)
I,"
saith
My Me
He, "will give you rest. Take yoke upon you, and learn of
how
not
"
make
to
to create all things visible invisible, not to work wonders
and
in the earth,
but
nor to raise the dead
lowly in
am meek and
I
"for
Seventh Lesson.
the world,
how
not
Other Lessons.
The Lesson Gospel
is
taken from the Holy
according
to
Matthew
27.)
(xix.
A T
time Peter said unto JESUS Behold, we have for saken all, and followed Thee what shall we have therefore ? And so
heart."
that
:
-**
:
Eighth Lesson.
be WILTby thou being
:
Begin Dost thou
great?
little.
think to raise up a lofty building? Then lay the foundations thereof in
The
lowliness.
soever,
greater
and the more massy, be that which any man thinketh to build, so much
on.
Homily by the Venerable Bede, and Doctor of the (For St Benedict s Birth
Priest [at Jarrow
Church.]
day^
the deeper doth he dig his founda And when the house is built, tion.
In
the
elect
will
but he it towereth heavenward which layeth the foundation goeth
and followed the Lord
;
down
into
the
therefore,
ing,
The
earth. is
high, and, after it high to the roof.
low before is
low,
it
build it
is
riseth
judgment to come, the be in two classes. One class are they who have forsaken all, shall
judge along with
and Him. :
these
The
other class are they who have not equally forsaken all that they had, but who have been careful daily to give alms of their goods to the poor of Christ these shall be the sul :
Ninth Lesson.
\ *
WHAT
is
the roof of the house
on which we labour ? Whither do its spires rise ? I answer you at once ; to the presence of God. You see how high it is, yea, what it is He that will, underto see God. *
judgment, and these are shall then hear these
jects
of
they
who
words
"
:
Father,
Come, ye blessed of My the kingdom pre
inherit
pared for you from the foundation of the world for I was an hun I was gered, and ye gave Me meat :
:
FOR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH.
Me
and ye gave
thirsty,
(Matth. xxv.
34,
Ninth Lesson.
drink."
A ND
35.)
^*Eighth Lesson. just
OF
the reprobate also we gather, from the words of the Lord,
One
that there will be two classes.
who, being made par mystery of Christian
class are they takers in the
have neglected to show their by their works these are they to whom it will be said at the judg ment Depart from Me, ye cursed,
faith,
faith
:
"
:
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels for I was :
Me
and ye gave
an-hungered,
no
(41.) The other class are they who either have never received meat."
the
and mysteries of
faith
Christ,
or who, having received, have apos
and
tatised,
abandoned
touching these
it
said
is
that believeth not
is
and But he
it
:
"
:
condemned
al
ready, because he hath not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God." (John iii. 18.)
.
The
Office is that
Confessor,
or
of a
of a Bishop and Confessor not a
not,
with the differences marked in those
two
Offices,
rather turn our hearing to the right
great, beautiful, and will give to such as
not
the
in
this
saith
*
and be occupied
all
"Every
hath
"that
one,"
forsaken
or brethren, or sisters, or or mother, or wife, or chil Name s sake, dren, or lands, for shall receive an hundredfold, and
My
shall
inherit
everlasting
life."
For
every one that shall forsake earthly affections and goods, to go and be Christ s the further he disciple,
goeth on in Christ s love, the more shall he find who will rejoice to give
him a place
and
to
minister
in
their
hearts, their
him of
to
substance.
keep the sayings of the renowned men, and where subtil parables are, he will be there also. He will seek will
out the secrets of grave sentences, will serve
before
dark parables.
in
among
great men,
princes.
He
through strange countries,
will
the good
try
and the
and will
for evil
Book Second Lesson.
i.)
wise will seek out the
wisdom of
also.
life
everlasting
among men.
taken from the
of Ecclesiasticus (xxxix. *
life
exceeding precious
houses,
travel
First Lesson.
TJE
of
fatherly love follow Him ;
father,
he
is
gifts
He,
appear
FIRST NOCTURN.
that
reward
but
only,
and be conversant
the following.
Lessons.
is
that we have touched moment, with fear and dread, upon these things, let us
joyful promises of our Lord and Saviour. Let us look what His so
He
The Lesson
now
for a
dPor iioctovs of fyt
Bishop, (pp. 515 and 531) according as the particular Doctor was a Bishop or
and
547
the
antient,
in prophecies.
He
T_TE *
!
give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made will
him, and will pray before the most
THE COMMON OF
548
He will open his mouth in make supplication for and prayer, If the great Lord will, his sins.
of
High.
He
will
him with the
fill
spirit
SAINTS.
Holy Church?
the
When
the
glorious constellation of the Martyrs had set, and the light of the faith
of
then
grew stronger,
appeared the
understanding, and he shall make the utterances of his wisdom to distil as the rain, and shall give thanks unto the Lord in his prayer. He shall direct his counsel and
constellation of the Doctors in the
knowledge, and in shall he meditate.
hearts
His
HE
show
in
when the winter unbelief was past, and the Sun
of
that spring-time
truth
secrets
rose higher to shine on of His faithful ones.
of
the
The
storms of persecution were gone, and the long nights of unbelief were over ; then rose the Doctors to shine
Third Lesson. shall
firmament of the Church, even
forth that
on the Church, when the spring time of belief promised her a
which
he hath learnt, and shall in the law of the covenant of glory the Lord. Many shall commend
brighter year. Fifth Lesson.
his understanding, and it shall not His me be blotted out for ever.
TT
beseemeth well that the holy
*
morial shall not depart away, and name shall live from generation
Doctors be figured by Hyades, for these stars are so styled from the
Nations shall show to generation. forth his wisdom, and the Church
Greek word
shall declare his praise.
therefore
his
signifieth
and
"hyetos,"
The
rain.
named
"hyetos"
Hyades
after rain,
are
because
when they
rise they undoubtedly Well, then, do we apply bring rain. the name of the Hyades to those
SECOND NOCTURN.
who, when they rise to shine in the firmament of the universal Church,
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson of
is
Moral
written by
TN **
Pope
(Bk.
Great.] 1
taken from the Book
[Reflection^
the
Book
make
on Job,
St Gregory [the
of Job it
is
be
spiritual
mystically constellation
Martyrs,
whom
9), it is "
-
s
heart.
:
which
doctrine
signified
shall
rain,"
"
:
the clouds that they rain no rain upon (v. 6,) nor yet these it,"
words which we have just quoted Therefore the rain-stars have been
:
"
withholden."
2
part of the second sentence is here inserted for the sake of the sense. This would appear to have been a prohibitae sunt stellre pluviarum. blunder in St Gregory s Bible for Quamobrem prohibits sunt stillce pluviarum "
s
the
mand
the
The first and Quamobrem
copyist
drop
as
(Deut. xxxii. 2,) nor had the Truth I will also com said by Isaiah
of the holy can we understand to be named after them under the title of the Hyades, but the Doctors 1
man
"
(ix.
God
maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Hy ades." Now if by the constellation Orion
upon the parched
For if the word of had not been as rain, preaching then had Moses never said My
ix. ch. vi.)
written that
the rain of holy preaching to ground of
fall
Therefore the
ia.\n.-drops
have been
withholden."
Jer.
iii.
3.
FOR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH. Sixth Lesson.
A T
same time
the
either
that the
Hy-
ades come bringing rain, the p-*sun daily riseth higher in the heavens thus do we, seeing the learning of :
the Doctors, and having our minds saturated with the rain of preaching,
grow warmer
in
And when
faith.
the hot heavens shine fiery over her, the wet earth tendeth to harvest thus do we, when the fire of holy :
learning burneth bright in our heart, tend to bring forth the fruit of
good works. When, day by day, we learn more of the knowledge of heavenly things, a spring-time of inward light is opening within us,
new Sun is irradiating our mind, and, as we know Him better by the a
words of His Teachers, He doth daily Himself shine the more therein. As the end of the world groweth the
nearer,
heavenly
will
knowledge of things grow greater, and con
tinue to develop with time.
time
that
of
Ye are the but if the salt his savour, wherewith shall earth
Hippo.] Sermon on
torn.
by
St
(Bk. the
:
;
And
?
Homily [of
correct your backsliding, seeing that
ye be they, and none other,
God
all
whom
correct
to
others
the
?
Eighth Lesson. "
TT
is
thenceforth
good
for
nothing, but to be cast out, to be trodden under foot of
-*
He that suffereth persecu not thus trodden under foot he that in good sooth is of men trodden under foot of men, is he is
so on.
still
Austin, i.
his heart in heaven.
Bishop
on the Lord
Mount,
which, through fear of persecution, No man can hath lost his savour. be trodden upon, unless he be be neath him which treadeth upon him ; but he cannot be beneath his tor mentor, who, suffer he how grievously soever in his body upon earth, hath
ch.
Ninth Lesson.
s
vi.
11
\7E *
The Lord showeth how that such men are to be esteemed but fools as
just
do
the
run
chosen
backslidings of
4.)
so
hath
;
JESUS said unto
:
disciples
the
have lost it be salted
;
is
I3-)
salt
:
tion
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (v.
His
which are eternal, and which, as men cannot give them, so likewise neither can they take them away. If, therefore, the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? This is as much as to say Ye are they by whom the stale mass of mankind is to be sweetened if ye, therefore, through shrinking from the trials of persecutions, which en dure but for a moment, do your selves cast away that kingdom which is everlasting, who will there be to
men."
Seventh Lesson.
A T **
abundance
for
lust
through
thereof, or through dread of lack of the same, as to lose those things
and
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
549
after
things
temporal,
are the light of the
world."
They whom
the Lord hath, called the salt of the
above, the same doth
earth,
light
of
the
He now
world.
By
call
the
THE COMMON OF
550
whereof they were said to be the salt, we have not understood to be signified that earth whereupon we walk with our bodily feet, but the men which dwell upon the earth, earth,
or sinners, for the sweetening and correction of whose stinking corrup tion the Lord hath sent His Apostles,
And so were, as so much salt here also, by the world we are to
as
it
understand, not the heavens and the men which are in the world, or which love the world for the enlightening of whom the Apos
SAINTS.
How, then, can the called the salt of the the
true
will
be
meaning of plain, when we con the duty of Apostles, and the
sider
made
nature of
Now, salt is a of the elements of water out of the which two things salt itself.
compound and
fire,
in salt there
have been
"A
sent.
that
city
cannot be
is
on
set
that
hill
set
is,
whereof righteousness, mountain upon the which the
the
great
taught was
Lord
a figure.
itself
Another Homily for
the
made
one.
HPHIS ^
to
thing, therefore, thus made serve in divers ways the
use of men, doth keep from corrup
an
upon the heights of the same plain and hid"
is
Eighth Lesson.
earth, but the
tles
Apostles be earth? But these words
Third
Nocturn.
whereon
tion bodies
and doth
it
is
sprinkled, all the
to
readily yield
senses the perception of its inborn savour. And thus are the Apostles, seeing that they are the preachers of the kingdom of heaven, and in a certain sense the sowers of the seed of life everlasting, since that
Word
of
God which
they
scatter
power to make this mortal put on immortality. Meetly then
hath Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (v. is
I3-)
^*-
that time
His
"Ye
if
the salt shall
St Hilary, Bishop [of (Comment, on Matth. v.)
are the salt of the earth. the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall
savour of
keep sweet even unto
everlasting.
Ninth Less o?i.
:
But
Homily by
if
the
JESUS said unto Ye are the disciples
have lost his savour, wherewith it be salted ? And so on.
But
the
teaching doth receiver thereof
:
of the .earth.
Poitiers.]
salt,
whose life
A T salt
are they called
it
be salted
?
It is
T3UT
the nature of salt is to be ever the same, and unchang ing, and, on the other hand, the nature of man hath this weakness, -*-^
be changeable. He only is blessed hath continued even unto the end in all the works which God hath commanded. Therefore doth the Lord warn them whom He to
who
thenceforth good for nothing, but to
calleth
be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men." There is, I take it, no such thing as salt of the earth.
they are behoven to remain strong in that strength which He hath given
the salt
unto
of the earth,
them,
lest,
that
becoming
FOR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH. themselves savourless, they should be impotent to season others ; losing the freshness of their
own
saltness,
551
Eighth Lesson. words, THESE of the
be unable to stop the corruption and so the round about them Church cast them out of her but tery, and they and those that they should have salted, be together trodden under foot of such as ;
enter
show unto us
the whole nature of man as savour less and stinking with the strong And therefore corruption of sin.
demandeth
He
of His Apostles such most needful and
are
as
qualities useful to the furthering the salvation that is gentle and of many.
He
in.
and
lowly, tender
A
are the salt
"Ye
earth,"
just,
shutteth not
these good things in his own heart, but openeth these bright foun
Third Homily for the Third
up
Nocturn.
all
tains that they may gush forth for whose the use of his neighbour.
He
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (v.
heart
is
and who seeketh peace,
pure,
suffering persecution
sake, doth
still
for the
lead a
truth for
life
s
the
good of the commonwealth. that time
AT salt
JESUS said unto
:
His disciples
of the
Ye
:
But
earth.
if
are
the
the
salt
have lost his savour, wherewith And so on. it be salted ?
Homily by
St
shall
John Chrysostom,
Patriarch [of Constantinople.]
(15^
on Matth.)
life
world.
He is
earth," by showeth what a
the Gospel.
By
He hath us to know that whom He spake have an
they unto account to
own
:
are the salt of the
the which figure necessary of life this figure,
render,
only,
but
not for
Not unto two
of
the cities,
their
whole saith
nor nor unto ten, unto twenty, nor unto one people, as I sent the Prophets, send I you. But I send you unto every land and sea, even unto the whole world, lying groaning, as it is, under the burden the
THINK that
Lord,
of divers sins.
saith
not,
the
the
struggle
Lord,
is
easy
whereunto ye shall be led, neither shall your reckoning be of light
Ye Have
matters. earth.
which
Consider how that the Lord saith "Ye
Ninth Lesson.
are
the
ye then
salt
of
salted
the that
Nay, for it is which is once corrupted can be made sound again This by the rubbing it with salt. But it is not asked of them to do. is
corrupted
?
impossible that that
their
work
and
to
is
keep
to sprinkle with salt, fresh thereafter, such
over things as the Lord hath given into their charge, and which He Himself hath made new, and freed
from
all
before giving them. the cor after the work of is sin,
taint,
To make sound ruption Christ s
of
to preserve power alone from falling away again, is the duty and the toil commanded to
the Apostles.
;
THE COMMON OF
552
dPor dF*a$t$ of t&e
SAINTS.
mtmlt
on Sundays, except the fol
Virgin Psalm CXXVI.
lowing.
Song of Degrees, of Solo The LXX. omits the ascription to
[Intituled
FIRST VESPERS.
mon."
"A
Solomon.]
AntiphonS) Chapter, and Prayerfrom Lauds.
T7XCEPT
The LORD
Ps. cix.
said, &c., (/.
176.) Ps. cxii.
Praise the
His servants,
O
LORD,
ye
&c., (/. 178.)
*
house, that build it
:
Except the LORD keep the * the watchman waketh but in It
vain
is
"
[Intituled
WAS me
-*
:
A Song
of Degrees, of
David."]
glad when they said unto * Let us go into the house
of the LORD.
Our
have
feet
wont
been
stand * within thy gates,
lem
O
to
Jerusa
to
you
up
that
ye
rested,,
sorrow
for
rise
early,
Psalm CXXI.
LORD build the they labour in vain
the
"**
when the
eat
city,
vain.
rise
up
ye are bread of
:
For He giveth His beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the * LORD, the fruit of the womb is His reward. As arrows are in the hand of mighty man,
* so are the childrer
of the out-cast.
!
builded as a city * Jerusalem that is compact together is
:
Whither the
tribes
go up,
the
* the testimony to give thanks unto the
tribes of the
LORD,
of Israel, name of the LORD. For there are set thrones for judg * the thrones for the house of ment, David.
Happy
is
man
the
that hath his
them * he shall not be ashamed when he speaketl desire satisfied with
:
with his enemies in the gate.
Psalm CXLVII. [In the Hebrew this is the continuatioi The Vulgate ar of the preceding Psalm. the LXX. prefix "Alleluia," and the LXX. of Haggai and Zechariah."] adds "
Pray for the peace of Jerusa lem * they shall prosper that love
the LORD,
:
*
thee.
Peace be within thy
walls,
* and
prosperity within thy palaces.
For
brethren and companions * I will now Peace be sakes, say within thee Because of the house of the LORD our God, * I will seek thy good.
my
!
1
It is
all, after
For
O
praise thy God,
He
Jerusalem Zion
O
!
hath
strengthened th( bars of thy gates * He hath blessf thy children within thee He maketh peace in thy borders * and filleth thee with the finest the wheat. He sendeth forth His command:
now usual to insert this Common Office into Breviaries, but the Office for the Consecration of Churches.
:
it
is
placed
last
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. ment upon earth neth very
* His word run
:
He giveth snow like wool * scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
He
He
casteth
His
forth
ice
We
:
Verse.
:
*
and
His statutes judgments unto Israel. Jacob,
He nation
known
His
hath not dealt so with any * neither hath He made
:
to
them His judgments.
[The Hebrew adds the Vulgate and the next Psalm.]
"
Alleluia,"
LXX.
which
prefix to the
rejoice for ever.
Through the highest heaven To the Almighty Three, Father, Son, and Spirit, One same glory be. Amen.
like
* who can stand before morsels His cold? He sendeth out His word, and * He causeth His melteth them and the waters flow. wind to blow, He declareth His word unto
Holy
thou
HAIL, Portal
l
2
Star-of-Ocean,"
of the sky,
Ever- Virgin Mother
Of
the
Lord Most High
Antiphon at Blessed Virgin.
God
EVA s
name reversing, Stablish peace below
3
for
may
all
women vowed are keeping feel the
that
all
thine holy Feast - day might of thine assistance.
keeping this thine are very often altered
"Are
Feast-day,"
At Compline
Hymn
is
the last verse of the altered in honour of the In
carnation.
MATTINS.
expelling,
bliss
implore
Invitatory.
us.
Hyrnn.^
God
THEsky
Virgin of all virgins To thy shelter take us Gentlest of the gentle !
Whom
earth,
and
sea,
and
Adore, and laud, and magnify,
Who
!
Chaste and gentle make
Holy Virgin Mary,
* Mother of God, pray for
thyself a MotherOffer Him our sighs, Who, for us Incarnate, Did not thee despise.
Show
us.
1
;
o er their threefold fabric reigns,
The Virgin s
spotless
womb
contains.
the Rev. E. Caswall. See note in the Office of her name,
Authorship and date unsettled translation by Apparently meant for a translation of MRYM. between September 8 and September 9. 3 I.e., Eva, written backwards, reads Ave (Hail), 2
;
places. !
Break the captive s fetters Light on blindness pourills
Song of the Holy Mary, be
on the different Festivals, which alter ations will be found in their own
Oh, by Gabriel s AVE Uttered long ago,
Every
the
O
this
holy
All our
a-
thou an help to the helpless, a strength to the fearful, a comfort to the sorrowful; * pray for the people, plead for the clergy, make
The words,
!
praise
gainst thine enemies.
to
"
my
Virgin,
by thee accepted be. Give me strength Answer.
intercession
Hymn.
we journey,
Help our weak endeavour, Till with thee and JESUS,
swiftly.
:
as on
Still
553
translation than in the Latin. 4 From an hymn ascribed to Venantius Fortunatus
This quaint conceit ;
translation
by the
is
late
clearer in the
Rev.
Dr
Neale.
THE COMMON OF
554
will by moon and sun, things in due course is done, Is borne upon a maiden s breast,
SAINTS.
The God, Whose
and the
And
dained
By
all
fullest
heavenly grace possessed.
What
sky,
Vouchsafed, as in His ark, to
lie
!
Blest, in the message Gabriel brought Blest, by the work the Spirit wrought
;
;
From whom the great Desire of earth Took human Flesh and human birth.
which Thou hast or
man, that Thou art mind * or the son of ? man, that Thou visitest him ? is
of him
ful
How blest that Mother in whose shrine That great Artificer Divine, Whose hand contains the earth and
stars
:
Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, * and madest him to have dominion over the works of Thine hands. Thou his feet,
things under sheep and oxen, yea,
hast put
*
all
all
and the beasts of the All honour, laud,
O
and glory
JESU, Virgin-born, to Thee All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and
The
be, !
Amen.
to Paraclete.
lent
air,
* how excel LORD, our Lord,
O FIRST NOCTURN.
field.
and the fish of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea. fowl of the
is
Thy Name
in all the earth
!
Second Antiphon. O Holy Mo * thou hast God, yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh. 3
Only three Psalms are
said.
ther of x Blessed art * and blessed among women,
First
thou
Antiphon.
the fruit of thy
is
womb.
Psalm XVI 1 1. [Intituled "A Psalm of David," with the same further obscure superscription, as in
Psalm VIII. [Intituled "A Psalm of also a title which seems to
David."
It
has
show
it
was
that
a song for the vintage. ]
LORD, cellent
our Lord, * is
how Thy Name in
ex all
the earth!
For Thy glory
is
exalted * above
Pss.
xii.
and
xiii.]
HP HE
heavens declare the glory *of God, * and the firmament showeth His handy-work. Day unto day uttereth speech, * and night unto night showed knowledge.
because of Thine enemies, * that
There is no speech nor language, * where their voice is not heard. Their sound is gone out througl * and their words all the earth
Thou
the ends of the world.
the heavens. 2
Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast
Thou
perfected praise
mightest destroy the and the avenger.
When
enemy
consider Thine heavens, the work of Thy fingers * the moon I
:
1
Luke
i.
:
He sun
4 :
t<
hath set His tabernacle * which is as a
in the
bridegrooi
coming out of
his
chamber.
42.
This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning those who cried Hosannah on Palm 3 Ecclus. xxiv. 20. Sunday, Matthew xxi. 16. 4 So the LXX., as well as the Vulgate. Cf. Ps. cii. 19 ciii. 2, 3. The sense seems to be that the physical source of the light and life of this system is represented as a kind or celestial counterpart of the tabernacle, which was the centre of the Divine authority as 2
;
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
He
rejoiceth as a strong * his going forth
run a race
:
man
again and again before this maiden bed * the tender idylls of the play.
to
from
is
555 s
the end of the heaven.
And
his circuit unto the ends of * and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of the LORD is perfect, * the testimony converting the soul of the LORD is sure, making wise the it
Psalm XXIII.
:
[Intituled
"A
Psalm of
:
simple.
The right,
statutes
of
rejoicing
the
commandment
the
LORD
are
*
the
heart
of the
:
is
clear,
holy,
enduring for ever and ever judgments of the LORD are :
* the true,
righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold and store of precious stones, also than
honey and the
honeycomb.
*
Thy servant keepeth them keeping of them there is great
Verily, in
:
reward.
Who
can understand his errors
?
Thou me from secret faults * preserve Thy servant also from Cleanse
:
the sins of others.
LORD
the
S
first
and
fulness
* and established
upon the
it
floods.
Who is
the
is
"for
* the thereof; and that dwell therein. world, they For He hath founded it upon the the
seas,
LORD
giving light unto the eyes. The fear of the LORD
* sweeter
earth
The
David."
Vulgate and the LXX. add day of the week."]
tain
shall
of the
ascend into the moun * or who shall ?
LORD
stand in His holy place ? He that hath clean hands and a * who hath not lifted pure heart, up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully unto his neighbour.
He the
God
shall receive a blessing
LORD,
from
* and mercy from the
of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek Him, * that seek the face of the
God
of Jacob. 1
up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting * and the doors King of glory Lift
!
If they get not dominion over me, * and then shall I be undefiled :
I shall be cleansed from the great transgression. Let the words
of
my
mouth,
and the meditation of mine *
be acceptable
in
Thy
heart, sight for
ever,
mine Helper, * and
O LORD Redeemer
my
come
Who
is
for
us
this
* King of glory? mighty, the
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting * and the doors King of glory !
come
Who
is
The LORD Sing
in.
The LORD strong and LORD mighty in battle.
shall
!
Third Antiphon.
shall
King of
in.
this
of
* King of glory? hosts,
He
is
the
1
glory.
revealed upon earth. The Hebrew, however, which is supported by St Jerome, reads, In them (i.e., the starry heavens) hath He set a tabernacle for the sun," and this reading seems to commend itself to Archbishop Kenrick, who suggests that the "tabernacle" may signify the region below the horizon, into which the sun retires nightly, as into a tent, to In them sleep, and from which he issues in renewed glory every morning. Targum "
"
:
hath 1
He set SLH.
splendour as a tabernacle for the
sun."
THE COMMON OF
556 In
Verse.
comeliness
thy
and
thy beauty.
Answer. Go forward, and reign.
fare pros
the midst of the paths of judgment that I may cause those that love ;
me may
perously,
SAINTS.
to inherit substance, fill their treasures.
possessed First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Pro
verbs of Solomon
12.)
(viii.
>
dwell with prudence, find out knowledge of
and
The
witty inventions. LORD is to hate
evil
fear
of the
pride,
;
and
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the
that
I
the beginning of
in
His ways, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting, or ever
the
earth
were no depths,
T WISDOM, **
me
and
The LORD
ceived
When
was.
there
was already con when there were no foun
;
I
abounding with water, before the mountains were settled in their strength, before the hills, was I tains
brought
double mouth, do I hate. Counsel under is mine, and sound wisdom
forth.
Second Responsory.
;
standing
is
mine
mine
;
By me
is
strength.
and
princes kings reign decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles command righteousness. I love them that love me, and those that seek
me
Rejoice with me, all ye that love the Lord, for while I was yet a little one, I pleased the Most High.
And
I
bowels
early shall find me.
Verse.
me
call
is
and how
holy
thy virginity thee praise
am
I
!
spotless too dull
thou hast borne in thy breast Him Whom the heavens cannot contain. Verse. Blessed art thou among to
;
women, and blessed thy womb. Answer. thy breast
for
is
the fruit of
For thou hast borne in the heavens
Him Whom
and honour
are with durable riches and
My
fruit
shall
generations since the
Lord of His
.
1DLESSED
is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, and waiting at the posts of my doors. Whoso findeth me find-
*-*
eth
life,
and
shall
obtain salvation
LORD but he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul. All they that hate me love death, Wisdom hath builded her (ix. i.)
Second Lesson.
righteousness.
All
blessed,
my
handmaiden. Answer. And I have brought forth from my bowels God and man. Third Lesson ( 34. )
from the
cannot contain.
RICHES me, yea,
l
hath regarded the lowliness
First Responsory.
O how
have brought forth from God and man.
is
better
than gold and precious stones, and my revenue than choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, in Luke
house
;
;
she hath
hewn out her seven
She hath
killed her beasts ; she hath mingled her wine she hath also furnished her table. She hath sent forth her maidens unto the citadel, and unto the walls of pillars.
:
i.
48.
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. the
to
city,
cry
out
Whoso
:
My tongue
is
him come unto me. And unto them that want under standing, she saith Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine
writer.
which
for ever.
let
simple,
:
have mingled.
I
O
Blessed art thou,
Virgin Mary, the Lord, the the world. Thou hast carried
borne Him Who created thee, and thou abidest a virgin for ever. Verse.
The Lord
Hail, Mary, full of grace. with thee.
is
Thou
Ansiver.
hast borne
Him
Who created thee, and thou abidest a virgin for ever. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
the pen * of a ready
is
*
than the children
art fairer
poured into thy
is
God
O
Third Responsory.
who hast Maker of
Thou
of men, grace * therefore
557
lips
:
hath blessed thee
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * most mighty In thy comeliness, and thy beauty, !
fare prosperously,
go forward,
and
reign,
Because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness * and thy right hand shall lead thee wonderfully. Thine arrows are sharp (the :
* into people shall fall under thee) the heart of the King s enemies. 1
O
Thy
throne, the
and ever
God,
is
for ever
of Thy a right sceptre. hast loved righteousness,
:
kingdom
sceptre
is
Thou
* and hated iniquity therefore, God, thy God, hath anointed thee :
Thou
Answer.
Who
hast borne
Him
created thee, and thou abidest
a virgin for ever.
with the
oil
of gladness above thy
fellows.
smell of myrrh, and cassia, out of the ivory
Thy garments SECOND NOCTURN. First Antiphon. In thy comeli ness and thy beauty, * go forward,
and
fare prosperously,
and
aloes,
*
whereby kings daughters thine honourable women have
palaces,
among made thee
glad.
thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, * bedecked with divers colours.
reign.
Upon
Psalm XLIV.
Hearken, [This Psalm has a long superscription, the exact meaning of which is not now certain. It seems to have been a marriage-song writ ten to be sung by the Korahites. The Targum ascribes it to the time of Moses, but it seems rather to belong to that of the Jewish
Monarchy.]
INE
heart is overflowing with a good matter * I speak of works unto the king.
TV/I"
**
*
:
my 1
So
2
The word
are these "
bride,
is,
VOL.
I.
He
"
is
words translated
God
in
Heb.
i.
sider,
and
O
get also thine father s house.
And
the
daughter, and con
incline thine ear
own
King
*
:
for
people, and thy shall
greatly
de
* for He is the thy beauty Lord thy God, 2 and Him shall they worship. And the daughters of Tyre shall entreat thy favour * with gifts, sire
:
8, 9.
"
not in the Hebrew, and the original meaning, addressed to the thy lord, and bow thou to him." So also St Jerome. is
T
THE COMMON OF
558 even
rich
the
all
among
SAINTS.
[There is] a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God * the Most High hath hallowed His
the
:
people.
The King s daughter
is
all
glo
* in a vesture of rious within, gold, clad in divers colours.
Tabernacle.
After her shall virgins be brought unto the king * her fellows shall
shall not
God
:
His voice, the earth melted.
:
s
LORD of hosts is God of Jacob is
The
palace.
Instead of thy fathers shall be * thou shalt make thy children them princes over all the earth. They shall be mindful of thy
us
*
the
:
Come and
earth.
yea,
He
breaketh the
teth the
weapons
Be
be moved.
God
still,
*
and know
:
I
I
LORD of hosts is God of Jacob is
The us
am
*
the
:
with
our
1
refuge.
the choir of the Korahite the Targum ascribes it, but when apparently by a mere guess, to the time Korah and his fellow-rebels were destroyed by an earthquake in the wilderness, but "the children of Korah died not" (Num.
Third Antiphon.
And
ther
of
God
*
:
all
O Holy Mo we who dwell
in thee are in gladness.
Psalm LXXXVI.
n).]
our
fire.
that
will
from
is
cut-
* and
in the earth.
[This Psalm has a superscription of un certain meaning, but of which part seems to imply that it was to be sung by treble
xxvi. 10,
:
be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted
Psalm XLV.
family.
bow and sunder
in
burneth the shields in the
her,
A
Song of the [Intituled "A Psalm. The Targum adds that it sons of Korah. was based upon words of the ancients,
and strength, in trouble, which
GOD* our helprefuge is
behold the works of
the LORD, what wonders He hath * He maketh wrought in the earth ; wars to cease unto the end of the
God shall give Second Antiphon. her the help of His countenance; * God is in the midst of she
voices,
our
1
* unto all name, generations. Therefore shall the people praise * for ever and ever. thee for
shall not
with
refuge.
:
ever,
:
The heathen raged, and the king doms were moved * He uttered
be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall * they shall enter they be brought
King
in the midst of her, she * God shall be moved
help her right early.
:
into the
is
come upon us
exceedingly.
Therefore will
we not
"
perhaps meaning that the two first verses before the SLH were an ancient saying to which the rest was a later addition.]
though * and the earth be removed, though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; fear,
foundation
HERmountains
:
in
is
the holy
LORD
the
lov-
mountains shake with the swelling
eth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob Glorious things are spoken of
thereof 1
thee,
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled; * though the
1
!
SLH.
*
O
city of
God
l !
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. I will make mention of Rahab l and Babylon * that know me. Behold the "Strangers," 2 and * Tyre, and the people of Ethiopia,
these were there
Mother of the Lord.
the
Fourth Responsory. 6
and the Highest Himself hath 3
the princes,]
4
* of
I
myrrh
Verse.
like
a
cedar in
a
cypress -tree Like the best
yielded a pleasant odour. Like cinnamon and sweet
balsam.
All they that dwell in thee * are
shall
give
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson mons of Patriarch in
is
taken from the Ser
St
John Chrysostom,
[of Constantinople.] Metaphrastes.)
HHE
Son of God chose for His Mother not a woman of
-*
wealth, not a woman of substance, but that blessed maiden whose soul was bright with grace. It was be
cause Blessed Mary had preserved a superhuman chastity, that she con ceived the Lord JESUS Christ in her womb. Let us then fly to the most holy maiden, who is Mother of God,
we may gain the help of her
patronage.
That
Yea,
all
whosoever ye
virgins,
yielded
a
pleasant
her the
help of His countenance. Answer. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved.
(Found
I
Fifth Lesson.
God
Verse.
Answer. odour.
in gladness.
1
was exalted and as
upon Mount Zion.
that are in
all
her. 5
that
1
Lebanon,
The LORD shall make count, when He writeth up the people [and
will
for
:
established her?
She
you by her protection your beautiful, your most precious, and your most enduring possession. keep most
And of Zion shall it not be said This and that man was born in her, *
559
ye be,
that
run
WERILY, *
thren,
dearly beloved brethe Blessed Virgin
Mary was a great wonder. What thing greater or more famous than she, hath ever at any time been found, or can be found ? She alone greater than heaven and earth.
is
What been,
thing holier than she hath or can be found ? Neither
Prophets, nor Apostles, nor Martyrs, nor Patriarchs, nor Angels, nor Thrones, nor Lordships, nor Sera phim, nor Cherubim, nor any other creature, visible or invisible, can be found that is greater or more ex cellent than she. She is at once the
hand-maid and the parent of God, once virgin and mother.
at
Fifth Responsory. 1
Who
be
the sun
to
lem?
is
this that
cometh up
like
This, comely as Jerusa The daughters of Zion saw ?
2 Insolent One," namely, Egypt. I.e., the Philistines. that Jerusalem shall be illustrious as the birth-place of all kinds of distinguished persons? The Targum, curiously enough, says that the persons meant are David and Solomon, whereas David is a native of Bethlehem. 4 Displaced from the beginning of the next verse. 5 6 SLH. /id? } Wisdom. Ecclus. xxiv. 17, 20. 7 Cant. viii. 5 vi. 10, 4, 8. 3
is
Is the
"the
meaning
;
THE COMMON OF
560
and called her blessed; also, and they praised
her,
queens
1
Verse.
And
about her of
roses
year,
and
flower
the
as
spring of the the valleys.
the her.
it
was the
of
queens
greatly
her
desired
and when the daughters beauty of Zion saw her, they cried out that she was most blessed, saying Thy name is as ointment poured :
forth.
The daughters of Zion Answer. saw her and called her blessed ; the
He
jewels, ;
in lilies
SAINTS.
also,
and they praised
Verse. Upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in a vesture of gold wrought about with divers
colours.
her.
Sixth Lesson.
Answer. And when the daugh of Zion saw her, they cried out that she was most blessed. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy ters
the
is
SHEwas before
all
ages,
Who
and
is
men
nobler
is
be
to
Him
before
trembling, veiling
than
this virgin
any of the heavenly powers stand
acknow
Wouldst thou know
all.
how much
Father
the
of
ledged by Angels and
Lord of
Him Who
Mother of
begotten
their
?
and
faces
with
their wings, but she offereth human she gave birth. to ity to
Him
Whom
Through her we obtain the remis sion of sins. Hail, then, O Mother maiden throne heaven damsel adornment, and glory, and found cease not to ation, of our Church and our Son to us for thy pray Lord JESUS Christ! that through thee we may find mercy in the day of judgment, and may be able to !
!
obtain those good things which God hath prepared for them that love Him, by the grace and goodness of
our Lord JESUS Christ; to Whom, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, be ascribed all glory, and honour, and
power, now, and
ever and ever.
for
Amen.
*
Joy to thee, thou hast trampled Virgin Mary, down all the heresies in the whole First Antiphon.
O
world.
Psalm XCV. [In
i
Par. (Chron.)xvi.
it
is
stated thz
David gave this Psalm to Asaph and brethren upon the day that the ark
which the
first
part consists
fifteen verses of Ps. civ.
of the
The Vulgate
fir an<
LXX.
note that it was sung at the rebuilding of the Temple after the Cap
the
tivity.]
OSING song
:
unto the LORD a ne) sing unto the LORI
the earth. Sing unto the LORD, and His Name * show forth His
all
bl<
sal
vation from day to day.
Sixth Responsory. the
hi
brought to Jerusalem. The text is ther given somewhat differently, and the wholt forms the second part of one Psalm, ol
:
When
as
is
THIRD NOCTURN.
!
!
!
!
Answer. Saying, Thy name ointment poured forth.
They
fear
with
Ghost.
Lord beheld the daugh her
ter of Jerusalem adorned with 1
Declare His glory among * His wonders among
heathen, people.
Ecclus.
1.
8.
th<
al
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. For the LORD is great, and greatly be praised * He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the heathen * but the LORD are devils made to
Psalm XCVI.
:
LORD reigneth; let the * let the mul earth rejoice titude of isles be glad thereof. :
His sanctuary. Give unto the LORD,
in
O ye kin dreds of the people, give unto the *
LORD
glory and honour unto the LORD the glory
:
Clouds and darkness are round * about Him righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne. A fire shall go before Him, * and burn up His enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world * the earth saw and trem :
give
due unto
His name. Bring
and come
sacrifices,
into
His courts * O worship the LORD in His holy temple Let all the earth fear before :
!
*
Him.
The
that
He
!
shall
the
the world not be moved
shall
it
whole
:
earth.
The heavens
judge the people right
Let the heavens
rejoice,
and
saw His
let
be
joyful
and
all
that
glory.
be all they that * and that worship graven images, boast themselves of idols.
is
Him, all ye His An * Zion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Judah because of thy judg rejoiced, ments, O LORD
therein.
Worship
Then shall wood rejoice
all
the trees of the
gels
before the LORD, for
* for He cometh to cometh, the earth. judge He shall judge the world with * and the righteousness people with His truth. 1
He
!
"
!
For thou, LORD,
:
all
the
far
above
Ye Second Antiphon. Holy Virgin, * my praise by thee accepted be ;
me
strength
against
evil
eth
thine
earth all
that
* :
souls
of
:
art
Thou
gods. love the
Lord
the
His
saints
high above art
exalted
LORD,
preserveth ;
He
hate the
deliver-
them out of the hand of the
wicked.
enemies. 1
declared His right all the people
and
Confounded
the earth be glad, let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: * let the
give
*
eousness,
eously.
fields
hills melted like wax at * at presence of the LORD, presence of the Lord of the
the
reigneth hath established
He *
:
bled.
Say among the heathen,
The LORD also,
"
solom.]
and
beauty are before * holiness and majesty are
:
"[A
country was re established per haps meaning after the usurpation of Ab-
the heavens.
Him
LXX. have the Psalm] of David when
[The Vulgate and the superscription his
:
Praise
5 6l
i Par. (Chron.) xvi. the Psalm continues: "O give thanks unto the LORD, for Save us, O God of our good for His mercy endureth for ever. And say ye salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to Thy holy Name, and glory in Thy praise. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. Amen and praised the LORD And all the people said possibly in
He
In is
:
:
"
:
Ps. cxxxv.
THE COMMON OF
5 62
sprung up for the * and gladness for the
is
Light righteous,
upright in heart. Rejoice in the
LORD, ye
* and give thanks memorial of His holiness eous,
right to the
!
Third Antiphon during most of After thy delivery thou remainest a virgin * undefined ;
the year. still
Mother of God, pray
for us.
Third Antiphon, during Advent. angel of the Lord announced unto Mary, * and she conceived
SAINTS.
Let the floods clap their hands, the hills be joyful together be * For He cometh fore the LORD. let
to judge the earth
equity.
God
Verse.
Holy Ghost.
hath chosen her and
fore-chosen her.
He
Answer.
Psalm
A
[Intituled LXX. ascribe
the
OSING song
:
XC VI
Psalm."
it
her to
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Holy
Luke
to
Gospel according
"
made
hath
dwell in His tabernacle.
The
of the
:
With righteousness shall He judge the world, * and the people with
(xi.
27.) I.
The Vulgate and
to David.]
unto the LORD a new * for He hath done
marvellous things. His right hand, and His holy arm, * hath gotten Him the victory. The LORD hath made known His * His salvation righteousness hath He openly showed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered His mercy, * and His truth towards the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen * the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto the * make a LORD, all the earth, loud noise and rejoice, and sing :
as JESUS spake that time unto the multitudes, a cer
AT
:
woman
tain
of the
up her voice and Blessed
And
Thee.
womb
the
is
lifted
company
Him
said unto
:
bare
that
so on.
Homily by the Venerable Bede, Doctor of [at Jarrow and
Priest
the
Church.]
Luke
49 on
was a
woman
xi.)
It is plain that this
earnestness
of
The at
ch.
iv.
(Bk.
great Scribes
and
and
faith.
were once tempting and blaspheming Pharisees
the Lord, but this woman so clearly grasped His Incarnation, and so bravely confessed the same, that she confounded both the lies of the
men who were
praise.
great
present,
and
Sing unto the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice * With of a psalm. trumpets and sound of cornet, Make a joyful noise before the * Let the sea LORD, the King. roar, and the fulness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein.
the faithlessness of the heretics
who
Even as the were yet to come. Jews then, blaspheming the works of the Holy Ghost, denied the very Son of God Who is of one sub stance
with the
Father,
so
after
wards did the heretics, by denying that
Mary always
a
Virgin
did,
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. under the operation of the Ghost,
Holy
the Only-
to
flesh
supply
begotten One of God, when He was about being born in an human Body, even so, I say, did the her etics deny that the Son of Man should be called a true Son, Who is of one substance l with His Mother. Seventh Responsory.
O
Holy Virgin Mary, happy in deed art thou, and right worthy of
all
for out of thee rose
praise,
Sun
the
of
even
righteousness,
Christ our
God.
Verse.
Pray
the
for
people,
plead for the clergy, make inter cession for all women vowed to
God. this
May thine
all
holy
that
are
keeping
Feast-day feel the
might of thine assistance. For out of thee rose Answer. the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God.
563
His Son, made of a woman, made under the law," (Gal. iv. 4,) and they are not to be listened to who read this passage Born of a woman, made under the law." He was made of a woman, for He was conceived in a virgin s womb, and took His Flesh, not from no thing, not from elsewhere, but from the flesh of His Mother. Other and if He had not been wise, "
:
sprung of a woman, He could not with truth be called the Son of man. Let us therefore, denying doctrine
the
of Eutyches,
up
lift
our
with the Uni voice, along versal Church, whereof that woman
was a
us
let
figure,
up our
lift
heart as well as our voice from the
company, and say unto the Saviour "
Blessed
womb
the
is
:
bare
that
Thee, and the paps which Thou hast sucked of Blessed Mother whom one 3 hath said "
!
!
:
art His Mother Who reigns o er earth and o er heaven for ever.
Thou
Eighth Blessing. Eighth Responsory.
She whose feast-day we are keep
ingMary, blessed Maid of maidens, Be our advocate with God.
All
shall
generations
call
me
He
That is Mighty, even the Lord, hath done to me and Holy is His great things For
blessed.
;
Name. Eighth Lesson.
BUT God
we
shall
something outside
2
of the flesh of
Virgin His Mother, without reason should we bless the womb that bare Him, and the paps which He hath sucked. But the
the
saith
Apostle 1
3
"
:
God
And His mercy
Verse.
say that the Flesh, Wherewith the Son of was born in the flesh, was if
sent
forth
them
that
fear
is
on
Him, from gener
ation to generation.
Answer. He That is Mighty, even the Lord, hath done to me and Holy is His things, great
Name. Verse.
and
to
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Verum consubstantialemque matri filium. The poet Sedulius an Irishman, of the fifth
2
century.
Extranea.
THE COMMON OF
564
Answer. He That is Mighty, even the Lord, hath done to me and Holy is His great things,
SAINTS.
hath
loved
and
me,
me
brought
into his chamber. 3 Fourth Antiphon. Lo the win * ter is past, the rain is over and Rise up, my love, and come gone. !
Name. Ninth Lesson.
away. "
"VT
blessed are they that hear the Word of God
EA,
*
and
keep
the
Saviour
How
it."
say
woman s
blessing,
that not
only
was meet the
Fifth Antiphon.
rather,
is
also
declaring
* nacle
created from the beginthe world ; and
I
never fail. In the holy taber served before him.
Hymn.
it
was blessed
the
handmaid of the Word of God
Virgin, ever blest, All daughters of mankind above, gavest nurture from thy breast
To God, with pure maternal love. What we had lost through sinful Eve
in being for a while
The Blossom sprung from
she
keepeth
Him
And, granting
O
ever.
First Antiphon.
!
Praise from
*
head,
but comely, Jerusalem.
*
Be equal glory ever sung.
Answer.
2
Cant.
i.
6
O
the
Mary
!
3
The speaker in these Little Chapters is Wisdom. From the hymn beginning "The God Whom translation by the Rev.
God
Therefore
Antiphon at rias.
Cant.
;
poured into thy hath
black
ye daughters of Therefore the King
4
Fortunatus
is
Amen.
blessed thee for ever.
O
6.
Grace
Verse.
1
ii.
s host,
lips.
right
am
mankind and heaven
To JESUS of a Virgin sprung, To Father and to Holy Ghost,
my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. l His left hand Second Antiphon. * and his is under my
King!
Hall, whence light shone through the gloom The ransomed nations praise and sing The Offspring of thy virgin womb.
While the King
hand doth embrace me. 2 1 Third Antiphon.
doors.
Gate, through which hath passed the
O
O
LAUDS.
sitteth at his table,
bliss to souls that grieve,
Unbars the everlasting
for
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, God, &c.," is said.
thee re
stores,
Flesh, but that she was much in this, that through
love
b
GLORIOUS O Who
more blessed
5
(Ecclus. xxiv. 14.)
and,
faith,
self
her
O Holy Mother become beautiful *
in thy gladness.
through good works,
it
Yea, and bours, are also blessed. that the very Mother of God her
made
art
ning, before
I shall
the same
forth and, as it were, care in their own hearts, nurse it, fully and in the hearts of their neigh
bring
T WAS
4
give bodily birth to of God, but that all they
by keeping
thou
Chapter.
who
to
Word
!
the
to
she blessed
who spiritually conceive Word by the hearing of
God
and gentle
doth
nobly
"Yea"
of
5, 4.
Dr. Littledale.
earth,"
&c.
,
Song of ZachaBlessed art thou Cant.
ii.
II,
10.
ascribed to Venantius 6
Luke
i.
45.
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. that hast believed, * for there shall
TERCE.
be a performance of those things which were told thee from the Lord.
565
The last verse of the Hymn honour of the Incarnation.
in
is
altered
Alleluia.
His left hand, &c., Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.} Prayer throughout the Office, if there be none special.
Chapter from Lauds.
we beseech Thee, O Lord God, unto all Thy ser
Short Responsory.
,
vants,
that
they
tinually in the
ness both
of
In
may remain con
enjoyment of sound
in
by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of Thine eternal gladness. Through our Lord
Who
Verse.
Go
and Answer.
reign.
In thy beauty. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. In thy comeliness and Verse.
liveth
in thy beauty. God shall help Verse.
PRIME.
her, she shall not
Antiphon.
is
altered
While the King, &c.,
:
Thou
Verse.
that wast born
The last verse of the Hymn honour of the Incarnation.
(Ecclus. xxiv. 19.)
AND in
odour
God
myrrh. 1
I.e.
,
(Ecclus. xxiv. 15.)
I was established in and likewise in the was I given to rest, and
so
And Jerusalem was my power. took root among the honourable 1 people, even in the portion of my
the broad ways I gave a sweet * smell like cinnamon and aro matic balm; I yielded a pleasant
I.
&c.,
Zion,
holy city
TN
VOL.
altered
of Chapter.
like the best
is
I am black, Antiphon. (Third Antiphon at Lauds}
the Virgin Mary.
Chapter at the end.
midst of
in the
be moved.
SEXT.
in
In the Short Responsory instead of the Verse, "Thou that sittest, &c.," is
is
her with
Prayer from Lauds.
(First Antiphon at Lauds.)
said
thy
forward, fare prosper
His countenance. Answer. God
The last verse of the Hymn honour of the Incarnation.
in
thy beauty.
ously,
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen,
in
and
In thy comeliness and
Answer.
mind and body, and
JESUS Christ Thy Son,
comeliness
thy
beauty.
I
as
His own inheritance, and
the Jews.
T 2
THE COMMON OF
5 66
mine abiding was in the sembly of the Saints.
as
full
shall
Answer. God hath chosen her, and fore-chosen her. Verse. Grace is poured into thy lips.
Short Responsory.
God
SAINTS.
Answer.
Therefore
her
with
His
blessed thee for ever.
shall
help
her
Prayer from Lauds.
help
God
hath
countenance.
God
Answer.
with His countenance.
God is in the midst of she shall not be moved.
Verse.
her,
Answer.
With
His
counten
ance. Verse.
and
to
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost. Ansiver. God shall help her with His countenance. Verse. God hath chosen her, and fore-chosen her.
Answer. He hath made her to dwell in His tabernacle.
SECOND VESPERS. The same as lowing : Verse.
the First, except the fol
Holy
Virgin,
my
praise
by thee accepted be. Answer. Give me strength against thine enemies.
Antiphon at
the
Song of the Blessed
All generations shall call Virgin. rne blessed, * for God hath regarded
the lowliness of His hand-maiden.
Prayer from Lauds.
At Compline
Hymn
NONE. in
The last verse of the Hymn honour of the Incarnation.
is
O Holy Mother, &c., Antiphon at Lauds.)
Chapter from the end of Prime.
hath chosen her, and chosen her, Answer. God hath chosen Verse.
He
fore-
made
her
to
dwell in His tabernacle.
Answer.
And
fore-chosen her.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse.
Note. The above-mentioned altera tions of the last verses of the Hymns at Compline, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, and Compline, and in the Verse in the
of her.
her,
her.
hath
of the honour of the
Short Responsory at Prime, are made every day within the Octaves of the Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, and that even when the Office of the day is not
Short Responsory.
God
and fore-chosen
last verse
altered
Antiphon. (Fifth
the
altered in Incarnation. is
Here follows in the original the Office of the Blessed Virgin as a Simple for Saturdays, but it is here omitted, as upon all Saturdays upon which it could occur the Votive Office of the Immacu late Conception is
obligatory in
land upon all persons bound recitation of the Divine Office.
Eng to
the
FOR VIRGINS.
EX, Jor
567
Ffrgittf,
Whether one or many, Martyr or not Martyr. All as on Sundays, except the fol lowing.
The Psalms are the same as in the for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, except the Third Psalm of the Second Nocturn, which is Psa lm XLVIL, Office
"
Great
is
the Lord,
&c.,"
(p. 98).
Y^HILD
^
FIRST VESPERS. Chapter,
Antiphons,
of the Virgin,
If the Saint
and
Hymn,
Maker
of
Thy
Mother, Virgin-engendered, of the Virgin Son, Virgin is she of whom we sing another Victory won.
and
be not
yd verses are
a Martyr the 2nd
omitted.
Prayer from Lauds.
For One l
Verse.
Double the palm of triumph which she
Virgin.
In thy comeliness and
thy beauty.
:
Go
Answer. perously,
and
forward, fare pros
appeareth
reign.
Her
feet beneath.
of the Blessed
Antiphon at Virgin.
beareth,
Strove she to vanquish woman s fear of death Quelled now the hand of death and hell
the Song Come, Bride of
Christ,
and
*
which take the everlasting crown the Lord hath prepared for thee.
Death won no conquest, nor the thou sand terrors, Kindred of death fierce torments bravely borne :
For Many 2
Verse.
After
Gave she her blood Virgins.
her
shall
Antiphon at 3
the
Trim your lamps,
O
s
new morn.
she pleads for
us, at
her sweet
petition,
That we may sing with conscience pure of sin, debt of guilt mission
O
From
!
And
!
Him
that blood the
4-
When
Song of the Blessed
ye * Behold the Bride wise virgins Go ye out to meet groom cometh Virgin.
Of life
virgins
be brought unto the King. Her fellows shall be Answer. brought unto thee. .
:
radiance mirrors
grant us
Thy
re
peace within.
!
5-
MATTINS.
The Lord He
Invitatory.
King of the let
Glory to Thee,
* Virgins.
us worship
Him
O
is
Father, Son, and
Spirit,
the
come,
O
Glory co-equal on the throne on high, in power, in unity of merit,
Equal
Amen.
Eternally.
!
2
1
Ps. xliv. 5, 6.
4
Author unknown, hymn somewhat altered
Ps. xliv. 15. ;
3
Matth. xxv. 6, 7. translation by the Rev. G. Moultrie.
THE COMMON OF
568
FIRST NOCTURN. First Antiphon.
and glorious * the chaste
is
O
!
Second Antiphon.
Sing for us again and again before this maiden s bed * the tender idylls of the play. 2
Third Antiphon. 3 Return, Shulammith! * Return, that
we may look upon In
Verse.
thy
ren The time is short it remaineth that both they that have wives :
how lovely the generation of 1
SAINTS.
return, return,
thee.
be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as not
For the fashion of abusing it. world passeth away.
and
comeliness
First Responsory for a Virgin
Answer. Go forward, and reign.
fare pros
take
the
even
taken from the First Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (vii. 25.) is
/CONCERNING
virgins
I
have
no commandment of the Lord give my judgment, as one that :
hath obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful. I suppose, therefore, that this is good for the present need, that it is good for a man so to be. Art thou bound unto a wife ? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife ? Seek not a wife. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned. And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, such
have trouble in the flesh. But But this I say, brethspare you.
shall 1
1
Wisd.
2
Drama. The Song of Solomon
iv.
of
everlasting
Christ,
crown,
and which
Lord hath prepared
the First Lesson.
The Lesson
Bride
Come,
perously,
yet I
and
Martyr.
thy beauty
^- x
this
for thee, for the love of
who
thee
for
Him hast shed thy blood, and art entered with Angels into His gar den. 4 Verse.
and
I
Come,
will
the
for
thee,
O My chosen one, My throne in
establish
King
hath
greatly
desired thy beauty. 5
Answer. And thou art entered with Angels into His garden. 4 First Responsory for a Virgin not a
Martyr.
Come, for
O My chosen one, and I My throne in thee,
establish
will
the
King hath
greatly desired
thy beauty.
In
Verse.
thy
thy beauty, go perously,
and
comeliness
forward,
fare
and pros
5
reign.
i.
(the
form of which
is
dramatic.) seems to be the plav
referred to. 3
Cant.
vi.
The Breviary
13.
The
text has
translation follows the
"Sunamitis,"
Hebrew and
which seems
to
Latin as to the proper name. be either a misprint or a conjectural a local designation from the town of
emendation, founded on the belief that the name is Shunem (cf. 3(1) Kings i. 3, &c.) But this town, teste Eusebio, was also called Sulem," and is now known as "S6lam. r However, the most common view has been that the name is a feminine form of Solomon, (cf. in English, John and Jane, Francis and Frances, id G en us sub vocib It is found in the New Testament, under the form of .us. Sc\ X f. j "
Salome." 4
^ Mark xv.
Latin: paradisus.
40, xvi.
i.
5
Ps. xliv. 12, 5, 3.
FOR VIRGINS. Answer.
For
the
hath
King
greatly desired thy beauty.
Second Lesson. "OUT
*-*
would have you without He that is un
I
carefulness.
married careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may But he that is mar please God. careth
ried
the
for
of the
are
things
that
how he
may
world, please his wife, and he
The unmarried
divided.
is
and
woman,
the
virgin
careth for the
Lord,
holy both But she married careth for the things
that
is
in
And
your own
profit
this
I
not
:
please
speak that
I
would cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and which giveth occasion to attend
Lord without
but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. So then, he that giveth his virgin in marriage doeth well ; and he that giveth her not, doeth better. The wife is bound by law as long as her husband liveth. But if her husband have fallen asleep, she is free she may marry whom she will But she only, in the Lord. will be happier if she so abide, ;
after
think
upon the
distraction.
and
my judgment that
have
I
the
also
I
Spirit
of
God. Third Responsory.
spirit.
how she may
of the world, her husband. for
may be
she
that
body and
in
things of the
569
In thy comeliness and thy beauty, fare prosperously,
go forward, reign. Verse.
Grace
poured into thy
is
God
therefore
lips,
and
hath
blessed
thee for ever.
Answer. Go forward, fare pros and reign. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Go forward, fare pros perously, and reign. perously,
Second Responsory. 1
Grace
for
poured into thy
is
God
therefore
hath
blessed
lips
;
thee
ever.
thy comeliness and beauty, go forward, fare pros
thy
SECOND NOCTURN.
In
Verse.
and reign. Answer. God hath blessed thee
perously,
First liness
Antiphon.
In
and thy beauty,
come
thy
*
go
for
ward, fare prosperously, and reign. God shall help Second Antiphon, * God her with His countenance she shall is in the midst of her; 41
for ever.
Third Lesson.
;
IF his
any
man
eth
himself if
virgin,
think that he behav-
she
unseemly pass
the
and need so let him do what he will neth not, and if she marry. of her age,
toward flower require,
he sinNever
theless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, 1
Ps. xliv. 12, 5, 3.
not be moved. 2
Third Antiphon. cannot * quench love. Verse.
God
Many
shall help her with
His countenance. Answer. God her
;
waters
is in the midst of she shall not be moved. 2
Cant.
viii.
7.
THE COMMON OF
570
and came upon the Word of God
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson mons of
is
taken from the Ser
St
[of Milan.]
Ambrose, (Bk.
is
day THIS The day.
i.
Bishop
on Virgins?)
maiden
a
Birth
love of virginity
But what un maketh Martyrs. man can rightly derstanding of grasp this excellency which riseth above the laws of nature herself? What natural voice can pourtray a thing which is supernaturally It is a reflection on earth noble ? of a glory whose home is in heaven. it
is
but that which we
may
look for, when we see her who hath her Husband in heaven,
justly
live a life
whose model
is
the very
in
bosom
of the Father,
and sucked Him into her heart. For who, that hath once found such blessedness, would leave it again ? For thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee," and draw thee after "
s
to say somewhat provoketh us touching maidenhood, lest, if we pass thereby, we should seem to cast a slur on that which was her not chief strength. Virginity is to be praised because it is a grace which is poured forth in Martyrs, but because it is a grace which
And
.SAINTS.
the
life
of heaven.
them. not I,
(Cant.
i.
3.)
it
Lastly,
is
but the Lord by Whom it is said that they which neither marry nor are given in marriage are as the angels of God in heaven. (Matth. Let no man therefore xxii. 30.) marvel that they which be married unto the Lord of angels should be likened themselves to angels.
Fifth Responsory.
Thou
1
hast loved righteousness,
and hated iniquity; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the
oil
of gladness.
Because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness. Answer. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the Verse.
of gladness.
oil
Fourth Responsory. Sixth Lesson.
Because of
truth,
and meekness, and thy right
and righteousness hand shall lead thee wonderfully. In thy comeliness, and Verse. ;
thy beauty,
go forward, fare pros
and reign. Answer. And thy
perously,
right
hand
WHO
from heaven, seeing it is a life whereof it is not easy to find an ensample before God came down to dwell
was
shall lead thee wonderfully.
in
Fifth Lesson.
would deny that this is a which hath come down
life
in
a
Body
of clay
Then
?
a virgin which conceived Him her womb, and the Word was it
made Flesh, that Flesh might be made God. Some will say Con cerning Elias also, we find not that :
TT
was maidenhood that pierced ^ beyond the clouds, the atmos phere, the Angels, and the stars, 1
he shared
in
the
lusting
bodily coming-together.
Ps. xliv. 9.
after
Yea
;
a
and
FOR VIRGINS. therefore
that he was carried
is
it
in a fiery chariot into heaven ; therefore is it that he is seen with
up
Lord amid
the
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson Gospel
the glory of the therefore it is that Transfiguration he is to come as a Forerunner of
Lord
the
s
all
coming
After her shall virgins be brought unto the King, her fellows shall be brought unto thee with gladness and rejoicing. Verse.
In thy comeliness and thy beauty, go forward, fare prosperous
unto
with
thee
joicing. Verse.
be brought
and
gladness
re
Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son,
and
Answer. unto
shall
to the
They with
thee
Holy Ghost. be brought
shall
and
gladness
*
1
1
am
black but
comely, ye daughters of Jeru salem ; therefore hath the King loved
me
into his
cham
ber.
Draw me Antiphon. * we will run after the savour of thy good ointments ; thy l
Second
after thee
is
;
as oil
poured
that time
forth.
Third Antiphon. Come, Bride of * and take the everlasting crown which the Lord hath prepared for thee.
hath chosen her, and
fore-chosen her.
Answer.
He
hath
JESUS said to His
The Kingdom
Homily by Pope
of
St Gregory [the
(i2th on the Gospels.}
Dearly beloved brethren ; often times do I warn you to fly corrupt conversation, and to keep yourselves But the unspotted from the world. portion which is this day read from the Holy Gospel doth oblige me to say that even to these good things which ye do, ye must needs take all
Look ye well to when ye work righteousness,
careful heed. that,
which seemeth so its reward within.
made
her to
dwell in His tabernacle. Cant.
without, loseth
Behold how the
Redeemer speaketh of these ten vir He calleth them all virgins, yet entered not all of them into the door of blessedness, for there were some of them who sought outwardly the honour of virginity, but would take no oil within their vessels with their lamps.
Seventh Responsory.
This
is
the
one of those wise virgins, Lord found watching, for
when she took her lamp, she took oil with her. And when the Lord came, she went in with him to the marriage.
1
fair
gins.
whom GOD
:
:
Christ,
Verse.
Matthew
ye do it not as seeking the praise and admiration of men, for if the lust of praise do once creep in, that
O
me, and brought
to
likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the Bridegroom and the Bride. And so on.
it,
THIRD NOCTURN.
name
A T **
re
joicing.
First Antiphon,
taken from the Holy
(xxv. i.)
Great.]
and reign. Answer. They
is
according
disciples heaven shall be
again.
Sixth Responsory.
ly,
571
i.
5, 4.
THE COMMON OF
572
At midnight there was a Behold the Bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him Answer. And when the Lord Verse.
made
cry
:
!
!
!
came, she went
in with
Him
to the
marriage.
SAINTS.
Answer. Behold the Bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Behold the Bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him !
!
!
!
!
!
Eighth Blessing.
She (or they) whose
feast-day
Ninth Lesson.
we
are keeping,
Be our Advocate with God.
of
"OUT, first
ask
all,
it
is
for us
to
What is the kingdom of And wherefore shall the
:
virgins,
whereof, albeit five were wise, yet five were foolish ? For if the king dom of heaven be such that there
no wise enter into
it
any
thing that defileth, neither whatso ever worketh abomination, or maketh a
(Apoc. xxi. 27,) how can it be unto five virgins which were
lie,
like
But we must know that, in the word of God, the kingdom of heaven doth oftentimes signify the
foolish?
Church
as she
now
touching the in another Son of Man shall send
which the Lord "
place
:
The
is,
saith
forth His Angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things
that
(Matth. xiii. 41.) In that kingdom of Blessedness, where in peace shall have her perfect reign, offend."
there
ten. Forasmuch, whole body of the faithful doth consist of two sexes, the Holy Church is likened unto ten virgins. And forasmuch as in
shall
is
therefore, as the
Heaven? same be likened unto ten
shall in
consist of five senses,
being doubled,
Eighth Lesson.
U
body of every man doth and five
(or Advocates)
be nothing found that
the Church the
good are for the present mingled with the bad, and the reprobate with the elect, it is rightly said that, of the ten virgins, five are wise and five are foolish.
There are many who have self-con trol, which do keep themselves from lusting after things outward, whose hope beareth them to things inward,
who
chastise the flesh, who long with intense home-sickness for their Fatherland which is in heaven, who seek an eternal reward, and who will
not to receive for their labours the
men. These are they who reckon their glory, not in the mouths of men, but in the testimony of their praise of
own
And many
conscience.
be likewise who
there
the body by self-control, and yet who seek for their self - control applause from afflict
men.
offendeth for the angels to gather
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, God, &c.," is said.
out.
Eighth Responsory.
At
made
there
midnight
Behold
:
cometh
!
Verse.
was
a
cry
the
Bridegroom go ye out to meet him !
!
Trim your lamps,
wise virgins.
O
ye
O
LAUDS. First Antiphon.
This
is
one of
the wise virgins, * one chosen out of the number of the careful.
FOR VIRGINS. This
Second Antiphon.
the wise virgins, *
whom
573
For One
one of
is
Virgin.
the Lord
found watching. 1 Third Antiphon. This is one which hath not known the sinful * she shall have fruit in the bed,
Grace
Verse.
is
poured into thy
lips.
Answer.
God
Therefore
hath
blessed thee for ever.
visitation of holy souls.
Fourth Antiphon. chosen one, * and My throne in thee.
O my
Come, I will
T3RETHREN,
he that
Antiphon at
glorieth,
*-* let him glory in the Lord. For not he that commendeth him is
brought unto the King. Answer. Her fellows brought unto thee.
(2 Cor. x. 17.)
Chapter.
approved,
but
Virgins.
After her shall virgins be
Verse.
She is beautiful Fifth Antiphon. * among the daughters of Jerusalem.
self
For many
establish
whom
the
Lord commendeth.
For one heaven *
shall
be
Song of Zacharias. The kingdom of unto a merchantman the
3
Virgin. is
like
seeking goodly pearls, who,
when
he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had,
and bought
it.
Hymn* TESU, the Virgin s J Accept us, as in
Crown, do Thou prayer we bow
;
Born of that Virgin, whom alone The Mother and the Maid we own.
For many
to
Amongst the lilies Thou dost feed, With Virgin choirs accompanied With glory decked, the spotless brides bridal gifts
Thy
love provides.
They, wheresoe er
Thy footsteps bend, praises still attend In blessed troops they follow Thee, With dance, and song, and melody. With hymns and
;
We
pray Thee therefore to bestow Upon our senses here below, Thy grace, that so we may endure
From
taint of all corruption pure.
All laud to God the Father be All laud, Eternal Son, to Thee All laud, as is for ever meet, To God the Holy Paraclete. Amen. :
:
1
Wisd.
2
Hymn
3
iii.
Matth.
xiii.
Ambrosian
45, 46.
school,
somewhat
!
!
amidst the won of Thy Divine power, dost make even weak women to be more than conquerors in the uplifting of their testimony, merci fully grant unto all us which do keep
Who, OGOD, drous work
the Birthday of Thy blessed hand maiden and witness N. (here mention her name) grace to follow her steps to
Through our Lord
Thee-ward.
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
13.
of the
* Behold go ye out !
!
Prayer for a Virgin a?id Martyr.
;
Whose
meet him
Trim your
Virgins.
lamps, O ye wise virgins the Bridegroom cometh
altered
;
translation
by the Rev. Dr Neale.
THE COMMON OF
574
SAINTS.
Another Prayer for a Virgin and Martyr.
LORD, we
Thee that Thy blessed handmaiden and wit
ness N.,
pray
mention her name,) hast ever been well pleased, because of her worthy maidenhood and her mighty showing-forth of Thy power, may entreat (here
PRIME. is This one, Antiphon. (First Antiphon at Lauds.)
&c.,
Chapter at the end.
whom Thou
in
Thy pardon on our
behalf.
our Lord JESUS Christ
Through
Thy Son, Who
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. liveth
For a Virgin and Martyr. li.
lifted
/^RACIOUSLY
hear us,
O God
^-^
of our salvation, and grant that as the Birthday of Thy blessed handmaiden N. (here mention her name) doth make us happier, so the of her godly earnestness may make us better. Through our Lord fruit
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
Prayer for many Virgins, Martyrs.
we beseech Lord, our God, that ever call to mind, with all
GRANT Thee, we may
unto
us,
this
day their exceeding
great re
ward, give us always the grace hum bly to worship Thee. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
liveth
called
upon
the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that He would not leave me in of
days
my
trouble,
the time of the proud,
and
when
in
there
was no help.
For a Virgin
not a Martyr. iv.
(Wisd.
i.)
lovely and glorious is the generation of the chaste the memorial thereof is im
OHOW For
!
because
mortal,
God and
it
known
is
with
with men.
TERCE.
This is one, Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.)
&c.,
Chapter from Lauds.
O
worship and thanksgiving, the vic tory of Thy holy Virgin Martyrs NN., (here mention their names,) and although we know that our mind cannot comprehend Thee Who art
on
deliver
for
;
Amen.
without end.
hast
dwelling
and I prayed I ance from death
the
Prayer for a Virgin not a Martyr.
Thou
God, OLORD upmy my earth
(Ecclus.
13.)
Short Responsory. In
thy
and
comeliness
in
thy
beauty.
Answer.
In thy comeliness and
in thy beauty. Verse.
Go
forward,
fare
pros
and reign. Answer. In thy beauty.
perously, Verse.
and
Glory be to the Father,
to the Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost.
Answer.
In thy comeliness and
in thy beauty.
FOR VIRGINS. God
Verse.
575 Short Respomory.
shall help her with
His countenance. Answer. God
is
her, she shall not
be moved.
in the midst of
God hath chosen her, and chosen her. Answer. God hath chosen and fore-chosen
Prayer from Lauds.
He
Verse.
fore-
her,
her.
made
hath
her
to
dwell in His tabernacle.
SEXT. is
c.,
have
and
to
(2 Cor. xi. 2.)
band, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
her
help
God
Answer. Verse.
shall
Answer.
is
His
help
All as
First, except the following.
her
she shall not be moved. Ansiver. With His countenance. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
God
shall
hath
SECOND VESPERS. with
her,
Answer.
God
Prayer from Lauds.
For one
the midst of
in
Therefore
blessed thee for ever.
countenance.
God
Holy
lips.
countenance. with His
the
to
Answer. God hath chosen her, and fore-chosen her. Verse. Grace is poured into thy
Short Responsory. shall
and
the Son,
Ghost.
I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I espoused you to one hus-
God
fore-chosen her.
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
one,
(Third Antiphon at Lauds.) Chapter.
And
Answer.
This
Antiphon.
help
Grace
Verse.
Virgin. is
poured into thy
lips.
Answer.
Therefore
God
hath
blessed thee for ever,
her
with His countenance. Verse.
God
and fore-chosen Answer.
chosen
hath
her,
!L*00on* for
her.
He
hath
made
her to
dwell in His tabernacle.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Prayer from Lauds.
First Lesson.
The Lesson
NONE.
is
taken from the Book
of Ecclesiasticus
Antiphon.
She
is
beautiful, &c.,
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.)
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
T WILL *
my
(li.
i.)
thank Thee, O Lord and King, and Praise Thee, O God Saviour. I will give praise unto
THE COMMON OF
576
Thy Name;
Thou
for
mine
been
hast
Defender, and Helper hast preserved my body from des from the snare of truction, and the slanderous tongue, and from the lips that forge lies, and hast
been
and
mine
Helper
And
adversaries.
against mine hast delivered
me, according to the multitude of the mercies of Thy Name, from
them
that roared against me, that were ready to devour me
and :
SAINTS.
the days of
in
no
was
Name
trouble, will
I
help.
continually,
and
in
when
there
praise
Thy
and
will
sing
praise with
thanksgiving; for that my prayer was heard. For Thou savedst me from destruction, and
me
deliveredst
Therefore
will
from the
time.
evil
give thanks, and bless the Name
I
and
praise Thee, of the Lord.
out
of the hands of such as sought after my life, and from the gates of trouble
open all around me ; from the choking of the fire that compassed me, so that when I that
my
the time of the proud,
SECOND NOCTURN.
were
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
stood in the midst of the flame I was not scorched from the depth of the belly of hell, from an unclean :
and from lying words, and from an unjust king, and from an
is
taken from the Book
of the holy Martyr Cyprian, Bishop [of Carthage,] concerning the rules
and clothing of
Virgins.
(2.)
tongue,
unrighteous tongue.
AM
T *
now
virgins,
to
and
address myself to as their condition
one of such glorious exaltation, I the more behoven to be careful. This mass of consecrated virginity is
am
Second Lesson. soul
shall
praise
the Lord
even unto death, for was near to the hell beneath.
my
life
They
compassed me on every side, and there was no man to help me. I looked for the succour of men, but there was none. Then thought I
upon Thy mercy, O Lord, and upon Thine acts of old how Thou de;
liverest
such as wait for Thee,
O
Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the people.
my
dwell-
ing on earth, and I prayed for deliverance from death. I called upon the Lord, the Father of my
Lord, that
He
the flower
Church. liness
upon the plant of the charm and love
th<
It is
of spiritual
grace.
It
It generation of gladness. work of praise and honour,
is
a
is
a
un
touched and uncorrupted. It is the image of God reflecting the holiness of the Lord. It is the brightest Il portion of the flock of Christ. is the joy of our holy Mother the Church, and the rich blossom of her
glorious fruitfulness, and every addi tion to the number of her virgins
an increase of her gladness. To these I speak, them I exhort, more in tenderness than in authority.
is
Third Lesson. hast lifted up
is
would not leave
me
Not and
that
I,
who am
so worthless,
and feel so keenly the lowliness of mine own estate, would little,
speak as finding any fault
to
re-
FOR VIRGINS. prove, but because when I feel the tenderest care, I feel the most
nervous dread of any troubling by the wicked one.
Fifth Lesson.
PHIS
not an unreasonable nor a groundless dread, which looketh to the way of salva tion and keepeth the life-giving com mandments of the Lord, to the end that they, who have consecrated themselves to Christ, who have turned their back for ever upon ^
is
care,
who have God s own in mind, may finish
the pleasure of the flesh,
vowed body
themselves
as well as in
the work for which so vast a reward
awaiteth
no more
577
Neither is it to man only hath promised this He glorious reward for virginity. since not women, but, passeth by the woman is made out of the man, and taken and formed from him, God in His Holy Scriptures useth mostly to address Himself to the race in the form wherein He origin ally created it, for they are twain xiv. 4.)
that
the Lord
one flesh, and when mankind is spoken of, womankind also is signi fied. But if continence be a follow ing of Christ, and virginity have her aim in the kingdom of heaven, what concern have such with earthly finery, or with self-adorning, where in
by, while they seek to please
them that they may desire to seem fair and pleasing
men,
God?
they offend
;
THIRD NOCTURN.
any eyes but those of the Lord, from Whose hand they look to re in
wage of their continence, All men Himself hath said
ceive the as
He
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
"
:
cannot receive this saying, save they to
Seventh Lesson.
whom
it
is
For there are
given.
some eunuchs which were so born from their mother s womb and there are some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of men and there be eunuchs which have made them
Gospel (xix.
A T ^~**
;
;
selves
eunuchs
heaven
s
receive
(Matth.
it,
He
let
n,
xix.
kingdom of
for the
sake.
that
him
is
able to
receive
yet again, the voice of an
Angel hath proclaimed what is the reward of continence. These are they which were not denied with women ; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb "
He
:
the Pharisees
JESUS,
man
any cause
Him
to put ?
Homily by
And St
tempting :
away
Is
it
came
Him lawful
his wife for
so on.
John Chrysostom,
Patriarch of [Constantinople.]
(6^rd
on Matthew.)
12.)
^~*~
whithersoever
unto
it."
Sixth Lesson.
A ND
Matthew
3.)
that time
and saying unto for a
to
according
goeth."
(Apoc.
Seeing that directly to exhort them unto virginity was well-nigh more than they could bear, our Lord seeketh to draw them to the desire thereof, taking occasion by the need fulness of a law against divorce. Then He showeth that virginity is
There are some eunuchs which were so born from their mother s womb ; and there are "
possible, saying
:
THE COMMON OF
578
some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of men ; and there be eunuchs which have made them selves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven s sake." In these words He persuadeth them indirectly to choose virginity,
He
while
that such a gift to
SAINTS.
any such precept within the re quirements of the law, and, by say ing this, showeth it to be the more
He
possible, that might increase the desire of freely choosing it.
teacheth them not so good as
is
be impossible.
Simple
-*
eth
He
His doctrine
somewhat
establish-
thus.
ing that thou hadst
for Uirgina,-
The Office is as on a Semi-double, with the following exceptions.
Eighth Lesson.
HTHIS
ffice
Suppos
FIRST VESPERS.
been
born a or hadst been
eunuch by nature, made a eunuch by the cruelty of men, so that thou hadst no sexual enjoyment, and hadst no credit for having none, what wouldest thou do ? Give God thanks therefore, that thou dost, for a reward and a crown, what such others suffer with no reward and no crown yea, and that, rather a lighter burden than the same, and that not only because thou hast the joy of hope, and of that thou doest well, but because thou art not so bat tered by storms of desire as they
knowing
The Office is of the Week-day, till the Chapter exclusive. The Office of the Saint or Saints be gins with the Chapter, which, as also the Hymn, Verse and Answer, Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin, and Prayer, are all as just given.
At Compline
are said Preces.
MATTINS.
The Invitatory and Hymn are just given. Then follow the Week-day Psah with their own A n tip h on.
also
On Mondays and
Thursdays.
are.
In
Verse.
Ninth Lesson. ,
therefore,
thy
comeliness
ai
thy beauty.
He
had
Answer. Go forward, and reign.
fare pi
spoken of such as are eu nuchs by nature, or by mutilation, and are eunuchs vainly and use
perously,
unless they also bridle their thoughts, and of such as deny them
God shall give her of His countenance. help Answer. God is in the
lessly,
selves for the
kingdom of heaven
sake, He added to receive it, let :
"
He him
that
is
receive
s
able
tl
mi<
of her, she shall not be moved.
it,"
He
might make them the readier by showing the very sternness of the work, and, in His unspeakable goodness, He would not include that
On Tuesdays and Fridays. Verse.
For Wednesdays. Verse.
God
and fore-chosen
hath her.
chosen
her,
FOR VIRGINS.
He
Answer.
made
hath
579 Second Responsory.
her to
dwell in His tabernacle.
On Monday and Grace
First Blessing.
May His
Who
live
upon us, and reign for ever.
Verse.
and
to
Thursday.
poured into thy
with
(P- 569,)
blessing be
doth
is
lips,
c.,
this addition:
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
-
First Lesson
from
Scriptiire accord
Answer.
to the
Season, being either the first ing part) or, if the Saint or Saints have two Lessons, the whole read as one, at will.
God
hath blessed thee
for ever.
On Tuesday and Friday. First Responsory.
On Monday and
Thou
&c
Thursday.
Come, Bride of Christ, &c. Come, O My chosen one,
Or, &c.,
568.)
(p.
On Tuesday and
hast
and
the Son,
to
righteousness, this addition:
Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
loved
57j) with
(P-
->
to the
Holy
Ghost.
Answer. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the Friday.
of gladness.
oil
Because of truth and meekness, &c., (/.
On Wednesday.
570.)
At midnight, &c.,
(/. 572.)
On Wednesday. This
&c,
(/.
is
one of those wise
May He That To that high
571.)
Second Blessing.
She (or they) whose feast-day we are keeping,
Be our Advocate
(or Advocates)
with God.
Second Lesson is the first of the Legend of the Saint or Saints, if there if not, it is the second from Scripture, to which the third may be added at will.
be t^voJ
Third Blessing.
virgins,
is
the angels
King
realm His people
bring.
Third Lesson, the whole or second part of the Lesson of the Feast.
Then God,
the
&c.,"
Hymn, is said,
"
We praise Thee, O
and
so
end Mattins.
The rest as on a Semi-double, as just given; it ends at None, inclusive; Preccs are said at Prime, and the
Common Commemorations
Lauds or day.
are
made at Week
not, accordi?rg to the
THE COMMON OF
580
SAINTS.
X. dFor Whether One or Many, Martyr or not Martyr, but not All as on Sundays, except the follow
FIRST NOCTURN.
ing.
The Psalms are the same as in the for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, except the Third Psalm of the Second Nocturn, which is Psalm XLVIL, Office
"
Great
is
the Lord,
&c.,"
Virgin.
(p. 98.)
O
First Antiphon. how lovely * of is the generation the chaste.
and glorious
His left hand Second Antiphon. under my head, * and his right hand doth embrace me.
is
FIRST VESPERS. Antiphons,
Chapter,
and
Hymn,
Prayer from Lauds. In
Verse.
thy
and
comeliness
Third Antiphon.
O
we may
thy beauty.
Antiphon at the *
Song
fare
pros
In thy comeliness and
tl
th]
beauty.
of the Blessed
The kingdom
of heaven unto a merchantman, seeking * who, when he had goodly pearls ; found one pearl of great price, gave up all that he had and bought it.
is
Return, return,
*
return, return, look upon thee.
Verse.
Answer. Go forward, and reign. perously,
Virgin.
Shulammith,
like
Go forward, Answer. and reign.
fare
pn
perously,
Lessons for a Martyr from Ecclus.
li. I,
(P- 575-)
For a Woman not a Martyr. First Lesson.
MATTINS.
of
N.
Blessed let
name],
The Lesson
*
(here
insert
her
us praise our God.
Hymn.
WHEN of sin,
From debt
of guilt,
O
grant us
Thy
remission
And Glory
to
peace within.
Thee,
O
Father, Son, and
Spirit,
Glory co-equal on the throne on high Equal in power, in unity of merit Eternally
!
Amen. 1
T\
Matth.
!
taken from the Pi
THO
can find a virtuous we ? For her price is fa above the rarest merchandise. Tl heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall * *
she pleads for us, at her sweet petition, That we may sing with conscience pure
is
verbs of Solomon (xxxi. 10.)
For the confession
Invitatory.
man
no need of spoil. She will do hii good and not evil, all the days her life. She seeketh wool and fh and worketh wisely with her hands She is like the merchant s ship, she bringeth her food from afar; she riseth also, while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a She conportion to her maidens. xiii.
45, 46.
FOR HOLY WOMEN. sidereth a field, and buyeth it ; with the fruit of her hands she planteth
She girdeth her loins a vineyard. with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. First Responsory.
O My chosen establish My throne
Come, will
and
I
in thee, for greatly desired thy
King hath
the
one,
beauty.
thy comeliness and thy beauty, go forward, fare pros
In
Verse.
and reign. For the Answer.
perously,
hath
King
greatly desired thy beauty.
5 8l
thy beauty, go forward, fare pros
and reign. Answer. God hath blessed thee
perously, for ever.
Third Lesson.
CTRENGTH and ^ and
clothing ; in the latter day.
honour are her she will laugh
She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her She tongue is the law of kindness. looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread
Her
of idleness.
children arise up, her husband, ;
and call her blessed and he praiseth her. ters
have
Many daugh but thou
riches,
gotten
that
them all. Favour is de and ceitful, beauty is vain a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be
Her
praised.
excellest
Second Lesson.
:
and
tasteth
SHEher merchandiseperceiveth good. is
She candle goeth not out by night. layeth her hands to hard work, and She her fingers hold the distaff. spreadeth out her hands to the poor, yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the cold of snow for her household, for all her servants are clothed with
She maketh
double garments. herself
coverings of tapestry
clothing
is
fine
linen
:
for
her
and
purple. in the gates,
Her husband is known when he sitteth among the elders of the land. She maketh linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the Canaanite. 1
Give her of the
fruit
of
own works
her hands, and let her praise her in the gates.
Third Responsory. In thy comeliness and thy beauty, fare
go forward, reign. Verse.
Grace
lips, therefore
prosperously,
and
poured into thy hath blessed thee
is
God
for ever.
Answer. perously, and Verse.
and
to
Go
forward, fare pros
reign.
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Answer. Go forward, and reign.
fare pros
perously,
Second Responsory.
SECOND NOCTURN. Grace therefore
is
poured
God
into
thy lips ; hath blessed thee for
Verse. 1
In
thy comeliness and
Used by the Jews
Gipsy.)
First Antiphon.
ness and thy beauty,
ever.
for
an
itinerant trader,
fare prosperously,
much
as
we
call
In thy comeli *
and
go forward,
reign.
a tramp an Egyptian (vulg.
THE COMMON OF
582
Second Antiphon. God shall help her with His countenance * God is in the midst of her; she shall not :
be moved. Third Antiphon. Many waters cannot * quench love.
God
Verse.
SAINTS.
Answer. And thy right shall lead thee wonderfully. Fifth Lesson.
^THEREFORE,
they who worship adultery and uncleanness in
--
shall help her with
gods made celibacy and widow
His countenance.
their
Ansiver. God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved.
hood punishable.
:
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Book upon Widows by St Ambrose, Bishop
[of
the
(Near
Milan.]
end.}
T ^
BEHOLD Church,
the
field
same
the
that
of
the is
a
somewhile smiling with brightness of virginity, some-
fruitful field,
the
while golden with the ripe harvest of widowhood, somewhile rich with the crop of marriage.
These things
be diverse, but they be the the
same
many
field.
choice
fruits
of
There are not so lilies
bearded grain, ears
as
stalks
of
for the harvest, in the
and there are more places
once to receive seed than there are places which, when they have yielded a crop, are fitted again soil fitted
be ploughed. Good, then, is widowhood, which the judgment of an Apostle hath so often commend ed, widowhood, which is the teacher of faith and of purity. to
Because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness and thy right hand shall lead thee wonderfully. In thy comeliness and Verse. ;
perously,
go forward, and reign.
fare
They who
lusted
taxed self-con trol. The pretence was the desire of fruitfulness, but the aim was to abolish virginity, the resolution of after
abominations,
chastity. his time
When
a soldier hath served
he layeth down his arms, leaveth his trade, and retireth him
own lands, that may rest after the
to his
as well
self
toils
him
of
life,
the hope of rest to come make others the more ready to
as that
may
So
undergo work. labourer
leaveth
it
also
the aged others
for
to
guide the handle of the plough, and withdraweth from the weariness of his younger days labour to essay the task of an old man s thoughtful super vision.
It is easier to prune vines than to stamp them out, to check th( first
to
wild outburst of their vigour, the wantonness of their an<
curtail
young growth, so teaching, even by the ensample of the vineyard, that which keepeth itself within the bearing of but a few children.
chastity,
Fifth Responsory.
Thou
hast
loved
righteousness,
and hated iniquity; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the
Fourth Responsory.
thy beauty,
hand
pros
oil
of gladness. Verse.
Because
of
truth,
and
meekness, and righteousness. Answer. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness.
FOR HOLY WOMEN. Sixth Lesson. these
to
LIKE veteran
loved me, and brought
a
is
583
retiring to
a
widow, rest
upon
the earned rewards of her chastity, and who, albeit she layeth down the
arms of wifehood, still ruleth the albeit order of all her household she be at rest from bearing burdens, ;
she is careful in the marriage of her youngers, and with the wisdom of age chooseth what study is the most
what fruit is the richest, what And so, wedlock is the meetest. if the government of the field be useful,
chamber. Second Antiphon. * we will run thee :
to the elder than to the shouldest thou wherefore younger, hold that a wife is more useful than a widow? But if they which persecuted the faith persecuted also widowhood, then, surely, in the eyes of them which hold the faith, must widowhood be looked upon as a reward, rather than shrunk from as
Draw me
after
after the savour
good ointments, thy name is poured forth. Third Antiphon. Come, Bride of * and take the Christ, everlasting crown, which the Lord hath prepared of thy as oil
for thee.
God
Verse.
hath chosen her, and
fore-chosen her.
He
Answer.
hath
made
her to
dwell in His Tabernacle.
Seve7itJi Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (xiii.
44-) that time
AT His
Favour :
a
is
deceitful,
woman
God
is
Great.]
be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works Verse.
praise her in the gates.
Ansiver.
that feareth
be praised. Glory be to the Father, shall
Verse.
to
A woman
the Son,
and
to the
Holy
Ghost.
parable like
And
:
unto
so on.
St Gregory [the
(\\th on the Gospels.)
Dearly beloved brethren, the king of heaven is likened unto the
dom
things of earth, to the end that by the mean of things which we know, our mind may rise to the contem plation
know
of not
the ;
by
things which the ensample
we of
fix her things which are seen, may gaze on things which are not seen by the touch of things which she useth, may be warmed towards the by things which she useth not lovthings which she knoweth and which eth, to love also the things ;
Answer.
God, she
is
she
shall
God, she
this
field.
Homily by Pope
and beauty
that feareth
JESUS spake unto
of heaven
treasure hid in a
Sixth Responsory.
:
disciples
The kingdom
a punishment.
and
His
into
more
given
vain
me
A woman
shall
that
feareth
be praised.
;
THIRD NOCTURN. First Antiphon. I am black but * O comely, ye daughters of Jeru salem ; therefore hath the King
she knoweth not. For, behold, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto treasure hid in a field, the "
THE COMMON OF which when a hideth, and,
and
selleth
man
goeth
thereof,
he hath
that
all
buyeth that
hath found, he
for joy
and
SAINTS.
by our intention, directed only to the pleasing God, we may also have liefer that our works were secret,
field."
Eighth Responsory.
Seventh Responsory. 1
She openeth her mouth with wis dom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
She
Verse.
and perceiv-
tasteth
eth that her merchandise
is
Her candle goeth not out by
good. night.
Answer. And she eateth not the bread of idleness.
The kingdom the
all
teemed
as
longed
after.
A ND ^~*
we must remark that treasure, when once it
hath been found, it
He
safe.
hidden to keep who keepeth not
as
it
were, by highwaymen.
therefore, inviteth robbery who carrieth his treasure This glaringly. I say, not that our neighbour should
He,
not see our good works written
:
before
men
"
Let your
Which
since
light
that they
good works, and
so
it
is
shine
see your your Father
may
glorify
is in heaven (Matth. v. but that we should not seek, 6) by what we do, to gain the praise of men. Let the outward work agree with the inward thought, that by our good works we may give an "
1
ensample
have
es
the excel
My heart with a good matter ; works unto the King.
is
I
overflowing
speak of
my
Answer.
Whom, having seen, Whom, having believed,
;
after.
Verse.
and
I I
to the
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
is
hidden from the praises of men his eager striving heavenwards, doth not enough to keep the same safe from the attacks of evil spirits. In this life we are, as it were, on the way home, and the road is beset by evil spirits,
for
Verse.
longed
herein
the
I
life
nothing, lency of the love of JESUS Christ my Lord, Whom, having seen, I loved ; Whom, having believed, I
loved
Eighth Lesson.
of this world and
beauty of
to our neighbour,
and 1
still,
Answer. loved
;
longed
Whom, having seen, Whom, having believed,
I
I
after.
Ninth Lesson. treasure
heaven is
-hidden
wherewith
is
is
the desire
for
the field wherein it the earnest observance ;
this desire
Whosoever turneth
is
surrounded.
his
back upon
the enjoyments of the flesh, and by earnest striving heavenward, putteth all earthly lusts under the feet of discipline, so that he smileth back
no more when the flesh smileth and shuddereth no more
him,
at at
anything that can only kill the body whosoever doth thus, hath sold all that he had, and bought that field.
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, God, &c.," is said.
Cf. Phil.
iii.
8.
O
FOR HOLY WOMEN. LAUDS.
585
Pierced with the love of Christ
The world s false love she fled And Heavenward with might and main :
l
First Antiphon.
*
While the king
sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 2 Second Antiphon. We will run after thee, * in the savour of thy good ointments. The virgins love
them exceedingly. Third Antiphon. winter
is
past,
and gone.
2
Lo
is
the over
love,
and
* the rain
Rise up,
my
!
Upon With
fasts she pined the flesh, But on sweet food of prayer Feasted her spirit pure and now ;
Doth joys
O
Omit
To Whom And
Fifth ful
*
beauti
Antiphon. the daughters of Jer
among
usalem. CJiapter for a Martyr.
T WILL
(Ecclus.
li.
I.)
O Lord and and O God Thee, King, praise my Saviour. I will give praise un to Thy Name, for Thou hast been my Helper and Defender, and hast thank Thee,
1
preserved
my body
from destruction.
Chapter for a Woman neither Virgin nor Martyr. (Prov. xxxi. 10.)
7HO \\ * *
can find a virtuous woman ? For her price is far above the rarest merchandise. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have
no need of
spoil.
!
;
For her deep
plaints on high, us propitious be
To And in
;
the glorious TrinityGlory eterne to Thee. Amen.
Grace
Verse. is
!
strength of all the strong alone all holy deeds, all great works belong
gesima and Easter.
She
King and God
Christ our
Alleluia between Septua-
this
eternal share.
Thou
come away. Fourth Antiphon. Come, O My chosen one, * and I will establish My throne in thee. Alleluia.
her journey sped.
is
poured into thy
lips.
Answer.
God
Therefore
hath
blessed thee for ever.
Antiphon at the Song of ZachaGive her of the fruit of her * and let her own works hands, rias.
praise her in the gates.
Prayer as for Virgins. hear
us,
GRACIOUSLY of our salvation, that as the Birthday of
O God
and grant
Thy
blessed
handmaid N. doth make
(here mention her name] us happier, so the fruit
of her godly earnestness may make us better. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of
Holy Ghost, one God, without end. Amen. the
world
Hymn? we
PRIME.
the Saint most sweet
LAUD Shining in glory blest,
Who
bore a hero
Within a
s
1
Cant.
3
Hymn
Antiphon.
noble heart
woman s
breast.
i.
ii.
by Cardinal Silvius Antonianus
While the
king,
(First Antiphon at Lauds.)
;
Cant, i. 3, 2 ; ii. 11, 10. by the Rev. E. Caswall.
translation
&c.,
THE COMMON OF
586
Chapter at the end.
For a Martyr.
/TY
TV
***
O
Chapter for a Martyr.
(Ecclus.
soul shall praise
li.
the
even unto death, for
Lord Thou,
out of trouble.
the
them
that
that
were
neither Virgin nor (Prov. xxxi. 29.)
Martyr.
daughters have gotten but thou excellest
MANY
riches,
them
Favour
all.
is
beauty
vain
woman
a
;
and
deceitful
is
that feareth
the LORD, she shall be praised.
TERCE.
of
my
will
run,
Chapter for a Woma?i neither Virgin nor Martyr. (Prov. xxxi. 10.)
CHE ^
spreadeth out her hand to the poor, yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the .needy. She is not afraid of the cold of snow her household.
&c.,
Short Responsory.
Chapter from Lauds.
God
and
comeliness
Answer. in
thy
In thy comeliness and
in thy beauty. Verse. Go
forward,
fare
pros
and reign. In thy beauty. Answer. Verse.
Answer.
to the
Holy Ghost. In thy comeliness and
in thy beauty. Verse. God shall
help her with
His countenance. Answer. God
is
her, she shall not
be moved.
in
Antiphon. &c.,
shall
help
her
God
is
to
the Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Answer. God shall help her His countenance. Verse. God hath chosen her, and fore-chosen her. Answer. He hath made her to dwell in His tabernacle. with
the midst of
Prayer from Lauds.
NONE.
SEXT. !
God
in the midst of be moved. Answer. With His countenance. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Prayer from Lauds.
Lo
His
Ghost.
Glory be to the Father, and
and
with
her, she shall not
and
perously,
to the Son,
her
help
with His countenance. Verse.
beauty.
Answer.
shall
countenance.
Short Responsory. thy
that
around me.
(Second Antiphon at Lauds.)
In
4.)
and from the gates were open all
life,
trouble
for
We
Antiphon.
li.
roared against me, and ready to devour me, out of the hands of such as sought after
For a Woman
(Ecclus.
hast delivered me, according to the multitude of mercies of Thy Name, from
8.)
Lord our God, deliverest such wait for Thee, and savest them
as
SAINTS.
the winter
She is
past,
(Third Antiphon at Lauds)
is
beautiful, &c., (Fifth
phon at Lauds.) Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Anti
FOR HOLY WOMEN. Short Responsory.
God
God
and fore-chosen
hath chosen her,
all,
weaker the
her.
He
Verse.
them more especially do I do so when the wrestling set before us is the wrestling of a woman. The
and, while I love and welcome
hath chosen her, and fore-
chosen her. Answer.
made her
hath
to
dwell in His tabernacle. Answer. And fore-chosen her.
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. God hath chosen her, Verse.
to the Son,
and fore-chosen her. Grace is poured Verse.
frail,
hath
blessed thee for ever.
the stronger the
but because the
enemy
is
now
whom
conquered by her through he once conquered. Fifth Lesson.
~DY
God
Therefore
vessel,
grace, the greater the spoils, the clearer the victory ; and that, not because the sex of the wrestler is
into thy
lips.
Answer.
587
woman he overcame, by a woman he is overcome. A woman was once his weapon a woman is now become the instru a
*-*
;
Prayer from Lauds.
ment of his defeat he findeth that the weak vessel cannot be broken. The first woman sinned and died ;
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphons, Chapter, Hymn, and and Answer from Lauds.
Psalms as at First
Antiphon
at
Verse
Vespers.
the
Song
of
the
She spreadeth out Blessed Virgin. her hand to the poor, * yea, she forth her hands to the needy, and eateth not the bread of
reacheth idleness.
Hessotts for tocturn
for
HEomatt not a
tfje
a
Second
is
John Chrysostom,
Patriarch
OHE ^
had a weak body, and a
of these
frailties.
is exposed to hurt but grace came, and made nothing
;
Nothing
is
stronger
than one in whose mind the fear of
God is firmly and wilfully The enemy may threaten
Testament?)
iron, or beasts, or
^HE
such
commemorations which I -* love and welcome the most are the commemorations of the Martyrs, I
Sixth Lesson.
Constantinople.] [of (6 ith on divers places in the
New
r
for the wrestling of godliness ?
sex which
taken from the Ser
St
;
keep covenant with her Bene factor, than to keep this present life. What excuse for softness and sloth can men any longer hope to make ? or what forgiveness, when women bear themselves so bravely and man fully, and gird themselves up so nobly
to
JUartjrrefc
Ftrgttt.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson mons of
;
one died rather than sin. The first, under the delusion of a lying promise, (Gen. iii. 4,) broke the this one chose rather law of God this
anything
rooted. fire,
else,
or
but
an one taketh them all for matters not worth consideration.
And
thus did this blessed
woman
do.
THE COMMON OF
588
X3L dFor
Unification of a
tf)e
All as on Sundays except
SAINTS.
the fol
lowing.
This
Verse.
is
the house of God,
stoutly builded.
FIRST VESPERS.
Answer.
and Prayerfrom
Antiphons, Chapter, Lauds.
Antiphon at
Last Psalm.
2
the
O
LORD,
Jerusalem,
&c., (Ps. cxlvii.,/. 203.)
Hymn.
1
the
Song of the Blessed
The Most High
hath hal * For this is the House of God, whereon His Name shall be called, whereof it is written My Name shall be there, Virgin.
Praise
Well founded upon a
sure rock.
lowed His Tabernacle.
:
saith the Lord. City, heavenly Salem, BLESSED Vision dear of peace and love,
Who,
of living stones upbuilded,
Art the joy of Heaven above, And, with angel cohorts circled, As a Bride to earth dost move
MATTINS. 3
Invitatory.
From
celestial realms descending, Bridal glory round her shed, To His Presence, decked with jewels, By her Lord shall she be led All her streets, and all her bulwarks, Of pure gold are fashioned.
Christ.
Hymn from
:
Bright with pearls her portal glitters
Holiness becometh
* In her let the house of God. us worship her Bridegroom, evei
!
Vespers.
FIRST NOCTURN.
;
First Antiphon.
It is open evermore And, by virtue of His merits, ;
O
gates,
Thither faithful souls may soar, for Christ s dear Name, in this world Pain and tribulation bore.
Who
a blow and biting sculpture Polished well those stones elect,
Lift up your * and be ye lift
up, ye everlasting doors. Ps.
LORD
Many
In their places now compacted By the Heavenly Architect, Who therewith hath willed for ever That His Palace should be decked.
ye princes,
The
xxiii. S,
earth
is
the
&c., (p. 46.)
4 Second Antiphon. The LORD be my God, * and this stone
shall
shall
God s
be called
Ps. xlv.
God
house.
our refuge, &c.,
is
(P- 97-)
Laud and honour to the Father, Laud and honour to the Son Laud and honour to the Spirit Ever Three and ever One ;
an
;
5 Third Antiphon. Moses altar * unto the Lord God.
built
:
Ps.
Consubstantial, Co-eternal,
While unending ages 1
one
run.
Amen.
Mediaeval hymn, author unknown.
Great
xlvii.
the LORD,
is
&c., (p. 98.)
Dr Neale
s
translation from the original text, with
line altered.
2
Ps. xlv. 5
4
Gen.
; Jer. vii. xxviii. 21, 22.
10
;
3
Kings
viii.
29, &c.
3
Ps. xcii. 5.
6
Ex.
xvii.
15.
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. Holiness becometh Thine
Verse.
O
LORD, Answer. For
house,
589
Answer. And sweet mouths was the sound.
in
their
ever.
Second Lesson. first Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from Book of Paralipomena
AT OW
A ND
the Second (vii.
i.)
when Solomon had made
L^
an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and con
sumed
burnt-offerings and the and the glory of the LORD
the
sacrifices
;
the house.
filled
And
the Priests
could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD S house. And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped and the LORD, [saying :] For
praised
He is good ; for His mercy endureth for ever Then the King and all the people offered sacri !
fices before the LORD. And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of thousand twenty and two oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the King
the Priests waited on their the Levites also with ; instruments of music of the LORD,
-**
offices
which David the King had made LORD Because His mercy endureth for ever" singing David s hymns by their ministry. And the Priests sounded trumpets
to praise the
"
before them, and
Israel
all
stood.
Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the Court that was before the house of the LORD for there he offered burnt-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the ;
burnt-offerings and the meat-offerings and the fat. Also at the same time Solomon kept the Feast seven days and all Israel with him, a very great
congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the River of Egypt
And
in
the eighth day he
solemn assembly dedication
and the Feast seven
and all the people dedicated the house of God.
made
days.
Second Responsory.
The LORD
house
S
established
is
and
the top of the mountains, exalted above the hills, and
in
First Responsory.
When cated sweet
the
was
Temple
the people sang praise, in
mouths
their
dedi
and
was
the
sound. Verse.
1
The LORD
S
house
is
es
nations shall flow unto say
:
Glory be to Thee,
Verse.
2
flow unto
unto
be to Thee,
it. 1
VOL.
I.
Isa.
ii.
2.
They
it,
and
all
shall
O LORD
shall
!
doubtless
come again with rejoicing, bring ing their sheaves with them. Answer. And all nations shall
tablished in the top of the moun and all nations shall flow ;
tains
a
for they kept the of the altar seven days, ;
and shall say Lord!
it,
O 2
Ps. cxxv. 6.
:
Glory
THE COMMON OF
590
Third Lesson.
Solomon
THUS house King into
Solomon
LORD, and the
and
house,
the
house of the
his
own
house, the
to
LORD, and in he prosperously
And
effected.
came make in
that
all
heart
s
and the
finished
of the
s
LORD appeared
to him by night, and said unto I him have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to My
an house of sacrifice. shut up heaven that there
I
command
no
rain, or if I
to
devour the land, or
My
My
among
pestilence is
If
for
be
the locusts I
if
send
people;
if
upon whom My Name shall pray, and seek My
people,
called,
and turn from
face,
and
will forgive their sin,
Now Mine
land.
will
heal
their
shall
be open and Mine ears attent
unto
the
prayer
made
is
For now have
this place.
and
that
sanctified
Name may
I
be there
for
Mine eyes and Mine
ever,
heart
My and shall
First Antiphon. This is none but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
other
Ps.
O
Lord, bless this house which unto Thy Name. built Whosoever shall come unto this place and pray, then hear Thou from the excellent throne of Thy
have
turn
How
Ixxxiii.
lovely are 2
Second Antiphon.
Thy people toward Thy sanc
Lord,
and pray
on
And he
it.
said
if
tuary.
Hear Thou from the
Answer. Verse.
Thy
glory.
Glory be to the Father, 1
2
Surely
:
this
is
place
holy. Ps. Ixxxvi.
Her
foundation, &c.,
(p. 144.) 2
Third Antiphon. the stone for a
upon the top of
oil
Jacob set up and poured
pillar,
it.
O LORD God
Ps. Ixxxvii.
of
my
salvation, (/. 145.) 3 house Verse.
My
be
Shall Answer. house of prayer.
The
Lesson
called
the
from
the
taken
is
[of
Founded on Solomon s Prayer Gen. xxviii. 17, 12, 18.
Austin,
(252^
Hippo.]
Bishop for the
Season.)
beloved
brethren, as the Dedi
DEARLY often as Church,
if
we
we keep of some
Altar or think faithfully and
and right done in temples made with hands, is done in our He soul by a spiritual building. carefully,
and
live holily
eously, that which
excellent throne of
Jacob beheld
a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, and the angels of God descending
cation-Feast
O
Thy
tabernacles, &c., (p. 142.)
Sermons of St
glory. Verse.
glory.
Fourth Lesson.
Third Responsory.
I
Thy
SECOND NOCTURN.
be there perpetually.
1
Holy
in
chosen
place, that
this
eyes
to the
Hear Thou from the
Answer.
excellent throne of
wicked
their
ways, then will I hear from heaven,
and
and
to the Son,
Ghost.
:
self
SAINTS.
lied at the
not
who
is
said
"
:
The temple
Dedication of the Temple. 3
Mark
xi.
17.
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. God
holy; which temple ye Cor. iii. 17,) and again: Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, Which of
are"
is
(i
"
in
is
(vi.
you,"
19.)
And
therefore,
dearly beloved brethren, since by the grace of God, without any fore
going deserts of our own, we have been made meet to become the Temple of God, let us work as hard as we can, with His help, that our Lord may not find in His
Temple, that
in us, anything to
is,
offend the eyes of His Majesty.
Fourth Responsory. 1
pray toward this place, forgive the sin of Thy people, O God, and teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and manifest forth Thy glory in this If they
591
doubt are good works the key there to. And therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let each one look into his
own
conscience, and
the
wounds of
first
when he
guilt there,
findeth
let
him
strive
by prayers, fasting, or almsdeeds to purge his conscience, and so let him dare to take the Eucharist.
Fifth Responsory.
How
dreadful
is this place Surely this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. !
Verse. This is the house of God, stoutly builded, well founded upon a sure rock. Answer. Surely this is none other but the house of God, and this
the gate of heaven.
is
place. 2
Verse.
Give
ear,
O
Shepherd of
Thou that leadest Joseph flock, Thou that sittest upon
Israel,
like a
Answer.
Forgive the sin of Thy and teach them way wherein they should walk, and manifest forth Thy glory
O
God,
in this place.
Fifth Lesson.
T ET
the
Tabernacle
of
our
*
heart be swept clean of vices and filled with virtues. Let it be
locked
open
to to
the
and
devil,
Christ.
thrown
Yea, let us so be able to open
work, that we may the door of the kingdom of heaven with the key of good works. For
even bolts
the 1
as
evil
T7OR
he acknowledge his ini and withdraw himself from the Altar of God, he will soon attain unto the mercy of the pardon of God, for, as he that exalted himself shall be abased, so shall he that humbleth himself be exalted. (Luke xiv. n.) He who, as I have said, acknowledg ing his iniquity, withdraweth him self through lowliness from the Altar of the Church, till he have mended his life, need have but little fear that he will be excom municated from the eternal marriageif
quity,
the Cherubim.
people, the good
Sixth Lesson.
works
are
so
s
Sixth Res^onsory.
many
and bars to close against us entrance into life, so beyond
Founded on Solomon
supper in heaven.
Jacob rose up early in the morn and set up the stone for a
ing,
prayer at the Dedication of the Temple.
2
Ps. Ixxix.
i.
THE COMMON OF
592
and poured oil upon the top of it, and vowed a vow unto the Lord. Surely this place is holy, and
SAINTS. Seventh Lesson.
pillar,
I
knew
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (xix. i.)
not.
it
And Jacob awaked
Verse.
of his sleep,
and he said
out
:
Answer. Surely this place is holy, and I knew it not. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
that
this place
is
was
God
under the shadow of
of heaven.
If
be
Office
Semi
-
double
Psalm begins with the words Shall abide under the shadow if Double, with, "He will say to the the
"
"
;
LORD."
Ps.
He
xc.
that
dwelleth,
&c.,
(p. 207.)
The Temple * The same workmanship and God s
Second Antiphon. of the Lord is holy.
God s
is
building. Ps. xcv.
O
place. Ps.
When he heard that Lord and Saviour, Who had come unto His Own, and Whom His Own had not received, (John i. was coming, he desired to see But the sight of JESUS is not easy to any on the earth it is 1,)
Him.
;
And since Zacchaeus impossible. had neither the Prophets, nor yet the Law, as a gracious help to his nature, he climbed
more
[holy]
The LORD
reigneth,
&c., (p. 158.)
This
Verse.
is
the house of God,
stoutly builded.
Answer.
Seventh Responsory.
Ezek.
iii.
12.
My
house
house- of
be called
shall
prayer,
saith
the
the
Lord.
Therein, he that asketh, receiveth
2
Luke
xi. 9, 10.
;
he that seeketh, findeth ; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 3 Verse. Ask, and ye shall re and ceive seek, ye shall find. Answer. And to him that knock eth, it shall be opened. ;
Well founded upon a
sure rock. 1
into a syca above the
to lodge within his house.
2
Alleluia.
up
tree, raising his feet
vanity of the Jews, and straightening the crooked branches of his former life, and therefore he received JESUS
Blessed be the
LORD * from His
xcviii.
on Luke)
viii.
the
&c., (p. 148.)
glory of the
Ambrose, Bishop
Zacchasus was little of stature, that he was not raised aloft among
sing unto the LORD,
Third Antiphon.
(Bk.
few merits.
1
the
so on.
by St
nobility of birth, and, like the most of the world, he possessed
He that dwellFirst Antiphon. eth in the help of the Most High shall abide
entered
men by
THIRD NOCTURN.
*
And
rich.
[of Milan.]
is,
the
JESUS
named Zacchseus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he Homily
holy,
:
passed through Jericho. behold, there was a man
And,
Ghost.
Answer. Surely and I knew it not.
time
AT and
3
John
xvi.
24
;
Matth.
vii. 7.
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. Ninth Lesson.
Eighth Lesson. did well to climb up into a tree, that a good tree might
HE
bring forth good fruits, (Matth. vii. 17,) and that the slip of the wild olive,
contrary
grafted,
the
into
good
olive,
593
to
nature,
might
forth the fruits of the law.
bring
(Rom.
For the root is holy, 17, 24.) however unprofitable the branches. Their barren beauty hath now been overshadowed by the belief of the
xi.
13 UT
lest
we should seem
haughtipass by the poor blind man, and to hurry on to the rich one, let us stand waiting for him, as the Lord stood and waited ; let *-)
ly to
us ask of him, as Christ asked of him. Let us ask, because we are ignorant ; Christ asked, because He knew. Let us ask, that we may know whence he received his cure ;
Gentiles in the Resurrection, as by a material upgrowth. Zacchaeus,
Christ asked, that all of us may know from one ensample where through we are to earn a sight of
then, was in the sycamore tree, and the blind man by the way-side, For the one, JESUS stood (xviii. 35.)
Christ asked, that we that none, save they believe might that confess Him, can be saved.
show mercy, and asked He healed him, what he would that He should do for him being unbidden of the other, He
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, God, &c.," is said.
waiting to him before
the Lord.
O
;
bade Himself to be his Guest, knowing how rich was the reward of receiving Him. Nevertheless, albeit He had heard no words of invitation, yet had He seen how his heart went.
LAUDS. Holiness beAntiphon. * O Lord, house,
First
Thine
cometh for ever.
My
Second Antiphon.
house
*
be called the house of prayer. This is the Third Antiphon. Lord s house * stoutly builded, well founded upon a sure rock. The Lord s Fourth Antiphon. * house is well founded upon a
shall
Eighth Responsory. 1
All thy walls are of stones most The towers of Jerusalem
precious. shall
be
built
up with
The
jewels.
of Jerusalem be built up with the sapphire stone, and the emerald, and all her walls round about with stones most
sure rock.
shall
All thy walls Fifth Antiphon. * and are of stones most precious, be shall the towers of Jerusalem
precious.
built
Verse.
gates
Answer. The towers of Jerusa lem shall be built up with jewels. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. The towers of Jerusa lem shall be built up with jewels. 1
Cf.
Tobias
xiii.
21,
up with
jewels.
Chapter.
SAW I
(Apoc.
the holy
xxii. 2.)
city,
New
Jeru
salem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a Bride adorned for her husband. and Apoc.
xxi. 18-20.
THE COMMON OF
594
SAINTS.
1
Hymn. made the
.-.
CHRIST ation,
is
Prayer.
Found
sure
Bound in Holy Zion s Help
And
:
for ever,
her Confidence Alone.
God on
high,
In exultant jubilation Pours perpetual melody God the One, and God the Trinal,
whosoever shall come into Thine house to ask good at Thine hand, may be rejoiced in that
;
this
Singing everlastingly.
To
Temple, where we call Thee, Come, O Lord of hosts, to-day With Thy wonted loving-kindness this
!
Hear Thy people
And Thy
the
its
Here vouchsafed to all Thy servants That they supplicate to gain Here to have and hold for ever Those good things their prayers ob
And
;
hereafter in
Thy
glory,
With Thy blessed ones
to reign.
Laud and honour to the Father Laud and honour to the Son Laud and honour to the Spirit Ever Three and ever One
all
his
request.
Son, Who Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Amen.
On
the
Church
actual day on which
and
is dedicated,
also
when
the the
Dedication Feasts of two Churches come together, for the other Prayer, is used the following.
GOD, Who
invisibly containthings, and yet art pleased for the salvation of men to show forth visible signs of Thy est
;
;
;
:
Consubstantial, Co-eternal,
While unending ages
of
JESUS Christ liveth and reigneth
Thy
:
tain
obtaining
Through our Lord with
;
benediction walls for aye.
fullest
Shed within
as they pray
every year
worship, graciously hear the suppli cations of Thy people, and grant
All that dedicated City,
Dearly loved by
dost
round unto us again the day whereon this Thine holy temple was hallowed, and bringest us again in soundness of body and mind to be present at Thine holy bring
And the precious Who, the two walls
Corner-Stone, underlying, each, binds both in one
GOD, Who
all
fill this house with the glory Thine indwelling power and
power,
run.
Amen.
This is the Lord s house, stoutly builded Answer. Well founded upon a Verse.
of
;
grant that
who
gather themselves
together to pray in this place, may receive the good comfort of Thine
help
sure rock.
all
every tribulation where cry unto Thee. Through Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, in
in they
Antiphon at
the
Song of Zacharias. haste and come down, for to-day I must abide at thy house. * And he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully into Zacchseus,
his house.
from
God
make
This day
is
salvation
to this house.
,
Dr Neale, with two Hymns, p. 22.)
liveth
Thee,
in
the
Ghost, one end. Amen.
come
lines altered
and
with reigneth of the Holy unity God, world without
PRIME.
Alleluia.
Between Septuagesima and Easter omit "Alleluia." 1
our
Who
Holiness becometh, Antiphon at Lauds.)
Antiphon. &c., (First
an alteration applauded by himself.
(Mediaeval
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. Chapter at the end.
(Apoc.
xxi. 4.)
God
all
shall wipe away from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither for shall there be any more pain the former things are passed away. And He That sat upon the throne
AND
tears
;
said
I
Behold,
:
make
all
things
new.
TERCE.
595
they shall be His people ; and God Himself shall be with them, and be their
God. Short Responsory.
This place
is
wherein the
holy,
Priest prayeth.
This place is holy, Answer. wherein the Priest prayeth For the pardon of the Verse. transgressions
and offences of the
people.
My house, Antiphon. cond Antiphon at Lauds.}
&c.,
(Se
Short Responsory.
Holiness becometh Thine house,
O
LORD. becometh Holiness Answer. Thine house, O LORD For ever. Verse. O LORD. Answer. Verse. Glory be to the Father, to the Son,
and
Priest prayeth.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. This place is holy, Answer. Verse.
Chapter from Lauds.
and
The
Answer.
to the
Holy
wherein the Priest prayeth. This is the Lord s house, Verse. builded stoutly Well founded upon a Answer. sure rock.
NONE. Antiphon.
All
thy
walls,
&c.,
at Lauds.) (Fifth Antiphon
Ghost.
Holiness Answer. Thine house, O LORD. This place is Verse.
becometh holy,
where
Short Responsory.
in the Priest prayeth.
Answer.
For the pardon of the
and
transgressions
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
offences of the
people.
This
is
the Lord
s
house, stoutly
builded.
Answer.
This
is
Lord
the
s
house, stoutly builded
SEXT.
Antiphon. house, &c.,
This
Verse. is
(Third
the
Lord
Antiphon
s
at
Lauds) Chapter.
(Apoc.
xxi. 3.)
I heard a great voice out of the throne, saying Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them. And
AND
:
Well
founded
upon
a
sure rock.
Answer.
Stoutly builded.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. This is the Lord s Ansiver. Verse.
house,
stoutly builded.
The Lord s house founded Answer. Upon a sure rock. Verse.
well
is
THE COMMON OF
596
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphons, Chapter, Lands.
the
know
I
the living stones, concerning Peter saith (I. ii. 5) Ye
faith,
whom
Last Psalm. Praise
even now being built, and which not, whereunto do run in
is
and Prayer from
SAINTS.
O
LORD,
Jerusalem,
&c., (Ps. cxlvii.,/. 203.)
"
:
as lively
also,
stones, are built up house," that is, an holy
a spiritual
unto God. But what meaneth he by the words. Ye al so, as lively stones, are built up ?
temple
"
Blessed
Hymn.
heavenly
city,
Salem, &c., (First Vespers.} Verse. Holiness becometh Thine
O LORD
house,
Answer.
For
Antiphon
at
ever.
"
If thou
believest, thou livest ; but if thou believest, then art thou be come a temple of God; as indeed the Apostle Paul hath it The temple of God is holy, which temple "
:
Blessed
*
the
Song
How
Virgin.
the
of
dreadful
is
ye
(i Cor.
are."
none other but the house of God, and
this
place.
this
Surely
this is the gate of
iii.
17.)
is
heaven.
Fifth Lesson.
then is still in building. 1 Stones are being hewn out of the mountains by the hands of them "PHE city
^
that preach
ay w*0tn fge
All as on the Feast, except that the Antiphons are not doubled, and the following.
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
Many stones are still in the hands of the workman, and they must not fall out of his hands if they would be meet stones, and make part of the masonry of the
from Scripture according
to
city,
So
SECOND NOCTURN.
and her foundation
saith the Apostle
that
is
laid,
(i Cor.
Lesson
Treatise
is
taken
from
upon the Psalms,
written
Ps. cxxi.)
JERUSALEM
J
city."
is
builded
Brethren,
as
a
when David
said that, Jerusalem was no longer in building, but already builded.
He 1
speaketh then of some city which
The
Hermas.
no man lay than which is JESUS Christ."
n.) Sixth Lesson.
HTHERE *-
"
Christ. "Other
the
by St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.]
(On
iii.
is
Paul:
can
foundation
Fourth Lesson.
This temple. is builded as
which
that Jerusalem
is
a
the Season.
The
the truth, and are be
ing cut square, that they may be fitted into the everlasting walls.
laid
foundation is earth, then
the in
the
walls are builded
the
weight
of
first
the
up thereon, and
the
walls
presseth
is be neath them. But if our foundation be in heaven, then must we be so
downward,
for the foundation
next two sentences seem to be quoted, or at least taken from the Shepherd of
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. builded as to press, not downward, but upward. This great Church which ye behold with your bodily eyes was builded up by bodies, and because bodies builded it up, they laid the foundations thereof beneath. But we who are builded up a spiritual house, have our found ation above us. run, it "
Thitherward
we may be
that
built
of Jerusalem that
is
Our
it
let
PHE *
O
within thy gates,
:
is
was one of Christ s chosen ones ; but when he gave the half of his
goods to the
A T
that time
:
^*-
Luke
(xix.
i.)
JESUS entered and
passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named the chief Zacchseus, which was among the publicans, and he was
And
rich.
so on.
Homily by [of Milan.]
St Ambrose,
(Bk.
viii.
Bishop
on Luke.)
Ninth Lesson.
TT
"And immediately (xviii. 43.) [the blind man] received his sight,
is
*
well
He could not have but by following Christ, by glorify
ing God, and by turning away from the world. But now let us turn to
salvation
speak words of kindness to the
all
we
if
can,
among
the publicans.
need give up hope, when he seeth one that had acquired wealth by false accusation attain unto
glorifying God." received his sight
are fain,
mentioned that he was
the chief
Who
and followed Him,
We
and restored
poor,
anything which he had taken from any man by false ac cusation (for simple restoration is not enough, neither doth one who keepeth possession of ill-gotten gains, really give gifts, in that which he giveth, since it is not his plunder, but gifts out of that which is his own, that are asked for,) [when Zacchaeus, I say, did these things,] he received manifold recompense. four-fold
taken from the Holy to
good they are a means of Zacchaeus was rich, and he
the
grace.
Seventh Lesson.
Gospel according
is
to
!
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
rich should learn that there
nothing wrong in possess the wrong is in those who possess wealth without knowing how to use it. Riches are indeed a stumbling-block to the wicked, but
"
Jerusalem
too quickly,
ing wealth;
us
said
we passed them by
Eighth Lesson.
have been wont to stand
feet
if
as represented in Zacchaeus.
for
in, is
or
597
?
And he was rich men are not
"
rich."
rich.
"
to heal all
He
was
little
of
Know
that
misers. stature."
The
men, and we would give no offence to the rich ; and they would have
Scripture saith nothing of any man s 1 stature, save of that of Zacchaeus.
ground of righteous offence if we applied to them roughly and untruly that which is said about a camel
wherefore ? Perchance his of stature was spiritual, being a mental dwarfing through sin, He had or a childishness in faith.
And
littleness
passing through the eye of a needle, 1
VOL.
I.
However, Deut.
iii.
II
;
I
Kings (Sam.)
x. 23,
&c.
U
2
THE COMMON OF
598
not yet promised to make restitution; he had not yet seen Christ and he ;
is
well called
little.
Whereas John
was called great, (Luke i. 15,) John, who saw Christ, and the Spirit like a dove descending and abiding on Him, as he himself "bare record, I saw the Spirit descending saying from heaven like a dove, and It abode on Him." (John i. 32.) :
SAINTS.
it,
there
as
it
is rejoicing. Believing is, were, the hewing of timbers the forests, and stones from
from the
mountains.
Catechising
and
baptizing are the shaping and squar ing and polishing of the stones by the hands of the workmen. And
they make not an house for the Lord, until they be mortared together with charity.
still
Fifth Lesson.
of these
NONE could have All as on the Feast, except that the Antiphons are not doubled, and the following.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN.
is
St
taken from the Ser Austin,
(2$6thfor
Bishop [of the Season.)
in this world, that at
He "
A
as
said,
it
that
ye
(John
xiii.
34.)
ment
I
you,
give
were to build us I give unto love one another." :
;
;
was yet being put together, there was toil; now that the believers Christ are gathered together 1
in
unto
A
new command "
you
house ye
; ye ye lay in your ruins.
;
may
ruins,
ye
made
hitherto been old
rise,
therefore,
have
Me
no That
from your
love one another.
we may be con
time of building is the time of the time of consecration is the time of holiday-keeping. Thus it was with this building while it
spiritual temple, dwell in us,
to
new commandment
Sixth Lesson.
the end of this world.
The
in
His
"
reason of the present gather-*ing is the dedication of an house of prayer. That house is the house of our prayers, but the house of God is ourselves. If we are the house of God, we are being built
work
thou enterest therein boldly, fearing So not that it will fall upon thee. also, when the Lord Christ was fain the Church,] and
HHHE
secrated
seest in any house that the beams and stones are well joined together,
to enter [into
Fourth Lesson.
Hippo.]
unless they had been meetly joined together, unless they had been coupled in agreement one building,
with another, and united, as it were, in the embrace of love. When thou
MATTINS.
The Lesson mons of
beams and stones entered into this
^PHINK
kind friends, 1 that according to what hath been foretold and promised, this house is being builded throughout When the Jews the whole world. returned from the captivity, and the house of God was builded up again, *
Charitas vestra.
then,
my
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. was said in a song extracted from
it
an older psalm Sing unto the LORD a new song; sing unto the l That which LORD, all the earth." the Psalm calleth a new song, the Lord calleth a new commandment. For wherefore should we sing a new "
:
song unless love "
it
were to
Since singing
?
is
tell
new
of a
lovers
wont
Love upon the singer s tongue Prompts the measure that is sung."
Let us
we
for
and love
love,
He there Him for
than love
ourselves in
Him
;
above the herd, then he seeth that is to say, when he had
got over the stupidity of the common people, he gained a view of Him
Whom
he desired.
was to
pass
was about
2
unselfishly
;
Eighth Lesson.
Him.
as for
A ND
"
^*-
Seventh Lesson. taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (xix. i.) is
A T that time
JESUS entered, and ** passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named was the chief Zacchseus, which among the publicans. And he was
And
rich.
(of Milan.]
:
so on.
Homily by
St
(Bk.
Ambrose, Bishop on Luke.}
have begun pretations,
["He
sought to see JESUS not, for the
press."]
?
Therefore,
as
to the
He
the
Day.
take
to
fruit
to a
believer
cheerful rest of the
See
.
.
also,
how
Zacchseus remained in the herd, he When he could not see Christ.
taste
Lord
s
that Zacchseus
the sycamore was like a young new season, in whom, as in other things, was fulfilled that of the
which
is
written
"
:
The figs."
fig-tree
(Cant,
13.)
.
as
s
in
Ninth Lesson.
What
long
inter
mystic
we may remark how de
putteth forth her green
is this press but the brute herd, which cannot perceive the crown of wis
dom
a
lightful is
ii.
and could
place,
of good works, as in the boughs of a fruitful tree. And here, since we
fig
viii.
when JESUS came
looked up and saw him." For now was Zacchseus climbed up on high amid the blossom
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
signifying that to pass, either where
thereby at once affording a mystic For type and conferring a grace. thus had He come, to pass by way of the Jews unto the Gentiles.
is nothing; let us His own sake, and
Him,
added
beautifully
He
For the Lord This is way." "
that
the sycamore-tree stood, or where Zacchseus was to believe in Him
Lord, and better
love the
riseth
599
came
for this, that trees
CHRIST might bring forth, not W e have read elsewhere but men.
fruit,
T
"
I
:
When
thou wast under the fig-tree, saw thee." (John i. 48.) Nathaniel
In the LXX. this Psalm is intituled An Ode of David, when the house was up after the captivity." It is really by David, as appears from I Par. (Chron.) xvi., and was composed by him as part of a Psalm for the occasion of the Ark s arrival at Jerusalem, whence it seems (according to the LXX.) to have been extracted, and used as suitable to the occasion to which they refer it. 1
"
Ps. xcv.
built
2
Vox
hujus cantons est sancti amoris.
Fervor
THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
6oo was under the
that
tree,
is,
above
the root; for the root is holy, and Neverthe he was a righteous man.
Nathaniel was still underneath the tree, for he was under the law but, Zacchseus had gone up the tree, for he was above the law ; Nathaniel was Christ s privy defender, but less,
;
Zacchaeus was His open preacher. Nathaniel was still seeking Christ out of the law, but Zacchaeus had gone above the law, by giving up his
order to
in
goods
follow
the
Lord.
who
is
own
his
Tell it from the speaker? Were I to explain words.
I should only make it darker, therefore I will but repeat his own words, and at the sound of his speech
it,
ye shall know him forthwith, that ye may love him for his address. Who is he that can say O LORD, "
:
Thou
My
hast
brought up from the grave ?
soul
"
Fifth Lesson. is He Whose soul hath already been brought up from
WHO
the grave, but He in Whose mouth Thou are put elsewhere the words, soul in hell ? wilt not leave "
writftn
All as on the Feast, except that the Antipkons are not doubled, and the
This Psalm
following.
of
David,"
of
therein
MATTINS.
for
from Scripture according
to
the Season.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson mons of
is
taken from the Ser
St
"Song
the the
1 opening of the house of David," which we have just sung amid the wrecks of the masons sheds Thou "
:
referreth to the
me
with
utterance
house:
may 1
my
to the
new
wrecks
building
?
gladness."
"To
sing
Ps. xxix.
That but what
sackcloth."
"
for
"
:
and the
first
thing spoken
is
Thou not
over
me."
hast
lifted
made my
me
foes
as
is
it
O
LORD, up, and
to rejoice
Consider that by these
meant
are
the
who
Jews,
thought that they had slain Christ, overcome in Him their enemy, and destroyed Him as they might a man mortal like other men.
Bishop [of the Season.)
/CONSIDER that passage in ^^ of rejoicing at
hast put off
a Song of
Austin,
(256^ on
Hippo.]
intituled
deliverance, I will extol Thee,
hast foes
SECOND NOCTURN.
is
"
rejoicing at the opening of the house
said
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
"
My
;
And
Here
girded is the
opening of the the end that my glory the
praise
to
from which
Thee."
all
And
Sixth Lesson.
He
BUTand will extol
rose again the third day, utterance is
His
:
Thee,
O
Me
up
LORD,
for
"I
Thou
in connection with which, consider the saying of the Apostle God hath highly And exalted Him." (Phil. ii. 9.) hast not made My foes to rejoice
hast lifted
"
"
:
"
over Me." They rejoiced indeed over the death of Christ, but at His Resurrection, Ascension, and preach ing,
some of them were
the texts quoted are taken, except those
cut to the
marked otherwise.
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH.
When He
Eighth Lesson.
was preached, the testimony of His Apostles
heart. faithful
Zacchseus therefore ac humiliation of hav
LITTLE cepted the
some of them to the heart, and some were converted, and some were hardened, and some were confounded, but none rejoiced. cut
and ing recourse to the sycamore saw the Lord. They who humbly choose to be fools in the estimation of the world, have a deep insight The press into the wisdom of God.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson. that time
AT
:
JESUS entered and
passed through Jericho. And behold, there was a man named
was the chief Zacchaeus, which among the publicans, and he was And so on. rich. St Gregory [the
Homily by Pope
(Bk. xxviii. of flections on Job\ ch. 27.) Great,]
Moral {Re
humbly acknowledge ourselves to be Let us cast away harmful fools. wisdom, and learn praiseworthy folly. "
reason indeed is it written hath chosen the foolish things
this
God
:
of the world, to confound the And again Cor. i. 27.) (i "
said
let
menteth our weak minds, so as to hinder our perceiving the light of But we climb up wisely the truth. into the sycamore tree, if we willingly give up our minds to that folly which
God
him become a
in
this
whereof we have been the hands of our detake no revenge for to spoilers, wrongs which have been done us, him that taketh yea, even to offer to coat also, and our our cloak, away that
leave
robbed
be patient?
it
is
Ninth Lesson.
world,
fool, that he
may
THE Lord climb
biddeth
to
more,
JESUS, Who He for the press, not could and was; because he was little of stature.
And
And
see
before, and climbed sycamore tree to see Him ;
he ran
up
into a
for
He
this
to
in
wise."
be wise." (iii. 18.) And unto this doth the very Gospel bear witness, wherein it is said that Zacchseus "sought
was to pass that
way."
name Sycamore, being
preted, signineth the
Foolish
What can be
giveth unto us.
man among you
If
any seemeth to be wise :
;
utter folly (in this world) than not to seek for that we have lost, to
behold
For
standeth in our way, on account of our little stature, when we are for the toil fain to see the Lord some din of worldly business tor-
more
we would be truly wise, and wisdom herself, we must
If
60 1
For interx Fig."
taketh
that
He
where
them not
us, as
into
saith
it
the "
:
were,
syca
Of him
away thy goods, ask (Luke vi. 30.) Whosoever shall smite
again." "
again
up
:
thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Matth. v. 39.) From the boughs of this sycamore tree, the Lord is seen passing by. He indeed, as yet, not be seen
may
face to Face, but
the inward eye
by
may
this wise folly
see the
Wisdom
which St Gregory seems to have derived from sukos, a fig, and moros, is sukos, a fig, and moros, rnwros,) a fool, but the derivation now generally accepted a mulberry, as a plant combining certain characteristic features of both trees. 1
(pr.
Sukamoros
THE COMMON OF
602 of God, as
it
were, passing by, even
Wisdom Which they that are in their own conceit cannot
that
wise see.
mixed up
are
They
the
in
SAINTS.
Lest we should make overlong our exposition of our song, let us take How saith Christ : another point. hast put off
"Thou
My
sackcloth,
overbearing press of their own im aginations, and have not yet found
and girded Me with gladness ? His sackcloth was the likeness of
the sycamore tree whereinto to climb if they would see the Lord.
sinful flesh.
"
up,
Fifth Lesson.
HTHINK **
cause
cloth
not
He
the price of thy redemption in it. Thou hast
;
All as on the Feast, except that the Antiphons are not doubled, and the fol
was wrapped up
lowing.
aside
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
the Season.
"
Let us turn sackcloth." look more closely at this "Thou hast put off My sackcloth The sackcloth was put sackcloth." put off
off
Lessons from Scripture according to
lightly thereof, becalleth it His sack
when He
He, "
My
to
suffered.
therefore, unto
Thou
hast put off
God
My
How
saith
the Father, sackcloth ? "
Wilt thou hear how it is that He unto the "Thou saith Father,
SECOND NOCTURN.
It put off My sackcloth"? because God "spared not His Own Son, but delivered Him up
hast
Fourth Lesson.
is
The Lesson mons of
is
HTHOU **
to
Austin,
(z^bthfor
Hippo.] "
taken from the Ser
St
hast not
Bishop [of the Season.)
made my
over
rejoice
foes
me."
(Ps.
Now-a-days, when Churches with believers, do we filled
xxix. 2.)
are
imagine that to rejoice
?
this maketh the Jews Churches are built, con
secrated, and filled wherefore should Not only do they not they rejoice ? rejoice, but they are put to con fusion ; and the words are fulfilled ;
which are
"I
:
"
if
they
Me, Thou joice,
all."
what they did, He did that where by they that knew should be re deemed, and they that gainsaid should be put to confusion. They know not what good their evil deed The sackcloth hath done for us. was hung up, amid the rejoicings the persecutor ungodly with his spear, and the Re deemer caused our price to spring of
the
rent
it
forth.
Sixth Lesson.
O
to rejoice over me Thou hast not made them to rejoice over Me, for
even
(Rom. viii. 32.) By means of the Jews, who knew not
extol
will
LORD, for Thou hast lifted up, and hast not made my foes
Thee,
me
written
for us
not
turn
wilt
over
and believe
make them Me,
but
to
in
in
re
Me.
LET
Christ the
Redeemer
sing,
Judas that sold Him groan, and the Jews that bought Him blush. Judas sold Him, and the Jews bought Him, and both buyer and seller in the wicked bargain are let
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. both
condemned,
alike
have
cast
Let our Head away. therefore speak concerning His slain Body, His hallowed Body let Him themselves
and
speak,
us listen.
let
"
*
"
Thou,
hast put off My sack He, and girded Me with gladness "
saith cloth,
Thou
My
hast put off
mortality,
and hast girded Me with immortality and incorruption to the end that
My glory may and not be this,
means, entereth into the
For
"
Christ
being
raised
dieth
vi.
from
;
9.)
is
(xix.
i.)
JESUS entered and And, behold, there was a man named was the chief Zacchseus, which among the publicans. And he was that time
as a guest at his house.
Eighth Lesson.
ACCH./EUS, whose name, being fied,"
interpreted, signifieth a type of such from
"Justi
among The more
is
the Gentiles as believe.
they be harassed by the cares of this world, the more they be weighed down by the sense of sin, the hum is
their prayer.
"
But,"
[saith
but, ye are justified, in the Name of the Lord JESUS, and by the Spirit of Such our God." (i Cor. vi. n.) desired to see the Saviour as He
:
passed through Jericho.
And
faith
"
taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Luke
rich.
earnest
the Apostle Paul unto such,] ye are washed, but, ye are sanctified,
Seventh Lesson.
AT
with
climbing up into a tree, and thereby he earned what he longed for, but dared not to ask, even the blessed ness of having the Lord to abide
bler
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
that
desired to see the Saviour, helped the defect of his natural stature by
What meaneth
no more death dead, hath no more dominion over Him."
(Rom.
gate
sing praise unto Thee,
silent.
the
He
life.
not be silent"? "No shall the lance pierce Me, hang silent under the blow."
"
strait
and narrow way which leadeth unto
"and
more and I
60 3
so on.
entered into Jericho, but could not for the press, for, albeit wishful for that grace of faith which the Saviour
brought into the world, the long-used habit of sin stood in the way of the desire.
Homily
by the Venerable
Bede,
and Doctor of the (Bk. v. ch. 77 on Luke
Priest [at Jarrow,
Ninth Lesson.
The things which are impossible with men, are possible with God." For behold the camel, (xviii. 27.)
press of evil habits which rebuked the blind man, that he should hold his peace, and not cry for light, the same press hind ered the publican from seeing JESUS. But even as the blind man over
when he hath
came them by
Church.] xix.) "
laid
aside his load,
"
I
"HE
-*-
crying so
much
the
publican, when he putteth off from him the burden of his riches, and
more, so must he that is little of stature needs get above the obstruc tion of the harmful crowd, by seek ing an higher place, ascending from
despiseth to be wealthy by unjust
the earth, and betaking
passeth through the eye of a needle, that is to say, the rich man and the
him up
into
THE COMMON OF
604
the tree, that is, the Cross. And the Cross is a Sycamore, (a tree with leaves somewhat like to those of a mulberry, but higher, whence also it is called by the Latins that is, the High tree,) "Celsa," for the name Sycamore signifi"
"
eth,
being interpreted, the
and thus
Fig,"
is
feedeth us with
but
lieve,
ness by
is
Foolish the Cross, which
figs
them
mocked
them
"
at
SAINTS.
building, may souls health.
we
behold
with our bodily eyes, in these walls, must be re flected spiritually in our minds, and that
which we see in stone must be the work of
finish
and wood,
God own
s
it
our
Fifth Lesson.
the
thanks
lowing.
MATTINS.
from Scripture according
to
and given them will into them when they as yet had it not, and then enabled them to carry out up
do
to
(Phil.
The Lesson is taken from the Ser mons of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.] (256^ for the
perfect
17.)
their love
breathed the
worketh
Fourth Lesson.
i.
Him for having put it into the thoughts of His faithful ones to raise unto Him this house of prayer,
their will.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Lord
down
Let us with all the cheerfulness of our hearts praise
help,
the Season.
our
cometh
and every
gift
(James
stirred
FIRST NOCTURN.
unto
Whom
from
every good
All as on the Feast, except that the Antiphons are not doubled, and the fol
place, therefore, let us
first
give
gift.
Himself
it
"For
in
of ii.
God Which
is
you both to will and His good pleasure."
13.)
Who
And
thus
hath
it
is
begun,
He and
hath finished.
Sixth Lesson.
Season.)
while
I
joyfully
upon the new walls of this holy Church, which we this day hallow unto the name of God, I find that I owe high praise to our God, and to you, my holy brethren, a gaze
suitable discourse upon the building of the house of God. But my dis
course will only be suitable if it contain for your spiritual up-build 1 that which, God inwardly ing, 1
within
finish
that be
as foolish
God,
**
to
grace
bodies.
that believe not.
HPHEREFORE,
your
wrought
TN ^
Lessons
toward
avail
That building which
A ND
forasmuch
as
He
never
good works to lie unrewarded in His sight, He will give a reward meet for so great a work to those His faithful ones, unto whose labours He hath already given His helpful blessing. And yet have we more thanks to give unto our Lord God. For this Church, which *>
He
suffereth
hath caused His Name, He
to
be builded unto
hath
This sentence contains an untranslateable play upon the word
made more
"edification."
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. Eighth Lesson.
honourable with the reliques of His holy Martyrs.
that JESUS
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (xix. i.)
that time
JESUS entered and
:
^"^
passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was among the publicans. And so on. rich.
the
chief
And he was
v.
(jBk.
ch.
Lord s Incarnation, to acknowledgment of His God head, is, as it were, to climb up
lieving in the
an
into a sycamore-tree to catch a sight of JESUS Face ; this progress, I say, the excellent Teacher [Paul] pointI deter eth at, when he saith "
:
mined
the Venerable Bede, Priest [at Jarrow, and Doctor of the
Homily by
Church.]
looked on one was fain to look on Him, chose one that chose Him, and This loved one that loved Him. progress, namely, to go on, by be therefore
THIRD NOCTURN.
A T
77, on
Luke
xix.)
when JESUS came to the He looked up, and saw him."
"And
The
Saviour,
richo,
came
passing through Je to the place whither
Zacchaeus had already run before, and climbed up into a sycamoreThus did He send through tree. out the world the preachers of His Word, in whom Himself did indeed speak and go, and so came unto those
who were
high
already
Crucified."
by believing in His sufferings, be blessed with the full "He revelation of His Godhead. for the looked up, and saw him eyes of His choice were toward one whom the grace of faith had raised above earthly desires, and who stood multi aloft above the unbelieving To look on signifieth tudes. lifted
and
fain to
"
"
"
with
God
whence
LORD
it is
to
choose or to
said
"
:
The
love
;
eyes of the
upon the righteous." (Ps. Even we also hasten to things which we love, while
are
xxxiii. 1 6.)
look at
we
turn our eyes
loathesome to
away from what
is
are
Christ,
Cor.
ii.
and 2.)
Him And
become such
as have
:
need
of milk, and not of strong meat," (Heb. v. 12) herein signifying by
milk the weakness of the dispensa tion in time, and by strong meat, the
the
of
sublimity
everlasting
glory.
Ninth Lesson.
A ND
"
[JESUS] said unto him Zacchseus, make haste and
^"*-
:
for to-day I must abide And he made house. haste, and came down, and received
come down, thine
Him
joyfully."
The Lord abode
awhile in the house of the chief of Pharisees
the
in the
that
is
to
say,
He
synagogue of the Jews
; taught but since they spake against Him with envenomed tongues, because He washed not His hands before
He sat down to eat, because He healed on the Sabbath Day, because He received publicans and sinners, because He rebuked their greed, and did other things worthy of God, He was wearied
by their wickedness,
and turned away and "
us.
(i
again in rebuking certain he saith
at
up
know anything among
not to
save JESUS
you,
"Ye
place,
60 5
ing
:
left them, say Behold, your house is left
THE COMMON OF
6o6 unto you
desolate."
(Matth.
xxiii.
But to-day He must abide in the house of little Zacchaeus that is to say, He must rest, while the beams of the new light are bright, 38.)
SAINTS.
am preaching here. me more than that, your house than
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
have in
from Scripture according
to
the Season.
best
Fourth
The Lesson mons of Patriarch
Lesso7i.
St
John
Chrysostom,
Constantinople.]
[of
(Horn. 33 on Matth.
Church house of
is
faith
there
been anointed with
oil
and the most needful,
for there
laid up, not raiment, but mercy albeit they be few that take It. is
The bed
taken from the Ser
is
is
is
therefrom, and been healed of sick ness. 1 The Ambry 2 here is far the in
SECOND NOCTURN.
What
not great and wonder ful ? The Table here is the most precious and glorious of tables. The lamp here is the most precious and glorious of lamps, as they know who here that
All as on the Feast, except that the Antipho?is are not doubled, and the fol lowing.
more
this is the house wherein our greatest treasures and our
hopes are laid up. t
is
that.
Fifth Lesson.
in the lowly hearts of the believing nations.
witfyin
This would vex for this
here
is
the noblest of beds,
what can be better than that pillow whereon resteth the written for
W ord T
God ? 3
of
ix.)
the
Sixth Lesson.
common
ND
Hereinto ye first do enter, and then we, keeping the form of the disciples ; and there fore, so soon as we be come in, that
that
we may
to
saying, witness those three thousand
them, (Luke x. 5,) we greet you all with the salutation of "Peace." Let no one then be drowsy, let no one
five thousand who had but one house and one table and one mind. "The multitude of them that be lieved," saith [the author of the Acts of the Apostles] "were of one heart and of one soul" (iv. 32.) But since we are far from such perfection
keep
follow
all.
the
rule
given
mind occupied with worldly when the Priests are come the sermon. The punishment
his
business, in for
for doing so is no light one. I had a thousand times rather be left alone
in
one of your own houses, when
good sooth, if we were one, we should have none other house than this. And in
all
at
utter
I
not
herein
an
hard
and
as their
s,
and are parted
in
divers
us strive to be like them,
I
houses,
let
to visit you, than that ye should not listen unto me when I
at least
when we come together here. in other things we are
come
For
albeit
1 The oil used for Extreme Unction is, in the Greek rite, taken from the lamp that burns before the picture of our Lord. 2 Area, no doubt the Tabernacle. 3 In Greek Churches a copy of the Gospels is kept lying on the altar.
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. and needy, do ye at the welcome us kindly when we and come in hither among you when I say, Peace be unto you," do ye answer, not with your voices
Eighth Lesson.
poor least
;
"
only but with thy
with
your hearts,
"And
spirit."
Seventh Lesson.
Lesson
from
taken
is
Holy Gospel according
A
ND
Zacchaeus stood, and said ^*- unto the Lord Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken "
:
anything from any man by false accusation I restore him four-fold." While others were blaming the sinner, Zacchaeus himself stood, that faith is, continued in that truth of
THIRD NOCTURN.
The
60 7
to
the
Luke
wherein he had begun, and showed himself to be not only a sinner con verted, but even to have taken a saith place among the perfect. "
If,"
(xix.
A T **
i.)
thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure If a in heaven." (Matth. xix. 21.) the Lord,
that time
:
JESUS entered and
passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was among the publicans. rich. And so on.
the
chief
And he was
"
man
before his conversion have lived blamelessly, after his conversion he
can give to the hath
Homily by the Venerable Bede, of [at Jarrow, and Doctor
all
poor
that
he
Ninth Lesson.
Priest
the Church.]
(Continuation of the
last.}
he have had any unjust dealings, he is bound first of
BUT
if
according to law, to make resti tution, and not till afterwards must he give to the poor that which reAnd thus will it maineth unto him. all,
"
And when
they saw it, they all That He was saying,
murmured, gone to be guest with a man that is
a
sinner."
It
clear that
is
the
have always hated that the It is Gentiles should be saved. written And the next SabbathDay came almost the whole city together, to hear the word of God. But when the Jews saw the multi tudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul." (Acts xiii.
Jews
"
:
And elsewhere it is told how 44.) that even the faithful brethren con tended
with
the
"
Apostles, to
men
with
saying,
Prince of the wentest in
Thou
uncircumcised, and didst eat
them."
(xi.
3.)
true of him also, when he keepeth nothing for himself, but hath dispersed and hath given to the poor, his righteousness endureth for that
become
"
ever."
(Ps.
cxi.
9.)
that wise folly, which
And
this
is
the publican
gathered from his sycamore-tree, like make res life-giving fruit, namely, to titution of that which he had robbed, to give away that which was his own, to hold cheap the things which are seen, to be fain even to die for the things which are not seen, to deny himself, and to will to follow in the steps of that Lord upon
Whom
thitherto he
had not looked.
THE COMMON OF
6o8
of blood which he had shed,
CfctCaftOtt.
how Solomon command and with
and
his
the
of God, did that which his had desired to do, and hal lowed the temple and the altar and father
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is
of
Epistle
V\ TE
read
the other things
taken from the First 1 Pope St Felix IV.
Consecration, dist.
(On
i.
ch.
2.)
Moses, by the command of the Lord, and hallowed a tabernacle, that
with the table and
altar,
and other
and
furniture thereof, for the worship of God ; and we know that vessels
;
son, at the
help
SECOND NOCTURN.
* *
end
that
the Feast, except the fol
lowing.
made
and
only gathered together treasures for
Double.
All as on
SAINTS.
he hallowed the same, not only by prayers to God, but by anointing them, at the command of the Lord,
How these things holy oil. were done, and how none others but Priests anointed with holy ointment, and arrayed before the Lord in holy
with
garments, and Levites, handled, car ried, set up, and put in order these holy things, all this is to be found written in the Law of the Lord, among the ordinances which Moses wrote down at the command of the
Fifth Lesson.
TN
the Books of Kings we read * how David, the most godly of princes, made more splendid the
of God,
and was
(3 Kings
viii.
65, 66.)
Sixth Lesson.
(Ch. 17.)
Feast of the Dedication of
THEChurches
and
Priests
is
be
to
kept year by year, as the Lord Him self hath given us an ensample, that we should follow His steps, by com ing with the rest of the people to keep the Feast of the Dedication of the
Temple
was
at
;
as
it
is
written
"
:
It
Jerusalem the Feast of the And Dedication, and it was winter. JESUS walked in the temple in
Solomon s Porch." (John x. 22, That these Dedication-Feasts 23.)
Lord.
worship
pertaining to the
worship of God. "And at that time Solomon held a Feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the River of Egypt, before the LORD our God seven days and seven days, even fourteen days, and on the eighth day he sent the people away."
fain
to
build a temple unto the Lord, but was withheld, because of the quantity
are to be kept for eight days, ye will find in the Third Book of Kings, after the account of the Dedication
of the Temple.
In the Third Noctttrn are read the Lessons from the first day omitted with in the Octave.
A.D. 526-30.
proper Office of
NOVEMBER
S east
Apostle.
,
Double of the Second
All from
First Lesson.
30.
St
of
the
tije
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
Romans
Class.
Commo7i
Office
(p. 462,) except otherwise given here.
Apostles,
for
what
is
4.)
(x.
CHRIST ^
the end of the law for
is
righteousness to every one that For Moses describeth the believeth.
which
righteousness
FIRST VESPERS.
and
Chapter
Antiphons, from Lauds.
things shall
Prayer
speaketh on
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed l One of the two which fol Lord was Andrew, * Simon
Virgin. lowed the
A
s
brother.
Alleluia. is
made of St
of the
Week-day if
Commemoration
Willibrord, then in Advent.
thereby.
this
Who
heart, heaven ? that
to
4
But the faith
Say not
in
ascend into bring
or,
:
these
of
:
shall
is,
down from above
3
is
wise
law,
doeth
,
which
righteousness thine
Peter
live
the
of
is
man which
the
that
Christ
Who
shall
descend into the deep ? that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead. But what saith the Scripture ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy that is, and in thy heart the word of faith which we preach that if thou shalt confess with thy
mouth,
:
:
MATTINS.
mouth
FIRST NOCTURN.
the
Lord
and
JESUS,
believe in thine heart that 2 The Lord saw First Antiphon. * and He called and Peter Andrew, them.
I
Second Antiphon. Follow Me, and * saith will make you fishers of men,
the Lord.
And
Third Antiphon. they * and followed the Lord nets, left
their
their Saviour. 1
4
2
John
i.
40.
Deut. xxx.
ii, 12, 14.
s
raised
Him
shalt
God hath
from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. First Responsory. 5
The
Lord, walking by the Sea of
and Andrew cast the sea, and He Follow Me, and called them saying I will make you fishers of men. Galilee, saw Peter ing their nets into
Matth. Matth.
:
iv.
18-20.
iv. 18, 19.
3
Lev.
xviii. 5.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
6io
For they were fishers, and them Follow Me, and I will Answer. make you fishers of men. Verse.
He
saith unto
Second Lesson.
then faith cometh by hearing, hearing by the word of Christ. I Have they not heard ? say
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salva
Who tion. For the Scripture saith soever believeth on Him shall not be l
:
ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For whoso ;
:
sound went into all the words unto the ends of the world. 5 But I say Did not their
verily,
earth,
and
Israel
know
name
of the
How
2
be sent
they preach,
As
?
it
is
they
except
written
3 :
How
them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things beautiful
are
the
feet
of
!
This
is
that disciple who for the cross,
hung upon
and suffered for the law of his God. Answer. And followed Him Who
6 :
:
:
:
and gainsaying people. Third Responsory.
Andrew
the
good teacher, the was led to the cross, he saw it afar off, he
friend of God,
when God bless thee, O cross, be welcome to the follower of Him That hung on thee, even my Master and
said:
Christ.
God
Verse.
bless
O
thee,
cross,
Answer. lower even
to
the
on
fol
thee,
Master Christ. Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
my
Verse.
and
Be welcome
Him That hung
of
to
Answer.
First Antiphon.
TDUT
they have not all obeyed the 4 Gospel. For Isaias saith Lord, hath believed our report ? So :
Isa. xlix. 23.
2
5
Ps. xviii.
6 5.
Be welcome
to
the
lower of Him That hung on even my Master Christ.
fol
thee,
SECOND NOCTURN.
1
Joel
I
:
everlasting.
Third Lesson.
who
saith
provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Isaias 7 is very bold, and saith I was found of them that sought Me not I was made manifest unto them that asked not after Me. But to Israel He saith All day long I have stretched forth My hands unto a disobedient
Ghost.
the love of Christ
life
Moses
;
As soon as the blessed Andrew heard the voice of the Lord calling him, he left his nets, by the exercise and use whereof he lived, and fol lowed Him Who giveth life ever
giveth
First
thou art hallowed by the Body of Christ His Members make thee goodly as with pearls.
Second Responsory.
lasting. Verse.
?
then
they believe in Him of Whom they And how shall have not heard ? And they hear without a preacher ? shall
their
will
shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed ? And how shall
how
and But Yes
:
T^OR
ever shall call upon the Lord shall be saved.
SAINTS.
ii.
32.
Deut. xxxii. 21.
Whom
the Lord
called to be His Apostle, * when he was by the sea, him also He counted Alleluia. worthy to be His martyr. Second Antiphon. Andrew was 3
Isa.
7
Isa. Ixv. i, 2.
lii.
7.
4
Isa.
liii.
i.
to
FEAST-DAYS IN NOVEMBER. the Lord as a sweet savour, * which He loved exceedingly. Third Antiphon. The blessed Andrew hung alive upon the cross for two days * for Christ s Name s sake,
and,
all
the
he
while,
taught
the
And when
Verse.
gether and cried, saying Answer. The innocent blood of this just person is condemned without a cause. :
people.
Fifth Lesson. Fotirth Lesson.
HP HEN
~PHE
/
Apostle Andrew was born at Bethsaida, a town of Galilee, and was the brother of Peter. He was a disciple of John the Baptist, and heard him say of Christ, Behold the Lamb of God," (John i. 35-37, 40,) whereupon he immediately followed JESUS, bringing his brother also with him. Some while after, they were both fishing in the Sea of Galilee, and the Lord Christ, going by, called them "
both, before any other of the Apostles, in the words, Follow Me, and I will "
make you fishers made no delay, but
of
men."
left
their nets,
They and
followed Him. (Matth. iv. 18-20.) After the death and Resurrection of Christ,
they led him out
to crucify him, all the people ran to
Andrew was
allotted
Scythia as the province of his preaching, and, after labouring there, he went through Epirus and Thrace, where he turned vast multitudes to Christ by his teach
ing and miracles. Finally he went to Patras in Achaia, and there also he
brought many to the knowledge of Gospel truth. ^Egeas the Pro-consul resisted the preaching of the Gospel, and the Apostle freely rebuked him, bidding him know that while he held himself a judge of his fellow men, he was himself hindered by devils from
knowing Christ our God,
the
Judge
erf all.
Fourth Responsory.
The man crucified,
of God was led to be and the people cried with a
loud voice, saying The innocent blood of this just person is condemned without a cause. :
being angry, an Boast no more of this thy Christ. He spake words even such as thine, but they availed Him yEgeas,
swered him,
"
not, and He was crucified by the Jews." Whereto Andrew boldly answered that Christ had given Himself up to die for
man
s
salvation
;
but the Pro-consul
blasphemously interrupted him, and bade him look to himself, and sacri fice
to the gods.
"We
have an
day
offer
I
up
Then
said Andrew, whereon day by God, the Almighty,
altar,
to
the One, and the True, not the flesh of bulls nor the blood of goats, but a
Lamb without spot and when all they that believe have eaten of the Flesh :
Thereof, the Lamb That was abideth whole and liveth."
slain
Then /Egeas being filled with wrath, bound the Apostle in prison. Now, the people would have delivered him, but he himself calmed the multitude, and earnestly besought them not to take
away from him the crown of martyr dom, for which he longed and which was now drawing near. Fifth Responsory.
O
Mem
precious cross, which the bers of my Lord have made so fair
and goodly, welcome me from among men, and join me again to my Master, that, as by thee He redeemed me, so by thee also He may take me unto Himself. Verse. The blessed Andrew stretched forth his hands to heaven
and prayed, saying be
my
salvation,
:
Precious cross,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
612
That, as by thee He re so by thee also He may
Answer.
deemed me,
me
take
unto Himself.
bedient and gainsaying people, which walketh in a way that is not good, but
own sins. 3 The LORD God
after their
Verse.
Sixth Lesson.
QOME
short while
he was
after,
brought before the judgment-seat, where he extolled the mystery of the cross, and rebuked vEgeas for his un Then ^Egeas could bear godliness. with him no longer, but commanded him to be crucified, in imitation of
Andrew, then, was led to the place of martyrdom, and, as soon as he came in sight of the cross, he cried Christ.
O
out, precious cross, which the Members of my Lord have made so goodly, how long have I desired thee how warmly have I loved thee how constantly have I sought thee And, "
SAINTS.
to
Whom
vengeance belongeth, the God to Whom vengeance belongeth, hath shown Himself: lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth, render a reward to the proud.
Which walketh in a not good, but after their
Answer. that
is
way own
sins.
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
and
the
to
Ghost.
Which walketh
Answer. that
in a
way own
not good, but after their
is
sins.
!
THIRD NOCTURN.
!
!
now
that thou art
my
soul
drawn
come to
to
thee
me, how
!
is
Welcome
me from among men, and
join
me
my Master, that as by thee He redeemed me, so by thee also He may take me unto Himself." So he again to
was fastened
whereon he two days, during which time he ceased not to preach the faith of Christ, and, finally, passed into the Presence of Him the likeness of Whose death he had loved so well. All the above particulars of his last sufferings were written by the Priests and
hung
to the cross,
living for
First Antiphon.
Suffer not
Thy
ser
O
vant, Lord, to be parted from Thee * the hour is come to lay my body in the earth, and for Thee to bid me :
come unto
Thyself. Seco?id Antiphon. But Andrew be * not to hinder his sought the people passion.
Third Antiphon.
Welcome me from
join me again to my * that, as by thee He re me, so by thee also He may
among men and Master
;
deemed take
me
unto Himself.
Deacons of Achaia, who bear witness them of their own knowledge.
Seventh Lesson.
to
Under the Emperor Constantine the bones of the Apostle were first taken to Constantinople, whence they were afterwards
l
brought to Amalfi.
Pontificate of
was carried
to
Pope Pius II. Rome, where
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (iv.
18.)
In the
his it is
head kept
A T
^^
that
time
Sea
the
:
of
JESUS, walking by Galilee, saw two
Simon called Peter, and his brother, casting a net into the sea. And so on.
in the Basilica of St Peter.
brethren,
Andrew Sixth Respo7isory. 2
my
I have stretched hands upon the cross unto a
All day long
1
By
the Crusaders, A.D. 1210.
forth diso-
Homily by Pope St Gregory Great.]
($th on the Gospels.}
2 Isa. Ixv. 2.
3
Ps.
xciii. i.
[the
FEAST-DAYS IN NOVEMBER. Dearly beloved brethren, ye hear that Peter and Andrew, having once heard the Lord call them, left
how
their nets,
and followed
persuade, and no stripes can break of the love of this present world ?
their Saviour.
Eighth Responsory.
As
yet they had seen none of His miracles, as yet they had received no
promise of their exceeding and eternal reward nevertheless, at one word of ;
the Lord they forgot
those things which they seemed to have. have seen many of His miracles we have received many of His gracious chastenall
We
;
ings many times hath He warned us of the wrath to come and yet Christ calleth and we do not follow. ;
When Andrew saw the cross he How wonderful art cried, saying O cross, how lovethou, O cross able art thou O cross, thy bright :
!
!
beams enlighten whole world
up his eyes to heaven, and prayed, and cried with a loud voice, and said Thou art my suffer not God, Whom I have seen lifted
:
;
the unjust judge to take me down from the cross for now I know what ;
power of Thy holy Cross
Thou
Verse.
Whom
art Christ
O
Verse.
Members
!
precious cross, which of my Lord have made
so fair and goodly,
Seventh Responsory.
the
the darkness of the
Welcome
a follower of JESUS, that, as by thee He died to redeem me, so by thee also He may take me unto Himself. the
The holy Andrew
6I 3
is.
my
Master,
have loved, Whom I have known, Whom I have confessed in this thing hear me. Answer. For now I know what the power of Thy holy Cross is. I
Answer. Welcome a follower of JESUS, that, as by thee He died to redeem me, so by thee also He may take me unto Himself. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Welcome a follower of JESUS, that, as by thee He died to
redeem me, so by thee take
me
also
He may
unto Himself.
:
E who is
calleth us to be converted
now enthroned
hath broken
in
He
heaven;
l
the necks of the Gentiles yoke of the faith, He hath laid low the glory of the world, and the wrecks thereof, falling ever more and more to decay, do preach unto us that to the
the
coming of
that
He
day when
is
to
be revealed as our Judge is drawing nigh and yet, so stubborn is our mind, :
we will not yet freely that which, will we, nill we, that
COME had
Eighth Lesson. TLT
Ninth Lesson.
abandon
we
Or
the Lord
?
"bent"
will
ask
in
Andrew call
of
Dearly beloved brethren,
we must consider here
rather the in
tention than the loss incurred by this obedience. He that keepeth nothing for himself, giveth up much ; sacrificeth his all, sacrificed! to
him a great
he that
what
is
deal.
Beyond doubt, we cling to whatever we have, and what we have least, that we desire most. Peter and Andrew therefore gave up much when they gave up even
the
desire
lose
day by day. Dearly beloved brethren, what shall we answer at His Judg ment-seat, we whom no lessons can 1
one perchance
his heart, what Peter or to lose by obeying the
of possessing
any
thing.
The Hymn, God,
&c.,"
subdidit.
"We
is said.
praise Thee,
O
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
614
LAUDS.
in the unity of the
God
First Antiphon.
bless
thee,
* be welcome to the precious cross, follower of Him That hung on thee, even my Master Christ. Second Antiphon. The Andrew prayed and said * :
Fourth Antiphon.
If in Advent a Commemoration the Week-day.
Christ
s
dear
handmaid Maximilla took the body * of the Apostle and buried it with
PRIME. Antiphon.
* but just to be swallowed up in hell, to the just Thou hast Thyself shown the way on the tree of the cross. x.
10.)
"DRETHREN, with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scrip ture
saith
Him,
:
Whosoever
shall not
:
who
is
just, courteous,
and godly. Office.
LORD, we humbly beseech Thy Majesty, that even as Thou
Thy blessed Apostle An drew to Thy Church to be a teacher and a ruler on earth, so, now that he is with Thee, he may continually make intercession for us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, didst give
Who
liveth
&c.,
On
morrow we keep
the
the feast
of the holy confessor Felix de Valois, of whom mention is made upon the 4th day of November. Upon the same first day of Decem ber,
were born into the better
The Prophet Nahum, who in
life
sleepeth
Begabar.
At Rome, [about the year 283,] the holy martyrs the Priest Diodorus, and the Deacon Marianus with many others,
who gained
the glory of
of the
There
martyrdom by Emperor Numerian.
likewise
the
holy
martyrs
Lucius, Rogatus, Cassian, and Candida. On the same day, the holy martyr Ansanus, who confessed Christ at
Rome, under the Emperor Diocletian, and was cast into prison then was brought to Sienna in Tuscany, where he was beheaded, and so finished the course of his testimony, [about the year 304.]
At Ameria, in Umbria, under the same Diocletian, the holy martyr Olympias he was a man of consular rank, who had been converted by blessed Firmina, and died upon the ;
Prayer throughout the
Q
thee,
;
believeth on
be ashamed.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Spare unto us this just man, release unto us this holy one * slay not the friend of God,
bless
MARTYROLOGY.
command (Rom.
God
(First Antiphon at Lattds.}
spices in an honourable place.
O Lord, Thou Fifth Antiphon. hast caused them that persecuted the
is
made of
Lord,
death.
Holy Ghost, one Amen.
God, world without end.
blessed
O
King of everlasting glory, receive me hanging on this gallows. Third Antiphon. Andrew was the servant of Christ, * a worthy Apostle of God, the brother of Peter, and likened to Christ and to Peter in his
Chapter.
SAINTS.
and reigneth with Thee,
rack, [about the year 284.] At Arbela, in Persia, the holy martyr
Ananias.
At Narni, the holy martyr Proculus, Bishop [of that see,] who, after many good works, was beheaded by order of Totila, King of the Goths. At the city of Casala, the
holy
martyr Evasius, Bishop [of that see.] At Milan, holy Castritian, Bishop
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. [of that see,] who gained great praise for his worthy acts and his godly and
pious conduct of affairs during the most troublous times of the Church.
At Brescia, holy Ursicinus, Bishop
NONE.
[in,
&c.,
659,] holy Eloy, Bishop [of that see,]
rian to
;
she ministered for a long time who were kept
the holy martyrs
Nicomedia under the and after their battle was over went to Constanti nople, where she fell asleep in peace. in
prison
Emperor
at
Diocletian,
TpOR
Isaias saith
believed
(Rom.
x.
16.)
who hath
Lord, our report ? :
So then cometh by hearing, and hearing But I say: by the word of Christ. Have they not heard ? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the
at
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphons,
and Prayer
Chapter,
from Lauds. Antiphon at
the
Virgin.
When
came
the
Song of
the
the Blessed
blessed
Andrew
where the cross was made ready, he cried and said to
place
:
* of a precious cross, long time have I desired thee, and, now that
O
thou
made
art
soul
is
drawn
for
ready
to
come
I
thou peace and gladness oug htest to welcome me with
for
joy,
Who
A
my
me,
and
thee,
to thee in
also
Chapter at the end.
hast
Antiphon
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
whose marvellous life is commended by the number of signs wrought through
At Verdun, [in the year 591,] holy Ageric, Bishop [of that see.] On the same day, holy Natalia, the wife of the blessed martyr Had
Thou
Lord,
(Fifth
Lauds. )
probably, the year
him.
O
Antiphon. caused,
[of that see.]
At Noyon,
6I 5
I
;
am
hung on
the
disciple
of
Him
thee.
Commemoration
made of
is
faith
the
following.
Prayer from his Office. If in Advent, a Com7nemoration
is
made of the Week-day.
world.
TERCE.
The blessed Andrew, Antiphon. &c., (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. DECEMBER
Chapter from Lauds.
St
SEXT.
Andrew was the ser (Third Antiphon at Lauds.}
Jjtltx te
Falofe, Ccmftssor. Double.
Antiphon. vant, &c.,
Chapter.
(Rom.
x.
All from the Common
Office
for a
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 531,) ex cept the following.
12.)
no difference between T7OR the Jew and the Greek for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For who there
i.
is
:
soever shall call upon the the Lord shall be saved.
name
of
Prayer throughout
the Office.
C\ GOD, Who by a sign from heaven didst call
Thy blessed
Felix out of the desert to
Confessor
become a
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
6i6
redeemer of bondsmen, grant, we be seech
Thee, unto his prayers, that Thy grace may deliver us from the bondage of sin, and bring us home unto our very fatherland, which is in heaven. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Amen.
SAINTS.
But he first with heavenly thoughts. wished to take orders, to the end that he might clear himself of all expecta tion of succeeding to the crown, to in consequence of the Salic He be Law, he was somewhat near. came a Priest, and said his first Mass
which,
Then, in a little he withdrew himself into the wilderness, where he lived in extreme
with deep devotion. while,
fed by heavenly grace. Thither, by the inspiration of God, came the holy Doctor John de la Mata of Paris, and found him, and they led an holy life together for several years,
abstinence,
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
from
Scripture according to
the Season.
they were both warned of an Angel to go to Rome and seek a special Rule of life from the Pope. Pope Innocent III. while he was solemnly
until
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
TLJTEW de
Valois,
who
afterwards
name
of Felix, was born [in the year 1 127] of the same family of the de Valois which in after times
took the
From
became Kingly.
his
earliest
childhood he gave tokens, especially by his pity toward the poor, of the holiness of his coming life. When he was still a little lad he distributed money to the poor with his own hand, with the seriousness of an old man. When he was a little bigger he used to send them dishes from the table, and took
celebrating the Liturgy [on the 28th day of January, 1198,] received in a vision the revelation of the Order and Institute for the redemption of bonds
men, and he forthwith clad Felix and John in white garments marked with a cross of red and blue, made after the likeness of the raiment wherein the Angel had appeared. This Pope also willed that the new Order should bear, as well as the habit of three colours, name of the Most Holy Trinity.
the
in especial delight treating poor children with the most toothsome of the
As a boy he took clothes own back more than once, to
Sixth Lesson.
HEN
sweetmeats. off his
cover the naked. He begged and obtained from his uncle Theobald, Earl of Champagne and Blois, the life of a felon condemned to death, fore
him that this blackguard would yet become a man of most holy life which did indeed come to pass as he had said.
telling
to
cut-throat
Fifth Lesson.
A FTER
a praiseworthy boyhood, he to think of withdrawing
began
from the world
in
order to be alone
they had received the con-
firmation
of
their
from
rule
Pope Innocent, John and Felix en larged the first house of their Order, which they had built a little while be fore at Cerfroi, in the dicecese of
Meaux,
in
wonderfully
France. devoted
There
Felix
himself to
the
promotion of Regular Observance and of the Institute for the redemption of bondsmen, and thence he busily spread
the
same
by sending
forth
other provinces. Here it was that he received an ex traordinary favour from the blessed On the night of the Maiden-Mother.
his
disciples
into
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. Nativity of the Mother of God, the brethren lay all asleep, and by the Providence of God woke not to say But Felix was watching, as Mattins. his custom was, and came betimes There he found the into the Choir. Blessed Virgin in the midst of the Choir, clad in raiment marked with the Cross of his Order, the Cross of red and blue and with her a company of the heavenly host in like garments. And Felix was mingled among them. And the Mother of God began to sing, and they all sang with her and praised God and Felix sang with them and ;
;
;
So now so they finished the Office. that he seemed to have been already called
away from
glorifying
God on
earth, to glorify Him in heaven, an told Felix that the hour of his
Angel
When therefore death was at hand. he had exhorted his children to be tender to the poor and to slaves, he gave up his soul
day of
to
God [upon in
November]
Christ 121
2, in
Pope Innocent and-five
the
the 4th year of
the time of the III.,
years old,
same
being four-score-
and
full
of
good
works.
6I 7
Hippolytus, Maximus, Adria, Paulina,
Neo,
Mary,
who
suffered
and Aurelia, martyrdom under the
Martana,
judge Secundian, in the persecution under the Emperor Valerian, [in the year 256.] Likewise at Rome, [at the end of the 2nd century,] the holy martyr Pon-
and four others. In Africa, the holy martyrs Severus, Securus, Januarius, and Victorinus, who were there crowned with martyr
tian
dom, [about the year of Christ 300.] At Aquileia, [about the year 409,] the holy Confessor Chromatius, Bishop [of that see.]
At Imola, Peter,
[in the year 450,]
Bishop
of
Ravenna,
holy
styled
Chrysologus, [or him of the golden words,] famous for his teaching and holiness, whose feast we keep upon the 4th day of this present month.
At Verona, [in the sixth century,] the holy confessor Lupus, Bishop [of that see.]
At Edessa, [about the year 468,] holy Nonnus, Bishop [first of that see, and afterwards of Heliopolis in Syria,]
whose prayers Pelagia the penitent was converted to Christ. At Troas, in Phrygia, holy Bishop Silvanus, famous for miracles.
through
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke xii. 32, with the Homily of the Venerable Bede, (p. 544.)
If in Advent a Commemoration made of the Week-day at Lauds.
At Brescia, holy Bishop Evasius.
At Second is is
Vespers a Commemoration made of the following. Prayer from her Office.
If in Advent, of the Week-day.
MARTYROLOGY.
DECEMBER
Upon the 2nd day of December, were born into the better life At Rome, [about the year 363,] the holy Virgin and martyr Bibiana, who under the profane Emperor Julian to
was
for
Christ
s
death with scourges
Deacon Marcellus,
jBartgr
33ttuana + Semi-double.
All from
There likewise, the holy martyrs the Priest Eusebius, the
anfc
sake flogged loaded with
lead.
2,
the
Common
Office
for One
Virgin and Martyr, (p. 567,) what is otherwise given here.
except
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
6i8
Prayer throughout the
r\ GOD,
the Giver of
who unto hood
the
all
secute them, but although they were destitute of all human support, God,
Office.
good
gifts,
of pure maiden
lily
hand of Thy servant Bibiana, didst join the palm of a glorious martyrdom, grant us, we beseech Thee, at her pleading, that our hearts and minds being joined to Thee by Thy love,
do
in the
we may escape presently
dangers which and finally us,
all
beset
unto Thine everlasting joy. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. attain
Amen.
Who
giveth bread fed them, and kept life,
and strength,
Lessons from the Season.
Scripture,
according
hungry,
in health,
the wonder of
Fifth Lesson.
A PRON ANUS then attacked them, I
to
make them worship
the gods
Gentiles, and promised them the restoration of their property, the
of the
favour of the Emperor, and a great marriage for each of them, if they would give way, and, on the other
imprisonment,
But
stripes,
and
promises nor threats availed, for they remained firm in the faith, being resolved rather to die than to pollute them death.
FIRST NOCTURN.
to
the
to
them
their enemies.
hand,
MATTINS.
to
SAINTS.
neither
selves
by doing according to the deeds of the heathen and, as for ;
the
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
was a Roman maiden,
"D1BIANA
distinguished on account of the nobility of her family, but now far
more distinguished
for her confession In the reign of the foul tyrant, Julian the Apostate, her father Flavian, although he was an ex-Praefect, was branded as a slave and ban ished to Acquapendente, not far from
of Christ.
Rome, where he soon died a martyr
own
house, with the idea of starving them to death but the mother was afterwards taken outside the city and ;
Bibiana and her sister Demetria, after the death of their holy parents, were stripped of all they had in the world. Apronianus,
beheaded.
Praetor
of
the
city,
who
hankered
after their property, continued to per
the
;
Praetor.
His
wife, Dafrosa, and his two daughters, Bibiana and Demetria, were first imprisoned in their
for his faith.
of
Praetor, they loathed it continually. At length the strength of Demetria gave way, and she fell down suddenly, and died in the Lord, before the eyes of her sister Bibiana. Then Bibiana was put into the hands of an artful woman named Rufina, to seduce her if pos sible but she had known the law of Christ from her childhood, and kept the lily of her purity undefiled, triumph ing over the efforts of that vile per son, and disappointing the lust of the
iniquity
Sixth Lesson. "THEN,
when Rufina saw
that her
words availed not, she took to blows, and scourged Bibiana daily, but the saint was not staggered in her At last the Praetor, holy resolution. mad with baffled lust, when he found his labour was thrown away, ordered his lictors to strip her naked, hang her up by the hands to a pillar, and false
flog
her to death with whips weighted
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER.
When all was over, her with lead. 1 sacred body was thrown out for the dogs
It lay two days in the Tauri, but the animals would
to eat.
Forum
it and, at last, a Priest, John, took it, and buried it by night beside the graves of her mother and sister, near the Licinian Palace. This is the place where there is still a church, dedicated in the name of St Bibiana. When this church was being restored by Urban VIII., the bodies of
not touch
;
named
women, Bibiana, Demetria, and Dafrosa, were found, and were re-buried under the High Altar. these three holy
THIRD NOCTURN.
619
commanded to
a great stone to be tied Claudius and that he should be
cast into the
river
;
the soldiers and
the sons of Claudius he also caused
be put to death. The blessed Hilaria buried the bodies of her sons,
to
and was praying
at their grave
when she was
after,
seized
soon
by the
heathen, and departed hence to be ever with the Lord, [about the year 257-] At Tangier, in Morocco, [in the year 398,] the holy martyr Cassian. He had of a long time discharged the office of a public clerk when the
thought
came
that
was
to
an
him from heaven accursed
thing to serve for the slaughter of Christians it
;
from Matth. xiii. Homily of St Gregory (p.
Lessons the
At ation
44, with
583.)
Lauds, in Advent, a Commemor made of the Week-day.
is
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon
the 3rd day of December is the birth into the
he resigned his office therefore, and under the public profession of a Christ ian he earned the victory of martyrdom, [in the
year 398.] Likewise in Africa, the holy martyrs Claudius, Crispin, Magina, John, and Stephen. the In holy martyr Hungary,
commemorated
Agricola.
better
At Nicomedia, the holy martyrs Ambicus, Victor, and Julius. At Milan, [about the year 318,] the holy Confessor Mirocles, Bishop [of that see,] of whom mention is made by holy Ambrose.
life
In the island of San-Chan, in the Canton River, in China, holy Francis Xavier of the Society of Jesus, Apostle of the Indies, illustrious for the con version of the Gentiles, for gifts and miracles, who died, [in the year 1552,]
of good works and labours, upon this present 2nd day of December, but
full
is kept upon the morrow by order of Alexander VII. In Judea, the holy prophet ZephanHe iah, [in the seventh century B.C. is the ninth of the twelve minor
his feast
prophets.] Upon the
same 3rd day of Decem were born into the better life At Rome, the holy martyrs the Tri bune Claudius, his wife Hilaria, their sons Jason and Marus, and seventy
ber,
soldiers.
The
Emperor
Numerian 1
In England, holy Brian, first Bishop of Dorchester, [he was a Priest of Rome about the year 650, whose feast we keep upon the 5th clay of this
present month of December.] At Chur, in Switzerland, holy Lucius, King of the Britons [of Morganweg,]
who was
the first British prince to re ceive the faith of Christ, in the time of Pope Eleutherus, [about the year 182.]
At Sienna, in Tuscany, the holy Hermit Galgan, [of the order of St He lived on a mountain Benedict. called Siepi, and died in the year llSl.]
In the year 363.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
62O
DECEMBER
wrapt
3.
St Jrancts Jabter, (Confessor, Double.
Allfrom the Common
what
Office of a Con a Bishop, (p. 531,) except otherwise given here.
?iot
fessor
is
SAINTS.
in the
contemplation of divine
things, that he was sometimes lifted in ecstasy off the ground, which happened to him several times when he was saying Mass in public before large He earned these re congregations. freshments of the soul by the sharpest He gave up punishment of the body. the use not only of meat and wine, but also of wheaten bread he lived on ;
Prayer
C\ GOD, Who ^^^
wast pleased to
make
the preaching and miracles of the blessed Francis an instrument to
gather in the people of the Indies into Thy Church, mercifully grant that we who venerate the glorious memory of his worthy deeds, may also have the follow the
to
grace virtues.
Through
pattern of his our Lord JESUS
Son, Who liveth and reignwith Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without Amen. end.
Christ
Thy
th
At
First Vespers Commemorations are made of St Bibiana, and of the Week-day.
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
;
lay only on the ground.
Fifth Lesson.
hardness and holiness of his had made him meet to be called to be an Apostle, and when John III., King of Portugal, asked Pope Paul III. to send to the Indies some members of the then new Society "PHE
life
of JESUS, the Pontiff, by the advice of St Ignatius, sent Francis to enter on that vast field of labour with the He powers of Apostolic Nuncio. arrived [in India on the 6th day of May, in the year 1542.] When he began his work, it seemed as though
God Himself
taught him the many languages of the natives. even happened that when It he preached in one language to a mixed congregation of different nationalities, each one heard him in his own tongue wherein he was born. 1 He travelled over countless districts, always walk
and Lessons from Scripture, according to the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
RANG IS "P
was
family, and born in the castle of Xavier,
Pampeluna,
[in the
He was a 506.] of St Ignatius at Paris, and
year of our Lord
one of his
i
Under disciples. learnt to become so
earliest
his teaching,
difficult
and often bare-footed. He intro duced the faith into Japan, and six other countries. In India he turned many hundred thousands to Christ, and regenerated many chiefs and ing,
was of noble
in the dicecese of
companion
food, and ate or three days.
only once He used an every two iron scourge till his blood ran freely he shortened the hours of his rest, and the vilest
throughout the Office.
he
1
Cf.
And not kings in the holy font. withstanding that he was doing all these great things for God s ser-
Acts
ii.
8.
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. so deep
vice,
was to
General
Society,
on
of
the
THIRD NOCTURN.
his lowliness that
when he wrote
St
the did so
Ignatius,
he
his knees.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson Gospel
^Jr
was pleased
zeal
for
to
spreading
support his the Gospel
He great miracles. On one gave sight to a blind man. occasion the supply of fresh water many and
with
when he was
failed
hundred
sailors
at
were
sea, and five in danger of
perishing by thirst, but the servant of God, by the sign of the Cross, turned salt water into fresh, and they used it for a considerable time. Some of this
water was also carried into different countries, and a great number of sick persons were instantaneously cured by it.
life,
He called several dead men to among whom was one who had
been buried the day before, and who was disinterred by command of the saint and likewise two others who were being carried to the grave, and whom he took by the hand and re ;
stored
living
had the
to
their
parents.
He
prophecy, and fore told many things, remote both in place and time. Utterly worn out with his labours, he died full of good works in the island of San-Chan in the Canton spirit of
2nd day of December, our Lord 1552.] His body was buried in quick lime, and, being again taken up, was again buried in the same, but at the end of many months it was found entirely incorrupt, and sweet, and, when cut, blood flowed River, [upon the
in the year of
freely
from
it.
From China
it
was
carried to Malacca, and, as soon as it reached that place, a plague, which
was raging there, ceased. At length, when he had become famous through out the whole world for new and wonderful miracles, Gregory XV. added his
name VOL.
I.
taken from the Holy
is
Mark
to
according
(xvi.
150
Sixth Lesson. /""*OD
621
to the list of the Saints.
AT that time disciples
:
JESUS said unto His
Go
:
ye
into
all
the
world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. And so on.
Homily by Pope St Gregory Great.]
(29/7*
[the
on the Gospels.}
By the words "every creature" we may understand every tribe of the Gen tiles. Of aforetime it had been said, Go not into the way of the Gentiles," "
x. 5,) but now, "Preach the Gospel to every creature," that, since the Jews had proudly rejected the preaching of the Apostles, that might become our gain which was the seal of their condemnation. But when the Eternal Truth sendeth forth His dis ciples to preach, what doth He but scatter seed over the field of the world ? He scattereth abroad a few grains for seed, that He may afterward reap an abundant harvest in our faith.
(Matth.
Eighth Lesson.
HP HE
great harvest of faithful souls
whole the throughout would never have sprung up,
hand of the Lord had not
first
world if
the
scattered
those chosen grains of preachers over the reasonable soil of men s minds.
Then and
is
"
written,
He
that believe th
baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not, shall be damned." is
:
Now, perchance, thou sayest in thine I heart believe, and therefore I shall be saved. True, if to thy faith thou dost add works. He only hath a living faith whose life doth not give the lie to his profession. It is of this that :
x
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
622 Paul
they deny
he
where
speaketh,
certain vain believers, that they know God Him."
"
saith
They
of
profess
but in works
;
(Tit.
i.
16.)
Ninth Lesson. "AND these signs shall follow them ^"^ In My name they that believe :
shall cast out devils, they shall speak new tongues, they shall take up
with
serpents
;
and
if
thing, it shall shall lay hands shall
they drink any deadly not hurt them they ;
on the
and they
sick,
recover."
brethren, these signs do not Do we, then, not believe ? follow us. Nay. The truth is, these things were
My
needful when the Church was young. That she might grow by the increase of the faithful, she needed to be
nourished
with
when we
plant
So
miracles.
a
young
tree,
tinually water and tend it, see that it hath taken firm
till
we,
con
we
root in
but when once it hath the earth taken firm root, it can grow of itself. of saith Hence Paul tongues are for a sign, not to "Tongues them that believe, but to them that :
:
believe
(i Cor. xiv. 22.)
not."
At Lands
is
made a Commemoration
of the Week-day.
cruel and wasting imprisonment she endured burning with torches, the cut ting off of her breasts, and other
torments, and finished her testimony by the sword, [in the year 235.] At Constantinople, [in the year 780,] the holy martyr Theophanes and his Companions. In Pontus, [about the year 330,] the blessed Confessor Meletius, Bishop [of He was a man of ex Sebastopol.] traordinary learning, but this gift was outshone in him by the mightiness of his soul and the straightforwardness of his
In England, holy Osmund, Bishop, year 1078, of Salisbury,] whose feast we keep upon the I7th day of [in the
the
morrow we keep
is
the feast of
450,] of whom mention is made upon the 2nd day of this present month of
December.
Upon the same 4th day of December, were born into the better life the persecution Maximin, the holy
in
under the Emperor Virgin and martyr Barbara.
After a
the day of the trans
of his sacred body. [He was Count of Seez in Normandy, and, following William the Conqueror, was of Dorset and Lord High He died in Chancellor of England. canonised was and by Pope 1099, Calixtus III., in the year I45 8 -] At Cologne, [in the year 1075,]
made Count
holy Annon, Bishop [of that see.] In Mesopotamia, [about the year 449,] holy Maruthas, Bishop of Tagrit, who raised up again the churches
God in down
Persia in
King Isdegerd
the holy Confessor Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop of Ravenna, [in the year
At Nicomedia,
which
July, lation
cast
On
life.
At Bologna, holy Felix, Bishop [of that see,] who had erstwhile been a Deacon of the church of Milan under holy Ambrose.
of
MARTYROLOGY.
SAINTS.
which
been
;
he was famous
for
miracles, and achieved honour [Several among his enemies.
many even
of his works are extant.
now
had
the persecution under
Tagrit
is
Miafarakin.]
At Parma, [in the year 1133,] holy Bernard, Cardinal-bishop of that city, of the Congregation of the Order of St Benedict, called that of Vallombrosa.
Vespers are of the following^ the Chapter, inclusive.
from
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. DECEMBER
623
FIRST NOCTURN.
4.
Lessons from
St
Common [of i&abenna,] fessor,
anfc
Boctor of
Tim.
i
Office, (p.
iii.
i,
as in the
516.)
tfje
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is otherwise given here. Prayer throughout the /^\ ^~^
Office.
GOD, Who
by a sign from heaven didst mark out the blessed Peter Chrysologus, the excellent Teacher, to be a ruler and instructor of souls,
we pray Thee, that even as Thou didst give him to be a teacher of Thy lively truth on earth, so, now that he is with Thee, we may worthily have him continually to make inter grant,
for us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
cession
without end.
Amen.
FIRST VESPERS.
The
first
verse
of the
Hymn
altered.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed c. Virgin. O right excellent Teacher,
Commemorations of St Francis Xaof the Week-day, and of the holy Her Virgin and Martyr Barbara.
vier,
Commemoration
Common
is
taken
from
"
logos,"
the
for one Virgin and Martyr, (p. 567,) with the Prayer, O God, Who amidst the wondrous works of Thy Divine power, &c. Office
"
altered.
verse
of the
Chrysowords,"
became a disciple of Cornelius of Rome, Bishop of Imola. This Pre late,
having experience of his learning
and holiness of life, soon ordained him Deacon. On the death of the Arch bishop of Ravenna, the people of that place elected a successor, and sent him, according to custom, to Rome, to be confirmed in his appointment by Sixtus
Pope
III.
The Archbishop
elect accordingly set forth, along with
ambassadors of the people of and Cornelius, Bishop of Imola, attended by Peter the Deacon. While they were yet on the way, the holy Apostle Peter and Apollinaris the the
Ravenna
appeared
to
the
Supreme young
Pontiff in a dream, leading a
man between them, whom they com manded him to make Archbishop. As soon as the embassy arrived at Rome the Pope knew in Peter the young man of
his
dream, chosen of
the Archbishopric. Where fore he set aside him that the people
God
of
to
Ravenna had presented, and pre
Peter to that Metropolitan Church, in the year of our Lord, The ambassadors of the people 433. of Ravenna took it ill, till they heard the vision then they gave them
ferred
selves first
"
of the golden
:
MATTINS.
The
or,
on account of his wonderful eloquence, was born of respectable parents at He displayed Imola, near Ravenna. a very early leaning to godliness, and
Martyr is
Greek
called in
PETER,
hymn
is
up
received
to
the
the
new
great reverence.
of God, and Archbishop with
will
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
62 4
SAINTS.
OKTER
were so wrought up, that they filled the whole place with tears, cries, and prayers, and Peter afterwards thanked
Ravenna, where he was received with great joy by the Emperor Valentinian,
the
Fifth Lesson.
being against his will con secrated Archbishop, arrived at
Galla Placidia, And this one people. thing he asked of them, that, as he, for the saving of their souls, had not the
and
Empress-Mother all
the
refused to bear the heavy weight of the Archbishopric, so they would strive to follow his warnings, and live to the law of God. in submission
He
took the bodies of the two Saints, Barbatian the Priest, and German, Bishop of Auxerre, and caused them to be embalmed with rich oint
namely,
ments and honourably buried, and he kept the cowl and haircloth shirt of German for a legacy for himself. At Chassis, three miles from
Ravenna,
lie
built a Baptistery of extraordinary size,
and several splendid churches, in honour of the blessed Apostle Andrew He preached a and other Saints. most severe sermon against the acting and dancing of guisards 1 about New Year time, in which discourse he said other things, He that jesteth with the devil will never rejoice with
among
"
Christ."
By command
of
Pope Leo
I.
he addressed an Epistle to the Council of Chalcedon against the heretic Eutyches.
He
also confuted Eutyches himself in another letter, which is likewise pub
lished in the
new
of the Council, and
editions of the Acts is
Who
had turned his failure to When he of their souls. had ruled the Church of Ravenna in holiness for about eighteen years, God gave him knowledge that the end of God,
profit
labours was at hand, and he re turned to his home at Imola, to die. When he arrived at Jmola, he en tered the church of St Cassian, and offered upon the High Altar a great circlet of gold, set with stones of great price, a golden chalice and a silver Water poured out of these paten.
his
vessels hath often healed hydrophobia Some of the people of and fevers.
Ravenna had followed the Archbishop,
now dismissed them, with a charge to use great prudence in their Then he fell choice of his successor.
but he
to prayer, that God would mercifully receive his spirit, asking the same
likewise for the sake of his patron St Cassian, and so he passed in peace to a better life, on a 2nd of December, His about the year of our Lord 450. holy body was buried, amid the sorrow and veneration of the whole city, hard by the remains of St Cassian, where it lieth even to this day, guarded with
One arm was cut Ravenna, where it is preserved in the Ursian Church, in a reliquary of gold and precious stones.
great off
reverence.
and sent
matter of Church
THIRD NOCTURN.
History.
Lessons from Matth.
Sixth Lesson.
AIT HEN
he preached
in
public his
vehemence was such that he sometimes became speechless from This happened to him excitement. once when he was preaching on the subject of the woman who had an issue
of blood.
to
(Matth.
The congregation on
ix.
this
20-22.) occasion 1
Homines
v.
13, -with the the samc^
Homily of St Austin upon (P- 549-)
EightJi Rcsponsory. In the
midst of the congregation,
&c., (/. 539-)
At Lauds are made Commemorations of the Week-day and of St Barbara. personati.
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. MARTYROLOGY.
On
morrow we keep
the
England
the feast of the holy Confessor Brian, first Bishop of Dorchester, of whom
mention
made upon
the 3rd day of month of December. Upon the same 5th day of December, is
this present
were born into the better
At Mutalasque, holy Saba, Abbat
in
[in
life
Cappadocia,
the
Palestine in the
year 531,] who shone in Palestine as a marvellous cnsample of holiness, and toiled manfully for the Catholic faith against those that impugned the holy Council of Chalcedon, [held in the year
45
-]
AtThebeste, in Africa, holy Crispina, [of Thagara,] a woman of very high rank, who refused to sacrifice to idols, in the days of the Emperors Diocletian
and Maximian, and was therefore be headed by command of the Pro-consul Anolinus,
[in
At Thagara,
down
answer to his prayer, where heathen priests beat him direfully, and he earned the crown of fore
in
the
martyrdom
-
eighty
five
wounds,
persecutors. At Trier (Trevcs), [about the year 566,] holy Nicetius, Bishop [of that see,] a man of wonderful holiness.
[Two
of his works are
extant.
still
|
At
Polybotus, in Asia, holy John, called the Wonder-worker, Bishop (of that see
in
Leo the
I
the time of the
Emperor
saurian. |
Vespers are of the following
in
Africa,
the
DKCKMHKK
5.
holy
martyrdom. At Pavia, the holy martyr Dalmatius, Bishop [of that see,] who suffered in the persecution under the Emperor Maximian, [in the year 304.] At Pentinia, in the Abruzzi, the holy martyr Pelinus, Bishop of Brindisi.
S>t
Brian, Btsliop cljcstrr,
of |
(Eonfrssov.
|
All from the Common ttishop and Confessor, (p. the following.
for 50 except
OJ/ice 5
I rayer throughout, "(irant, we be seech Thee, (p. 524.) c.,"
FIRST VKSI KRS.
A
Commemoration
is
made of
tlie
Preceding.
Antiphon, teacher,
&c.,"
"
O
and
right 1 rayer
excellent
from
his
Office.
Then of the Week-day, and then of St SabaJ- Abbat, from the Common
Died at the Monastery Mutalasca, in Cappadocia, in the year 439. Saba, between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, December 5, 532.
Mar
from
the Chapter, inclusive,
Julius,
at at
by
[about the year 362.] Likewise, [in the sixth century,] the holy martyr Anastasius, whose desire for martyrdom caused him to show himself of his own will to the
Holy year 304.] oftentimes speak in
Potamia, Crispin, Felix, Grattis, and seven others. At Nice, upon the river Var, holy Bassus, Bishop [of that see, in the In the persecution third century.] under the Emperors Decius and Valer ian the President Perennius caused him for Christ s faith s sake to be racked, burnt with plates of whitehot metal, beaten with cudgels and loaded scourges, cast into the fire, and when he came out therefrom un harmed, to be pierced with two nails, and so he achieved an illustrious
1 Born from him
the
the
the
Augustin doth her praise. martyrs
days of the Emperor Julian Apostate a temple of Mais fell
In in
625
now
called
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
626 Office ) "O
(P-
531,)
(p.
with
the
Prayer,
we beseech Thee,
Lord,
&c.,"
5450 MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
Lessons from Scripture according
to
the Season.
SAINTS.
ing and hallowing Churches, and call many people to God by holy labour, he passed away to be for ever with the Lord, [about the year 650.] ing
At Dorchester he was buried, but after many years, Bishop Hedda removed his body to Winchester, where it was honourably laid in the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson. the
T
(From Bede, iii. Saxon Chronicle.}
7,
Lessons
N
the year of Christ 634, the West Saxons, under their King Cynegils, received the Faith, the Word of
God being preached among them by the Bishop Brian, who had Britain at the persuasion
Honorius.
come of
into
Bishop.
Brian came to Britain, the first place he went to was the country of the West Saxons, whom he found steeped in idolatry. Among therefore he
abide, than to
deemed
go further
it
in
better to
search of
He con subjects for his preaching. verted and baptized the King and his and Cynegils afterwards re ceived from the font the most holy Oswald, King of the Northumbrians,
people,
whose daughter he was about to take marriage, and thus, by a beautiful coincidence, became first his god-father and then his son-in-law. in
Sixth Lesson.
be
At Lauds, a Commemoration is made of the Week-day, and then of St Saba, with the Prayer as before.
MARTYROLOGY.
On the 6th day of December, were born into the better life At Myra, which is the chief city of Lycia,
[in
Confessor see,] of
the
year
Nicolas,
324,]
the
holy
Bishop
[of
that
whom among many
other recorded that
signs and wonders it is when the Emperor Constantine
Fifth Lesson.
to
from Matth. xxv. 1 4, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 522.)
Pope
teacher had yet reached, and there sow the seed of our holy Faith. The Pope therefore commanded Asterius, Bishop of Genoa, to consecrate him a
T HESE
the
He made
a personal pro mise to this Pope that he would go into far parts of England, where no
them
THIRD NOCTURN.
and
two Kings joined
in
giving
to Brian the city of Dorchester, his See, and thence, after build
had condemned certain persons to death and these called upon Nicolas, who was alive, and afar off, he appeared unto the Emperor, and bent him to mercy by exhortation and threats. In Africa, the holy women Dionysia, Dativa, and Leontia, and the monk Tertius, the physician ^Emilian, Boni face, and three others, who in the
Vandal persecution under the Arian King Hunneric were tormented in most grievous and manifold ways for their defence of the Catholic faith, and so earned a place among Confessors of Christ, [in the year 484.]
At the same time and place, the holy martyr Majoricus, the son of He was but a little holy Dionysia. lad and was in fear of the torments, but by the looks and words of his mother, he was so strengthened that
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. he became mightier than them all, his and died under the torture mother took his body to her heart, and buried it in their home, and was used to pray instantly at his ;
627
First Vespers, as regards St Nicolas, begin with the Chapter.
A
Commemoratioti
made of St Office, and
is
Brian. Prayer as in his then of the Week-Day.
grave.
On the same day, the holy priest Polychronius, who was saying Mass in the time of the Emperor Constantius, when the Arians attacked him and slew him, [fourth century.] At Granada, in Spain, the blessed martyr Peter Paschasius, Bishop of Jaen, of the order of blessed Mary of
Ransom
for the
At Rome, the holy Virgin who,
was
writeth
blessed
blessed
from
Asella,
mother
life
in
s
fast
ings and prayers unto a good old age. [Born about 334 and died
about 410.] Vespers from the following from the
Chapter inclusive.
DECEMBER
6.
St Nicolas, arcptsfyop
[of
Jttgra,] Confessor* Double.
Prayer throughout the
Office.
r\ GOD, Who hast made the blessed ^-^
Bishop Nicolas famous by count and wonders, deliver us, we beseech Thee, for his sake and by his prayers, from the everlasting fires of hell. Through our Lord JESUS signs
Thy
Son,
Who
Fourth Lesson.
liveth
^
at the
famous
His Patara in Lycia. obtained him from God by
city of
parents
and the holiness of his life was marked even from the cradle. When he was at the breast he never would suck more than once on Wed nesdays and Fridays, and that always
prayer,
though he sucked freely on other days. This custom of fast ing he never broke through during While he was still his whole life. after sunset,
a young man he lost both his father and mother, after which he gave his whole property away to the poor. One particular example is given of There was a his Christian charity.
had for
needy man
in
the
city
who
three
whom
marriageable daughters, he could not get husbands,
and so thought
to
make them
harlots.
he went to the house by night and threw in by the window such a sum of money as made a dowry for one of them. This he did a second and a third
When
Nicolas heard of
and thus by his were honourably given
it,
charity
time,
they
in marriage.
Fifth Lesson.
and
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world Amen. without end.
was born
"VTICOLAS
certain
All from the Common Office of a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) ex here. cept what is otherwise given
Christ
SECOND NOCTURN.
Jerome,
her
womb, and passed her
less
Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
redemption of captives,
[in the year 1300.]
as
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
V\THEN
he had given himself enGod he set forth for Palestine, that he might see the Holy tirely to
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
628 Places,
and worship
Dur
therein.
pilgrimage he embarked once on board a ship when the sky was clear and the sea calm, but he foretold a great storm, which after wards arose and raged until the sailors were afraid ; and then the saint by this
ing
prayer
stilled
the tempest.
After he
had returned home, and his holy life was known to all men, God bade him go to Myra, which is the chief city of Lycia, at a time when the Bishop had just died and the Bishops of the Province were called together to choose While they deliberated, they received a warning from heaven to choose that Nicolas who should first come into the church in the In obedience to that warn morning. ing, Nicolas was seized at the door of the church, and with universal con sent consecrated Archbishop. In his a successor.
great office he was an unceasing model of purity, as he had always been, of gravity, of regularity in prayer, of watching, of abstinence, of charity, of hospitality, of meekness in exhorta
and of sternness
tion,
SAINTS.
Emperors, carried away from his and thrown into prison, where he remained until the accession of Constantine. This Prince set him He free, and he returned to Myra. betook himself to the first Council of Nice, where he was one of the 318 See,
who condemned
the heresy returned thence to his Bishopric, and, not long after, be came aware of the approach of death.
Bishops
He
of Arius.
When
last moment was come, up his eyes to heaven, and, when he saw the Angels coming to meet him, he began to recite the
he
his
lifted
Psalm, "In Thee, O Lord, put my trust," and when he Into Thy hands I com said,
thirtieth
do had
I
"
mend my
he passed to the spirit," 1 His body was heavenly Fatherland.
removed
finally
where
it
is
to
Bari
in
Apulia,
kept with great fame and
honour.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons
from Matth. xxv. 1 4, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 522.) At Lauds is made a Commemora
the
in rebuke.
tion of the
Week-day.
Sixth Lesson. T1_T
E
vice,
was the comforter of widows and orphans by money, by ad and by labour. He was the
deliverer of the oppressed, so mightily, it is related that the Emperor
that
Constantine once unjustly condemned Tribunes to death, and these
three
unhappy men
called
upon Nicolas,
though living and absent, to save them, who yet appeared in a vision to the Emperor, and forced him by threats to set
them
free.
When
the
Emperors Diocletian and Maximian published their edict against Chris Nicolas did not cease to tianity, preach the truth at Myra, wherefore he was seized by the soldiers of the 1
MARTYROLOGY.
The morrow is the eve of the Im maculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the same day is kept the feast of the holy Confessor Ambrose, Arch bishop of Milan, and Doctor of the universal Church, the which is adorned by
his holiness
and teaching.
birth into the better
life,
in
[His
the year
397, is recorded upon the 4th day of April. The 7th day of December is the day of his ordination to the
Bishopric of Milan.] Upon the same 7th day of ber,
were born into the better
At Alexandria, the blessed
In the year 342
?
Decem life
soldier
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. Agatho. During the persecution un der the Emperor Decius, there were
some
that
would make mock of the
Prayer throughout the
Who
God,
headed, [about the year 250.] At Antioch, the holy martyrs Polycarp and Theodore.
At Tebourba, in Africa, the holy martyr Servus, who in the Vandal persecution under the Arian king
At Chieti, in the kingdom of Naples, [in the ninth century,] the holy Con
the Monastery of Sanjon.] At Meaux, [in the year 657,] the holy Virgin Fara [de Champigny, Abbess of Faremoutier, in the diocese of Meaux.]
Vespers of the following, from the Chapter inclusive.
The
7.
Antiphon at
O
Hymn
is
the
Song of the Blessed
right
excellent Teacher,
Commemoration of St Nicolas, and of the IVeek-day.
MATTINS.
The
first
verse
of the
Hymn
is
altered.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from the
Common
i
Tim.
Office,
(p.
iii.
i,
as in
516.)
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
A MBROSE,
Bishop of Milan, was
the son of another Ambrose, a
Roman
and was born when was Prefect of Gaul, [about the year of our Lord 340.] A swarm of bees settled upon his face when he was in his cradle, which was con sidered an omen of his future elo He received a liberal edu quence. cation at Rome. He was afterwards, citizen,
his father
the
of
and so came
of
of the
&c.
governor
St Ambrose, Bisftop [of JHilan,] donfessor anD Jioctor
verse
first
Virgin.
under
DECEMBER
Thy
altered.
fessor Urban, Bishop of [that see.] At Saintes, in Gaul, [about the year 400,] the holy Abbat Martin, at
whose grave by the power of God famous miracles are oftentimes wrought. [He was the founder and first Abbat of
O
Office.
unto
give
FIRST VESPERS.
Hunneric, was long cudgelled, re peatedly jerked up with pulleys and dropped upon flints, and scraped with sharp stones, and by this torment gained the palm of martyrdom, [in the year 384.]
didst
people, &c.
bodies of the martyrs, and Agatho forbade them, whereupon straightway a cry of the whole mob was got up against him, he was brought before the judge, and as he stood firm in the confession of Christ he was be
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Probus, made Liguria and ^Emilia, with authority to Milan.
Prefect
Auxentius, an Arian, who had been intruded into the Bishoprick of Milan, to die, the most violent disputes arose about the choice of a successor. Ambrose came to the
happening
tlje
Ctjitrdj. Double.
church in his
All from
the
Common
of one 515,) ex
Office
Bishop and Confessor, (p. cept what is otherwise given VOL. I.
here.
official
capacity,
and
urged upon the contending factions, in a long and powerful speech, the necessity of keeping the public peace
;
X
2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
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whereupon a child suddenly cried out, "Ambrose, Bishop," and the whole assembly took it up, and unanimously called for his election.
Fifth Lesson.
A MBROSE
^^
yield
to
the
their
to
petition
Emperor Valentinian.
It
was
very pleasing to this Prince that those he had appointed as judges should be chosen Bishops, as also
who
had, as
were prophetically, said when he appointed him, govern them more like a
Go and
the
to
Prefect
Probus,
it
"
a
than the sire
Judge."
When
the
Emperor was added to of the people, Ambrose
to
him
Bishop will
of
the de yielded,
and received Baptism, (for hitherto he was only a Catechumen,) Con firmation, and Communion, and then the several Orders on successive days, till on the eighth day, which was the 7th of December, [in the year 374,] the weight of the Episcopate was laid
upon
his
to
shoulders.
The
church.
At length the Saint was worn out with his continual labour and care for the Church, (for the which also he com posed many excellent books,) and fore told that the day of his death was at hand, though he had not then fallen into his last sickness. As he lay Honoratus, Bishop of Vercelli, heard a voice from God three times to him that the hour of crying Ambrose s departure was come, where upon he went to him quickly, and dying,
gave him the sacred Body of our Lord. When he had received It, the
Saint,
still
praying, with his in the form of
hands stretched out a
his to cross, gave God, spirit upon the 4th day of April, in the
year of Christ, 397.
Being
Bishop, he showed himself a stout upholder of the Catholic faith, and the discipline of the Church, and turned to the truth great num bers of Arians and other heretics,
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Matth. v. 13, with Homily of St Austin, (p. 549.)
and, among them, he begat in Christ JESUS that burning and shining light
the
Eighth Responsory. In the midst of the congregation,
of the Church, Austin.
&c,
(p. 539.)
At Lauds a Commemoration
Sixth Lesson.
is
made
of the Week-day. the murder of the
Emperor
Gratian, [in 383,] Ambrose was sent as an ambassador to Maximus, ~r
by whom
a
him also in his repentance." Then Theodosius humbly did public penance laid upon him by the Bishop.
made
A FTER
enter
pleaded that he was no worse than David, who had been to guilty of adultery and murder, which Ambrose answered him, "As thou hast followed him in his sin,
Emperor
follow
refused, and would not their prayers, where
upon they carried
Prince
SAINTS.
he had been
slain,
had commanded
[in
390,] he refused to
On
and, as
he refused to repent, the Bishop re nounced his communion. After the massacre which the Emperor Theodosius
MARTYROLOGY.
at Thessalonica, permit that
of
the
the
morrow we keep the feast Mary, Mother of
glorious
and always a Virgin, whom supreme Pontiff Pius IX. did upon this day solemnly define to have been by a singular gift of God, the
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. God
preserved unstained by original
sin.
Upon cember,
the
same 8th day of De
were born
the
into
better
life
At Rome, the blessed Pope Eutyhands buried hundred and forty two martyrs, whose fellow he chian, who with his own in divers places three
himself
afterwards
became, being crowned with martyrdom under the
Numerian
Emperor
and
buried
the cemetery of Callistus. ceeded Felix I. (269-274)
[He ;
in
suc
after five
days interregnum he became Pope on Jan. 3, 275, and died on Dec. 8, 283.]
At Alexandria, the holy martyr Macarius. Under the Emperor Decius the judge dealt with him in many words
persuade him to deny Christ, but as he only professed his faith the more constantly he was burnt alive, [in to
the year 250.] At Treves, holy Eucharius,
ciple of the blessed Apostle Peter, the first Bishop of that city.
In
and
the
holy Bishop Soa wonderful pro little children, orphans, and widows, and an helper of all the poor and depressed. In the monastery of Lisieux, the
Cyprus,
phronius, tector of
who was
holy Abbat Romaric, who was the first man in the court of King Theodobert, but gave up the world, and became the first in monastic observance. [He was a monk of Luxeuil. He founded the Abbey of Remiremont, of which
he became second Abbat in the year 627, and died on Dec. 8, 653.] At Constantinople, the holy Hermit Patapius, famous for his graces and miracles.
At Verona, is commemorated the ordination of holy Zeno, Bishop [of that see in the fourth century.]
a dis
Vespers of the following.
DECEMBER
Immaculate
631
oncepttott
8.
of
tfie
Jttarju Double of the First Class, with an Octave,
All from the Common
for
Office
-Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 552,) .except what is otherwise given here.
FIRST VESPERS.
COMPLINE.
Antiphons, Chapter, Verse and swer, and Prayer from Lauds.
Antiphon at Virgin. blessed,
done
to
*
the
Song of
An
me
He That
is
great things.
me
mighty hath Alleluia.
This word Alleluia is omitted in Septuagesima and Sexagesima Weeks. "
"
The last verse of the Hymn in honour of the Incarnation.
is
altered
the Blessed
All generations shall call for
Commemoration of Si Ambrose, (Antiphon, "O right excellent, &c.,") and of the Week-day.
MATTINS. Invitatory. Let us keep the Feast of the stainless Conception of the Virgin * Mary: let us worship Christ, her Son,
and her Lord and
ours.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
632
Guardian of
Portal of bliss to
hath God said, shall not eat of every tree of the
Why
unto the woman,
Hymn}* "DLEST
SAINTS.
Ye all virgin souls
man
forgiven
!
garden
!
Pure Mother of Almighty God Thou hope of earth, and joy of Heaven
And
?
the
woman
;
!
the fruit of the tree which Fair Lily, found
among
the thorns
!
Most beauteous Dove with wings of gold
Rod from whose
!
tender root upsprang
That healing Flower long since
foretold
said unto
We
the serpent, may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden but of
!
!
is
in the
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall And the ye touch it, lest ye die. Ye serpent said unto the woman shall not surely die. For God doth :
Thou Tower, Thou Star, Our course
against the dragon proof to storm-toss d voyagers dear !
lies
Thine be the
!
know
o er a treacherous deep;
then
by which we
and
light
steer.
that in the
day ye eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened ye shall be as gods, knowing :
good and
Scatter the mists that round us hang, Keep far the fatal shoals away
evil.
;
And
while through darkling waves
Open a path
to life
we sweep,
First Responsory.
and day. 3
O
JESU, born of Virgin bright Immortal glory be to Thee Praise to the Father infinite,
!
By one man
world, in
whom
sin entered into the
all
have sinned.
Fear
;
And Holy Ghost
eternally.
Amen.
FIRST NOCTURN.
O
First Antiphon*
Thy Name * Who hast made Thee cellent
is
for
Mary, with God.
not,
Lord,
how ex
in all the earth,
thou hast found grace
4 The Verse. Lord hath delivered thy soul from death, yea, the Lord was thy stay. Answer. Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.
a worthy taber nacle in the Virgin Mary.
Second Antiphon. The Lord hath * His tabernacle in the sun. Third Antiphon. Even in her Con * did receive a
set
Mary
ception
blessing
from the Lord, and mercy from the
God
of her salvation. 2
Verse.
girdeth
me
It
is
Almighty God That
with strength.
And maketh my way
Answer.
per
fect.
Second Lesson.
A ND
the
woman saw
was good was pleasant
that the tree
and and a
for food,
to the eyes,
that
it
tree to
and she took of the fruit and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did And the eyes of them both were eat. opened and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig-leaves to gether and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD be desired
:
thereof,
;
First Lesson.
The Lesson Genesis
is
(iii.
taken from the Book of i.)
n^HE
serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said 1
*
Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall. Rom. v. 12 ; Luke i. 30.
God walking in the garden in the cool of the day ; and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God, the garden. 2
amidst the trees of
Ps. xvii. 33. 4 Cf. Ps. lv. 13, xvii. 21.
N
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. Second Responsory.
Come
1
unto
me
me, and God hath done for sirous of
Verse.
He
hath
2
As
all I
fulfilled
are under
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
declare what
and
soul.
the
to
Ghost.
me
the Lord liveth, by
Honey and milk
her tongue.
ye that be de
will
my
Answer.
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Honey and milk are under
Answer.
His mercy.
her tongue.
Answer. And I will declare what God hath done for my soul.
SECOND NOCTURN. Third Lesson.
AND
the
LORD God
Adam, and Where art thou ? heard Thy voice in
said
him
unto
And he
Grace is poured First Antiphon. her Conception, * and she is fairer than the daughters of men. into
unto
called
said
:
God hath holpen Second Antiphon. her right early, * the Most High hath hallowed His tabernacle. Glorious things Third Antiphon. * are spoken of thee, O City of God in foundation laid hath Lord the thy the holy mountains.
I
:
and I was naked, and
the garden
was
:
afraid, because I hid myself. And He said Who told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I com manded thee that thou shouldest not I
:
;
eat ? And Adam said The woman whom Thou gavest me to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman Wherefore hast thou done this ? And she said The serpent And the beguiled me, and I did eat. LORD God said unto the serpent Be
Verse.
:
4
By
this
I
know
that
Thou
favourest me.
Because mine enemy can
Answer.
not triumph over me.
:
:
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
:
cause thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life I will put enmity between thee and the wo man, and between thy seed and her seed she shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise her heel. ;
:
:
W
beloved
white like snow in
is
Lebanon, her lips drop as the honey comb. Honey and milk are under her tongue.
Come from Lebanon, My
Verse.
Spouse, thou shalt be crowned with a
crown of grace. 1
Ecclus. xxiv. 26
4
Ps.
xl.
12.
;
Ps. Ixv. 16.
HO
Hail, thou that art full of blessed grace, the Lord is with thee "
words,
:
thou
among
women."
was
It
a fulness of grace should be poured into that Virgin who hath given to God glory and to man a Saviour, who hath brought peace to earth, who hath given faith to the fitting that
Third Responsory.
My
taken from the Sermons
and what was the blessed and glorious Mary, always a Virgin, hath been revealed by God by the message of an Angel, in these
art
3
is
5 of St Jerome, Priest [at Bethlehem. ] On the Assumption. ) (
2 5
Gentiles, who hath killed sin, who hath given law to life, who hath made the crooked ways straight. Verily, To others grace she is full of grace.
Judith
To
xiii.
18.
be found
among
3
Cant,
v. 10, iv.
his spurious works.
u,
8.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
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cometh measure by measure
in
;
Mary
grace dwelleth at once in all fulness. be Verily, she is full of grace. lieve that the holy Fathers and Pro phets had grace but they were not But into Mary came a full of grace.
We
;
of
fulness
the grace which
all
in
is
Christ, albeit otherwise [than as
it
is
Therefore is it said Blessed art thou among women," that is, Blessed art thou above all in
Him.]
:
"
"
The
women."
Solomon writeth
praise
in
her any of the curse of Eve. In her
effects
of
Songs, dove, my is
fulness of blessing
utterly neutralized
Mary
10,)
(ii.
in
in
the
"Rise
Song
up,
my
one, for the winter past, the rain is over and gone."
And
fair
Come from Lebanon,
"
again,
my
come,
Spouse,
crowned."
(iv.
thou
shalt
be
8.)
Fourth Responsory. 1 I came out of the mouth of the Most High, the first-begotten before
every creature.
I
made
the unfading
light to arise in the heavens.
When
there were no depths I was conceived. Verse. For the Lord hath created
me
in
righteousness,
and hath held
mine hand, and hath kept me. Answer. When there were depths I was conceived.
Fifth Lesson.
OT
"M"
to
unjustly then
come
is
dove, all clean, all upright, full of She is full of mercy, grace and truth. and of the righteousness that hath looked down from heaven, and there fore is she without stain because in her hath never been any corruption. She hath compassed a man in her womb, saith holy Jeremiah, but she conceived not by the will of fallen
man.
"The
she bidden
from
LORD,"
;
Verily,
power,
greater than all other works, the world cannot
when God, and
it
Verily,
was a new work of
Whom Whom no man
shall see entered the lodging of her womb, breaking not the blissful cloister of her virgin flesh. And in her body He was borne, the Infinite inclosed within her womb. And from her womb He came forth, so that it was fulfilled which was spoken of the
bear,
and
live,
Prophet Ezekiel, saying, "This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it be ;
cause the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut." (xliv. 2.) Hence also in the
Song of Songs
it
is
Ecclus. xxiv. 5, 6; Prov.
said of her, (iv*
garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed, thy perfumes are a garden of delights." Verily a garden of delights, filled with the perfumes of all flowers, rich with the sweet savour of grace. And the most holy Virgin "A
is a garden enclosed, whereinto and Satan have never entered to
herself
(So far the Sermon. }
Wisdom.
new
a
thing.
The
I.e.,
it is
(xxxi. 22.)
sealed
1
Pro
the
man."
Lebanon, for Lebanon is so named on account of its stainless and glistening whiteness. earthly Lebanon is white with snow, but the lonely heights of Mary s holiness are white with purity and grace, brilliantly fair, whiter far than snow, sparkling with the gifts of the Holy Ghost she is undefiled like a
saith
phet, "hath created a new thing in a woman shall compass a the earth
12,)
no
SAINTS.
sin
sully the blossoms, a fountain sealed, with the seal of the Trinity.
Fifth Responsory. 2
she viii.
No is
24.
\
defiled thing can fall into her ; the brightness of the everlast2
Wisd.
vii.
25, 26, 29.
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. ing light, and the unspotted mirror of the power of God. Verse. For she is more beautiful than the sun, and being compared with the light, she is found before it.
Answer. She is the brightness of the everlasting light, and the unspotted mirror of the power of God. Sixth Lesson.
and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve sun,
stars. 2 The Verse. Lord hath clothed her with the garments of salvation, and hath covered her with the robe of righteousness, yea, as a bride He hath adorned her with jewels. And upon her head a Answer. crown of twelve stars.
Glory be to the
Verse.
T HE
fact that the Virgin Mother of God had at the moment of her
conception triumphed over the foul enemy of man, hath ever been borne out by the Holy Scriptures, by the venerable tradition of the Church, and by her unceasing belief, as well as by the common conviction of all
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and
the
to
and
Son,
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
Answer. And upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
THIRD NOCTURN.
and faithful Catholics, and by marked acts and constitutions of At length the Supreme the Holy See.
Holiness and First Antiphon. * de beauty are in her Conception clare her glory among all people.
Pontiff Pius IX., in compliance with the wishes of the Universal Church,
in
Bishops
determined to publish it as a truth of faith, on his own absolute and unerring authority, and accordingly, on the 8th day of December, 1854, in the Vatican Basilica, in presence of a great multi tude composed of the Fathers Cardinals the Holy Roman Church, and Bishops from all parts of the earth, he, with the consent and jubilation of the whole world, declared and defined as follows That doctrine which de-
:
at
Second Antiphon. Rejoice ye all * and the LORD give thanks the remembrance of His holi :
ness.
Third Antiphon. The LORD hath known His salvation * the His Mother hath He openly of glory showed in the sight of the heathen.
made
:
of
:
clareth
I
Thou
will
And
Answer.
that the most blessed Virgin in the first instant of her
extol
hast lifted
foes to rejoice over
Mary was
Conception preserved, by a special privilege granted unto her by God, from any stain of original sin, is a doctrine taught and revealed by God, and therefore is to be held by all Christians firmly and con faithful
3
Verse.
Lord, for
hast not
Thee,
me
O
up.
made my
me.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
the Holy is taken from Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
A T
The Angel Gabriel that time was sent from God, unto a city :
^~^
Nazareth, to a Galilee, named name virgin espoused to a man whose was Joseph, of the house of David, of
stantly.
Sixth Responsory.
There appeared a great wonder in heaven a Woman clothed with the 1
:
Apoc.
xii.
i.
2
Cf. Isa.
and the
And Ixi.
virgin so on.
TO.
s
name was Mary. Ps. xxix. 2.
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Homily by St German, Patriarch
SAINTS.
Seventh Responsory.
[of
1 Constantinople. ] ( On the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin. ]
2
my
A
garden enclosed
O
Hail, Mary, full of grace, holier the Saints, higher than the more glorious than the heavens,
tain
than
are a garden of delights.
Cherubim, more honourable than the Seraphim, and the most worshipful thing that the hands of God have made. Hail, O dove, bearing in thy beak
love,
the olive-branch of peace that telleth us of salvation from the spiritual flood,
dove, blessed omen of a safe harbour, whose wings are of silver, and thy feathers of gold, shining in the bright beams of the
(Gen.
viii.
10,
Most Holy and Light-giving
Spirit.
Hail, thou living garden of
Eden,
planted towards the East by the right hand of the Most Merciful and Mighty
God, wherein do grow to His glory rich lilies and unfading roses, for the healing of them that have drunk in death from the blighting and pestilen breezes of the bitter West, (Gen.
tial
ii. 8, 9) ; Eden, wherein hath sprung that Tree of life, Whereof if any man
eat he shall live for ever.
9
iii.
;
22.
Hail,
John
stately
vi.
(Gen.
ii.
52.)
Palace of the King,
most holy, stainless, purest, House of the Most High God, adorned with His Royal splendour, open to all, filled
with
wherein ber,
not
is
Kingly dainties
;
that spiritual bridal
made
Palace
cham
with hands, nor hung
with divers colours, in the which the Eternal Word, when He would raise fallen man, wedded flesh unto Himself, that He might reconcile unto the Father them who had cast themselves away.
up
1
The Martyrology (May
sealed.
Verse.
sister,
my
Mary, thy perfumes
to me, my sister, my my undefiled. O Mary, thy perfumes
Open dove,
Answer.
are a garden of delights.
Eighth Lesson.
IT AIL, O
rich
and shady Mountain
of God, whereon pastured the
n,)
(Ps. Ixvii. 14.)
my
is
spouse, a garden enclosed, a foun
True Lamb, Who hath taken away our sins and infirmities, (Hab. iii. 3 3 Isa. liii. 4 John i. 29,) mountain, whereout hath been cut without hands that Stone which hath smitten the altars of the idols, and become the head-stone of the corner, marvellous in our eyes. (Dan. ii. 34 Ps. cxvii. ;
;
;
22, 23.) Hail, thou holy Throne of God, thou divinest store-house, thou temple
of
glory, thou bright crown, thou chosen treasure, thou mercy-seat for the whole world, thou heaven declar ing the glory of God. (Ps. xviii. 2.) Hail, thou vessel of pure gold, made to hold the manna that came down from heaven, the sweet food of our Christ. souls, even (Ex. xvi. 33 Heb. ix. 4 John vi. 49-51.) ;
;
Hail, O purest Virgin, most praise worthy and most worshipful, hallowed treasury for the wants of all creatures ;
thou art the untilled earth, the unploughed field thou art the vine full of flowers, the well overflowing with thou art waters, Maiden and Mother the Mother that knew not a man, the ;
;
hidden treasure of guilelessness, and the clear, bright star of holiness by ;
Patriarch, illustrious for his graces and teaching, most faithfully withstood the Emperor Leo the Isaurian, when that Prince published an edict against the Holy Images. Elected to the Patriarchal throne, A.D. 715, expelled by the heretics, 730, and died May 12, 733. 2 Cant. iv. 3 LXX. 12; v. 2. 12) says, that this
"holy
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. thy most acceptable prayers, strong from thy motherly mouth, obtain for of men in the Church that continually tend unto Him
all estates
they
may
Who
is
the Lord, and God, and Maker of thee, and of them, and of all, but of thee the Son also, conceived without man s intervention obtain this, O ;
Mother,
them
pilot
to the
harbour of
peace.
Eighth Responsory. doth magnify the Lord for He That is mighty hath done to me great things, and holy is His name. Verse. For, behold, from henceforth
My soul
all
;
generations shall call
For
Answer.
me
He That
blessed.
mighty
is
hath done to me great things, and holy is His name. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and
the
to
Son,
Ghost. Afiswer.
For
and
the
to
He That
Holy
mighty
is
hath done to me great things, and holy is His name.
that are under them, according to the commandment of God. Behold, this 1 which hath thee for is thine own city,
towers and her foundations, crown her with victory, gird the house of God with strength, keep undefiled as the loveliness of His tabernacles, for them that praise thy name, be thou their deliverer from strife and bitter ness of spirit. Free thou the prisoner, be protect the wanderer, and if there to thou be no hath that refuge, any
her
him a consolation. Stretch forth thine hand and help the whole earth so shall we year by year keep this and all thy feasts, and at last be found with thee in Christ JESUS, Who is Lord of all, and verily our God. To
Him, with the Holy Father, Who is Fountain of Life, and the coeternal Spirit, Three Persons and One Substance, even as there is one King dom, be glory and strength, now and Amen. for ever. the
The Hymn, God,
c.,"
God
thine to clothe
it
1
6,)
in
priests to make
and Thine be
approved and
of their Majesty, and the Royal Robe of their greatness, and the firm found ation of their dominion, more than in purple, or fine gold, or pearls, or pre ;
thine be
O
it
to put
under
* there Mary,
is
;
1
3 >
the people
4 Thou art the * thou art of Jerusalem, of the great glory Israel, thou art the great rejoicing of our nation. Fourth Antiphon. 4 O Virgin Mary, * blessed art thou of the Most High God, above all the women upon the 5
Antiphon.
Fifth
undefiled,
we
Draw
will
us,
*
Cf. Cant. iv. 7. Judith xv. 10 xiii. 23. ;
*
run after
thee in the odour of thy perfumes. 2
Constantinople. Cf. Matth. xvii. 2. Cf. Cant. i. 3, 4.
art all fair,
Third Antiphon.
Maiden
meek obedience
Thou
exaltation
earth.
in
2
no spot of original
as the sun.
blaspheme thee, and the God That was born of thee thine be it to that
is
* Second Antiphon. 3 Thy raiment white as snow, and thy countenance
their feet the unfaithful nations, nations
keep
O
sin in thee.
stainless,
upright and glorious faith. it to guide in peace the sceptres of orthodox princes, even of princes who put their trust in thee to be the crown
cious stones
First Antiphon.
s
with righteousness, and them shout aloud for joy (Ps. cxxxi. 9,
praise Thee,
"We
is said.
LAUDS.
Ninth Lesson.
T)E
637
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
638 Chapter.
viii.
(Prov.
PRIME.
22.)
Lord possessed me in the be ginning of His ways, before His works of old. I was ordained from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths I was conceived. "PHE
This day
Verse.
the
is
Holy Virgin
Mary conceived without sin. Answer. The Virgin s bruised the serpent
In the Votive
s
Office
hath
foot
to
said unto the serpent put enmity between thee and the :
* and between thy seed and she shall bruise thy head.
;
Thou That
art
come
to
the
into
said :
Thou That wast born
Verse.
And
this
Upon
of the
done throughout the
is
the
9th of December, were
the suffered a terrible imprisonment under Dacian, Prefect of Spain, and when she heard of the grievous tor ments of blessed Eulalia and the
Septuagesima a?id Sexagesima
spirit
she
martyrs,
and gave
prayer
to Christ,
At
"Alleluia."
life
At Toledo, in Spain, the holy Virgin and martyr Leocadia. In the perse cution under the Emperor Diocletian
other
Alleluia.
In omit
is
world,"
born into the better
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
woman,
In the Short Responsory, instead of "
MARTYROLOGY.
The Lord God
her seed
&c.,
fair,
:
Answer. Was a message of joy the whole world.
will
art all
whole Octave.
head.
stainless conception,
I
Thou
Antiphon.
(First Antiphon at Lauds.}
Virgin Mary.
Maiden Mother of God, thy
Verse.
SAINTS.
knelt
[in the
Carthage,
down
in
up her unstained the
year 303.] holy martyr
Restitutus, Bishop [of that see,] con
Prayer.
GOD, Who
cause that a
didst
virgin should be conceived with out sin, to the end that she might be
made
a meet dwelling-place for
dear Son
;
O
God,
Who
precious death of the foreseen by Thee, didst
from
all
stain,
hear
Thy
through the
Same Thy Son keep her clean we beseech
us,
Thee, and grant that by her prayers,
we
also
who
are presently defiled,
may
be made pure, and so with her attain unto Thee. Through the Same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Who finally
Son,
and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. liveth
A
Commemoration
Week-day.
is
made of
the
cerning whom on whose solemn feastday holy Augustine preached a dis course to the people. Likewise in Africa, the holy martyrs Peter, Successus, Bassian, Primitivus,
and twenty others. At Limoges, in France, [in the year 46,] the holy Virgin and martyr Valeria. At Verona, holy Proculus, Bishop [of that see, in the fourth century.] In the persecution under the Emperor Diocletian he was buffeted and cud gelled and thrust out of the city, but
was
at
At
restored
length
church and
to
his
asleep in peace. holy Syrus, the
own
fell
Pavia,
Bishop of that
city,
first
who was eminent
and powers of an apostle. At Apamea, in Syria, blessed Julian,
for the signs
Bishop, who shone with holiness in the time of the Emperor Severus.
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. At Perigueux, in France, [about the a year 586,] the holy Abbat Cyprian, man of great holiness. [He lived as a hermit in the latter part of his life near Dordogne, at a place now called
639 SEXT.
Thou
Antiphon.
of Jerusalem, &c., at Lauds. )
art the exaltation
(Third Antiphon
after him.]
At Nazianzus, [about the year 371,] Gorgonia,
holy
the
Gregory
At Grai, 1636,]
who hath
theologian,
written of her graces in
and miracles.
Burgundy, Peter
holy
blessed
of
sister
[in the
Fourier,
xliv. 2.)
(Ezek.
Chapter.
gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall because the Lord, the enter in by it God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut for the Prince "THIS
;
year
Canon
;
Regular of Our Saviour, founder of the Canonesses Regular of Our Lady for the education of girls ; whom, il lustrious for his virtues and miracles, Leo the Thirteenth added to the roll
of the Saints.
He
the Prince,
shall sit in
it.
Short Responsory.
By
this
know
I
Thou
that
favourest
me. that
Thou
Because mine enemy
shall
Answer. Chapter at the end.
(Apoc.
xii.
i.)
H^HERE
appeared a great wonder in heaven a Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve :
stars.
know
I
Verse.
not triumph over me. Answer. Thou favourest me. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer.
By
this
I
know
that
Thou
O
Lord,
favourest me.
TERCE.
Verse.
Thy raiment, Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter and Prayer from
this
By
favourest me.
c.,
I
will
extol Thee,
hast lifted me up. Answer. And hast not
Thou
for
made my
foes to rejoice over me.
Lattds.
Prayer from Lauds. Short Responsory. It is
Almighty God That girdeth
with strength.
Answer.
It
is
NONE.
me
Almighty God That
me with strength. And maketh my way perfect. Answer. That girdeth me with
girdeth
Verse.
to the Son,
me
Verse.
and
Holy Ghost. Almighty God That
to the
It is
By
this
I
know
that
Thou
Because mine enemy
not triumph over me.
I
will extol
hast lifted
Answer.
with strength.
favourest me.
Answer.
(Fifth
&c.,
Short Responsory. Glory be to the Father, and
Answer. girdeth
us,
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
strength. Verse.
Draw
Antiphon.
Antiphon at Lauds.}
shall
Thee,
me
O
Lord, for
Thou
O
Lord,
up. I
will extol
Thee,
hast lifted me up. And hast not made my foes Verse. to rejoice over me. Answer. Thou hast lifted me up.
for
Thou
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
640 Verse.
and
Glory the
to
be
Son,
the
to
and
Father, the Holy
to
Ghost.
Thou
I
will extol
hast lifted
me
O
Thee,
Lord,
up.
Maiden Mother of God, thy
Verse.
stainless conception, to
follow
ing :
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed :
Mary conceived without any head of the old serpent. In the Votive
Mary,
&c.,"
that
all
stain of
day hath she bruised the
this
:
Alleluia.
Office it is,
"
O
holy
181,) ending, "may the memory of thine
(p.
keep
holy and stainless conception, feel the might of thine assistance."
A
eternity foresaw the sorrowful fall the transgression of Adam,
man by
seduced by the fraud of the devil, might not perish, but that as in the
first
Adam
all
might be made
This day is a rod sprung Virgin. from the root of Jesse this day is sin
of
in His mysterious purpose, He decreed, before the worlds were, that the Word should be made flesh, to the end that man, who had been
SECOND VESPERS. the First, except the
;
;
and,
Prayer from Lauds.
All as
is
wisdom reacheth mightily from one end to another, and sweetly ordereth all things. He from (Wisd. viii. i.) all
Answer. Was a message of joy the whole world.
His ways unspeakable. and truth His mercy and His Almighty Power
is
are
Will
Answer. for
r^OD
SAINTS.
Commemoration
is
made of
|>>econ&
fjie
ap
wfgtn
f#e
)cfat>e
of
what
is
all
Cor.
xv.
end, the
ture according to the Season.
Eternal
(i
the
woman He love
be
that
He
loved with so allowed His in
her.
HEREFORE, He bestowed
upon
Thess.
freely
iv.
wrought
3.)
Fifth Lesson. ]
her, out of the treasure of the
Divinity, such a wealth of gifts of grace as He hath bestowed upon none of Saints.
her always free from any the
pollution of sin, so fair and so upright that no other of His works are like to her, and only Himself can slightest
we understand
The Lessons are taken from Scrip
to excel her.
Verily,
was most fitting, that this most worshipful Mother should be made this
bright with the brightness of uncon-
taminated holiness,
SECOND NOCTURN.
Dog
the
and should con
old
serpent by escaping altogether the stain of original sin, for she was that Mother to whom the Eternal Father was willing to give
quer
Fourth Lesson. is taken from the matic Bull of Pope Pius IX.
this
great a Will to
He made
FIRST NOCTURN.
The Lesson
Christ
(i
the Angels and none of the
Jmmacufafc Conception.
All as yesterday, except otherwise given here.
And
W
9.
to this
from
in
beginning, and before all ages, chose and ordained a woman to be the Mother of His Only - begotten Son, of whom He should take flesh and be born, in the blessed fulness of time. (Gal. iv. 4.)
the
Week-day.
DECEMBER
And
22.)
Creator
die,
alive.
the
Co-Eternal and
Co-Equal Only-
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. THIRD NOCTURN.
begotten Son of His love, to be her
Son
641
also.
Seventh Lesson. Sixth Lesson.
n^HE
Catholic
The Lesson Church,
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
which,
through the perpetual teaching of the Holy Ghost, is the pillar and
ground of the truth, (i Tim. iii. 15,) hath always held the original innocence of this most exalted Virgin to be bound up with her wonderful holiness, and her mighty dignity of Mother of This doctrine she hath felt God. herself to hold by the gift of God, and as part of that faith once delivered from heaven unto the Saints, (Jude 3,) and as time hath gone on, she hath continually explained, put forth, and This belief is found strong upheld it. in the earliest times, and rooted as it were in the hearts of Christ s faith ful people by the care and study of holy Bishops it hath been taught in and all parts of the Catholic world
A T ^^ city
;
Church herself pointed
to
it
when
of Galilee,
of the Saints the Church celebrateth only the day of their being made
her Divine perfect at death, [but of Lord, of His Blessed Mother, and of St John the Baptist she venerateth the birth also, as of those sanctified in
When [therefore] she womb.] the case [goeth further and] maketh of the Blessed Virgin an exception to all others besides that of Christ, keep ing holiday in honour of her concep
the
[as well as of her birth,] she regardeth manifest that
tion
Conception
as
wonderful, and
altogether different
except conceptions, as holy.
namely,
to
only
it
is
that
singular, all
other
Christ
s,
from
God,
unto
named Nazareth,
espoused to a
a to
man whose
name was David, Mary.
Joseph, of the house of and the Virgin s name was And so on.
Homily by St Sophronius, Patri arch [of Jerusalem.] 1 (On the An nunciation, )
When
this blessed Angel was sent most pure virgin what did he In what words did he break happy news of Redemption ?
to the
say the
Hail, thou that art full of grace, 2 the Lord is with thee." [Now this in the is Hail word original "
"
"
"
she allowed the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be held as a and de feast, for exciting the piety In the case votion of her children.
The Angel Gabriel
:
sent
a Virgin
;
the
that time
was
Chaire,"
signifieth
which
being
interpreted
The
"Rejoice."]
of joy
enger deth her
his
in
first
mess word bid-
He knew
rejoice.
well
message was a message of tidings of great joy to men,
that his
good (Luke ii. 10,) yea, to all creatures, a message of healing to all sick He knew well that his mess nesses. a message of God s light was age He knew well that to a dark world. He it proclaimed the end of error.
knew of
well
death.
that
it
blunted
He knew
the
well
sting that it
He broke the power of corruption. knew well that it brought victory He knew well that it over hell. told
of
salvation
to
all
the
fallen
of Adam, groaning under that yoke of malediction which fell on them when they were thrust out
children
Elected to the Patriarchal throne, eminent opponent of the Monothelite heretics. e 4 ? The aboe senfoice i"lnserted to^give meaning to the rest of the Homily, which was written in Greek. i
A
An
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
642
and banished from that Therefore, when he happy home. began to speak, he spoke in tones of rejoicing, and opened his message
of Eden,
with sounds of gladness. Therefore the name of joy to herald the tidings of good, which were to be for a joy unto all people, who soever should believe.
made he
SAINTS.
Thou art the exaltation splendour ? of humanity thou art made much higher than the Angels thy bright ness hath thrown the brightness of the into shadow ; Archangels ;
;
down upon the lofty Thrones thou makest the height of the Lordships to seem low thy rank taketh precedence be fore the rank of the Principalities compared with thee the Powers are weakness thou art a Mighty one thou
lookest
seats
of the
;
;
;
Eighth Lesson.
;
AND,
a
of
God
that
was
it
truth,
fitting
proclamation of joy should open with the accents of And this is the reason gladness. why the angel nameth joy first, be cause he knew the coming fruits of his message, and that his converse with the Virgin was to bring joy to the whole world. Can we find any joy
or
s
any brightness
and the brightness of
the joy
like
that salutation
mightier than
all the Mighty thine eyes see further than the contemplation of the Cherubim can reach the Seraphim have six wings, but thy flight is nobler than their s in a word, thou hast far excelled ;
earthly
;
;
every other work of God thou wast purer than any other creature and thou hast conceived the Creator of all creatures, carried Him in thy ;
far
;
womb, and brought Him
addressed to the Blessed Mother of
hast
gladness ? Rejoice, O mother of joy more than heavenly Rejoice, O thou that nourishest joy in the highest Rejoice, O Lady, full of .the joy of salvation Rejoice, O thou that bringest a joy that passeth not away Rejoice, O mysterious treasury dispensing unspeakable joy Rejoice, O most blessed fountain, Re overflowing with unfailing joy joice, O store-house of God, filled with the everlasting joy of eternity
He
forth
;
thou
been chosen, out of all that has made, to be His mother.
!
!
At Lauds a Commemoratio?i made of the Week-day.
is
!
MARTYROLOGY.
!
!
!
!
Rejoice,
O
fair
joy!
life-giving after
virgin after all !
wonderful
fruit
of
O Maiden Rejoice, O thou
Rejoice,
Mother of God that
bearing
tree,
!
child-birth
Rejoice,
O
wonders, art
remainest
wonder, still
a
who,
the most
Upon the loth day of December, were born into the better life At Rome, the holy Pope Melchi[who reigned 3 years, 7 months, and 62 days, from the year 310 ades, till
the
10,
the
Emperor
314,] who suffered under persecution Maximian, but fell
asleep in the Lord after peace had been restored to the church. Upon the same day the holy mar
Carpophorus the Priest, and Abundius the Deacon. In the per secution under the Emperor Diocle tian they were first most cruelly cudgelled and recommitted to prison, where they were denied food and drink, then they were racked, and tyrs
shall
worthily set forth thy
Who shall make bold Who will say what thou art ? hold himself able to tell of all thy glory
to
in
!
Ninth Lesson. Y\7"HO
January
much
?
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. suffered long imprisonment, and lastly were beheaded, [in the year 303.]
At Merida,
[in
same
Spain, [in the
Estramadura,] in year,] under the
Emperor Maximian, the holy Virgin and martyr Eulalia, at the age of The President Dacian twelve years.
commanded
her to be put to
Melchiades 1 Pope and Martyr.
phon and
Verse
Common Office, (p. 482.) Prayer, Mercifully consider our weakness,"
"
&c., (/. 491-)
DECEMBER
many
and, burning torches being put to her sides, some of the flame and smoke went down her throat and she gave up the
Anti-
and Answer from
the
tortures for confessing Christ ; at last she was hung upon the rack, and
lacerated with hooks
643
Sap
10.
wttftn tfe Ocfave of Conception.
;
is
All as on the Feast, except what otherwise given here.
ghost.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Likewise at Merida, the holy Virgin a Com Julia, who was
and martyr
panion of the blessed Eulalia, and the only one who clave unto her as she went to suffer. At Alexandria, under the Emperor
The Lessons are taken from Scrip ture according to the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Gallerius Maximian, the holy martyrs
and
Hermogenes,
Mennas,
is taken from the matic Bull of Pope Pius IX.
The Lesson
phus.
At
in
Lentini,
ions,
all
with
the
Emperor
martyrs,
sword
the
Sicily,
Mercury and
soldiers,
in
Licinius,
his
who
holy
Compan
were
slain
the time of the under the Presi
dent Tertyllus. At Ancyra, in Galatia, the holy martyr Gemellus, who, after most grievous torments under the Em peror Julian the Apostate, achieved martyrdom by the death of the cross. At Vienne, [about the year 650,] the holy Confessor Sindulph, Bishop [of that see.] At Brescia, holy Deusdedit, Bishop [of that see.]
At Loretto, in Picenum, memorated the translation,
Mary
1294,] the Mother
At
Vespers the
com
[in
the
holy house of of God, wherein
Word was made
made of
is
the
of
year the
Fourth Lesson.
Eugra-
a
flesh.
Commemoration
is
Week-day and then of St
Dog
TDOTH
in her Offices and in the most holy Liturgy the Church hath been accustomed to apply to the creation of Mary the language which the Holy Scriptures set in -
-
forth
cause decree
Generation of the and that, be
Eternal
the
Uncreated
Wisdom,
Mary was the
of
the
predestined in Incarnation of
same Wisdom.
This
been received by the
practice faithful
the
hath in
all
showeth what hath been the mind of the Church of Rome, which is the mother and mistress of all Churches, on the sub
quarters,
and
plainly
sinless conception of the Nevertheless, it is fitting
ject of the
Virgin.
the set forth in greater detail celebrated acts of this Church, on account of that pre-eminent rank and are power which all other Churches to
bound
Elected to succeed Eusebius, July
2,
to
311.
yield
her,
Died Jan.
because she
10, 314.
is
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
644 the
of
centre
Catholic
wherein
unity,
always
preserved the other
whom
all
needs
receive
and
truth
Doctrine is and from pure,
alone
the
Churches must tradition
of
the
Faith.
Fifth Lesson.
n^HUS
hath always been one of most striking features of Roman Church that she hath
the
powerfully
and
guarded,
asserted,
doc promoted, trine that the Virgin was conceived without sin. It hath been the boast of
vindicated
Our Predecessors they
authority
Roman
the
that
by
their
instituted
in
the
Church
Feast of the Conception of Mary, and caused it to be observed with an Office and a Mass wherein her privilege of immunity from original sin was openly cessors their
the
the
Our
asserted.
done
have
power faithful
to
said
for
this
Prede
everything
increase
the
love
doctrine
granting Indulgences in
same rank
as that of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, and appointed that it should be kept with an Octave
throughout the whole Church. They this Feast to those which are commanded to be kept with solem nity, and ordered that the ceremony called a Papal Chapel should take place every year on this Feast in our Patriarchal Basilica of our Lady of the Snows. And above all did
added
"
it
the
most
SAINTS.
its
"
they rejoice in the hope of strengthen ing this belief in the minds of the
and stirring them up to and venerate the Virgin con
faithful,
love
ceived without sin, when they granted permission to add to the Litany of Loretto the invocation, Queen con ceived without original sin," and to "
word
insert the
of
THIRD NOCTURN.
by honour :
Seventh Lesson.
;
The Lesson
under her
^^
"
Conceived without
by approving of Guilds, Con gregations, and Associations of per sons under vows, all instituted in honour of the sinless Conception sin
into the
in
by giving permission to cities, pro vinces, and kingdoms to choose for their Patroness the Mother of God, title
"stainless"
Preface of the Mass on this Feast, that so the law of prayer might be come the law of belief.
"
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
A T
;
The Angel Gabriel that time was sent from God, unto a city :
by praising the piety of those who
of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a vir gin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin s name was Mary.
have
founded Convents, Hospitals, and Churches named from this belief; and lastly, by encourag ing those who have taken an oath to defend this opinion to the utmost
And
of their power.
thou mother Eve, ye that are the source of all, and the ruin of all, and the unhappy cause of their ruin before Be comforted ye gave them birth. both in your daughter, and such a daughter but chiefly thou, O woman,
;
so on.
Altars
Sixth Lesson.
ORE OVER,
Our said Predeceswith great joy ordained that the Feast of the said Concep tion should be observed as of the 1V/T
sors
Homily by St Bernard, Abbat (ind on this text. ]
[of
Clairvaux.]
Rejoice, father
Adam, and
yet
more
;
of
whom
hast
cast
the
first evil
came, and who
thy slur upon
all
women.
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. The time is come for the slur to be taken away, and for the man to have nothing to say against the woman. At the first, when he unwisely began to make excuse, he scrupled not to throw the blame upon her, saying,
woman whom Thou
"The
sent to the Virgin, to the most worship of women, a woman more wonder
ful
than all women, the restorer of them that went before, and the quickener of them that come after her.
ful
gavest to
be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." Wherefore, O Eve, betake thyself to Mary Mother, be take thyself to thy daughter let the daughter answer for the mother let her take away her mother s reproach
Ninth Lesson. 1
V1TAS
:
;
let
make up
her
mother
s fault
:
her father for her for if man be fallen by to
means of woman,
it
woman
raised up again.
that he
is
is
by means of
Eighth Lesson.
HAT
didst thou say,
O Adam
est to tree,
and
dost
I
did
words,
rather
These are by the which thou eat."
magnify than
diminish
Nevertheless, Wisdom hath defeated thy malice. God asked thee that He might find in thee an thine offence.
occasion of pardon, but, in that He found it not, He hath sought and found it in the Treasure of His Own
mercy. another
One woman answereth
for
the wise for the foolish the lowly for the proud for her that gave thee of the tree of death, another that giveth thee to taste of the tree of life for her that brought thee the bitter food of sin, another that giveth thee ;
not of this thy daughter, that
O
God spake when
He said unto the serpent, I will put enmity between thee and the woman"? And if thou wilt still doubt that He speaketh of Mary, hear what followeth "
:
shall
"She
bruise thy
Who
head."
won
She this conquest but Mary ? brought to nought the whole wiles of Satan, whether for the pollution of her body or the injury of her soul. Was it not of her that Solomon spake, where he saith, "Who shall find a
?
woman whom Thou gav be with me, she gave me of the "The
wrathful
it
Adam,
:
:
645
virtuous woman?"
10.)
wise
enemy, who had prevailed by means of a woman, was by a woman to be overthrown, and he believed. But he wondered greatly, and said, the
"
Who
that
woman
shall find a virtuous
is
to say
:
If
"
?
our salvation, and
the bringing back of that which is lost, and the final triumph over the enemy,
;
;
(Prov. xxxi.
man knew the weaknesses of women, how frail they are in body, and how changeable in mind. But he had read that God had promised that The
is
in
the
hand of a woman,
needs be that a virtuous
it
must
woman be
found, meet to work in that matter.
;
of the sweet fruits of righteousness.
At Lauds a Commemoration is made of the Week-day, and then of St Melchiades. Antiphon, and Verse and
Wherefore accuse the woman no more, but speak in thanksgiving, and say,
Martyr,
Lord, the woman whom Thou hast given me, she hath given me of the and it tree of life, and I have eaten is in my mouth sweeter than honey, for thereby hast Thou quickened me." "
;
Behold, it (Ps. cxviii. 103, 93.) for this that the angel Gabriel
was was
Answer from
the
Common
Office
Prayer, (p. 482.) fully consider our weakness, 491-)
for a
"Merci &c."
(p.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the nth day of December, were born into the better life At Rome, the holy Confessor Pope
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64 6
Damasus
[of Spain], who condemned arch-heretic Apollinaris, and re stored to his papacy Peter, Pope of
SAINTS.
DECEMBER n.
the
Jiamasus,
who had been
driven into exile moreover, he found the bodies of many holy martyrs, and caused to Alexandria,
attfc
Confessor.
;
be
engraved upon their tombstones
verses
composed
by
himself.
[He
died in the year 384.] Likewise at Rome, the holy martyr Thrason, who fed at his own expense Christians who were in prison or sent
work
to
in
the
or
other baths, He was arrested by at
public works. order of the Emperor Maximian,
and crowned with martyrdom along with two others named Pontian and Pretextatus,
[about the year 293.]
At Amiens, under the same Em peror Maximian, the holy martyrs Victoricus and Fuscian. Rictiovarus the President had iron spikes driven into their nostrils and ears, and redhot nails after
hammered
which
their their
into their temples ; their eyes l were torn out,
bodies pierced with darts, and off, and so they and
heads cut
holy Gentian, their host, passed away to be for ever with the Lord, [in the year 303.] [At Astrahara, near Persepolis,] in the
Persia, holy martyr Barsabas, [with ten monks, whose Abbat he was, in the year 342, at the begin ning of the great persecution under
Sapor
Semi-double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is otherwise given here. FIRST VESPERS.
The Vespers begin at
the Chapter.
Prayer throughout the
Office.
EAR
our prayers, O Lord, and at the petition of Thy blessed Bishop and Confessor Damasus, merci
T_J
grant us pardon and peace. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
fully
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
A Commemoration is made of the Immaculate Conception, and of the Week-day.
COMPLINE. The last verse of the Hymn in honour of the Incarnation.
is
altered
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
II.]
In Spain, the holy martyr Eutychius. At Piacenza, holy Sabinus, Bishop of that see, [in the fourth century,]
The Lessons are taken from Scrip ture according to the Season.
famous for miracles. At Constantinople, [about the year
SECOND NOCTURN.
489,] holy Daniel the Stylite.
Fourth Lesson.
TP\AMASUS
Vespers are of the following, the Chapter inclusive.
from
was a Spaniard, a man of eminence and of great learn ing in the Scriptures, [and was elected
This passage is very peculiar, for if "tempera eorum clavis ardentibus transfixa fuissent," must have been completely indifferent to them what might afterwards be done to their The order had probably been given to put them through a certain process, which eyes, &c. was continued to the end, although the second stage, perhaps by the intentional humanity of the executioners, had put an end to their lives. ]
it
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER.
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to the Chair of Peter in the year of In 381] he convoked our Lord, 366. the First Council of Constantinople, wherein he crushed the wicked heresy He of Eunomius and Macedonius. confirmed the condemnation of the
two months, and twenty-six days. He held five Advent ordinations, wherein he ordained thirty-one Priests, eleven Deacons, and sixty-two Bishops for divers Sees. At length he fell asleep in the Lord, in the reign of Theodosius
Assembly, at Rimini, which condem nation had already been pronounced by This Assembly of Rimini Liberius.
the
was that in which, to use the language of St Jerome, Valens and Ursacius brought it about through trickery that the Faith of Nice was abrogated by mob law, and the world afterwards groaned
amazement
in
to
find
itself
Elder, [upon the loth day of December, in the year 384, being] aged nearly eighty years, and full of righteousness, truth, and judgment. He was buried beside his mother and sister in the Church which he had himself founded on the Road to Ardea. His reliques were afterwards taken to the Basilica of St Lawrence, which San is thence sometimes called "
Arian.
Lorenzo
Fifth Lesson.
in
HTHIS
Pope built two Basilicas, first, Lawrence s, near Pompey s Theatre, which he magnificently en and endowed with houses riched, and farms and, secondly, another, over the Catacombs on the Road to
Damaso."
THIRD NOCTURN.
St
;
Ardea.
He
also
consecrated
the
Platonia, where the bodies of St Peter and St Paul lay for some time, and
decorated in poetry
it
from Matth. xxiv. Homily of St Hilary, (p.
Lessons the
At Lands Immaculate
composed by
He
wrote on the subject of virginity both in prose and verse, and likewise many other poems on various subjects.
527.)
a Commemoration of the Conception, and of the
Week-day.
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
with elegant inscriptions himself.
42, with
The
last verse
of all the
Hymns
is
altered in honoicr of the Incarnation.
At
Prime,
of the Virgin
"
Thou That wast born
Mary."
Sixth Lesson.
MARTYROLOGY.
TT E
ordained that false accusers should be punished for the offences which they had falsely laid to He the charge of their neighbours. established the usage, which already prevailed in many churches, of singing the Psalms, both by day and by night,
by alternate choirs, and of adding at the end of each Psalm the words, Glory be to the Father, and to the It was Son, and to the Holy Ghost." at his command that St Jerome revised the translation of the New Testament He to accord with the Greek text. ruled the Church for seventeen years, "
Upon the I2th day of December, were born into the better life At Rome, the holy martyr Synesius, who was ordained a Reader in the time of the blessed Pope Xystus, and he was converted many to Christ accused before the Emperor Aureof mar lian, and received the crown ;
tyrdom by being beheaded,
[in
the
year
270.] At Alexandria, under the Emperor Decius, the holy martyrs Epimachus
and Alexander they were long kept in chains and put to divers torments, ;
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648
but they persevered in the
faith,
and
were burnt, [in the year 250.] Likewise at Alexandria, the holy women Ammonaria the Virgin, Mercuria, Dionysia, and another called
SAINTS.
SECOND NOCTURN.
at the last
Ammonaria. In the aforesaid persecution under the Emperor Decius, the first of these died a blessed death by the sword, after overcoming also
torments unheard of. The judge was to be conquered by women, and shrank from causing the applica tion to them of the same tortures as
ashamed
to the firsthand so
conquered by
their
steadfastness, ordered them to be be headed, [in the year 250.]
On the same day, the holy martyrs Hermogenes, Donatus, and twentytwo others. At Treves, [in the fourth century,] under the President Rictiovarus, in the persecution under the Emperor Diocletian, suffered the holy martyrs
Maxentius, Justinus,
Constantius,
and
their
Crescentius,
Vespers of the following, from the Chapter inclusive.
tlin
ffje
The Lesson
is taken from the matic Bull of Pope Pius IX.
Dog
T^HE
language used in public wor is the necessary offspring of the teaching which it expresseth, and the former can have no safety unless the latter be settled. Where fore Our Predecessors the Roman ship
Pontiffs, while
encouraging the pious
love of the faithful
for the Concep of the Blessed Virgin, have taken care ceaselessly to inculcate the sinlessness of the same. They
tion
have always particularly insisted that the Feast should be observed not in honour of Mary s sanctification, a false opinion, most foreign to the mind of the Church [but which hath nevertheless been maintained by some,] but in honour of her Con ception
Companions.
DECEMBER
Fourth Lesson.
itself.
Fifth Lesson.
HTHE
same Our Predecessors have likewise resisted the dreams of
12.
those
who have imagined
sinless
Octave o
Instants,
Jmmacufafe Conception.
brateth First.
Semi-double.
there
Conception
that in the
were
Two
and that the Church celethe Second and not the Our said Prede Indeed,
have considered the sinlessness of the First Instant to be as much a truth for their assertion, cessors
All as on the Feast, except that none of the Antiphons are doubled, and whatever else is given here. At Vespers a Commemoration of St Damasus, (Antiphon, Being "
made the Chief Bishop, and Prayer as at his First and of the Week-day.
&c.,"
(p.
526)
Vespers ]
protection, and promulgation, as the sinlessness of the Conception at all.
Hence came those words in which Our Predecessor Alexander VII. in a decree declareth the mind of the Church, and people,
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
The Lessons are taken from Scrip ture according to the Season.
most
"
saith,
drawn
by
Christ love
s
faithful
to
His
blessed Mother, the Virgin Mary, have of a long time believed that God, at the very First Instant in which He made her soul and joined it to her body, by a special
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. grace and privilege granted to her, through the merits of His dear Son, Christ JESUS, the Saviour of the world, Whose precious death He foreknew, cleansed her from all sin, original as well as actual in
this
the said
ways
faithful
;
devotion
the Feast of the said
and
it
T
^
Conception."
hath always been one of the most weighty cares of Our said the
Predecessors protect lessness of
any
sort
Roman
Mary
s
gone and
much
it,
further,
but they
and
in
declarations
repeated
That that doctrine have averred which holdeth that the Virgin was :
a doctrine, arguments in support of which strong enough to enable the
conceived without sin the are
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
A T
is
made at profession thereof to be the time of public worship, which is antient, which is almost univer
that time
was
The Angel
:
from
sent
God,
Gabriel unto a
of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the Virgin s name was And so on. Mary. city
Homily by St Tarasius, Patriarch 1 (On the Pres [of Constantinople.] entation of the Mother of God.}
O
from
corruption. they suffered no one
Not only have condemn and traduce
pnblic
to sin-
or
to
have
the
Conception
attack
of
Pontiffs
of
doctrine
the
Seventh Lesson.
"^^
have al and joy
Sixth Lesson.
T
THIRD NOCTURN.
is
that
other,
of Christ
with
kept
no
and
belief,
649
to
Mary, where thee
shall
I
find
words
Maiden
?
undefiled, virgin unstained, exaltation of women,
praise
of
glory
daughters blessed
Mother,
Holy Maiden
!
thou
art
among
women, thy glory is in thy guilelessness, and thy name is a name of In thee the curse of
purity. is
Adam
done away, and the debt of Eve
Thou art the clean offering paid. of Abel, chosen out of the firstlings Thou of the flock, a pure sacrifice. art the hope of Enoch, that firm hope that he had in God, and was not
which is one of those which Church of Rome encourageth and protecteth, and which is worthy even to be expressed in the Holy and in the most itself, Liturgy Our solemn prayers of the Church. said Predecessors did not stop even
Thou art the grace that ashamed. was in Enoch in this life, and his
here, but in order to preserve the doctrine of the Virgin s sinless Con-
of
ception from any injury, they strictly forbade that the opposite opinion should be maintained either in publie or in private, to the end that it might at length die out under their
faith in the
sal,
the
disapprobation.
transit
to
a
better.
Thou
art
Ark of Noah, and the bond of conciliation with God in a new
the re re
Thou art the exceeding kingdom and Priesthood Thou art the un Melchisedech.
generation. glory of the
shaken were
to
trust
-
be.
of
Thou
oblation
and the
offering
of
ladder
heaven,
Abraham, and
his
promise of children that
Isaac.
art
the renewed
reasonable
Thou
burntart
the
Jacob saw going up to and the most noble of all
that
The Martyrology for Feb. 25 mentions at Constantinople, "the holy Bishop Tharasius, famous for learning and godliness, addressed to whom there exists an Epistle of Pope Adrian I. in defence of holy Images." Consecrated on a Christmas Day, about A.D. 780. i
Died Feb.
25, 806.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
650 his
children
the
throughout
twelve
According to the flesh thou art the daughter of Judah. Thou art the modesty of Joseph, and the overthrow of the old Egypt, yea, and of the Synagogue of the of
tribes
Israel.
O
Jews.
purest
Thou
!
the
art
the of Moses book Lawgiver, whereon the new covenant is writ ten with the ringer of God, for the
new
Israel, fleeing
from the
spiritual
made
SAINTS.
with
and
calling
worship
Him
was
for Sinai, Israel which
the
old
the
was
fed
that thou art
wilderness upon manna and water from the rock, whereof both were types of Christ, which was yet to come from thy womb, as a bride groom from his chamber. Thou art Aaron s rod that budded. Thou art
thee as the tabernacle of
written
upon that
Israel, in the
David
s daughter, all glorious within, clothed in a vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours.
for
their
the vision of the Pro-
art
phets and the fulfilment of those things which they foretold.
Thou
gate whereof Ezekiel he prophesied, and This gate shall be shut, it said, shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath en the
art
when
spake,
"
God. Verily, where abounded, grace did much more As by a woman death abound. sin
entered into the world, by a woman came the power to rise again. The serpent gave us to eat deadly fruit, but that fall hath ended in the lifegiving Bread of Immortality. Eve, our first mother, brought forth Cain the
of
life
and of the
shut"
by
(xliv.
it,
therefore
2.)
Thou
it
art
shall
the
be
Rod
of Jesse, whereof Isaiah spake, (xi. i,) even that Rod whose Flower is
and whose offshoots shall Christ, choke out all the seedlings of sin, and fill the earth with plants of Thou art the Covenant fore grace. told by Jeremiah when he said (xxxi. "
31) the
Behold, the days
LORD,
that
I
will
come, saith
make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, not according to the covenant that I
O
Mary, hast
the
first-fruits
Ear
resurrection.
hath not heard the like. It hath not entered into the heart of man to conceive this new thing. Blessed
be the
Wisdom
unspeakable of God.
of the
depths
Ninth Lesson.
;
tered in
even
full
;
"THOU
God,
fountain, I proclaim of grace, I praise clean and undefiled
unpolluted
first murderer thou, brought forth Christ,
Eighth Lesson.
thereby
uttermost parts of the earth. Thou art the great mountain spoken of by Daniel, the man greatly be wherefrom is cut without loved, man s hands the corner-stone, that is, Christ, which hath smitten in pieces the parti-coloured image of I the old serpent. honour thee as
law
the
as
"
coming of thy Son, upon all nations to
to the
old
even
Egypt,
fathers
their
the
signifying
AND
now we, the people of God, a holy generation, an acceptable congregation, the nestlings of the dove of peace, children of grace, do with **"
purified
minds
and unpolluted
lips,
praise God in the tongues of all nations in this joyful solemnity of the
Virgin.
This
is
a noble Feast where
Angels keep holiday and men do most fitly offer praise, even a feast wherein we echo with reverence and in the
joy
that
Gabriel.
salutation
Hail
Paradise of
God
first
Mary!
spoken by Hail,
the Father,
thou
whence
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. the knowledge of Him floweth in broad rivers to the ends of the earth
but
Hail, Dwelling-place of God the Son, forth clothed in
whence He came
God
Hail, mysterious Tabernacle of the Holy Ghost Hail, thou that !
!
Cherubim
art holier than the
!
Hail,
!
!
!
!
!
Hail, light cloud, dropping the dew of Hail, holy breeze, clearing the air of the vapours of sin Hail, !
!
theme of the Prophets Hail, sound of the Apostles gone out into all the earth Hail, most excellent
royal
!
!
confession of the Martyrs Hail, just Hail, pecu hope of the Patriarchs liar honour of all the Saints Hail, source of health to dying creatures !
!
!
!
O
Hail,
peace
!
Queen, Hail,
ambassadress crown stainless
In Armenia, in the the Emperor
under
others
of
divers
!
!
the whole world Hail, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee, even the Lord that is before thee, !
and from thee, and that is with us. To Him, with the Father, and the most holy and Life-giving Spirit, be ascribed all praise, now and ever,
Amen.
in
their
the church of St Apollinaris. In the island of Sulcis, 1 off the coast
of Sardinia, [in the second century,] under the Emperor Hadrian, the holy martyr Antiochus. At Cambray, in Gaul, the holy see,
and
Aubert, of
Arras.
At Ponthieu,
MARTYROLOGY.
On the 1 3th day of December, were born into the better life At Syracuse, in Sicily, in the perse cution under the Emperor Diocletian, Virgin and martyr Lucy. of Paschasius the Con sular she was handed over to panders holy
By command
1
Now
the
the
Bishop
[of
He was
secrated on March 21, died in the year 669.]
of the Week-day.
the
Diocletian,
testimony in country of the Arabraci, after enduring most cruel sufferings under the President Lysias. Their bodies were afterwards brought to Rome and honourably buried in finished
ways
Confessor
At Lauds a Commemoration is made
same persecution
holy martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Mardarius, and Orestes. Eustratius was first put to dreadful torments under Lysias, and after wards to the like at Sebaste, along with Orestes, under the President Agricolaus, and was then cast into a furnace, wherein he gave up the Orestes was laid upon an iron ghost. bed heated with fire, and so passed away to be ever with the Lord. The
of
motherhood Hail, advocate of all under heaven Hail, restoration of
world without end.
;
they poured upon her boiling pitch, but these did not hurt rosin, and oil her, and at length she was smitten in the neck with a sword, and so finished her testimony, [in the year 303.] ;
thou that art more glorious than the Hail, thou that art nobler Seraphim than the heavens Hail, thou that art brighter than the sun Hail, thou that art fairer than the moon Hail, of the stars manifold splendour
heaven
make a public mock of her chastity, when they would have led her away they could not move her even with ropes, and not even when these were drawn by many yoke of oxen then to
!
flesh
651
in [in Gaul,
633,
that
con
and
the year
669,] the holy Confessor Josse, [King of Brittany and hermit at Ponthieu.] In the country of Strasbourg, [in the eighth century,] the holy Virgin Othilia. [First Abbess of Hohenburg, of the order of St Benedict, she was daughter of a Duke of Alsace.]
called Sant Antioco.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
65 2 At Moulins,
holy widow
in Gaul, the
Fremiot de Chantal,
Frances
Jeane
[1572-1641,] foundress of the Con gregation of Nuns of the Visitation She was eminent by of St Mary. her noble birth, by the holiness of her life, which she sanctified unceas ingly in the four different states of
COMPLINE. The last verse of the Hymn in honour of the Incarnation.
of
the
sacred body was translated to Annecy, in Savoy, and there entombed with
solemn
in
pomp
of their
order.
the
first
Lessons from
church
Clement the XIV.
ordered her feast to be kept by the Universal Church upon the 2ist day of August.
Vespers of the following.
i
Cor.
vii.
25 (p. 568.)
First Responsory.
Her
Saints.
altered
FIRST NOCTURN.
wife,
those
among
is
MATTINS.
widow, and nun, and by the grace of working miracles, and Clement XIII. enrolled her name maiden,
SAINTS.
Maiden Lucy, why seekest thou
me
of
which thou thyself canst pre For thy sently give thy mother ? faith hath holpen her, and, behold, she is made whole because thou hast that
made in thy virginity a pleasant dwell ing-place for thy God. Verse. Even as Christ hath by me glorified Catania, so
by thee
He
shall
glorify Syracuse.
DECEMBER
Because thou hast made thy virginity a pleasant dwellingplace for thy God.
Answer.
13.
in
St Hucg, Ftrgm
antJ JHartgr.
Double.
Second Responsory.
All from the Common Office for a and Martyr, (p. 567,) except what is given here.
besought my Lord JESUS Christ fire might not take hold upon me and I obtained from the Lord that I should not finish my testimony
Virgin
Psalms,
;
for yet a while. Verse. For so
FIRST VESPERS.
Antiphons at the Prayer from Lauds.
I
that this
and
much as they loved spake they against me but I gave myself unto prayer. 2 Answer. And I obtained from the Lord that I should not finish my testi mony for yet a while. me,
1
so
bitterly
:
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed In hast thou patience Virgin. possessed thy soul, Lucy, Bride of thou hast hated the things Christ :
that are in the world,
and
Third Responsory.
art glorified
among the Angels thou hast shed thine own blood, and conquered the ;
Commemoration is made of Immaculate Conception, and of 1
I.e.t
Instead of loving me.
in
the the
of
:
:
all
loved her.
Verse.
Week-day.
to prevail
and she was glorified in God and man she spake wisdom before princes and the Lord
Adversary.
A
The Lord made her the battle, the sight of
God
shall help her with
2 Cf. Ps. cviii. 4.
His
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. countenance God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved. Answer. And the Lord of all loved :
:
her.
when we come
cease
whom
to
J
blows."
To
God s answered, servants will never want words, for the Lord Christ hath said When ye shall stand before kings and governors, take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak, for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost Which speaketh in you." (Matth. x. 18-20; Mark xiii. 9-11.) the
"
virgin
:
Verse.
and
653
to
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
And
Answer.
Lord
the
of
all
loved her.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
Fifth Responsory.
UCY
f
was a maiden of Syracuse,
the daughter of a noble Christian
Her mother Eutychia, being
family.
an issue of blood, went with her to Catania, to pray before the body of the blessed Agatha. Lucy, by her earnest prayers at the grave, obtained her mother s cure, through the intercession of Agatha, and then immediately begged her to give to
afflicted with
Christ
poor the whole dowry which
s
had been
set apart
for
herself.
As
soon, therefore, as they returned to Syracuse, they sold the property, and distributed the money among the poor.
Grace
poured into thy (Second Responsory in the is
Sixth Lesson.
HP HEN 1
"
Is
Whereto live
in
this
came
the ears of
to
whom
chastity
said
send
he,
she
made
become
seeing
nothing,
in
that
"words,"
much
VOL.
I.
the bolder
her confession. he could prevail saith
There
is
Then,"
thee
to
be
reply,
my
will.
canst not thou cause this
"Thou
If
poor body to be violated, the crown my soul s purity will be brighter Then he bade through suffering." them take her to the place of shame, but by the power of God it became
pitch,
began
;
she
will
the
"
prostituted in a brothel, and get the Holy Ghost out of thee." To whom
idolatry, either by his entreaties or his threats nay, the more he strove
Then,
"I
are
piety
Ghost."
a
did
and
temples of the Holy
her parents had betrothed her against her will, he accused Lucy before Paschasius the Prefect of being a Christian. The Prefect could not move her to commit
to persuade her, so
"
Whereupon, impossible to move her. being inflamed with anger, he had
Fifth Lesson.
one to
Paschasius asked her saying, the Holy Ghost in thee ? she answered, "They that
of
Come, Bride of Christ, &c. (First Responsory in the Common Office. )
"XITHEN
&c.,
Common
Office.}
prostitute
Fourth Responsory.
lips,
he,
"will
upon
and boiling and then set on
resin,
her,
oil
poured But
fire.
fire did not take hold upon her. Therefore he practised many other
the
upon her, and at last thrust When sword through her neck. Lucy had received this wound, she
cruelties
to speak of the peace of the Church, which it should enjoy after the death of Diocletian and Maximian, and presently returned her soul into She testified on the hands of God.
an untranslateable pun on verba and verbera.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
654 the
thirteenth
taken
afterwards
and
December. 1
of
day
Her body was buried
at Syracuse, but
to
Constantinople,
lastly to Venice.
Sixth Responsory.
Common
maiden consecrated est thou of
me
to
canst presently give thy mother
Re
Office.}
ciously hear
THIRD NOCTURN.
tion,
from Matth. xiii. 44, with Homily of St Gregory (p. 583.)
Lessons
,
Seventh Responsory.
Because of sponsory in the
truth, &c.,
Common
?
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Lucy, Bride of Christ, thou art become all as a pillar that cannot be shaken the people wait for thee, until thou re Alleluia. ceive the crown of life. Prayer throughout
the
God, why seek
that which thou thyself
;
In thy comeliness, &c., (Third
sponsory in the
SAINTS.
&c.,"
us,
the Office,
O God 585.)
(p.
"
Gra
of our salva "Thy blessed
handmaiden and witness
Lucy."
A Commemoration is ?nade of the Immaculate Conception, and of the Week-day.
(Fourth Re
Office for
Holy
PRIME, TERCE, SEXT, NONE.
Women. )
The
last verse of all the
Hymns
is
Eighth Responsory.
altered in honour of the Incarnation. The Antiphons are taken successively
hast loved righteousness, &c. (Fifth Responsory in the Common Office
from Lauds, omitting the Fourth. At Prime, Thou That wast born
Thou
for Holy Women, ) Verse.
to
added : the Father, and
which
Glory be to
is
and
to the Holy Ghost. Therefore God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of
to the Son,
"
of the Virgin
MARTYROLOGY.
Answer. hath
gladness.
the
First Antiphon. When holy Lucy * the blessed Agatha appeared
prayed,
to her, and comforted the of Christ.
handmaid
Maiden Lucy, *
why seekest thou of me that which thou thyself canst presently give thy mother ? Third Antiphon.
Maiden Lucy, * by thee shall Christ glorify Syracuse. Fourth Antiphon. I bless Thee, O Father of my Lord JESUS Christ, be cause through Thy Son the fire is quenched round about me. * Lucy my sister, Fifth Antiphon. She died
Upon the i4th day of December, were born into the better life At Alexandria,
LAUDS.
Second Antiphon.
Mary."
in prison of the
wounds she had
martyrs
holy
[in
the year 250,] Arsenius, lad Dioscorus.
Heron,
and a persecution under the peror Decius the judge caused Heron, Arsenius, and Isidore to be lacerated
and In
Isidore,
Em
the
with divers torments, and, when he saw them to be all equally steadfast, Dioscorus was heavily to be burnt. whipped, but God was pleased that, for the comfort of the faithful, he should then be set at liberty. At Antioch, the holy martyrs Drusus, Zosimus, and Theodore.
Upon 284,]
the
the
Abundius.
same
day, [in the year martyrs Justus and Under Olybrius the Presi-
holy
received, about the year
304."
Alban
Butler.
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. dent,
the
in
persecution
under the
Emperor Numerian, they were cast into the fire, and when they appeared thence unburnt, they were beheaded. At Rheims, the holy martyrs Nicasius, Bishop, [in the year 400,] of that see the Virgin Eutropia, his sister, and their Companions, who were slain by the savage enemies of the Church ;
[in the
year 407.] In the island of Cyprus the blessed
Spiridion,
Bishop [of Tremithos
;]
religion,
[and died
A Commemoration is made of the Immaculate Conception, and of the Week-day.
At Compline
the
Ninth Lesson,
the Christian
altered as
(p. 578.)
14.
nnffltn
$e
of
Se?ni-double. the Feast, except that none
of the Antiphons are doubled, and what ever else is differently given here.
after the year 347.]
Pompey, Bishop
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
[of
Campania, [in the year 596,] holy Agnello, Abbat [at Naples,] famous for the grace of miracles, who, when the city had been beleaguered, had often been seen with in
The Lessons are taken from Scripture to the Season. If this day happeji to be Ember Wednesday, they according
are from Proverbs
from the enemy. At Ubeda, in Spain, the holy Con fessor John of the Cross [died in i 591 ;] a companion of holy Teresa in reform
The Lesson
the
Psalms and Prayer
from Lauds. Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
The Holy Ghost came upon Virgin. the bride of Christ in great power, so that she could not be
moved.
55^0
is taken from the matic Bull of Pope Pius IX.
Dog
-
T
is known to all men, with what care this doctrine of the sinlessness of the conception of the Mother
T
of
SECOND VESPERS.
12, (p.
Fourth Lesson.
it
ing the Carmelites, whose feast is kept upon the 24th day of November. At Milan, the holy Hermit Matronian.
viii.
SECOND NOCTURN.
a flag marked with a cross, delivering
Antiphons at
is
DECEMBER
All as on
Viator, Bishop [of that see.]
At Naples,
Hymn
Note. If the Feast of St Lucy should fall upon the Third Sunday in Advent, it is merely commemorated at both Vespers and Lauds without having
At Bergamo, the holy Confessor At Pavia, holy that see.]
the
at the other Hours.
he
was one of those Confessors whose right eyes were put out and their left thighs hamstrung, and were condemned to penal servitude in the mines by the Emperor Galerius Maximian. He was illustrious for the gift of prophecy, and the fame of miracles, and at the Coun cil of Nice, [held in 325,] he confuted and converted to the faith a heathen philosopher who attacked
655
God hath been handed down,
set
and defended by the most dis tinguished Religious Orders, Theol and Doctors Universities, ogians, All men skilled in the things of God.
forth,
know
likewise
how
carefully Christian
Bishops, even in their public teaching, have professed the doctrine that through the merits of Christ our
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
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Lord and Saviour, foreknown by God, Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, was delivered from ever being the victim of original sin, but, on the contrary, had the fruits of redemption
the
applied to her at the very moment of her Conception, and was therefore re deemed in a nobler way than others. But the weightiest fact of all is that the most holy Council of Trent, when, in accordance with the Holy Scrip interpreted by the holy Fathers and the approved Councils, it decreed that all men are conceived as
tures,
in sin, expressly added that it did not mean thereby to say that the blessed
Mary, Mother of God, did not form an exception to the rule.
and
stainless
From this declaration of the Fathers of Trent it can clearly be drawn that there is nothing in the Bible, nothing and nothing in the Fathers which can rightly be adduced against this prerogative of the most Blessed in tradition,
Virgin
;
nay, as far as circumstances
demanded, they as much as declared her free from the original stain.
SAINTS. confirmation of doc
written for the
and the edification of the faith they do all in divers ways preach
trine, ful,
and teach the excelling holiness of this Virgin, her dignity, her freedom from any stain of sin, and the glory of her victory over the dark enemy of our race.
Sixth Lesson.
A LL
*^^
Commentators on the Book of remark that passage
Genesis
where God
at
the very time of the
Fall speaketh of the Atonement, to the confusion of the lying serpent, and the
comfortable hope of man, and saith I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed," and all the ancients teach :
"
that
by
this
passage
is
meant the most
merciful Saviour of mankind, namely, our Lord JESUS Christ, the Only-
Begotten Son of God and His most blessed Mother the Virgin Mary, as if the enmity which both He and she against the devil was, in a sense, a kind common to them Both. Christ took our nature upon Him, and
felt
of
become the Mediator between God and man, ( I Tim. ii. 5,) blotting out the handwriting that was against us, nail ing it to His Cross, (Col. ii. 14,) and the most Holy Virgin, by that subtle, close, and abiding tie which bindeth mother to Child, feeleth along with Him His truceless enmity to the ser pent, and He, through His merits, is
Fifth Lesson.
T
N
truth, this doctrine
upon the Con
ception of the most Blessed Virgin is day by day more earnestly set forth by the graver thought of the Church, by her teaching, by her care, by her It is learning, and by her wisdom. explained, taught, confirmed, and won derfully spread among all peoples and
nations of the Catholic world. The Church hath received it from the Fathers, as a part of the original strongly by the most ancient and venerable monuments of both the Eastern and Western
faith,
hath granted to her that moment of foot victory wherein her stainless bruised the serpent
Indeed, the Fathers and
Ecclesiastical writers, learned in Scripture, are marked by no
Holy more
earnest feature than that in
their
all
books and Scriptural Commentaries,
head.
THIRD NOCTURN.
attested
Churches.
s
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
A T "^^
of
that time
:
The angel
Gabriel
was sent from God, unto a Galilee,
named
Nazareth,
city a to
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David,
and the
virgin
s
name was Mary.
And
6 57
immoveable with God hast found grace with Thou hast invincible grace.
found
grace
Thou
grace.
God
found grace with
so on.
Homily
by St Sophronius, Patriarch
(On
[of Jerusalem.]
the
Annuncia
in
many others, made wonder holiness, but to none hath it given, as to thee, to be full of
been
Blessed indeed art thou among wo men, for thou hast turned the curse of Eve into a blessing thou hast even brought a blessing upon Adam, when he lay smitten by the first sentence of death. Blessed indeed art thou among women, for thou art the mean whereby the Father s blessing hath come upon man, and delivered him from the old curse. Blessed indeed art thou among women, for by thee thy fathers have found salvation the salutation of the Angel telleth thee that thou art about Blessed to bear them a Deliverer. indeed art thou among women, for thou, not knowing a man, conceivest a Son through Whom the whole earth shall be blessed, and bring forth thorns and thistles no more. Blessed indeed art thou among wo men, for thou remainest thyself no more than a woman, and yet art
grace
made Mother of God. If That holy Thing Which shall be born of thee be truly God made Man, then art thou truly Mother of God, for God is made thine Offspring.
made His home
;
everlasting-
others, ful
tion. )
;
God
Before thee there have been
grace.
to
;
none hath
been given,
it
thee, to attain to such divine riches to none, as to thee, to be pre to none, vented by purifying grace
as to
;
;
from the dayto spring with light from heaven be exalted to to none, as thee, above all thing s before created. as
to
thee,
to
shine
;
Ninth Lesson.
A ND
justly; for none hath ever drawn so near to God as thou none hath ever been gifted hast by God with good gifts as thou none hath ever received of hast
^^
;
;
God art
Thou
s grace as thou hast. mightier than all things
are called mighty among received more than
hast
men
which ;
thou
the
good ness of God hath conferred on any other.
It
is
because
indeed in
thee
that
God thou never
There hath aboundest. been any save thee that hath com the Incomprehensible prehended none save thee that hath enjoyed none that His presence so much He hath made so ready therefor none on whom the uncreated light and there hath shone so clearly none who hath, like thee, fore sheltered the Lord God, the Maker and Lord of all, conceived Him in thy womb, and brought Him into
thus
;
;
;
Eighth Lesson. "
T7EAR
not,
found
for thou hast with God Thou hast found
Mary,
"
grace
abiding grace. exceeding grace. grace with God with hast found Thou grace
God
all
desirable
grace.
Thou
God with grace Thou greater grace than any other. unfail hast found grace with God Thou hast found grace ing grace. Thou hast with God saving grace.
hast
found
;
the
world, the
to
redeem
men
lying
and them everlasting salvation. Wherefore, O Lady, I have already cried unto thee with the Angel, and
under
Father
s
sentence,
to offer to
I
will still cry" Hail,
thou that art
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
658
of grace, the Lord
full
Blessed art thou
is
is
with thee
among women
A Commemoration of made at Lauds.
the
!
"
!
Week-day
MARTYROLOGY. To-morrow is the Octave of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Upon the same day is commem orated the ordination [on December i 5, about the year 340,] of holy Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli, [he was a Reader of the Church of Rome,] who was born into the better life upon the ist day of August, but whose feast is kept upon the i6th day of this present month of December by command of Pope Benedict XIII. [He was born about the year 3 1 5 and died about the
SAINTS.
year 457,] in the profession and de fence of Catholic truth. In the country of Orleans, the holy Confessor Maximin, [2nd Abbat ot Michy, in the Diocese of Orleans
about the year 520.] In the country of the Iberians, beyond the Black Sea, [in the third century,] the holy handmaiden Christi ana, [the Apostle of the Iberians of the Caucasus,] who in the time of the
Emperor Constantine, by the power of her miracles, brought that people to believe in Christ. Vespers of the following.
DECEMBER
cepfton.
year 371 or 375.]
Upon cember,
same i$th day
the
were born
into
the
of
At Rome,
better
[in the third century,] the
holy martyrs Irenasus, Antony, Theo dore, Saturninus, Victor, and seven teen others who suffered for Christ s sake in the persecution under the
Emperor
Double.
De
life
Valerian.
All as on the Feast, (First Vespers as the First Vespers of the Feast,} ex cept what is otherwise given here. FIRST VESPERS.
A
Commemoration
is
made of
the
Week-day.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Faus-
Candidus, Ccelian, Mark, Januarius, and Fortunatus. Likewise in Africa, holy Valerian, Bishop [of Abbenze.] When he was more than eighty years of age the Arian king Genseric, during the
15.
MATTINS.
tinus, Lucius,
Vandal persecution, sought to make to give up the vessels of the church, and because he stead fastly refused so to do, he caused him to be thrust out of the city alone, and since it was forbidden
him consent
to
any man
into field,
allow him to come his house or to dwell in his he lay a long time in the open to
air on the public highway, and finished the course of his blessed life, [in the
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson. is taken from the Dog matic Bull of Pope Pius IX.
The Lesson
T^ROM
continual time of old prayers have been offered to this Apostolic See not only by Bish Regular ops, Churchmen, and the
Orders,
but also
by Emperors and
Kings, beseeching that the sinlessof the of the ness Conception Mother of God might be made the of a Dogmatic These prayers have been subject
Definition. still
more
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. urgently addressed in recent times to Our Predecessor, of happy memory, Gregory XVI., and to Ourselves, by the Bishops, by the Secular Clergy, by the Regular Orders, and by the most
eminent Christian Princes and nations. The knowledge of these things hath caused Our heart to rejoice, and they have been the serious occupa tion
Our thoughts ever
of
scrutable
to
pleased
Chair
nothing to
in
this
and
Peter, into Our
govern. yield
Us
set
of
Church
in
our unworthiness, the in Providence of God was
of
spite
since,
supreme His
to
of the
desires
Church
this
the
hath
God
singular graces with which
adorned
Ourselves
being
her,
especially drawn to the reverence, love,
same
the
by
and affection have been from Our childhood animated towards the same most holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God.
with
We
which
Fifth Lesson.
AND
^^
and thus to satisfy the godly cravings of the whole Christian world, as well as the instinct of Our own love for the said most holy Virgin, and, above all, because she is His Mother, to .glorify our Lord JESUS Christ by this act, whatever we do rightly to since honour the Mother must redound to
the glory of the
now
We
the
in
trust
Lord
time is come to de fine as a truth of faith the doctrine of the stainless Conception of the that
the
most holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, that doctrine already set forth by Holy Scripture, by the ancient of tradition, by the unbroken belief the Universal Church, by the one
common
Catholic opinion the Episcopate and laity, and by marked acts and decrees of Our the
of
Predecessors. in
everything have without
We
have
weighed
mind, and We ceasing implored the
Our
help and light of
God
s
by earnest prayer, and
Son.
Sixth Lesson.
We
matter, to the increasing of the veneration of which the most holy Virgin is already the object, and to the setting in a clearer light in
opinion that it is Our duty no longer to delay, but by Our Supreme Decision to settle and declare that the Virgin was conceived without sin,
put
hands, for Us to have had Since then, so much at heart as to the
659
Holy
We
Spirit
are
of
^THEREFORE, *^ and fasting
heart
continually
having
in
humbleness
implored God
all
of the
Father through His Blessed Son, to hear Our own prayers and those of His whole Church, and to. teach and strengthen Our mind by the power of
having begged the in Church Triumphant, on and, above all, with groans called the Holy Ghost the Comforter, We now, moved by Him, for the honour of the Holy and Undivided Trinity,
His Holy
Spirit,
tercession of the
greater praise and exaltation of the Virgin Mother of God, the and the glory of the Catholic Faith, name in the of Christianity, good
for the
and
authority
our
of
Lord
JESUS
Peter Christ, of the Blessed Apostles
and Paul, and in Our own, declare That doctrine and define that which declareth that the most blessed :
Virgin stant
Mary of her
was, in the first in Conception, preserved,
a special grace and privilege granted to her by Almighty God, through the merits of Christ JESUS, Saviour of mankind, which He fore knew, from any stain of original a doctrine taught and re sin, is vealed by God, and therefore from this time forward must be held by
by
all
faithful
Christians firmly and con-
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
66o
Wherefore
stantly.
if
any one, which
God
forbid, shall at any time think his heart any thing contrary to
in
Our
this
definition,
him
let
know own
that he is condemned by his judgment, that he hath made ship wreck of the faith, and that he hath cut himself off from the body of the Church.
from the East even unto the West gate of heaven,
Hail,
of
whom
of
Songs
course
of
sealed."
"THE
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.) is
that time
:
The Angel Gabriel
was sent from God, unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a Vir gin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and
the
And
so on.
Virgin
s
name was Mary.
Homily by St Epiphanius, Bishop l
am
terms
a
at
(Discourse Virgin.}
what
loss
words
or
to
employ in speak ing of this illustrious and holy Vir She is raised above all things gin. she was made much except God higher than the Cherubim and Ser and the whole host of aphim, heaven neither the voices of heaven nor of earth are full enough ought
I
;
to set forth her majesty,
of
O
Angels. pure dove
O
no, not the blessed Vir
and Bride of At once the heaven, the temple, and the throne of God Mother of the Sun that shineth both on heaven and on gin
!
heaven
O Mary
!
!
!
even Christ Bright cloud, through which the Son of Man hath earth,
come
(iv.
is
saying,
My
"A
My
sister,
a foun
enclosed, 12.)
is
Virgin
that
stainless
lily
whence hath sprung the Rose that fadeth not, even Christ. O Holy Mother of God Ewe without spot, that hast borne the Lamb That took !
of
flesh
thee,
Maiden whose
even
Christ
O
!
holiness hath dazzled
the heavenly armies appeared a great sign
There hath
!
heaven, a with the sun, and with the Light in her arms a great sign in heaven, the Virgin s womb the chamber of the Son of God a
woman
in
clothed
;
heaven, the Lord of The angels made the Virgin s child. angels accused Eve, but now they praise Mary, who hath raised Eve great
sign
!
as the lightning, that lighteneth
in
and restored to heaven Adam banished from Paradise. For Mary is the bridge between heaven and earth, the ambassadress who hath reconciled them in her womb. fallen,
;
voices
prayer,
;
[of Salamis-in-Cyprus.] in praise of the Blessed I
his
Eighth Lesson.
Seventh Lesson.
A T
!
of grace,
Prophet in the Song openly speaketh in the
enclosed Spouse, a garden
tain
full
the
garden
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
SAINTS.
Ninth Lesson.
E
cannot measure the grace be stowed upon this holy Virgin. Hence the salutation addressed to her
"VXT
by
"
Gabriel,
Hail,"
thou
glorious
of grace." heaven, "Hail," Virgin adorned with many graces, thou yea, "full of grace." "Hail," vessel of gold that holdest the manna that came down from heaven, "full of grace." thou un"Hail," "full
The Martyrology (May 12) says that remains a wonder, on account of his eminent and varied learning and knowledge of the Scriptures, of the holiness of his life, of his zeal bounty toward the poor, and of the mighty miracles which he Born about A.D. 310. Elected Bishop about 367. Died, May 12, 405. wrought," 1
"he
for the Catholic faith, of his
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. fountain, thirsty soul with
that
failing
of
Hail, holy, sinless
grace."
Him That was
of
the
satisfies!
sweet waters,
"full
Mother
before thee,
even
Christ. Hail, thou Queenly purple, mantle of the King of heaven and earth. Hail, thou Book that no man can understand, and yet which the
Order of St
66 1 Bishop
Benedict,]
[of
Vienne.]
At Aberdeen, in Scotland, 1 [in the in,] holy Bean, [called first]
year
Bishop [of that
At Gaza,
see.]
Palestine, [in the year 389,] holy Bishop Irenion. in
Eternal Word, the Son of the Father, hath opened for earth to read.
Octave falls on the Third Advent, the Office is of the Season from the None of Satur day exclusive, but with Commemora tions of the Octave at both Vespers and Lauds, and without Common Commemorations or Preces.
If the
At Lauds made of
the
Commemoration
a
is
Week-day.
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the
morrow we keep
the feast
Sunday
in
of the holy martyr Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli, of whom mention is made
upon the ist day of August, [when he died between the years 370 and 375,] and yesterday as for this day. Upon the same i6th day of De also
were
cember,
born
into
the
better
life
Pope Pius IX. permitted that on Saturdays,
The rias,
OFFICE OF THE IMMACULATE CON CEPTION AS A VOTIVE OFFICE, FOR SATURDAYS.
three
children
Ananias, Aza-
and Misae l, whose bodies are
laid in a certain cave at
Babylon
[in
with
of December
exceptions, 8, with cer
the
Office
tain
alterations, be said Office of the day.
the
all
certain
instead of
The Satur
the sixth century before Christ.] At Ravenna, the holy martyrs
days excepted are
Valentine, a military instructor, Concordius his son, Navalis, and Agricola, who suffered for Christ s sake, in the persecu [in the fourth century,]
which Nine Lessons are read, either by reason of the Week-day Office, or of any Festal Office either belonging to the day or transferred to it.
under the Emperor Maximian. At Nola, in Campania, in the per secution under the Emperor Decius, the holy Virgin and martyr Albina, tion
[in the
year 250.]
holy Virgins and Vandal persecu tion under the Arian king Hunneric suffered hanging, pressing, and redhot plates, and happily brought to a close the conflict of martyrdom, [in the year 482.] At Vienne, [in the year 875,] the blessed Confessor Ado, [monk of the In Africa,
who
martyrs,
many
in the
(a]
(b]
Any
:
Saturday whatsoever tipon
The Saturdays in Advent, Lent,
and the Octaves of Easter and Pentecost. (c]
All Eves.
(d] Saturdays to which the Office
may
the Pye,
iv. 4,
5.
The alterations in
the
Office
I.
itself
are (a) It is semi-double, with the Com mon Commemorations at Vespers and Lauds, and Preces at Compline and
Prime. Its relations to a Simple Office on Saturday itself, or a Semidouble or Double on Friday or Sun-
In the original, by an extraordinary mistake, Hibernia.
VOL.
Stmday
be transferred according to
Y 2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
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day, {Sunday is always at least Semidouble, ) are arranged in the same way as if it were a Semi-double Festival. (b]
The saying or omitting of the and one or two other points "
"Alleluia
are as
immediately heretofore given in the Office itself. In Paschal-time Prime and Compline are said in the Paschal manner. (c] The Lessons of the First Nocturn are from Scripture according to the Season.
(d] The Lessons of the Second and Third Nocturn are
Before Ash Wednesday, as on the Second Day within the Octave. In Paschal-time, as on the Third day.
From
the Feast of the Most Pure Heart to Augtist, as on the Fifth Day. From August to Advent, as on the
Seventh Day.
SAINTS.
Vercelli. seemed specially de It signed by Providence that he should be called to govern that Church, for the electors, who had never before known him, passed over, with a
unanimity,
strange
all
their
own
and chose Eusebius, He as soon as they had seen him. was the first Bishop in the Western Church who established an Order of Regular Clergy, to combine the active At this with the contemplative life.
fellow-citizens,
time the storm of Arian blasphemy and sin was sweeping far and wide over the West, and Eusebius set himself to fight against it so man
unshaken faith brought back Liberius again to life and hope. This Pope, knowing that the Spirit of God was in him, sent him with his Legates to the Emperor Con-
fully, that his
[in the year 354,] to plead cause of the Catholic Faith. His earnestness prevailed with that Prince, so that he obtained all that
stantius,
DECEMBER
the 16.
[of
was
ceW,]
Common
for, and, among other permission for a Council to
be summoned.
Semi-Double.
All from the
asked
things,
Office
one Martyr, {p. 482,) except otherwise given here.
for
what
O God, Prayer throughout. year by year, &c., (p. 491.)
Fifth Lesson.
is
T*HE
/
Who
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to If this day fall upon one of the Ember Days they are from Acts
the Season.
xx. 17, (p. 483.)
year following, the Council at Milan, and Eusebius, invitation of the Emperor,
met
by the and the desire and command of the Here the Papal Legates, attended. Arians, assembled in a perfect syna gogue of Satan, and all furiously rag ing
together
against
holy
Atha-
nasius, found Eusebius one of the As stoutest enemies of their faction.
soon as he entered the Council, he a long harangue, wherein he remarked that, of those there gathered together, some were notori delivered
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
was a Sardinian by "pUSEBIUS a Reader in the first birth, Roman Church, and then Bishop of
ously defiled with heresy, and there fore first
he proposed that everyone should all subscribe the Nicene Creed,
of
before proceeding to any other busi-
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. The
ness.
Arians, in a violent pas
sion, refused, whereupon he on his part refused to subscribe any pro
and Athanasius, against ceedings even skilfully procured the with drawal of the signature of the holy martyr Denys, then Bishop of Milan, which they had lyingly procured by The practising on his simplicity. Arians were now entirely enraged,
wards,
made
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a
like
skilful
physician,
he
progress through all the provinces of the East, strengthening those that were weak in the Faith,
and
a
them
confirming
doctrine.
Christian
in
with
Then,
the
same
and, after many persecutions, pro cured a decree of banishment against The Saint shook off the Eusebius. dust of his feet against them, and, defying alike the threats of Caesar
he passed through Illyricum into Italy, who, at his com ing, laid aside her garments of mourn After his return, he published ing. an expurgated edition of Origen s Commentary on the Psalms, and like wise of the works of Eusebius of Csesarea, both which he translated from Greek into Latin. At length,
and the drawn swords of the
distinguished by
soldiery,
accepted the sentence as one of the
He was sent dignities of his office. to Bethshan in the Holy Land, suf fering hunger, thirst, stripes, and all manner of violence, but for the Faith s sake he despised this life, and feared
not
body
death, but freely delivered to the tormentors.
healthful
results,
all
these great works,
he passed to that crown of glory which fadeth not away, promised to
them who departed [in 371,]
suffer
for
the truth.
He
this present life at Vercelli, in the reign of Valentinian
and Valens.
his
THIRD NOCTURN.
from Matth. xvi. 24, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 494-)
Lessons
Sixth Lesson.
the
HE
wrote a solemn letter from the Bethshan, addressed to clergy and people of Vercelli and that neighbourhood, full of constancy, de describing the votion, piety, frightful cruelty and brazen impudence From this letter we of the Arians.
and
know how completely
they failed to
him by their threats and their inhuman brutality, or to seduce him by their serpent-like cunning into re In con ceiving their communion. scare
sequence of his unshaken resolution, he was moved from Bethshan into Cappadocia, and then again, to the deserts of exile until
Upper Egypt. the
ever,
took
care
to
O
Lord,
&c., (p
Thou
hast prevented him,
490-)
If this day be an Ember-Day, the Ninth Lesson is of that; in which case the Ninth Lesson from the Homily is either
omitted or read together with
the Eighth.
At Lauds
a Commemoration of the
Week-day.
MARTYROLOGY.
suffered
death of Constantius, was allowed
[in 361,] after which he to return to his flock.
he
He
Eighth Responsory.
First,
attend
how the
Council at Alexandria, called to heal the wounds of the Church, and, after
Upon the i;th day of December, were born into the better life At Eleutheropolis, in Palestine, the and holy martyrs Florian, Calanicus, fifty -and -eight
ions,
who were
others, their Compan slain by the Saracens
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
664 Christ
for
of the
s
At
sake
faith s
in
the time
Heraclius.
Emperor Marseilles,
Lazarus, [called city,] of whom
in
first] it
is
blessed
Gaul,
cemetery of the church outside the gate which leadeth unto Daphne, upon the anniversary of the which in the
Bishop [of that
ceremony
written
preached unto the people.
in
the
Gospel that the Lord raised him from the dead.
At Rome, holy John de la Matha, founder of the Order of the most Holy Trinity for the redemption of captives. in the year 1213.] His
[He died
kept upon the 8th day of February by order of Innocent XI.
feast
SAINTS.
is
In the monastery of Fulda, [in the year 779,] the holy Abbat Sturmius, [of the Order of St Benedict, and first Abbat of Fulda,] Apostle of Saxony, whose name Innocent II. enrolled with those of the saints at the second Council of Lateran. At Bigarden, near Brussels, [in the
1176,] the holy Virgin Vivina, is oftentimes attested by miracles. [Foundress of
year
whose eminent holiness
John
holy
Chrysostom In after-
body was again brought back to Rome, where it is buried, and highly honoured in the church of St Clement along with the body of that most blessed Pope and martyr. times
At made
the
Vespers
a
Commemoration
is.
oj the week-day.
DECEMBER
1
7.
MARTYROLOGY. On the morrow we keep the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary looking 1 shortly to be delivered. the same i8th day of Upon December, were born into the better life
of St Benedict.]
At Philippi, in Macedonia, [in the year 107,] the holy martyrs Rufus and Zozimus, who were of the number of
At Constantinople, the holy widow Olympias, [about the year 410; born about 368.]
disciples by whom the early Church was founded among the Jews and Greeks of whose happy contend
the
Diocese
In
of
in the Bigarden, of Malines. Of the Order
Abbey
the blessed Ardennes, Begga, sister of holy Ger trude. [She married Ansegise, son of St Arnoult, Bishop of Metz. She was born about 368, became a widow in 386, and died about 410.] the
Widow
Upon
same
the
day
is
com
memorated the translation of the body of the holy martyr Ignatius, Patriarch of Antioch, who was the third to govern that church after the blessed Apostle Peter
under
Trajan,
;
he suffered at but
his
body
Rome was
brought thence to Antioch and laid 1
the
ing
holy
Polycarp
writeth
in
his
Epistle unto the Philippians. At Laodicea, in Syria, the
holy martyrs Theotimus and Basilian. In Africa, the holy martyrs Quintus Simplicius and others, in the persecution
who
suffered
under the Emperors
Decius and Valerian.
There also the holy martyr Moysetes.
Likewise in Africa also, the holy martyrs Victurus, Victor, Victorinus, Adjutor, Quartus, and thirty others. At Mopsuestia, in Cilicia, holy
is not contained in the Calendar of the Church of Rome, and is of Spanish In the Mozarabic Rite the Feast of the Annunciation is kept on December 18, and is still so kept although another Feast of the Annunciation has been added upon March 25 out of deference to the custom of the rest of Christendom. It will be observed that this feast coincides with the beginning of the Great s, and unless December 18 should be a Sunday, the Antiphon in the Commemoration of the week-day at First Vespers is Wisdom."
This feast
origin.
O
"
O
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER.
665
Auxentius, Bishop [of that see ;] he was originally a soldier under the Emperor
man whose name was Joseph the virgin s name was Mary.
Licinius, but chose rather to cast away his military belt than to offer grapes
of grace, the Lord
Bacchus he afterwards became a Bishop, and fell asleep in peace, famous for worthy deeds, [fourth to
;
century.]
Second Antiphon. art thou
is
and
;
Hail Mary, * full with thee blessed :
among women.
[Alleluia.]
Third Antiphon. Fear not, Mary, * thou hast found grace with the Lord behold, thou shalt conceive, and :
At Tours, holy Bishop Gratian, \vho was ordained by holy Pope Fabian as the first Bishop of that city, and fell asleep in the Lord, famous for many miracles. [He was a disciple of the Apostles.]
bring forth a son.
[Alleluia.]
Fourth Antiphon. give unto
Him
The Lord
shall
the throne of His father
David, and of His kingdom there shall be no end. Behold the hand Fifth Antiphon. maid of the Lord * be it unto me :
DECEMBER ffltce
in Ijonour of
according to thy word.
18.
tfje
Blesseti
Ftrgtn JKarg looking to
fce
sjjortljj
foelifomtr.
Verse.
Virgin.
Prayer throughout.
r\ GOD, Who didst will ^^ Word the should, in
that
;
Commemoration
is
made of
the
"
Antiphon,
O,"
&c.,
(p.
MATTINS.
Thy
message of
the
the Song of the Blessed The Holy Ghost shall come
244.)
womb
of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant unto us, we beseech Thee, that all we who do believe her to be in very deed the
Invitatory. * the
grace,
Hymn.
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. liveth
full
of
with thee.
is
Supernal Word, &c.,
(p.
FIRST NOCTURN. First Antiphon. Behold, our Lord power, and He shall Al lighten the eyes of His servants.
cometh with
leluia.
Ps.
FIRST VESPERS.
Mary,
Hail,
Lord
214.)
Mother of God, may be holpen by her prayers in Thy sight. Through the same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son,
Who
of grace.
with thee.
O
Week-day.
flesh
is
fear not thou thee, Mary, shalt bear in thy womb the Son of God. Alleluia.
upon
A
altered in honour of the Incarnation.
an Angel, take
full
The Lord
Antiphon at
not specially given here is from the Common Office for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 552,) except that the last verse of the Hymn is not is
by
of the starry pole,
Hail, Mary,
Answer.
Greater Double.
Whatever
Hymn. Creator &c, (p. 213.)
viii.
O LORD,
our Lord,
c.,
(A 70
P"irst Antiphon. The Angel Gabriel was sent * to a virgin espoused to a
i
Second Antiphon. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies
Isa. xlv. 8.
l
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
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pour down the Righteous One earth open, and Saviour.
let
:
let
SAINTS. Third Lesson.
the
her bring forth the
The
wilderness
and
the
solitary
place, &c., (p. 256.)
The heavens
Ps. xviii.
declare, &c.,
170
(P.
Third Responsory. l
Third Antiphon.
Name
LORD cometh from
of the
and His brightness Ps.
The
xxiii.
the
Behold,
filleth
earth
is
The Lord
far,
rain,
the world. the
LORD
come down
shall
like
(p. 241.)
c.,
SECOND NOCTURN.
S,
&c., (p. 46.)
Our
God
shall
forth the law,
go
of beauty,
Answer.
LORD from
come
Jerusalem.
My
Ps. xliv.
manifestly.
&c, First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
(vii.
save us.
will
10.)
Ps. xlv.
Moreover the LORD spake again,
is
overflowing,
Alleluia.
God
is
our refuge, &c., (p.
970
&c., (p. 226.)
Third Antiphon. The Lord com go ye out to meet Him, and say How great is His dominion, and of His kingdom there shall be no end
eth
First Responsory.
The sceptre 2570
heart
(p. 96.)
Second Antiphon. 4 Lo, this is our God, we have waited for Him, and He
taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah
3 Out of Zion shall and the word of the
First Antiphon.
Out of Zion, the Perfection
Verse.
shall not depart, &c.,
:
!
!
He
Mighty God, the Ruler, the Alleluia. Prince of Peace
(P.
is
the
!
Second Lesson.
And
Ps.
Her
Ixxxvi.
foundation,
&c.,
(p. 144.)
there shall come forth a rod,
&c., (p. 227,) down to "faithfulness the girdle of His reins," in the next
5 There shall come forth a Verse. rod out of the stem of Jesse. Answer. And a flower shall grow
Lesson.
out of his roots.
Second Responsory. 2
There
shall
Jacob, and a Israel,
and
Fourth Lesson.
come a Star out of
Man
shall
shall smite
rise out of
through
all
The Lesson
the
and all the earth be His possession. Out of Jacob shall come He Verse. that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. Answer. And all the earth shall be His possession. princes of the aliens
(Book on Mary.}
;
shall
1
4
Isa. xxx. 27. Isa. xxv. 9.
2
Num.
5
Isa. xi
is
taken from the Sermons
of St Alonzo, Archbishop [of Toledo.] the
Maidenhood of Blessed
MY
Suzeraine and my Lady, who bearest rule over me, Mother of my Lord, handmaid of thy Son, who gavest birth to Him Who made the
f~\ ^^^
xxiv. 17, 19. .
T.
3 Isa.
ii.
3.
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. world, I beseech thee, I pray thee, I ask thee, that I may have the spirit of thy Lord, and the spirit of thy Son, yea, to
and the
enable
worthy is
true
and
to
me
spirit
of
to think
my
what
concerning thee, to
Redeemer, true and speak what is
and worthy concerning whatsoever
love
is
true
thee,
and
Thou hast worthy concerning thee. been chosen of God, taken of God, thou art very nigh called of God unto God, thou cleavest unto God, thou art bound unto God thou wast visited by an Angel, saluted by an Angel, blessed by an Angel, called happy by an Angel troubled at his saying, perplexed in thought, con founded at the salutation, wonderstruck at the words of the message. ;
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then a mystery unheard hitherto, be hold an operation hitherto unknown, turn thine eyes upon a thing secret, hitherto unsuspected, learn of a work hitherto
Ghost
The
"
unwrought.
shall
Holy
come upon
power of the Highest
thee, and the shall overshadow
thee."
Fifth Responsory.
Drop down, ye heavens, 2530
&c.,
(p.
;
Sixth Lesson.
A LL
;
the Trinity is at work in thee make thee conceive, but it is
to
the
Son of God alone Whose Person
taketh
Flesh
thee
in
as thy Child.
And therefore also that Holy Thing Which shall be conceived in thee, "
"
Fourth Responsory, Behold, the Virgin shall conceive, &c., (p. 217.)
brought forth of thee, produced of thee, sprung of thee, "born of thee, shall be called the Son of God." For "He shall be great," He shall be the God of powers, the King of all
Fifth Lesson.
T
HOU hearest
that thou hast found
grace with God, and thou art bidden not to fear thence thou art ;
strengthened with confidence, and art taught to know wonders, and carried forward to new tidings of unheard-of The Angel doth thee to wit glory. that thou shalt be a mother, and, with offspring in thy womb, thou remainest
untouched and virgin. Then the assur ance of thy maidenhood is set forth before us, and the Angel preacheth unto thee the glad tidings that that Holy Thing Which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God, and anon, the wondrous message of the power of the King that is to come.
Thou
askest
how
this
wouldest know whence
ages,
Behold,
shall be, thou
cometh, thou enquirest as to the reason, thou seekest to understand the anomaly, thou art
Maker
the
"blessed
of
art
all
things.
thou
among
Virgin among mothers, Lady among damsels, Queen among sisters. Behold, for this "all generations shall call thee blessed," all the powers of women,"
heaven know thee
to be blessed, all the Prophets tell that thou art blessed, all nations proclaim thee blessed. And, for us, blessed our faith calleth
thee, blessed do our souls call thee, blessed doth our love call thee, blessed do our hymns call thee, and blessed shall
my
words
call thee.
Sixth Responsory.
The Lord
will
teach us, &c., (p.
242.)
THIRD NOCTURN.
it
fain to learn the order of things.
Hear
The LORD shall First Antiphon. give that which is good, and our Land shall yield her increase.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
668
LORD, Thou hast been
Ps. Ixxxiv.
Second Antiphon. He that is both God and Man shall come of the house of David, and sit in David s seat. Alleluia.
Ps.
Her foundation,
Ixxxvi.
c.,
144-)
Third Antiphon. Tell it out among and say Behold, God
the people,
:
our Saviour cometh. Ps.
O
xcv.
of the power of the air, (Eph. ii. 2,) of Him of it is said by the The LORD strong and Psalmist, mighty, the LORD mighty in battle,"
Whom
favourable, &c., (p. 143.)
(P.
SAINTS.
"
and again, "The LORD of is the King of glory," (10.) Therefore it was assigned to the Strong-man-of-God to announce that the Lord of hosts, mighty in battle, was coming to wage war against the powers of the air. And the Angel came in unto her, and said Hail, thou that art full of grace the Lord is with thee blessed (xxiii.
8,)
hosts,
He
"
:
sing unto the
LORD,
;
&c., (p. 148.)
The Lord goeth
Verse.
forth from
His holy place.
among
Meetly
who hath
He cometh
Answer.
;
art thou
to save
His
people.
If this day be Ember-Wednesday,
she styled "full of grace" attained a grace gained by
is
no other, that, namely, of conceiving and bringing forth the actual Author of grace.
the following Lessons are not read, but, instead, those for Wednesday on
pp. 249, 250, (but the Responsories are unaltered.}
women."
Seventh Responsory. Hail,
full
Mary,
of grace, &c., (p.
215.)
Eighth Lesson. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
AT
that time:
The Angel Gabriel
Galilee,
named
Nazareth,
city to a
Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David and the Virgin s name was Mary. :
And
so on.
Homily by the Venerable
Bede,
Priest [at Jarrow.] (On Luke i., and in the Homilies for the Winter Season.
Ember- Wednesday in December. ) There
is
God unto the the Angel Gabriel, which
sent from
Den
a
l
d thou shalt conceive >
in
is
was sent from God, unto a of
ND
A
"
Son,
womb, and bring
thy
and
shalt
call
His
forth
Name
JESUS."
The
name
JESUS
or
is
interpreted
to which meaning the Angel pointed when he "Saviour,"
said to Joseph
name JESUS,
"Saving,"
"
:
for
Thou
He
shalt call
shall
His
save His
people from their sins." (Matth. i. He saith not that "He shall 21.) save the people of Israel," but that He shall save His people," that is to say, a people gathered into one "
faith
from among both the circumcised
and the uncircumcised, who being thus
signifieth
gathered in, there should be one fold and one Shepherd. (John x. 16.) He shall be great, and shall be
For he came as the messenger of Him, Who was pleased to appear weak in order that He might prevail against the prince
the Son of the Highest and Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David." He, then, that was conceived in
Virgin
name,
Mary
being
interpreted,
"
Strong-man-of-God."
"
called
the
;
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. womb, and brought
that virginal
forth
from one of two conclusions, either (i) that the Son of God is not God, or (2) that she who brought there
therefrom, was the Son of the Highest. He that in time was made of His
viz.,
mother (Gal.
forth
iv.
is
4)
of the father before if
all
Who
same Person
the
God, begotten worlds. But is
Man
that
God is,
rightly called Theotokos,
is
Mother-of-God?
is
Nestorius cease from saying that it was the Man only Who was born of the Virgin.
The Hymn,
let
God,
669
God,
"We
praise Thee,
O
is said.
c.,"
LAUDS.
Eighth Responsory.
O
Receive, Virgin Mary, &c., 219,) with the following addition,
(p.
;
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And thou shalt be called Verse.
to the Son,
blessed
among
all
First Antiphon. The Angel Gabriel was sent * to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph and the virgin s name was Mary. * Second Antiphon. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women. Third Antiphon. Fear not, Mary, * thou hast found grace with the Lord behold, thou shalt conceive, and bring
women.
:
:
Ninth Lesson.
forth a Son. ""FHEREFORE
that
also
Thing Which
shall
Holy
be born of
thee shall be called the Son of
God."
JESUS alone is said to be born an Holy Thing, to distinguish such holi ness from any holiness of ours. We
may indeed be made holy, but we are not born holy, for we are hampered by the corrupt condition of our nature, so that every one of us may well groan and say with the Prophet, "
For,
behold,
iniquity,
and
conceive
me."
I
sin
in
(Ps.
1.
7.)
He
alone
absolutely and essentially Holy, to counteract the corruptible con dition in nature, was conceived with is
Who
out fleshly coition.
That Holy Thing Which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." What can be said to this "
by a Nestorian, who, by- denying that the Blessed Mary was Mother of God, of this truth ? a distinct statement that God
flieth directly in the face
Here is
is
Fifth Antiphon.
maid of the Lord
come upon her, and therefore the Thing to be born is the Son
of God.
What
escape
therefore
is
:
Behold the hand * be it unto me
(Isa. xi. i.)
Chapter. "PHERE shall
come
stem
of the
Flower shall grow
And
forth a rod out
of Jesse, and a out of his roots.
the Spirit of the Lord shall rest
upon Him.
Hark a
Hymn. (p. 2
1
joyful voice, &c.,
8.)
Verse.
The Holy Ghost
upon thee. Answer.
And
the
shall
come
power of the
Highest shall overshadow thee.
Antiphon
He
*at
the
Song of Zacharias.
upon the throne of David, kingdom, for ever.
shall sit
and of
his
to
that
shall
according to thy word.
was
shapen in did my mother
The Lord
Fourth Antiphon.
give unto Him the throne of His father David, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.
A
Commemoration
Week-day.
is
made of
the
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
670
PRIME. Antiphon. The Angel Gabriel, &c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
In the Short Responsory
Thou
Verse.
At Rome, holy Fausta, the mother Anastasia, eminent for her rank and godliness, [at the end of the of holy
third century.]
At
is said,
that art to
come
Avignon,
Urban
into
the world.
MARTYROLOGY.
SAINTS.
the
blessed
who performed
V., service to
Pope
the highest he restored
the Church the Apostolic seat to Rome, he com pleted the union of the Greeks and :
the Latins, he brought the unbelievers His very ancient subjection. veneration was ratified and confirmed into
Upon the igth day of December, were born into the better life At Alexandria,
in
by Pope Pius IX.
Egypt, the blessed
He was first martyr Nemesius. brought before the judge on a false accusation that he was a thief, and was acquitted but in the persecution under the Emperor Decius he was
Chapter at the end.
down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour the Righteous One let the
"P\ROP
;
accused
of
Christianity
before
the
judge yEmilian, by whom he was put to the double punishment and con demned to be burnt along with thieves. In the which thing he was conformed to the
likeness
of the Saviour,
the
holy
martyrs
Darius,
and Secundus,
Paul,
[in
down
created Him.
TERCE. Antiphon.
Chapter from Lauds.
fourth
century.]
Short Responsory.
At Nicomedia, the holy
martyrs Cyriacus, Paulillus, Secundus, Anas-tasius, Syndimius, and their Com panions, [in the fourth century.] In Morocco, [in the fourth century,] the holy martyr Timothy, the Deacon, who after a terrible imprisonment was cast
into
the
fire
for Christ s
Thou, O Lord, shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion. Answer. Thou, O Lord, shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion. Verse. For the time to favour her, 1
yea, the set time,
and so
Thea.
At
Auxerre, the holy Confessor Gregory, [looked on as i2th] Bishop [of that see, successor of St Theodore, in the year 530.]
At Orleans, the holy Abbat Adjutus, famous for the spirit of prophecy. 1
Ps.
Glory be
Verse.
and
to
come.
is
Have mercy upon
Answer.
faith s
finished his testimony. At Gaza, in Palestine, [in the third century,] the holy martyrs Meuris and
sake,
Hail, Mary, &c., (Second
Antiphon at Lauds.}
Zosimus, the
:
earth open, and let her bring forth the Saviour. I the LORD have
who
was crucified between thieves. At Nice, [now Isnik, in Bithynia,]
(Isa. xiv. 8.)
the
Son,
to
and
Zion.
the to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
Answer. Thou, O Lord, shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion. Verse. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour
down
the Righteous One. Let the earth open, let her bring forth the Saviour.
Answer.
ci.
14.
and
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER.
Fear Antiphon. Antiphon at Lauds.}
not,
(Third
&c.,
(Isa. vii. 14.)
Chapter.
the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and His Name
be called Emmanuel.
and honey
know
He
shall
He may
eat, that
the
to refuse
Butter
evil,
and choose
the good.
and
to
Ghost.
her bring forth the Saviour. Answer. Let the skies pour
down
the Righteous One. Verse. to
Glory the
be
to
Son, and
the to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
Answer. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down the Righteous One. Verse.
l
Send
forth the
Lamb, O
Lord, the Ruler of the land. Answer. From the rock
Wilderness
unto
the
in
mount of
the
the
Lamb, O
shall
come
And
shall
the power of the overshadow thee.
SECOND VESPERS.
Same
from above, and let the skies pour down the Righteous One. Verse. Let the earth open, and let
forth the
The Holy Ghost
Verse.
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, let the skies pour down the Right
and
Send
Answer.
Lord, the Ruler of the land.
Highest
Drop down, ye heavens,
O
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
and
eous One. Ans^ver.
Lamb,
the
upon thee. Answer. Short Responsory.
forth the
Lord, the Ruler of the land. Verse. From the rock in the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. Answer. The Ruler of the land. Verse.
TDEHOLD, shall
Send
Answer.
SEXT.
67T
as the First, except the follow
ing :
Of the fruit of Fifth Antiphon. I set upon thy throne. will body thy Ps. cxxxi. Lord, remember David, &c., (p. 193.)
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed O maiden of maidens, how
Virgin.
shall this be, since neither before
nor
henceforth hath there been, nor shall of be such another? Daughters Jerusalem, why look ye curiously upon
me
?
What
ye see
is
a mystery of
God.
Cominemoration of O,"
Week-day,
tJie
"
Antiphon,
&c., (p.
244.)
daughter of Zion.
DECEMBER
NONE. Behold the handmaid, &c., (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.}
19.
MARTYROLOGY.
Antiphon.
To-morrow
is
the eve of the holy
Apostle Thomas.
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
the same 2oth day of Decem were born into the better life At Rome, the holy martyrs Liberatus and Bajulus.
Upon
ber,
Short Responsory.
Send
forth the
Lamb,
O
Lord, the
At Alexandria,
Ruler of the land. 1
Isa. xvi. i.
the
holy
soldiers
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
67 2
Zeno, Ptolemy, Ingenes, and Theophilus, all martyrs. They were on guard beside the judgment-seat \vhen a certain Christian who was under the torture began to waver and was almost giving way, and they tried
DECEMBER
Ammon,
to
by signs
encourage him to hold cause all the people cried
SAINTS. 20.
MARTYROLOGY. Upon the 2ist day of December, were born into the better life Upon
the
not
Coromandel far
coast
of
from
out; for this out against them, and they came for ward and confessed themselves to be Christians and Christ, who Himself
Madras, the blessed Apostle Thomas. He preached the Gospel to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, and Hyrcanians, and at length came into India, and was teach
had given such steadfastness unto His own, did Himself most gloriously
when
;
in their victory, [in the
India,
ing the Christian religion to those people the king commanded him to be
year
249.]
run through with lances, and so he died. His relics were taken first to the city
At Geldube, [in Thrace,] the holy martyr Julius, [fourth century.]
of Edessa and afterwards to Ortona. In Tuscany, the holy martyrs John
triumph
In Arabia, the holy martyrs Eugen-
and Macarius, two Priests who blamed the ungodliness of the Em peror Julian the Apostate, and for that cause were most cruelly flogged and sent out into the great desert, where they were slain with the sword, ius
[in the
year 362.]
At Antioch, holy Philogonius, Patri arch of the see. He was an advocate when he was called by the will of God to govern that church, and first took up the contending for the
and Festus. In
Lycia,
istocles.
he gave himself up for holy Dioscorus, when they were seeking after him to slay him, and was first racked, taken down and dragged about, and beaten with cudgels, gained the crown of
martyrdom [in the year 249.] At Nicomedia, the holy
Diocletian, and was at length cast in the fire, and so finished his testimony. At Antioch, the holy martyr Anastasius,
illustrious
cruelly
good works, [in the year 322.] Holy John Chrysostom preached an eloquent sermon on his feast-day.
At
the
Brescia,
holy
Dominic, Bishop [of that
Confessor about
see,
the year 612.]
On
this
day
is
commemorated the Dominic, Abbat
Bishop [of that see,] who was murdered by the Jews in the
time of the Emperor Phocas, [in the year 609.] At Treves, the holy Confessor Severinus,
Bishop
for his miracles
tion
wrought
of captives.
monastery 1073-]
at Silos,
for the libera
[He died in on December
his 14,
that
[of
see,
fourth
century.]
Vespers are of the following.
burial in Spain of holy
of Silos, [in the diocese of Burgos, in Castille, which abbey he founded,] of the Order of St Benedict, very famous
Priest
Glycerius, who suffered many torments in the persecution under the Emperor
Catholic faith along with holy Bishop Alexander, andhis Companions, against Arius. He fell asleep in the Lord, for
the holy martyr Themthe Emperor Decius
Under
DECEMBER
21.
Double of the Second
All from Apostles,
(p.
the
Class.
Common
462,)
otherwise given here.
except
Office
for
what
is
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. FIRST VESPERS.
673
of the Apostleship with the glory of
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Thomas, because thou hast Virgin. seen Me, thou hast believed blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Alleluia.
martyrdom, on the Coromandel not far from Madras.
coast,
;
Fifth Lesson. It
mon throughout the Office.
Prayer
unto ^"^
seech
O
us,
Lord,
we
solemn
be-
Sixth Lesson.
So much power, &c., (p. 469.)
Thy
and, be Apostle Thomas ing defended by his protection, to follow always with meet godliness blessed
the
(from the Com Fourth Lesson.}
written, &c.,
Office,
the
to
glory in of commemoration
Thee,
is
;
of his
pattern
THIRD NOCTURN.
Through
faith.
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
Seventh Lesson.
our
Amen.
God, world without end.
A
Commemoration
made of
is
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (xx. 24.)
A T
the
Week-day.
that time
Thomas, one of the Didymus, was not with them when JESUS came. And :
twelve, called
so on.
MATTINS.
Homily by Pope St Gregory
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from
I
Cor.
iv.
I,
(ft.
466.) it
SECOND NOCTURN.
that
Apostle Thomas, called Didymus, or the Twin, was a Gali lean. After the descent of the Holy Ghost, he went into many provinces
He gave to preach Christ s Gospel. knowledge of the rules of Christian faith and life to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, and Bactrians. He went last to the East Indies. Here he provoked the anger of one of the idolatrous kings, because the holiness of his life and teaching, and the number of his miracles, drew to
the
after him,
love
and brought them
of Christ
JESUS.
it
chosen
HTHE
many
Dearly beloved brethren, what is in this passage which particularly our
claimeth
Fourth Lesson.
He
was therefore condemned, and slain He crowned the dignity with lances.
[the
(26th on the Gospels.}
Great.]
when
was
? Think ye accident that this was not with them
attention
by
Apostle
came ? or, when he came, heard ? or, when he heard, doubted ? or, when he doubted, felt ? or when he had felt, believed ? All these things were not accidental, but Pro vidential. It was a wonderful pro vision of Divine mercy, that this in JESUS
credulous
disciple, by fingers into the bodily
thrusting his of his
Wounds
Master, should apply a remedy to the spiritual wounds of unbelief in our souls. The doubts of Thomas have
done us more good than the of
all
the
disciples that feeleth his way
faith
believed.
While he to faith, our minds are freed from doubt, and settled in faith.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
674
Eighth Lesson.
Lord
the
and yet
doubt,
not
before
lose
his
faith.
even as the espoused husband was the keeper of the virginity of the Mother, so was the disciple who doubted and felt, the witness of the For,
truth of the
who have
for us,
His birth willed that Mary should be espoused, and yet never lose her virginity, so, after His Resurrection, He willed that His disciple should as
He
Resurrection.
SAINTS.
and do
lieve
the
not, by our lives, give to our belief. He only hath a
lie
saving
whose
faith,
A
Commemoration
When the Apostle Paul (Heb. xi. i): "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen he believed."
saith
"
faith is the evi
dence of things that cannot be seen. When they are seen, there remaineth not faith, but knowledge.
day of that, and then the fol either omitted, or read as
is
lowing is one with the preceding. "THOMAS, lieveth.
him
"
:
then,
Why
seeth, is
it
and said
beto
Because thou hast seen Me,
22nd day of December,
Diocletian.
Emperor There the
to
likewise
the
holy
Flavian,
Rome], who for sake was first branded and
ex- Prefect s
banished
Julian this
the
Upon
Christ
Ninth Lesson.
Lesson
the
were born into the better life At Rome, between the two Laurels upon the Lavican Way, thirty holy martyrs, who were all crowned in one day in the persecution under the
then
an Ember-day
made of
MARTYROLOGY.
:
be
is
Week-day.
"
If this
faith beareth fruit.
At Lauds, Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias, the same as at that at First Vespers.
:
plainly
They we be
felt,
and cried out My Lord and my God. JESUS saith unto him Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast
meaneth that
not seen even the
Flesh, and who yet do believe. are specially meant for us if
the
Bagni
[of
under
the
di
Emperor
He was
Apostate. Ferrata,
1
sent
Civita
[near
Vecchia,] where he gave up his soul to God in prayer, [in the year 362.] At Ostia, the holy martyrs Deme trius, Honoratus, and Florus. At Alexandria, the holy martyr Ischyrion. were cast
Many injuries and upon him
to
reproaches
make him
sacri
thou hast believed?" The truth is, he saw one thing, and so believed another. To mortal man it is not He therefore given to see God.
but he despised them, and was handed over to be slain by the driving of a sharp stake through the midst of his bowels, [in the year 250.]
saw only the Manhood, and yet had in the Godhead My Lord and my God." This he said, see Perfect ing and believing, seeing Man, and yet believing in Perfect
In Egypt, [in the third century,] holy Chasremon, Bishop of Nilopolis, and many other martyrs, of whom
faith
"
:
O God, Whom he could not see. what a comfort are the words which Blessed are they that have follow not seen, and yet have believed." These words are specially meant "
!
Formerly called from
its
fice to idols,
scattered in flight to escape persecution under the Emperor Decius, were killed by wild beasts as they wandered in the desert some
some, the
;
were destroyed by hunger, cold, and sickness and some were murdered by savages and robbers. ;
discoverer
Aqua
Tauri.
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. At
Nicornedia,
the
holy
soldier
who made a jest upon the Emperor Diocletian as he was offer
Zeno,
ing sacrifice to Ceres, and for this cause had his jaws broken, his teeth beaten out, and his head cut off.
At af
Vespers, Antiphon at the Song the Blessed Virgin, the same as at
First Vespers.
A
Coininei)ioration is
made of
the
cution under the Emperor Decius, and were beheaded. [They are often called the
Ten Martyrs
from his
childhood even unto life he lay paralysed in a porch hard by the church of St Clement, and at the end he was called by songs of angels, and passed
that
the end of his
into the glory of Paradise, [in the year 570.] God doth very often show miracles at his grave.
22.
MARTYROLOGY. Upon
the
At
DECEMBER
23d day of December,
were born into the better
Rome,
the
holy
Virgin
and She
MARTYROLOGY. The
morrow
birth of our
whereby she gathered virgins unto God, and the exe cutioner stabbed her to the heart with his sword at the request of her espoused husband.
mony by
miracles,
At Nicomedia, twenty holy martyrs during the persecution under the Em peror Diocletian, after they had been most grievously tormented. There
likewise,
in
23.
life
martyr Victoria [de Tivoli.] was espoused to one Eug enius, a heathen, and during the persecu tion under the Emperor Decius she would neither marry Eugenius nor offer sacrifice unto idols, but worked
many many
of Crete.]
At Rome, blessed Servulus, con cerning whom holy Gregory writeth
away
Week-day.
DECEMBER
6 75
same per
the
Upon cember,
the
is
Lord Jesus
Eve
same 24th day
the
were
born
into
of
the
Christ.
the
of
De
better
life
At Antioch, martyrs,
who
forty holy Virgins and there finished their testi
divers torments in the per
secution under the
Emperor Decius.
At Spoleto, the holy Priest Gregory [of Spoleto], a martyr in the time of the Emperors Diocletian and Maxi-
mian, he was beaten with knotted cud laid upon a grating over fire, imprisoned, his knees hammered with gels,
iron combs, burning lamps set to his sides, and at last beheaded.
burnt and the other cast into a ditch,
At Tripoli, the holy martyrs Lucian, Metrobius, Paul, Zenobius, Theotimus, and Drusus.
and so died. Then also suffered the Deacon of holy Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, who was bringing a letter to the martyrs when he was taken by
At Nicomedia, the holy martyr Euthymius, who sent many before him to martyrdom, in the persecu tion under the Emperor Diocletian,
the Gentiles and stoned to death, and so passed hence to be ever with the Lord.
and then was himself pierced through with the sword, and so followed them
the holy martyrs Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zeticus, Cleonaenes, Aga-
At Bordeaux, holy Delphinus, Bish op [of that see from 380-404, when he died,] who was a burning and shin
thopus, Basilides, and Evaristus, who suffered great cruelties in the perse
ing light of holiness in the time of the Emperor Theodosius.
secution, the holy martyrs
and Mardonius,
In
of
whom
Migdonius
the one was
Crete,
unto their crown.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
6;6
SAINTS. and Helladius, who mangled with sharp
In Poland, [in the year 1473,] the holy Confessor John of Kenty, a secular
were
Priest, famous for his zeal for the spreading
potsherds, and then cast into the fire, and so g ave up their souls to God.
his
graces,
and
his
learning,
miracles, the
we have kept upon
feast
his
of the faith,
whose 22nd
day of October. At Rome, [about the year 550,] the holy Virgin Tharsilla, father s sister to holy Pope Gregory, of whom he witnesseth that at the hour of her going forth she saw Jesus coming unto her.
At Treves, the holy Virgin Irmina, She daughter to King Dagobert [II. was Abbess of the monastery of Horrein, and lived from about the year 672 to about the year 715.]
philus the Deacon, first torn and
At Venice, [in the year 1455,] the blessed Confessor Lawrence de Giustiniani, the first Patriarch of that city he was filled very abundantly with learning and gifts of divine wisdom from on high, and Alexander VIII. enrolled his name among those of ;
saints. We keep his festival upon the fifth day of September. At Hierapolis, in Asia, holy Apollinaris, Bishop [of that see,] who was eminent for holiness and learning, in the time of the Emperor Marcus An
the
toninus Verus.
At Naples, in Campania, holy SeverBishop [of that see,] brother of the blessed martyr Victorinus he wrought many good works, and fell asleep full inus,
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. The earlier Feast-days in January are given in the Office of the Season.
On an
the earliest
Office
day not occupied by
with Nine Lessons, Dead.
is
said
the Office of the
At Ratisbon, holy Bishop Erhard. At Metz, holy Patient, Bishop [of
Upon the 8th day of January, were born into the better life At
Beauvais, in Gaul, the holy martyrs Lucian the Priest [first Bishop see,]
Maximian, and Julian. Julian were slain by
the persecutors with the sword, but blessed Lucian, who had come Gaul with holy Denis, did into
the
not receive the
mus, Bishop [of that see, successor to He took part in the St Epiphanius. 4th and 6th Councils of Rome, held
sixth century.]
7.
MARTYROLOGY.
Maximian and
of holiness, [in the year 540.] At Pavia, the holy Confessor Maxi-
by Pope Symmachus against the Antipope Lawrence at the beginning of the
JANUARY
of that
;
like
treatment until
that see, in the second century.] On the same day, [in the year 482,] in Bavaria, the holy
who spread
Abbat Severinus,
Gospel among that people, and is called the Apostle of His the [Austrians and] Bavarians. body was, by the will of God, brought to Monte - feltro, near Naples, and thence it hath been since taken to the
the monastery of St Severino.
great suffering, the which not withstanding, he feared not to con after
fess
aloud the
name
of Christ
JANUARY
[He
died in the year 312.] Likewise the holy martyr Eugenian [Bishop of Autun.] In Lybia, the holy martyrs Theo-
8.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 9th day of January, were born into the better life At
Antioch,
in
the
persecution
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian, the holy martyr Julian, along with whom is commemorated the
Basilissa, his wife, virginity with her hus
holy Virgin
who kept her
band and ended her
[He succeeded
St Traso in the Bishop about the year 550, and was fol lowed by St Thomas about the year He is secondary Patron of 569. ric
Ancona.]
in
life
peace. multitude of priests and ministers of the Church of Christ had taken refuge with them because of the fury of the persecution. They were
JANUARY
A
burnt with fire, and Julian, by com mand of the President Marcian, was thereafter
ments
made
to
suffer
many
tor
and
was then beheaded. Along with him there suffered also the Priest Anthony and Anastasius, whom Julian had raised from the dead and made a partaker of the grace of Christ, and the lad Celsus, with his mother, Marcionand seven brethren, and many
together illa,
others.
In Morocco, [in the fourth century,]
and martyr Marciana, who was thrown to wild beasts and the holy Virgin
so finished her testimony. At Smyrna, the holy
martyrs (probably a Bishop, and the others were most likely Deacons), Revocatus, and Fortunatus. Vitalis
In Africa, the holy martyrs Epictetus,
Jucundus,
Felix,
and seven
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the loth day of January, were born into the better life In
Cyprus,
the
blessed
Nicanor,
one of the seven first Deacons, who was wondrous for the grace of faith
and
power, and received a most crown, [in the year 35 or
glorious 76.]
At Rome, the holy Pope Agatho, who was eminent for holiness and learning, and fell asleep [in the year 682.]
in
peace,
At Bourges, in Aquitaine, [in the year 1209,] the holy Confessor Wil liam, Archbishop [of that see,] famous for signs and works of power, whose
name
Honorius
III.
enrolled
with
those of the saints. At Milan, the holy Confessor John, surnamed the Good, Archbishop of that city, [in the year 659.] In the Thebaid, blessed Paul, the first Hermit, who from the sixteenth
even unto the hundred and thirteenth year of his age dwelt alone in the
Armenia, [in the Peter, Bishop [of
An [in the year 342,] holy thony saw his soul borne heavenward by angels between the choirs of the
[in
Vitalis,
desert,
At Sebaste,
in
holy brother of holy Basil the Great [also of St Gregory of Nyssa. His father was St Basil the Elder, his mother St Emmelia, and his He was grandmother St Macrina. made head of his convent in the that
9.
the year
Secundus, others,
205.]
year
6/7
392,]
see,]
year 362, when St Basil was made St Basil having before been
bishop,
Abbat thereof.] At Ancona, holy Marcellinus, Bish op of that city, the which, as holy Gregory writeth, he did through the power of God deliver from burning.
We
Apostles and of the Prophets. the i5th day of this present month of January.
keep his feast upon
At Constantinople, the holy Priest Marcian, [about the year 489.] In the monastery of Cusan, [in the diocese of Perpignan,] the holy Con fessor Peter Urseoli, who was some time Doge of Venice, and then be came a monk of the Order of St
and was famous for god and works of power, [in the
Benedict, liness
year 997.]
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
6;8
JANUARY n.
10.
JANUARY
At Lauds
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon
the
1 1
th
day of January, were
born into the better
peror Antonine. In Africa, [about the year 142,] the blessed martyr Salvius, upon whose feast-day holy Austin preached to the people of Carthage.
At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Severus, and Leucius. At Fermo, in Picenum, the holy
Peter,
Alexander,
is
made a Commemora
tion of St Hyginus, Pope and martyr, all from the Common Office, p. 491.
life
At Rome, the holy Pope Hyginus, who achieved martyrdom gloriously in the persecution under the Em
martyr
SAINTS.
Bishop
[of
that
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the I2th day of January, were born into the better life At Rome, the holy martyr Tatiana, under the Emperor Alexander. She was lacerated with hooks and combs, thrown to wild beasts, and cast into the fire, but she remained unhurt, was at as beheaded, and so passed length away to heaven. in the persecution
In
see.]
At Amiens, the holy martyr Sal vius, Bishop of that see, [in the be ginning of the seventh century.] At Brindisi, the holy Confessor Leucius, Bishop of that see, [in the end of the second century.]
At
the
sign of the cross upon his head, whereupon the idol
way
fell
down, and
for
Marissa, in Cappadocia, the holy Abbat Theodosius, [head of all the monasteries of Palestine,] who
Satyrus was beheaded,
suffered
in the
many
things for the
Catholic
but at length fell asleep in peace, [in the year 529.] In the Thebaid, [about the year 330,] the holy Abbat Palaemon, the teacher of holy Pachom.
faith,
At Castel-Saint-Elie, [about the year 577,] hard by Mount Soracte, the holy monk Anastasius and his Com panions, whom the Lord called to pass away unto Him. At Pavia, the holy virgin Honorata, [in the year 500.]
made a Commemora tion of St Hyginus^ Pope and martyr, all from the Common Office, p.
Vespers is
482. Mercifully consider of our &c. (p. 491.)
"
Prayer, weakness,"
1
holy
own
fore
straight
this
cause
the year
[in
267-] the same day, [in Morocco, year 259] the holy martyr Ar-
Upon
cadius, eminent for his rank miracles.
and
his
In Africa, the holy martyrs Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Castulus, and a
crown of forty soldiers. At Constantinople, the holy martyrs Tigrius the Priest and Eutropius the Reader,
who
suffered in the
Emperor Arcadius. At Tivoli, [in the year
time of
the
126,]
the
holy martyr Zoticus. At Ephesus, forty-two holy monks,
who were most
At
the
Peloponnesos,
As he was pass Satyrus. ing before a certain idol he breathed upon it, and signed himself with the martyr
suffered
peror
cruelly tortured
martyrdom
Constantine
under the
Copronymus
and
Em for
the honouring of holy images. At Ravenna, the holy Confessor
John, Archbishop of that see, [about the year 489.]
Elected Pope in the year 139.
Died
142.
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. At Verona, holy Probus, Bishop of that see, [about the year 236.] In England, [in the year 690,] the Confessor
holy
founder, tery of
Benedict
we keep upon
feast
Biscop,
and Abbat of the monas whose J arrow upon Tyne, the
I2th
day
of February.
JANUARY
12.
MARTYROLOGY.
The morrow is the Octave of the Epiphany of the Lord. Upon the same 1 3th day of Janu were born into the better life At Rome, upon the Lavican Way, forty holy soldiers who earned crowns of martyrdom for confessing the true faith under the Emperor Gallienus.
and against
In Sardinia, the holy martyr Potiwho suffered many things under the Emperor Antoninus and the Pre
mar
sident Gelasius, and at last was tyred with the sword.
At Semenden, in Upper Mysia, the holy martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus,
who were Emperor
cruelly tortured
under
the and then Licinius, drowned in the Danube. At Cordova, [in the year 852,] the holy martyrs Gumesindus the Priest and Servant-of-God the monk. At Poitiers, in Gaul, the holy Con fessor
Hilary, Bishop of that see. a stalwart champion of the
He was
Catholic
faith,
for
he was banished Phrygia.
the
which cause
for four years
Among
other
into
miracles
which he wrought he raised a dead
man
to
the
year 369.] IX. con firmed and published his title of Doctor of the Universal Church. keep his feast upon the morrow. life,
[about
The Supreme
Pontiff Pius
We
At Csesarea,
in
Cappadocia, holy Bishop of that see, who contended manfully against the Gen tiles under the Emperor Licinius, Leontius,
Arians
the
under
the
Emperor Constantine. At Treves, [in the year 335,] holy Agritius,
In
the
Bishop of that see. monastery of Vergy,
the
holy Confessor Viventius, [about the year 400.] At Amasea, [in the year 324,] in Pontus, the holy Virgin Glaphyra. [In the year 1497,] in the monas tery of St Martha, at Milan, the blessed Virgin Veronica of Binasco, of the Order of St Austin.
JANUARY
ary,
tus,
679
13.
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the
morrow we keep
the feast
of the holy Confessor Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, and Doctor of the Church,
who passed away
to
heaven upon
this
present day. Upon the same I4th day of January, were born into the better life At Nola, in Campania, the holy Priest Felix.
same
Holy Paulinus, Bishop
writeth that after the persecutors had put Felix to the torture they committed him to prison,
of the
city,
where they laid him in chains, upon shells and potsherds, but in the night an angel loosed him and led him forth.
In after-times, when the perse over and he had turned
cution was
many
to Christ
teaching, he
fell
by his example and asleep, famous for
miracles, [about the year 256.] In Judea, the holy Prophet Malachi,
[415
B.C.]
Upon Mount Sinai, thirty-eight holy monks, who were massacred by the Saracens for Christ s faith s sake, [in the year 373.] In the country of Rhaithia, in Egypt,
monks who were mas Blemmyes for the Christ
forty-three holy
sacred by the
sake, [in the year 373.] the [in the year 552,] holy Confessor Datius, Bishop of that ian religion
s
At Milan,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
68o
whom
of
see,
SAINTS.
blessed Pope Gregory
Prayer.
maketh mention. In Africa, the holy Bishop Euphrasius, [in the year 515.] In Syria, holy Julian of Saba, the
who in the time of the Emperor Valens, by the power of his miracles, set up again at Antioch the Catholic elder,
when
faith,
it
was almost quite
fallen
At Neo Caesarea, -
the
in
Pontus,
[in
fourth
century,] holy Macrina, a disciple of blessed Gregory the won der-worker, and grandmother of holy Basil,
/^RANT,
whom
she
trained
up
in
AI-
mighty God, that the example of Thy Saints may continually stir us up to amend our sinful lives, that as we do solemnly commemorate them, we
may
also sincerely strive to imitate them. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
Who
Son,
away.
we beseech Thee, O
liveth
and reigneth with
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
MATTINS.
the
FIRST NOCTURN.
faith.
Lessons from Scripture according to
JANUARY
14.
the Season.
St f&tlarg, 33 isfjop [of Poitiers,] Confessor
doctor of
attti
SECOND NOCTURN.
tije
Cljurcf).
Fourth Lesson.
HP HIS
Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is otherwise given here.
Hilary was born of a noble family in Acquitaine, and is distinguished as a divine and an
He was married in his earlier but even then lived the life of a monk and on account of his remark orator. life,
:
able
VESPERS.
Bishop
These Vespers are of the Octave of Epiphany as the Second Vespers
the
of the Feast, vis. : Psalms as on Sunday, and Antiphons from Lauds, 337).
(P-
Commemoration Bishop, right
of
St
Hilary,
Confessor, and Doctor. excellent Teacher, &c.,
O (p.
5150 Prayer throughout the God, Who didst give, c.,
Office.
O
(p. 524.)
Prayer as on p. 359.
Commemoration of St Felix, Priest and Martyr, from the Common Office for
o?ie
Martyr,
(p.
482,) with the
of
was
Poitiers,
ultimately made [about the year
353,] in which office he did his duty so as to gain the universal praise of the faithful. At that time the peror Constantius was persecuting the
Em
Catholics by threats, by the plundering of their goods, by exile, and at length, by every species of cruelty, in order
them
to yield to the Arian Against the Arians Hilary set himself up as a brazen wall, and turned upon himself the fierceness of
to
force
heresy.
their
anger.
They
many
artifices,
and
Bishop of
following.
holiness,
of
Aries,
assailed
him by
at last Saturnine, at the Council
[in 356,] procured his banishment to Phrygia. During this exile he raised a dead man to life, and wrote a work in twelve books on the Trinity, ag ainst the Arians.
Beziers,
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. Fifth Lesson.
T
N
[the year 359,] the fourth of his exile, took place the Council of
Seleucia in
I
was obliged wards
sauna, at which Hilary be present, but after
to
withdrew
Here he
realised
to
Constantinople.
more sharply the
Pope Pius IX., at the prayer of the Synod of Bordeaux, and in accordance with a resolution of the Sacred Con gregation of Rites, proclaimed and confirmed the title, and commanded that the Mass and Office of his Feast should be everywhere said as those of a Doctor.
awful nature of this crisis in the history of Christianity, published three pam phlets
in
THIRD NOCTURN.
the form of letters to the
Emperor, and
demanded from
that
Prince leave to hold a public disputa The Arian tion in his presence. Bishops Ursacius and Valens, whom Hilary had already confuted in writing,
were afraid to meet him in debate, and therefore induced Constantius, under pretence of pardon, to send him back to his Bishoprick, [in 360.] His mother, the Church of Gaul, to use the language of Jerome, received him with open arms on his return from the battle with the heretics. He was followed to Poitiers by Mar afterwards Bishop of Tours, tin, whose after holiness was a fruit of his teaching.
Seventh Lesson.
The Gospel, Matth.
Homily of St Hilary, the second section
serve,
he
ruled
Church
Poitiers
in
his exertions the
the
Church
them quite faultless. follow Hilary in his books,"
that he deemeth
One can
saith
he,
"without
tripping
once."
He
passed from earth to heaven upon the thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord 369, in the reign of
Emperors Valentinian and Valens. He had already been called an illus trious Doctor of the Church, by many Fathers and Councils, and was so styled in the Liturgy in some Diceceses, when at length, [in the year 1850,] the
beginning,
made
to
one.
Eighth Lesson.
"
Continuation of the same Homily, But the nature of salt, &c."
Eighth Responsory. In the midst of the congregation,
5390
(For St Felix, Priest and Martyr.}
great
of Gaul was led to denounce the His wonderful Arian blasphemy. learning is seen in his numerous works, of which Jerome writeth to Lseta "
thereof,
with the
550,) with
Ninth Lesson.
TTENCEFORTH By
13,
(p.
read together as
&c.,"
Sixth Lesson.
peace.
v.
thing, therefore, thus
"This
&c., (p.
of
68 1
T7ELIX on
was a Priest of Nola, who account of his fiery zeal
against idolatry, suffered much perse cution from the heathens, and was From thence an cast into prison.
him by night, and Maximian, Bishop of This Bishop, enfeebled by old Nola. age, had at length despaired of power angel
delivered
bade him go
to
to withstand the torments of the perse
and had hidden, himself in a Thither came Felix, by the will of God, and found the holy bishop He lying half-dead upon the ground. succoured him, and carried him upon his shoulders to the house of an holy cutors,
wood.
widow.
On
another occasion, Felix,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
682
having again provoked the anger of the devil-worshippers, became an object of their pursuit, from which he hid himself in a narrow place between two walls. Hardly had he entered, when
wove
their webs across which the enemy per ceiving, concluded that no man had entered, and passed by. After leaving
some spiders the entrance,
this
hiding-place, Felix lay for three in the house of an holy woman.
SAINTS.
martyr Secundina, who suffered under
Emperor Decius.
the
At
in
Cagliari,
the holy
Sardinia,
martyr Ephisius, who under the judge Flavian, in the persecution under the
was strengthened overcome many torments, but in the end was beheaded, and so rose to heaven a conqueror. At Nola, in Campania, [about the
Emperor by God
Diocletian,
to
months
year 252,] holy Maximus, Bishop of
After the Lord gave peace to His Church, the Saint returned to Nola, where he turned many to Christ by
that see.
his
life,
acles.
the
and
his preaching,
his
mir
He
steadily refused to accept Bishoprick, fell asleep in the
Lord,
1
and was buried
place called
"The
Nola
at
in the
the
morrow we keep
In Egypt, the holy
Macarius,
[in
the year 391,] Abbat [of Scittir,] a disciple of blessed Anthony, and very
famous
Pines."
for his life
and miracles.
Likewise [in Egypt, in the year 391,] blessed Isidore, famous for the holi ness of his life, his faith, and his
MARTYROLOGY.
On
In Auvergne, in Gaul, [in the year the holy Confessor Bonitus, Bishop of that see.
710,]
the feast of
holy Paul, the first hermit, who was borne to his place among the blessed upon the loth day of this present
miracles.
At Rome, holy John,
who
lived
called
unknown
the
his kinsfolk for a while in a corner of his
hidden,
to
of January. In the country of Angers, the blessed
father s house, and then in a hut upon an island in the Tiber, where he was
Maurus, [founder and] Abbat [of Glan-
recognised at the time of his death, and, famous for miracles, was buried in the same place, where afterward a church was built in his name, [in
month
feuil,]
a disciple of St Benedict, by
whom
he was trained from his child
hood, and made such headway that in obedience to him he walked upon water, a thing new and almost unheard of since the time of the Apostle Peter. Benedict sent him into Gaul, where he built a famous monastery, whereof he
was Abbat
for
forty
years,
and
the year 450.] Vespers of the following, from the Chapter inclusive.
fell
asleep in peace, illustrious for miracles, [in the year 584.] In Judea, the holy prophets Habak-
JANUARY
St Paul,
God
in the
395-]
At Anagni,
the
holy
Virgin 1
and
Permit,
Double.
time of the
Emperor Theodosius the elder, [be tween the years of Our Lord 346 and
Jtrgt
ffionfessor.
kuk and Michah, [606 years before Christ,] whose bodies were found by revelation from
tfje
15.
All from
the
Common
Office
Confessor, (p. 531,) except otherwise given here.
Prayer throughout the
About the year
256.
for a
what
Office.
is
O
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY.
Who year by year dost gladden &c. (p. 491-)
God, us,
The First Vespers, as regards St Paul, begin with the Chapter. A Commemoration is made of the preceding :
O
Antiphon. Verse.
right excellent, &c.
The Lord hath chosen him
unto Himself. Answer. To offer up unto
for a Priest
Him
the
sacrifice of praise.
Prayer from the during the day.
Common
Office as
which he lived, and of whose leaves he made his raiment until he attained the age of
1 1
Antiphon.
"
the
and all as iffrom Lauds, and O Lord, we beseech Thee
Answer
the Prayer, that the prayers, "
&c.,"
if the Feast of St Paul be suppressed, these Commemorations,
Note.
Even
Answers, Verses, Antiphons, Prayers remain as above.
and
The Lessons are taken from Scrip ture according to the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson. first
In order to escape from the persecu tion of Decius and Valerian, and to quietness, he betook Here himself to a cave in the desert.
there
in
was a palm-tree, on the
He
is
truly He sixty years that
gracious
now
;
merciful.
is I
have had
half a loaf of bread every day, but now that thou art come, Christ giveth
His soldiers double they asked a sitting
rations."
blessing,
Then
and ate
by a spring.
to
When
refreshed, they returned the custom, and after
is
wards spent the whole night praising God. At break of day Paul felt the and desired approach of death, Anthony to bring the cloak which Athanasius had given him, to use While Anthony for his winding-sheet. was on his way back from this journey, he saw in a vision the soul of Paul ascending to heaven, surrounded by
hermit, and model J3AUL of all others, was a native of the lower Thebaid in Egypt. At the age of fifteen years he lost both his parents.
God
had flown away
quoth Paul, "the Lord hath sent us our dinner. Truly
they were thanks, as
FIRST NOCTURN.
serve
the raven "Well,"
gether,
MATTINS.
the
Fifth Lesson.
It is
&c."
!
concerning the kingdom of God. Now it so happened that a raven had of a long time brought Paul every day half a loaf, but on this day while they spake together he brought a whole one.
Verse.
&c."
At that time
years.
out knowing one another s names, and saluted one another, after which they fell straightway into a long discourse
Well done, thou
good and faithful servant, "The Lord guided the just,
3
Anthony, being now himself aged 90 years, received a command from God to go and see him. They met with
A Iso a Commemoration of St Maurus, Abbat.
683
fruit
of
choirs of angels, and accompanied by the Prophets and Apostles.
Sixth Lesson.
Anthony reached the cell of Paul, he found the dead body of the Saint in a kneeling posture, with the head thrown up and the
V\^HEN VV
In the year 342.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
684
SAINTS.
hands stretched out towards heaven.
monk having
He
he was being
immediately began to chant the psalms and hymns ordained by Christian tradition, while he wrapped the body in the cloak of Athanasius. He had no spade to dig a grave, but two lions came racing from the desert, as though to attend the burying, and scratched a hole big enough to hold
a man s body, with their paws, show ing meanwhile such signs of grief as When they their nature alloweth. were gone away, Anthony put the holy body in this hole, covered it with earth, and arranged it like a Christian s He took away for himself grave.
Paul
s tunic,
which he had woven out
of the palm-leaves somewhat after the manner of basket-work, and this tunic Anthony was in the habit of wearing
on the great days of the Passover and Pentecost as long as he lived.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Matth.
xi.
25, with the
The 545.) Third is either omitted or read as one with the Second, in order to make room for
Homily of St Austin,
(p.
Ninth Lesson.
TV/TAURUS was born of Roman family, and
a
He was sent dragged to the shore. by St Benedict into France, where he founded the celebrated monastery [of Glanfeuil,
now
called St Maur-sur-
which he governed for forty He was a zealous and success ful propagator of monastic discipline. He passed to heaven, famous for holi ness and miracles, when he was more Loire,] years.
than seventy years of year of Salvation 565.
in
age,
the
LAUDS.
A Commemoration Maurus. Antiphon.
made of St
is "
I
will
liken
Verse. "The Lord loved him, &c." A?iswer. "He clothed him, &c." him, &c." Prayer. "O Lord, we beseech Thee that the prayers, &c." &H as tf. from First (P545)
Vespers.
Note. This Commemoration does not change even if the Feast of S be suppressed.
noble
while
MARTYROLOGY.
he
was yet a child was offered to God by his father Eutychius, in the order and under the personal teaching of In a short while he St Benedict. 1
made such
swept away by the the holy Patriarch called current, Maurus and bade him run to the rescue, which he did, walking on the water till he reached Placid, whom he took by the hair of the head and
Paul
(For St Maurus, Abbat.}
where
fallen into a lake
progress in the life of grace a wonder to his
Upon
the i6th day of January, were
born into the better
life
At Rome, upon the Salarian Way, the holy martyr Pope Marcellus [I.],
who
for his confession of the Catholic
him up
to
pattern
of
was first cudgelled by order of the tyrant Maxentius and then sent to take care of the beasts which were
observance and all virtues. While he was yet very young, Pope St Gregory telleth a wonderful in
fed at the public cost, in the which service he died, clad in sack-cloth, [in the year 309-310.]
that
he became
master, who often held his other disciples as a regular
stance of his obedience. 1
St
At Morocco,
in Africa, [in the
children was permitted by St Benedict, but was dedicated at twelve years of age, in the year 522.
This custom of offering
Maurus
Placid the
faith
little
is
now
year
forbidden.
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. 1220,] the holy martyrs
Berard [de
SECOND NOCTURN.
Carbis], Peter, Accursius, Adjutus, and Otho, of the Order of Friars Minors.
At
Aries, [in the year 429,] the holy Confessor Honoratus, Bishop of that
whose
see, his
by
life
was rendered famous
teaching and miracles. At Moerzo, theholy Confessor Titian,
Bishop of that
At Al-Arish,
see.
ships for the Catholic faith
s
at length fell asleep in peace. At Fondi, in Campania,
sake, but
Marcellus was a Roman, and held the supreme Pontificate
from [the year of our Lord 3O4, 1
[in
the
sixth century,] the holy Abbat Honora [who was set over the monastery
of Fondi ;] of whom mention is made by blessed Pope Gregory. In the monastery of Perouse, the holy Confessor Fursey, [Abbat of
year 650.]
his persuasion that the lady Lucina left the whole of property to the Church of God.
Roman her
As
the believers
tuted
new
their
the
Hymn
is -altered.
and
for
the
verted to Christianity, and for the burial of the martyrs. These proceed ings excited the wrath of Maxentius,
who threatened Marcellus with the heaviest punishment, unless he would lay down the Popedom and sacrifice idols.
Fifth Lesson. ^"PHE
Vespers the first verse of
convenience,
baptism and penance of heathens con
to
service of the martyrs.
increased, he insti the City, which he
titles in
divided after the manner of dioceses
At Rome, holy Priscilla, who gave up herself and all that she had to the
At Second
in]
the reign of Constantius and Galerius, till It [310, in] that of Maxentius.
for
tus,
in the
Fourth Lesson. "PHIS
was through
in
Egypt, holy Melas, Bishop of that see, [in the fifth cen tury,] who was exiled under the Em peror Valens and suffered other hard
Lagny,
685
servant of
contempt the
God mad
treated
with
cries of this
man, who accordingly took him and him to a menagerie, to take care of the beasts which were fed at the Marcellus remained at public cost. this place for nine months, which he spent in continual fasting and prayer, sent
Commemoration of the following, from the Common Office, with Prayer from Lauds.
JANUARY
St
fttarcellug,
16.
f ope
antr
JHartjm Semi-double.
All from the Common Office for One Martyr, except what is otherwise given here.
and, as he could not visit the parishes in person, he wrote letters to them. Some clerks rescued him, and the blessed Lucina hospitably received him into her house, in
which he dedicated a called St Marcel Here the Christians met to pray,
Church, which lus
.
and
the
Lessons from Scripture according to the Season. 1
now
blessed
I.
himself
Sixth Lesson.
PHESE
proceedings came
to the
knowledge of Maxentius, who thereupon had the wild beasts brought from the menagerie and located in the
Alban Butler says rather 308, as Marcellus did not actually enter
VOL.
Marcellus
preached.
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
is
into occupation.
Z
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
686
church, where Marcellus was made to The noisomeness of the feed them. his occupa place and the filthiness of tion broke down a constitution already
enfeebled by many ailments, and he asleep in the Lord.
fell
The
blessed
Lucina buried his body in the cemetery of Priscilla, on the Salarian Way, on He sat on the the 1 6th of January. throne of Peter for five years, one
He month, and twenty-five days. wrote an epistle to the Bishops of the Patriarchate of Antioch on the primacy of the Roman Church, wherein he proveth the right of the same Church of all the called the head to be In this letter he likewise Churches. saith that no Council can be lawfully
by the except together He Pontiff. Roman the of authority ordained at Rome in the month of
gathered
twenty -five Priests, two twenty - one Bishops
December Deacons,
and
for divers
Sees.
THIRD NOCTURN. from Matth. xvi. 24, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 494-)
Lessons the
O
Thou hast prevented him, 49-)
Lord,
Prayer throughout the
Office.
we pray Thee, f~\ LORD,
mercifully prayers of Thy people who rejoice at the memory of the victory through suffering of Thy
V^r
give ear unto
the
blessed Martyr and Bishop Marcellus, and for his sake succour us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one Amen. world without end.
In the Thebaid, [in the year 356,] holy Abbat Anthony, father of
the
very illustrious for his
many monks,
Holy Athanasius
and miracles.
life
hath chronicled his acts in a famous His sacred body was found by book. the revelation of God in the time of
Emperor Justinian and brought to Alexandria, where it is buried in the Church of St John the Baptist. At Langres, the holy triplets Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus, who were crowned with martyrdom in the time of the Emperor Marcus Aurel-
the
with
along
ius,
their
grandmother
Leonilla.
At
Rome
is
commemorated
Deacon, and their Companions, who were keeping the feasts of the mar
Catacombs
tyrs in the
Upon the I7th day of January, were born into the better life
time of
in the
holy Pope Stephen, [in the year 257,] when the persecutors closed up the entrance of the Catacomb and buried it as martyrs. up, so that they also died
On
the
also born
same day were
into the better
At Bourges,
life
[in the
year 644,] holy see,
sur-
and famous rendered are death precious by glorious miracles. In the monastery of St Andrew at Rome, [in the sixth century,] the
monks
blessed
and John, of
life
Merulus,
Anthony,
whom
writeth holy
Pope
Gregory. Vespers of the following.
JANUARY
17
St ant&ong,
God,
MARTYROLOGY.
the find
mar ing of the bodies of the holy the Marian the Diodorus Priest, tyrs
that Sulpicius, Bishop of named the Pious, whose
Eighth Responsory. &c., (p.
SAINTS.
Double.
All from
the
Common
bats, (p. 545,) except
given
here.
Ab-
Office for is otherwise
what
.
.
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. Prayer throughout
we
Lord,
beseech
the
Office.
O
that
the
Thee,
prayers, &c.
At First Vespers a Commemoration made of St Marcellus, with Prayer
is
as above.
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according
to
the Season.
687
and continual study of the Holy had such a loathing and conversation of heretics and schismatics, especially ance,
He Scriptures. of the company
he used to say that a ought as far as pos sible never to come near any such. He took the sleep which was needful for the body lying on the ground. that
Arians,
faithful Christian
Such was his devotion to fasting, that he took nothing with his bread but salt, and drank only water he never ate or drank before sunset he often abstained from food altogether for two days at a time and very often passed whole nights in prayer. so ;
;
SECOND NOCTURN.
;
Being
Fourth Lesson.
was an Egyptian, ANTHONY child of noble and Christian
whom he On one young. rents,
the
pa
while yet very occasion he entered lost
a Church, and heard these words of the Gospel, (Matth. xix. If thou 21,) wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou He took hast, and give to the poor." these words as if they were addressed "
to himself personally, obedience which he
for this
valiant a soldier of God, attacked by the devil
every
by the
He
therefore
sold
his
whole
possessions, and gave the price to the poor. Being thus delivered from
worldly entanglements, he set himself on earth the life of an angel.
to lead
Finding himself, as
it
were, about to
enter the field of battle against Satan, it wisest to add to the shield of faith, which he already pos
he thought
all the rest of the armour of God, wherefore he observed all those who were eminent for any grace, and strove to copy them.
sessed,
E
was excelled by none in watch and self-restraint. He
fulness
surpassed ness,
all
evil
in long-suffering,
one.
n~*HEN
he betook himself into the
vast deserts
of Africa that
lie
near Egypt. Day by day he advanced on the path to perfection. Day by day the attacks of the fiends became more violent, but day by day his strength grew greater to strive against them. At length he came to mock at the powerlessness of the devils, against
whom
he stirred up his disciples to
teaching them with what arms to combat. Believe me, my breth used to say, Satan is afraid ren," he of good men s watchings, and fight,
"
"
prayers,
and
and voluntary poverty, and mercifulness, and lowliness, but above fasts,
of their warm love for Christ our Lord, the mere sign of Whose most holy Cross is enough to undo him and all,
Fifth Lesson. "LJT
divers
but
Sixth Lesson.
word of the Lord Christ should meet with.
with
he overcame them all by Neverthe prayer and fasting. these frequent triumphs over less, Satan did not lull Anthony into security, for he was well aware of the numberless arts of assault possessed temptations,
was the
thought
Anthony was
meek
tenderness, lowliness, persever
He became such put him to flight." an object of dread to the devils, that many persons throughout Egypt who
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
688
were tormented by them, were deliv ered by calling on his name more over the fame of his holiness was so spread abroad, that Constant) ne the Great and his sons wrote to him to :
commend
themselves to his prayers. In the hundred and fifth year of his age, and the fulness of his reputation for piety and miracles, having roused
up great numbers to follow his example, he gathered his monks around him, and when he had exhorted them to strive after Christian perfection, he passed to heaven on the 1 7th day of January, [in the year of our Lord
SAINTS.
Goths, and while
in
still
exile
gave
God.
his soul to
up
There also, [in the year 593,] the holy hermit [of Tourance,] Leobard, who was a bright light of self-denial
and
lowliness.
Brittany, holy Deicola, Abbat [of Lure,] [in the year 625,] a disciple
In
of blessed Columbanus.
At Como,
the year
[in
the
581,]
holy virgin Liberata. Vespers of the following.
JANUARY
18.
356.]
St Peter
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 538.)
MARTYROLOGY.
first
sat at
same
Prisca,
who
after suffering
many
tor
Eome.
FIRST VESPERS.
Hymn.
1
ments was crowned with martyrdom under the Emperor Claudius. In Pontus, the holy soldiers Moseus and Ammonius, who were first con demned to penal servitude in the mines and then burnt, [under the Emperor
at
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is otherwise given here.
Rome.
8th day of January, were born into the better life At Rome, the holy Virgin and martyr the
Upon
See
Greater Double.
On the morrow we keep the Feast of the See of the holy Apostle Peter wherein he
s
DETER,
whatever
1
thou
shall
on
bind
earth,
The same
is
bound above
the starry sky
;
What
here thy delegated power doth loose, Is loosed in heaven s supremest court on
high:
To Judgment world
s
end
shall is
thou come when the
nigh.
Praise to the Father ihrough all ages be The same to Thee, O Co-eternal Son
!
!
Decius.]
Likewise
Pontus, [probably in the year 196,] the holy martyr Athenogenes the Old, called the Theo in
when he was about to suffer martyrdom by fire, joyfully sang an hymn, which also he left unto his
And Holy Ghost, One Glorious Trinity To Whom all majesty and mighl belong !
:
So sing we now, and such be our elernal
Amen.
song.
logian, who,
disciples in writing.
At Tours, in Gaul, [in the year 498,] holy Volusian, Bishop of that see, who was taken prisoner by the i
tion
Thou
Verse.
Answer. build
My
Part of the mediaeval hymn Felix per omnes, &c., by the Rev. E. Caswall.
much
this
rock
I
will
Church.
Antiphon at Virgin.
art Peter.
And upon the
Thou altered
Song of the Blessed
art the ;
shepherd of the
author unknown
;
transla
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. sheep, and the Prince of the Apostles, and unto thee are given the keys of the
689
foreknowledge of
God
the Father, unto
Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling of the Blood of JESUS Christ: Grace unto you, and Blessed be God peace, be multiplied. and the Father of our Lord JESUS
the sanctification of the
kingdom of heaven.
Prayer and Commemoration of St Paulfrom Lauds; then a Commemora tion of St Anthony, and lastly of St Prisca, Virgin and Martyr, from the Common Officefor Virgin s and Martyrs,
Christ, Which, according to His abun dant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of JESUS Christ from the dead, to an
with the following.
inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the
Prayer.
we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, unto all Thy ser vants who do here keep the birthday of Thy blessed Virgin and Martyr Prisca, and do year by year rejoice at her solemn commemoration, that they may have grace to follow after the /"^RANT,
power of God through faith unto sal vation ready to be revealed in the last
^^
time.
First Responsory.
Simon out
pattern of her great faith. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
of
Peter, before I called thee the ship, I knew thee, and
appointed thee for a captain over My And I have given unto thee people. the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatsoever thou shalt bind Verse.
on earth, shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on
;
MATTINS.
Thou
be loosed in heaven. Answer. And I have given unto thee
earth, shall
art the
Shepherd Invitatory. of the sheep, and the Prince of the * and unto thee hath God Apostles given the keys of the kingdom of
kingdom of heaven.
the keys of the
:
Second Lesson.
heaven.
VXTHEREIN
Hymn from
First Vespers.
ye
now
though
greatly rejoice, a season, if
for
need be, ye are FIRST NOCTURN.
;
First Lesson.
Here beginneth the the
*
First Epistle of
Blessed Apostle Peter
in heaviness, through that the trial manifold temptations of your faith, being much more pre cious than gold (which is tried with and fire,) may be found unto praise,
glory, (i.
i.)
OETER,
an Apostle of JESUS Christ, through out Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect, according to the to the strangers scattered
JESUS
and honour Christ
:
at the
Whom, in Whom,
appearing of having not
though seen, ye love ye see Him not, yet ye believe ;
now ;
and
believing, rejoice, with joy unspeakable and full of glory receiving the end ;
fixed with cer before the martyrdom assigns it to the eleventh year of Nero." (If so, three years of the Apostle.) "The common opinion is that it was written from Rome, which is understood but the critic to have been designated by the name of Babylon (v. 13) as in the Apocalypse in Asia." just mentioned .... supposes that it was written from Babylon i
Abp. Kenricksays:
tainty.
"The
period when
this letter
was written cannot be
Hug
;
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
690 of your faith, your souls.
even the salvation
Simon
the keys of the
if
Peter,
is taken from the Sermons of Pope St Leo [the Great.] (First Sermon on the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, before the middle. )
2 If I should die with Thee, not deny Thee.
Verse.
Answer.
Thy
1
will
down my
lay
life
the twelve holy Apostles the Holy
sake.
had received from Ghost the power they
Third Lesson. which salvation, the Prophets searched have inquired and
who prophesied of the diligently, grace that should come unto you, searching what or what time the Which was in them when It testified before
Spirit of Christ
did signify,
hand the sufferings of Christ, and the Unto whom glory that should follow. it was revealed that, not unto them selves, but unto you, they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you, with the Holy
down from heaven, on
Ghost sent
Whom
the angels desire to look.
to
the
speak all languages, whole world into
which they severally allotted Gospel Then was Peter, the Prince labours. to themselves as fields for their
of the Apostles, city
Thou
and upon this rock Church, and the gates
art Peter,
My
of hell shall
not prevail against it. give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. I
will
Verse. Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on ;
And
unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 1
John
I
;
xiii.
the capital that he
Rome
When Rome
in
had
what people that did not
learnt,
learn too
?
?
Fourth Responsory.
Thou art the Shepherd of the sheep, and the Prince of the Apostles, and hath
God
given all the Therefore unto thee hath He given the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Verse. Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Answer. Therefore unto thee hath He given the keys of the kingdom of heaven. thee
;
Fifth Lesson.
will give
xxi. 16
to
resentative
earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
Answer.
sent
Roman Empire,
might cause the light to shine thence throughout the whole body of the civilized nations. At that time what nation was there that had no rep
unto
will build
of the
kingdoms of the world.
Third Responsory.
And
divided
districts,
C\ ^-^
I
unto thee
The Lesson
:
for
will give
Fourth Lesson.
thou lovest Me,
My sheep. Lord, Thou knowest I will lay down my that I love Thee life for Thy sake. will
I
kingdom of heaven.
SECOND NOCTURN.
feed
I
And
Answer.
of
Second Responsory. 1
SAINTS.
37.
T
N Rome
were the dreams of an unphilosophy to be de in Rome were the empty
believing stroyed,
69 I
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. utterances of earthly
wisdom
to
Rome was idolatry to in Rome profanity to
confuted, in
overcome, put down, even
be be be
Rome, where the superstition had gathered in
of together from the whole earth every O most error which it could find. blessed Apostle Peter this was the city to which thou didst not shrink to activity
Sixth Responsory.
Me
? Lord, Thou Peter, lovest thou Feed I love Thee.
My
knowest that sheep.
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest
Verse.
thou
Me
more than these
Thou knowest
that
I
?
Lord,
love Thee.
!
The Apostle Paul, thy com come. rade in glory, was yet occupied in founding the Churches, and thou didst alone
enter
into
My
Glory be
Verse.
and
and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Feed My sheep.
of wild
that forest
THIRD NOCTURN.
;
upon the waters
to
come
to JESUS.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the
is
Gospel according
I
Peter,
that
thy
thou
art
have prayed
faith
fail
converted,
not
;
Holy
Matthew
to
(xvi.
130
Fifth Responsory, 1
sheep.
to the Father,
to the Son,
thou didst roaring furiously commit thyself to that stormy ocean, more boldly than when thou walkest
beasts
Feed
Answer.
for
thee,
and when
strengthen
thy
brethren.
Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father Which is in heaven. Answer. And when thou art con Verse.
A T
^^
that time
:
He
asked His
into the
disciples, saying
do men say that
am
JESUS came
coasts of Cassarea Philippi,
?
And
I,
the
and
Who
:
Son of Man,
so on.
Homily by St Hilary, Bishop [of (Commentary on Matthew
Poitiers.] xvi.)
verted, strengthen thy brethren.
The Lord asketh His
disciples
who
say that He is, and He addeth, He, the Son of Man." Let us ever remember to hold fast this truth of our profession, namely, that the Son
men
Sixth Lesson.
"
H^HOU
hadst already taught them circumcision who were thou hadst founded the converted Church of Antioch, the first that bore the noble name of Christian; thou of the ;
hadst published the law of the Gospel throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappaand thou docia, Asia, and Bithynia didst not fear for the hardness of thy work, nor turn back because of ;
thine
old
age,
but
didst boldly set
up the trophy of the cross of Christ upon those Roman walls, where the Providence of God had appointed the the throne of thine honour, and
of God is the Son Were He one and not
1
Luke
Man
also.
the other, then
The were He no Saviour for us. Lord then, having heard the various But Who opinions of men, asketh, "
say ye that
I
am
?
And Simon
Peter
Thou art the answered and said Christ, the Son of the living God." Peter had weighed the questions. The Lord had asked, Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" That He was Son of Man was suffi :
"
ciently evident to all
His
glorious -scene of thy passion.
of
xxii. 32.
Body.
who looked upon
But when
He
spake of
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692
Who do and asked, ? He showed that the mind had something to grasp be yond That Which was seen, for Son What of Man He was manifestly. them to wish did He give ? judgment I think it was not that which He had That owned concerning Himself. something more, which He wished them to own, was a hidden thing, whereunto the faith of them that be lieved in Him was to reach. His whole
"
Self,
ye say that
am
I
"
Seventh Responsory.
JESUS asked His disciples, saying do men say that I, the Son of Man, am ? Peter answered, and said Thou art the Christ, the Son of the And I say unto thee, living God. that thou art Peter, and upon this
SAINTS.
recognised the Eternal Son of God who was the first thought worthy to ;
acknowledge the Divinity of Christ. (Here,
thou
the
necessary, bless
if
Lesson
is
O
God
divided.}
Peter, thee, uttering for the first time
who by
of Divine honour, didst lay the goodly foundation of the Church God bless thee, thou worthy rock whereon she is built, for ever trium over the infernal powers, the
the
title
!
phant
death gates of hell, and the bands of God bless thee, happy door-keeper of heaven, to whose keeping are given the keys of the everlasting mansions, whose sentences on earth are already !
:
Who
:
rock
I
will build
Verse.
My
Blessed
so that what confirmed in heaven soever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Church. art
thou,
Simon
Eighth Responsory.
Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father Which is in heaven. Answer. And I say unto thee, that
priest unto Himself, to
thou art Peter, and upon this rock will build My Church.
giving,
where
which follows
is
the sacrifice of praise. 1 Offer unto God Verse.
up unto thanks
and pay thy vows unto the
Most High. Answer.
The
sacrifice of praise.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse. to the Son,
and
Answer.
to the
The
Holy Ghost.
sacrifice of praise.
divided into two, at
Ninth Lesson.
the place marked.
For St Eighth Lesson.
OETER S
thee for a
offer
Him
I
Sometimes, as, for this or St Prisca is the Patronal Feast, a Ninth Lesson of this Homily is re quired, and in that case the Lesson instance,
The Lord hath chosen
was followed by a proper reward for having seen the Son of God in the Son of Man. Blessed is this holy Apostle, in whose praise it is said that he saw with more than human eyes That Which was unseen, who gazed upon Flesh and Blood, and by the secret revelation of the Heavenly Father confession
1
Prisca, Virgin
A was a p RISC maiden, who
at
of age was before the his
and Martyr.
noble
Roman
thirteen
years
accused of Christianity Claudius. By she was taken to the
Emperor
command
temple of Apollo to
sacrifice
there,
and when she refused, was buffeted and sent to prison. She was taken out still
Ps. xlix. 14.
from thence again, but as she held steadfastly to the faith, they
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. flogged
upon
poured boiling tallow and sent her back a second She was at last thrown to a
time.
Prayer throughout the
her,
her,
lion in the amphitheatre, but it quietly She was starved lay down at her feet. for three
days in a slaves prison house, then tortured upon the rack. Pieces of flesh were next torn from her body with iron hooks, and she was thrown on a burning pile. She
and
marvellously still remained alive, and was accordingly beheaded outside the Thus she added the crown of city. martyrdom to the palm of virginity. The Christians buried her body at the tenth milestone on the road from Rome to Ostia on the eighteenth of January. 1
693
hast given unto Thy Blessed Apostle Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and the power to bind and to loose, loose us,
we beseech Thee,
at his
tercession, from all the sins.
God
Who
livest
the Father,
mighty in bands of our
and reignest with in
the unity of the
Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
Then the following Commemoration of St Paul.
O Holy Apostle Paul, Antiphon. Preacher of the truth, and Teacher of the Gentiles, pray hath chosen thee.
LAUDS.
Office.
C\ GOD, Who
for us to
God
Who
O Holy Apostle Paul, thou chosen vessel unto God.
Verse.
art a
Hymn.^ blest
pETER,
Shepherd
hearken
!
to
our
cry,
And Thou
a
with
chain
unloose
Prayer. hast power to ope the gates on
high
To men
below, and power to shut them
fast again.
Praise,
Gospel
our guilty
;
who
!
word
Answer. To preach the throughout the whole world.
blessing,
majesty,
through endless
days, Be to the Trinity immortal given
;
Who
in pure Unity profoundly sways Eternally alike all things in earth
and
Amen.
heaven.
S~\
Who, through ^^ GOD, ing of the Blessed
the preachApostle Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world, grant, we beseech Thee, that we, who do keep his memorial, may continually be holpen by his intercession with Thee.
Then a Commemoration is made of St Prisca m Vespers.} ( Prayer fro .
3
Verse.
Let them
exalt
Him
in
the congregation of the people.
Answer.
And
assembly of the
praise
Him
MARTYROLOGY. in
the
elders.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Thus saith the Lord unto Simon Peter Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on :
;
earth shall be loosed in heaven. 1
About A.D.
2
A
part,
fifth
I.
year 1095,] the holy Confessor Wol-
Bishop of that see, famous for his worthy and wondrous works, whose name was enrolled among those of the saints by Innocent III.
stan,
275. altered, of the hymn Aurea Luce, composed probably near the end of the translation by first wife of the learned Boethius, minister of Theodoric 3 Ps. cvi. 32.
much
century by Elpis, the Rev. E. Caswall.
VOL.
Upon the iQth day of January, were born into the better life At Worcester, in England, [in the
;
Z 2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
694 At Rome,
[in the
the Cornelian
Way,
SECOND VESPERS.
year 270,] upon the holy martyrs
Hymn from
Maris, and Martha, his wife, and their These sons Audifax and Abachum. were noble Persians, who came to Rome for prayer s sake in the time of the
Emperor
At length Martha was drowned and the others beheaded, and their bodies cast into the fire. At Smyrna, in the time of the Antoninus
Marcus
and
blessed martyr Germanicus he was a very beautiful s youth, but by the power of God grace he laid aside all the weakness of bodily
Lucius
the
Aurelius, ;
his own accord provoked by which he had been condemned by the judge to be killed and so being ground through its teeth, and so dying for the Lord Jesus
fear,
and of
the
beast
The Lord hath chosen thee a Priest unto Himself. Answer. To offer up unto Him
the sacrifice of praise. Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Being made the Chief Bishop, Virgin.
with iron gelled, racked, burnt, torn hooks, and had their hands cut off.
Emperors
First Vespers.
Verse.
for
They were cud
Claudius.
SAINTS.
&c., (P. 526.)
Prayer and Commemoration of St
Paul
as before; then of the following, Prayer from his Office ; then of St Maris and his Companions, Martyrs.
Antiphon and Verse and Answer
from
the First Vespers of the
Office for
Many
Martyrs,
(p.
Common 498.)
Prayer.
;
/^RACIOUSLY
^
prayers of
hear,
Thy
O
Lord, the
people
who draw
be made one Himself the is who Him with body very Bread which came down from
near unto Thee under the protection of Thy blessed Saints, granting us in this world Thy peace, and in that
heaven.
which
he
Christ,
earned
In Africa,
Gerontius,
Successus,
to
the holy martyrs Paul, Saturninus, Januarius,
Julius,
to the
and number
time
of the
Catus,
Germana, [and others
Pia,
to come life is Through our Lord JESUS
Son,
Who
everlasting.
Christ
Thy
and reigneth with the unity of the Holy Ghost, liveth
Thee, in one God, world without end.
Amen.
in all of 600.]
At Spoleto, in Emperor Antonine, Pontian.
Fabian,
the
the holy martyr the judge, caused
most grievously beaten with rods and then to walk barefoot upon live coals by these he was un and was therefore racked, hurt, lacerated with iron hooks, and cast into prison, where he was comforted by a visitation of angels. Lastly he was thrown to the lions, had molten lead poured over him, and was then beheaded. At Lodi, [about the year 413,] the holy Confessor Bassian, Bishop of that
him
to
be
first
JANUARY
St SSolstan, Btsijop
[of
BHor*
cester,] Confessor.
;
who fought manfully along with holy Ambrose against the heretics.
19.
Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except the following.
Prayer throughout.
(
Taken from the
Salisbury Missal.}
T)OUR
into our hearts,
Spirit of
see,
ing
Thy
holpen by the
O
Lord, the
that we, be prayers of Thy
love,
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. blessed Confessor and Bishop Wolstan, may worthily taste Thy sweetness in blessedness. everlasting Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Same Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
MATTINS.
695
to dark, confirming the children who were broug ht to him from all quarters,
number of two or three thousand a time. The gentleness and the tender love of souls which he displayed to the at
hearing confessions were so great, him from wellnigh all England, and converted sinners under his warnings brought in
that penitents flowed to
forth fruits
meet
for repentance.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according
Sixth Lesson. to
TTIS
the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN.
watchfulness for the salvation of others did not cause him
He said Mass neglect his own. was constant in prayer, never ate meat, and served God in abundant The lowlier almsgiving to the poor. to
often,
Fourth Lesson. (From the Life by William of Malmesbitry. Anglia Sacra,
ii.
241.)
*T*HIS Wolstan gained for
He
priest.
while
holiness
a great fame he was a
afterwards became a monk and in a short while
at Worcester,
was set to govern that Church. As regarded earthly learning he was al most entirely uneducated, and gave As himself up wholly to ghostly lore. an English speaker he was deemed very eloquent, and it is a remarkable proof of
this, that,
by constant preach
ing, he brought the citizens of Bristol to their right minds, after both the
Royal and the failed to
famous
Papal authority had give up their in
make them
slave-trade.
Fifth Lesson.
A
S a Bishop, he was unwearied in doing the work of the Good He made constant visita Shepherd. tions throughout his Diocese, held Churches, Ordinations, consecrated rebuked sinners, and both by word
he was regarding himself, the more did others speak of him, and not only
Englishmen and Normans, but foreign Kings and Princes also, commended
He died themselves to his prayers. very old, in the year of our Lord 1095, and is buried in his own Church at Worcester. THIRD NOCTURN.
from Matth. xxiv. 42, with Homily of St Hilary, (p. 527.)
Lesson the
The
last is omitted or
read with the
Eighth, to make room for that of SS. Marts, &c. At Lands, Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs. Vespers arc of SS. Fabian and Se bastian,
from
the
Chapter,
inclusive,
with a Commemoration of St Wolstan.
"^
and ensample, stirred up the souls committed to his charge to yearn after life eternal. It often was so that he remained without food from sunrise
Ninth Lesson. (For St Marts, and his Companions, Martyrs. )
A/TARIS was ^
the
with his wife
a
Persian
of
high
came to Rome in Emperor Claudius, Martha, who was equally
rank, who reign of the
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
696 and
noble,
their to
Abachum,
two sons Audifax and
pray at the graves of the
Here they comforted the in prison, and
Martyrs. Christians
who were
whom
they relieved by their ministra and alms, and buried the bodies For these acts they of the Saints. were all arrested, but no threats or terrors could move them to sacrifice idols. to They were accordingly with clubs, and drawn with mangled ropes, after which they were burnt by tions
applying plates of red-hot metal to their
bodies, and
flesh
their
partly
metal hooks. Lastly their hands were all cut off, and they were fastened together by the neck, which state they were driven in off with
torn
through the city to the thirteenth mile-stone on the Cornelian Way, a place now called Santa Ninfa, where Martha addressed they were to die. a moving exhortation to her husband and sons to hold out bravely to the love of JESUS Christ last, for the ;
holy martyr Sebastian, commander of the first cohort under the Emperor Diocletian. Being convicted of Christ ianity, he was tied up in the midst of a field and shot at by the soldiers, but in the end he was beaten to death
with cudgels.
At Nice,
three martyrs were next be headed in the same sand-pit. Their The bodies were thrown into a fire. lady Felicity of Rome collected the
much
farm. 1
Prayer throughout the
of
St
Marts and
Prayer as
his
faith
he was
Abbat [near Jerusalem,] who flour ished in the Church in the time of the
filled
Emperor Marcian,
for catholic discipline,
with zeal
and marked by
the power of working miracles.
Vespers are the First of the follow ing
from
the Chapter inclusive.
JANUARY
20.
S&* JWbtan anU Sebastian, as at
Office
a Commemoration
and
of professed at length beheaded. At Ctesena, [in the tenth century,] holy Maurus, Bishop of that see, famous for graces and miracles. In Palestine, [in the year 473,] holy Euthymius, [surnamed the Great,] Christ,
Vespers.
At Lauds
unhurt
the
and caused them
own
remained
he
as
constantly
other
half-burnt remains, to be buried at her
in Bithynia, [in the fourth
century,] the holy martyr Neophitus, who in the fifteenth year of his age was flogged, cast into a furnace, and thrown to wild beasts, and for as
The
and was then herself drowned.
SAINTS.
is
Double.
made
Companions.
All from the Common Office for Martyrs, except what is other wise given here.
Many
before.
MARTYROLOGY. the 2oth day of January, were born into the better life At Rome, the holy Pope Fabian, who suffered in the time of the
Prayer throughout.
Upon
Em
peror Decius, and was buried
cemetery of
There
in
the
ERCIFULLY consider O
V*
Catacombs, the 1
our weak-
God,
Almighty ness, whereas by the burden of our are sore let
of
A.D. 270.
Thy
and
sins
and hindered, grant
we
that
relieved by the prayers blessed and glorious Martyrs
we may be
Callistus.
also, at the
TV/I"
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. Fabian and Sebastian. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
Amen.
world without end.
First Vespers, as regards SS. Fabian Sebastian, begin with the Chapter.
and
A
Commemoration
Wolstan.
is
made of St
Prayer from his
Office.
of the
Emperor
account
of his
the others both by good offices and money. When some showed signs of yielding under persecution, he so suc
exhorted
cessfully
FIRST NOCTURN.
The Lessons are taken from Scrip ture according to the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Christ
known
N
was a Roman, and sat as Pope from [the year of our Lord 236,
in]
Maximin
the till
of the
reign
Emperor
[250, in] that of Uecius.
He
appointed a Deacon to each of the seven districts of Rome to look after the poor.
the
He
s
them,
sake,
that,
many
for
offered
themselves to the tormentors. Among these were the brothers Mark and Marcellian who were imprisoned at Rome in the house of Nicostratus. The wife of Nicostratus himself, named Zoe, had lost her voice, but it was restored to her at the prayer of
These
Sebastian.
Fourth Lesson.
Diocletian, both on birth and his
noble
personal bravery, and was by him appointed captain of the first company He was in of the Praetorian Guards. secret a Christian, and often supported
JESUS AIATTINS.
697
to
facts
Diocletian,
he
becoming sent
for
Sebastian, and after violently rebuking him, used every means to turn him
from
faith
his
in
Christ.
But as
neither promises nor threats availed, he ordered him to be tied to a post
and shot
to death with arrows.
likewise appointed
same number of Subdeacons
to
of the Martyrs from the records kept by the seven district It was by him that it was notaries.
Sixth Lesson.
collect the acts
ordained that every Maundy Thursday the old Chrism should be burnt and
new with
He was crowned martyrdom upon the 2oth of
consecrated.
January, in the persecution of Decius, and buried in the cemetery of St Kallistus on the
Appian Way, having
sat in the throne of Peter fifteen years and four days. He held five Advent
ordinations,
twenty
-
two
in
which
Priests,
and eleven Bishops
he seven
ordained
father
of
Sebastian
was treated accordleft
then found that he was still alive, and As nursed him in her own house. soon as his health was restored, he went out to meet Diocletian, and boldly rebuked him for his wicked The Emperor was first thunder ness. struck at the sight of a man whom he believed to have been some time dead, but afterwards, frenzied with rage at thje reproaches of Sebastian, ordered him to be beaten to death with rods,
was of
under which torment the martyr yielded his blessed soul to God, [upon the 20th day of January, in the year of our Lord 288.] His body was thrown into a sewer, but he appeared in sleep
Fifth Lesson.
THE
and
for dead, but in the night the holy widow Irene sent for the body in order to bury it, and ingly,
Sees.
Deacons,
for divers
CEBASTIAN
Narbonne, and his mother a He was a great favourite Milanese.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
698
to Lucina, and made known to her where it was, and where he would have it buried. She accordingly found laid it in those Catacombs, it and over which a famous Church hath since been built, called St Sebastian s-
without-the-Walls.
THIRD NOCTURN.
from Luke
vi. 17, with the St Ambrose, (p. 511.) Homily of
Lessons
MARTYROLOGY.
Holy Augustin preached to the people upon their feast-day. At Troyes, [in Champagne,] the holy martyr Patroclus, who gained crown of martyrdom under the
city,
martyr Agnes.
Second Vespers are of the following* the Chapter i7iclusive.
from
21.
JANUARY
St
the holy Virgin and into the
She was cast
but the fire died out at her prayer, and then she was smitten with the Blessed sword, [in the year 304.]
the
Em
peror Aurelian. In the Monastery of Eu, in Gaul, the holy hermit Meinard, who was murdered by thieves, [in the year 86 1. Founder of Notre Dame des Ermites.] At Pavia, the holy Confessor Epiphanius, Bishop of that see.
Upon the 2 I st day of January, were born into the better life At Rome, under Symphronius, Pre fect of the
SAINTS.
anto
fire,
Jerome writeth concerning her. The life of Agnes hath been praised in the writings and in the tongues of all and most chiefly in the nations, She overcame not only the churches. also the weakness of her but tyrant own age, and hallowed by martyrdom the
title
of virgin.
At Athens, [in the second century,] the holy Bishop Publius, who ruled illustriously over the Church of Athens in succession to holy Denis the Areohe was famous for graces and pagite eminent for teaching, and was glori ously crowned with the martyrdom of ;
Christ.
At Tarragona, in Spain, the holy martyrs Fructuosus, Bishop of that see, and the Deacons Augurius and In [the year 259, in] the Eulogius. time of the Emperor Gallienus, they were first imprisoned and then cast
Double.
All from the and Martyr, (p.
Office
for one Virgin
567,) except
what
is
otherwise given here.
FIRST VESPERS.
Should
St Agnes Antiphons are
these Vespers be of
the beginning, the
from
taken from Lauds,
and
those
Vespers,
of Sunday
Psalm
last,
which
is
the
LORD,
all
the
Psalms are except "
cxvi.,
ye nations,
O
the
praise
&c.,"
(p.
186.)
Chapter and Prayer from Lauds.
Antiphon at
the
Song of the Blessed
The blessed Agnes stood in Virgin. the midst of the fire, and stretched forth her hands,
and prayed, saying
:
O Father Who Alone art Almighty Who Alone art to be adored Who !
!
!
Alone Alone
art
to
art
be worshipped I be feared
!
to
!
Who thank
into the fire, and when their bonds had been burnt they stretched forth their hands in the form of a cross, and
Thee because that through Thy Holy Son Thou hast delivered me from the
so in prayer finished their martyrdom.
and hast made me
threatenings
of
the to
godless
tyrant,
walk with clean
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. over the
feet
sin
slough of fleshly I come unto
filthy
and now, behold,
:
Whom
Thee
unto
Thee,
Whom I have sought, have ever desired.
loved, I
have
I
Whom
A Commemoration is made of SS. Fabian and Sebastian, Martyrs. Prayer from their
Office.
Second Responsory.
My
hand and
right
put pearls beyond price in mine ears, and hath crowned me with the bright blossoms of the eternal spring-time. He hath sealed me in my Verse. forehead, that 1 may let in no other
Him.
And
Answer.
will I First Antiphon. prey of death, for I vented by another Lover.
thee,
Ps.
i.
Blessed
is
none of
am
man, &c.,
Second Antiphon. My right hand and my neck hath He clasped with be precious stones, and put pearls yond price in mine ears.
(P-
ii.
Why
do the heathen, &c.,
40
He
Third Antiphon.
me
forehead that no other lover but Him. in
Ps.
my
hath sealed I
may
let
creased, &c.,
(p.
in
chamber. and His
If
ears.
a
me
from
ring,
in
I
shall
I
shall
I
shall
espoused me and adorned
with a necklace of great price.
clean,
if
I
Him I shall Him I shall be embrace Him I shall be If
if
I
I
love
touch
a virgin indeed.
5.)
Glory be
Verse.
Lessons
Him touch Him embrace Him
betrothal
be chaste, in
sweetly love
His
together
I
be chaste, if I be clean, if I be a virgin indeed. He hath Verse. with
en
of
instruments
sound
music
am
I
marriageHis Mother is a Virgin, Father knoweth not a
The
woman.
my
my Lover, and Him into the
is
with
Answer.
LORD, how are they
iii.
Third Responsory. Christ
40
Ps.
me
crowned
pre tering
the
hath
with the bright blossoms of the eter nal spring-time.
FIRST NOCTURN.
(P-
neck hath
my
clasped with precious stones, and
He
lover but
MATTINS.
699
Ecclus.
li.
i,
(p.
and
the
to
Son,
to
and
the
Father, the Holy
to
Ghost.
575-)
First Responsory.
Let us keep with joy and gladness the feast of this most saintly maiden, us call to mind the holy passion in her thir of the blessed Agnes teenth year she conquered, losing death and finding life, because she
Answer. be chaste, clean,
if
I
If
I
love
Him,
Him embrace Him
if
I
touch
I I
I
shall
shall shall
be be
a virgin indeed.
let
:
loved the Only Giver of Life. Reckoned but a child in Verse. this world, she understood more than
SECOND NOCTURN. The Lord hath First Antiphon. me with a vesture of wrought a necklace gold, and adorned me with clothed
of great price.
the ancients.
Answer.
Because she loved the
Only Giver of
Life.
Ps.
206.)
iv.
When
I
called,
&c.,
(p.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
7oo
I have sucked Second Antiphon. honey and milk out of His Mouth, and His Blood is red on my cheeks.
Ps.
v.
LORD,
Give ear to
my
and hath set on my head a crown as the crown of a bride.
ness,
I Third Antiphon. keep Him alone, and commit gether to Him.
Ps.
my me
He
Verse.
troth
hath
put
pearls
be
yond price in mine ears, and hath crowned me with the bright blossoms
alto
of the eternal spring-time.
O LORD,
viii.
The LORD hath clothed me with
the garments of salvation, and hath covered me with the robe of joyful-
&c., (p. 88.)
to
(P-
Fourth Responsory. 1
O
words,
SAINTS.
our Ruler,
c.,
70
Answer. And hath set on my head a crown as the crown of a bride.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book
of St Ambrose, Bishop [of Milan,] on Virgins. (Bk. i. Chap. 2.)
HP HIS
is a virgin s birthday; let us then follow the example of her It is a Martyr s birthday chastity. let us then offer sacrifices. It is the let men birthday of the holy Agnes then be filled with wonder, little ones with hope, married women with awe, and the unmarried with emulation. ;
;
But how shall ance of praise
the glory
set forth
I
of her whose very
name It
?
an utter seemeth to me is
holy beyond her strong beyond human nature, received the name of Agnes, not as an earthly designation, but as a revelation from God of what she
that
this
years,
being,
and
to be. For this name Agnes from the Greek, and being inter So that this preted, signifieth Pure.
was is
Fifth Lesson.
VXTE
to
so title
many
As many praise
her,
as
name
her,
by the noble
1
Isa.
will
play
to
the
weapons
of
the
angry
soldiery were pointed at her breast. If they
forced
her
her
will
devils,
she
against
approach the altars of
could stretch forth her hands to Christ amid the very flames which
consumed the and mark on the
She
of martyr.
the
We
found herself grasped by the bloody She was hands of the executioners. unmoved when they dragged her with clanging chains. Hardly en tered on life, she stood fully pre She quailed not pared to die.
to
fitted.
this
in
body was
give
have said enough. She needeth not the praise which we could utter, but do not. None is more praiseworthy than she for whose praise all mouths are
that
tradition
hardly big enough the instruments of their cruelty, but if they could scarce sheathe their swords in her slight frame, they found in her that which laughed the power of the sword to She had no fear when she scorn.
little
when
:
by
pass by the foul cruelty which did not spare her tender years, to con template the great power of her faith, whereby she overcame the weakness of childhood, and wit Her nessed a good confession.
maiden is known by the very of Chastity and when I have added thereto the word Martyr, I saintly
title
learn
holy martyr testified thirteenth year of her age.
l.xi.
10.
idolatrous
the
offerings,
heathen
shrine
Cross of the Lord. was ready to submit her neck
victorious
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. and hands
to the iron shackles, but they were too big to clasp her slen der limbs. Behold a strange mar She is not grown of stature tyr to fight the battle, but she is ripe for the triumph too weak to run in the race, and yet clearly entitled to the prize unable from her age to be aught but a learner, she is found a teacher. !
;
;
admiration
would
as
He
Verse,
dow me
my
red on
cheeks.
went
place of execu tion a virgin, with more willing and joyful footsteps than she would
have gone with
to the nuptial
ber as a bride.
The
in
tears,
weep.
and
she
had hardly begun
drained
taste
to
as freely as though it the dregs to
weary of
its
burden.
All
the
she had
and
a double
offer
and that of
faith. She preserved and achieved martyrdom.
her
virginity
Body and mine
are
already
joined together, and His Blood is red on my cheeks. His Mother is a virgin, and His Father knoweth
woman. I
am wedded
to the
Lord
of Angels, at Whose beauty the sun and the moon do wonder. Answer. His Mother is a virgin,
and His Father knoweth not a woman.
They beheld her with won down that life of which
laying
sweets,
cham
spectators were she alone did not
der,
This one
fear.
God
that of her purity,
not a
the
to
without
brought
Verse.
OHE
the
Sixth Responsory.
Sixth Lesson.
all
remain
His is
were
himself
the
hath shown me count and hath sworn to en
And His Blood
from which I She stood, bent her neck
hand executioner s shake, and the faces of them that stood by turn white at the sight of her position, and all the while her
therewith.
Answer.
he
though
criminal,
ing,
less treasure,
eyes
away."
prayed, and then for the stroke. Now mightest thou have seen the murderer trembling
self
I have sucked honey and milk out of His Mouth, and His Blood is red on my cheeks.
of
turn
victim
Fifth Responsory.
701
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
and
to
the
Ghost.
Answer. His Mother is a virgin, and His Father knoweth not a woman.
was
THIRD NOCTURN.
men were
amazed when they saw her whose years had not made her her own arise as a witness for the Consider how many threats her murderer used to excite her fears, how many arguments to shake her resolution, how many promises to bribe her to accept his offers of But she answered him marriage. is an insult to Him Whom I "It have wedded to expect me to comply. He That first chose me, His will I be. Headsman, why waitest thou ? Perish the body which draweth the
mistress,
First Antiphon. I keep my troth Him Alone, at Whose beauty the sun and the moon do wonder. to
Deity.
:
Ps.
&c.,
LORD, who
xiv.
(p.
shall
abide,
10.)
hath Second Antiphon. Christ crowned me with the bright and
blossoms
priceless
of
the
eternal
spring-time. Ps. xliv.
&c,
(j>.
My
heart
is
overflowing,
96.)
Third Antiphon.
I
am wedded
to
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
702
the Lord of Angels, at Whose beauty the sun and the moon do wonder. Ps.
God
xlv.
walk with clean feet through the haunts of devils.
our refuge, &c.,
is
(P- 97-)
SAINTS.
The Hymn, God,
&c.,"
"We
filthy
praise Thee,
O
is said.
Lessons
from Matth. xxv. i with Homily of Pope St Gregory (p. 571,) and the following Responsories. ,
the
LAUDS. * First Antiphon. Agnes entered of and found the place shame, Angel of the Lord ready. the
Seventh Responsory.
am wedded
I
at
the sun
do wonder. I keep alone, and commit Him.
He
my me
troth to
Him
altogether to
My right hand and my neck
Verse.
hath
Lord of Angels, and the moon
to the
Whose beauty
clasped with precious stones,
and put pearls beyond
price in
mine
ears.
Answer. I keep my troth to Him and commit me altogether to Him.
alone,
Second Antiphon.
me * an Angel
For I have with of the Lord to keep my
body.
Third Antiphon.
My
Lord JESUS
espoused me with His * and hath set on ring, my head a crown as the crown of a bride. Fourth Antiphon. I bless Thee, O Father of my Lord JESUS Christ, be cause through Thy Son the fire is quenched around me. * Fifth Antiphon. Rejoice with me and make merry, because I also have hath
Christ
received a throne in light
Eighth Responsory.
O Thou Who Alone art Almighty Who Alone art to be adored Who Alone art to be worshipped Who
among
all
these.
!
!
Chapter.
(Ecclus.
!
Alone art to be feared I bless Thee, because that through Thine Only-be gotten Son Thou hast delivered me from the threatenings of wicked men, and hast made me to walk with clean !
feet
through the
My
Verse.
heart
and
all
filthy
haunts of devils.
praise Thee, that is within me
lips
my do
long after Thee.
Answer. Because that through Thine Only-begotten Son Thou hast delivered
me
WILL
thank Thee, O Lord and King, and praise Thee, O God my Saviour. I will give praise unto Thy Name, for Thou hast been my Helper and Defender, and hast pre served my body from destruction.
T
from the threatenings of
wicked men, and hast made me to walk with clean feet through the filthy haunts of devils. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Because that through Thine Only-begotten Son Thou hast delivered me from the threatenings of wicked men, and hast made me to
Antiphon at Behold, desired
;
the
now I now I
Song of Zacharias.
see that which
I
have
possess that for which now am I united in Whom I loved with
I have hoped heaven to Him my whole heart upon earth. :
Prayer throughout.
r\ ALMIGHTY Who hast
and
everlasting
chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, mercifully grant unto us that we who keep the
God,
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. solemn
feast of
Thy
Martyr Agnes, may
blessed Virgin and feel the power of
her intercession with Thee. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, Amen. world without end.
At
the
Gaul,
holy
Diocletian.
At Novara, the holy Confessor Gaudentius, Bishop of that see, [in fifth
century.]
At Sora, [in the year 1031,] the Dominic, famous for holy Abbat
Antiphon. Agnes entered, (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
&C.,
miracles.
Chapter at the end.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 22nd day of January, were born into the better life At Valentia, in Spain, the holy Under Levite and martyr Vincent. the wicked President Dacian he suf fered imprisonment, starvation, rack ing, twisting of his limbs, red-hot
and bed of red-hot iron, and other kinds of torments, and passed away to heaven to receive there a plates,
TV/T
1V1
Caesarea, in Palestine, suffered
For I have, Antiphon. Antiphon at Lauds.}
&c., (Second
Chapter as at Lauds. SEXT.
My Lord JESUS Christ, Third Antiphon at Lauds.}
Antiphon. &c.,
(
Chapter.
^T
(Ecclus.
li.
3.)
me according multitude of the mercies Name from them that roared hast delivered
to the
at
much
8.)
TERCE.
s reward, [in the year 304.] glorious triumph of his passion hath been set forth by Prudentius in
and bonds
li.
unto death, for Thou, O Lord our God, deliverest such as wait for Thee, and savest them out of trouble.
The
noble poetry, and the blessed Augustine and the holy Pope Leo have praised him in the highest language. In Persia, 1 the holy monk Anastasius, who, after enduring many torments of
(Ecclus.
soul shall praise the Lord, even
martyr
stripes,
in
Embrun,
martyrs Vincent, Orontius, and Victor> who were crowned with martyrdom in the persecution under the Emperor
the
PRIME.
imprisonment,
703
of
Thy
again
under Chosroes, King of the Persians, and was at length beheaded, when he had sent before him seventy
against me, and that were ready to devour me, out of the hands of such as sought after my life, and from the
companions who suffered martyrdom by drowning, [in the year 628.] His head and his venerable image 2 were afterwards brought to Rome, and the acts of the Second Council of Nice bear witness that at the sight of them devils fly and diseases are healed.
gates
of trouble that were open
all
around me.
NONE. *
Rejoice with me, (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Antiphon.
&c.,.
that is, at the monastery called after at the Aqua Salvia from the statement of the Lessons that he suffered among his own countrymen, and that the word natalis, or birthday, is therefore here only to be under stood in the sense of holiday keeping, and the translator has thought it better to preserve it in its usual meaning by giving the name of the place of death. 1
The Martyrology
him and
2
An
St Vincent,
saith at
but
icon, or painting
Rome,
it is
clear
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
;o 4
SAINTS.
SECOND VESPERS.
MATTINS.
Antiphons and Chapter from Lauds. Psalms as on Sundays, except the Praise last, which is Psalm cxlvii.,
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according
"
the
LORD,
O
Jerusalem,
Antiphon at
the
&c.,"
(p. 203.)
Song of the Blessed Agnes stood
SECOND NOCTURN.
The blessed Virgin. in the midst of the fire,
and stretched hands unto the Lord, and O Thou Who Alone prayed, saying Who Alone art to be art Almighty adored Who Alone art to be wor shipped Who Alone art to be feared I bless Thee, and glorify Thy Name for ever and ever
forth her
Fourth Lesson.
WINCENT was Granada
:
turned
!
!
!
!
!
A
Commemoration
is
made of
the
following, by the Antiphon, Verse and Answer from the First Vespers of the
Common and
the
for following Office
Many
Martyrs,
early
sacred
O Lord, be open unto our prayers, and whereas we do feel ourselves burdened by the guilt of our sins, do Thou merciful ears,
graciously relieve us at the petition of Thy blessed Martyrs, Vincent and
Through our Lord JESUS Thy Son, Who liveth and
Anastasius. Christ,
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
born
Huesca in He was and learned
at
Spain. study,
from Valerius, Bishop He was accustomed to
owing to an impediment in his speech, was not able to preach himself. This
coming to the ears of Dacian, Prefect of the province under Diocletian and Maximian, he caused Vincent to be at Saragossa, and brought
arrested before
Prayer.
ET Thy
to
letters
of Saragossa.
in
deliver discourses for this Prelate, who,
The
T
to
the Seas 07i.
him
at
Valencia
in
bonds.
was scourged, and after wards tormented on the rack, in presence of numerous spectators, but neither torture, threats, nor fair words He was could bend his resolution. then laid on a grating over hot coals, saint
flesh mangled with iron hooks, and white-hot plates of metal applied
his
The still breathing the wounds. remains were taken back to a prison, and laid on broken potsherds, that to
the agony of his naked
body might
prevent his sleeping from exhaustion. Fifth Lesson.
JANUARY
22.
A
S he lay in his dark cell, a glorious light suddenly filled the prison, to the astonishment of all who saw it. The gaoler informed Dacian, who caused the martyr to be brought out and cared for in a soft bed, hoping that though he had failed to move him by cruelty, he might seduce him 1 But the by pretended kindness. "
jHartgrg
Ftncent
Sttastastus. Semi-double.
All from
the
Common
Office
for
Martyrs, (p. 498,) except what otherwise given here.
Many is i
In the following sentence there are in the original three puns upon the is derived from the verb vinco, I conquer ;} viz., invictus, vicit, victor.
which
name
of the Saint
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. indomitable soul of Vincent, armed with faith and hope in Christ JESUS, remained unconquered even to the end, and triumphing over the fire, the steel, and the cruelty of the tor mentors, passed away to receive the crown of martyrdom in heaven, on the 22nd day of January, His [in the year of our Lord 304.] body was thrown out unburied. A raven perched upon it and kept off with his beak, claws, and wings both the other birds and a wolf, which came to prey on it. Dacian then had it thrown into the sea, but by the will
victorious
God it was washed up again, and the Christians took and buried it.
of
Sixth Lesson.
A NASTASIUS
was a Persian monk a pilgrimage to the Holy Places at Jerusalem in the reign of the Emperor Heraclius, during
who made
which journey he endured bonds and stripes on account of his confession of Christ at [Banias, then called] Caesarea, in
Palestine.
Soon
after his
return,
he was arrested by the Persians for the same cause, and, after enduring divers torments, he and seventy other Christians were beheaded by order of King Chosroes. [He testified upon the 22nd day of January in the year of our Lord 628.] His reliques were first
carried
to
Jerusalem,
to
the
which he had made his monastery monastic profession, and afterwards to Rome, where they were laid in the monastery of Saints Vincent and in
Anastasius.
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the feast of the Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to holy Joseph. The holy Confessor Raymond of Penafuerte, of the Order of Friars
Preachers, famous for his holiness and teaching, of
made upon
(P.
5050
Prayer throtighout the day as at Commemoration the evening before.
the
whom the 7th
mention has been day of this present
month of January. Upon the same 23rd day
of January,
were born into the better life At Rome, the holy Virgin and martyr Emerentiana, who while as yet she was making her ready to be baptized, was stoned to death by the Gentiles while she was praying at the grave of her holy foster-sister Agnes. At Philippi, in Macedonia, holy Parmenas, one of the first seven Deacons. He yielded himself wholly the
to
the
grace of God, discharged
fulness
of
faith
the
office
in
of
preaching which had been laid upon him by the brethren, and obtained the glory of martyrdom under the
Emperor Trajan. At Caesarea, holy
martyrs
his wife,
Morocco, of the and Aquila,
in
Severian
who were
At Antinoe,
burnt.
Egypt, [in the fourth century,] the holy martyr Aselas, who after suffering divers torments was cast into the Nile, and rendered up in
his precious soul to God. At Ancyra, in Galatia, [in the fourth
century,] holy Clement, Bishop of that see, who had often been put to the torture, but at length achieved martyr dom in the persecution under the
There
Lessons from Luke xxi. 9, "When ye shall hear of wars, &c.," with the Homily of St Gregory upon the same,
morrow we keep
the
Emperor
THIRD NOCTURN.
705
Diocletian. likewise, [in the fourth cen
tury,] upon the same day, and under the President Lucius, the holy martyr
Agathangelus.
At Alexandria, [in the year 619,] holy John, surnamed the Almoner, Pope of that city, very famous for his pity
toward the poor.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
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At Toledo, holy Ildefonsus, Arch bishop of that city, who on account of the singular purity of his life, and the defence of the virginity of the
Mother of God against the heretics who impugned it which he took up, was first gifted by the same most Blessed Virgin with a chasuble of the white, and afterwards called
purest
away
to
heaven, famous for holiness,
[in the year 669.]
SAINTS.
And
Answer.
ruler
of
his
all
substance.
Let us pray. Prayer.
Help us, we beseech Thee O Lord, for the sake of the Husband of Thy most holy Mother, that what we cannot for ourselves obtain, Thou mayest grant us at his petition Who and reignest with God the :
In the province of Valeria, [in the sixth century,] the holy monk Marthe blessed Pope tyrius, of whom
livest
Gregory maketh mention.
Amen.
Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Then are made Commemorations of Second Vespers of} SS. Vincent
Vespers of the following.
{the
JANUARY
and Anastasius, Prayer from the even ing of Jan. 2 1 and of {the First Vespers of] St Emerentiana, all from the Common Office for a Virgin and
23.
,
Espousal of gin JHarg
tfje
Blesseti
St
to
Martyr,
(p. "
Prayer,
Greater Double.
(P-
Whatever is
taken
is
from
not specially given here the
Common
Office
for
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 552.)
567.)
Lord,
At
Hymn
carnation.
MATTINS.
Antiphons, Verse and Answer, and
Prayer from Lauds. the Blessed again of the right worthy espousal of the glorious Virgin Mary, who gained the honour of Motherhood without losing the guilelessness of a Maid.
Antiphon at
the
Let us
&c.,"
Compline the last verse of the is altered in honour of the In
FIRST VESPERS.
Virgin.
we pray Thee,
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Song of
Let us keep the BridalInvitatory. Feast of the Virgin Mary. * Let us worship Christ, her Son, and her Lord
and
ours.
tell
FIRST NOCTURN. First Lesso?i.
Here beginneth the Song of Songs, The following Commemoration of St Joseph, where permitted, is made, before any other.
(i.
[
i.)
HTHE
JBride.~\
Let him kiss
kisses of his
mouth
me
with
for better
than wine are thine embraces, redolent
Antiphon. Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the Angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto
of the best perfumes Thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do
him
the virgins love thee.
his wife.
Verse.
house.
He made him
lord
of his
!
will
run
after
thy perfume.
Draw me
thee on the
!
We
scent of
The king hath brought
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY.
me
We will We
his chambers.
into
be
will glad and rejoice in thee. think of thine embraces more than of I am upright love thee. black, but comely, O ye daughters of as the tents of Kedar, as Jerusalem, the curtains of Solomon.
The
wine.
First Responsory.
This day was the Blessed Virgin Mary betrothed of the lineage of David. The same is she through whom the salvation of the world hath been mani fested before the eyes of
This
all
she whose glorious
is
believers. life
Mary. Answer.
whom
The same
is
Second Responsory. Let us keep right heartily the BridalFeast of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, that she may pray for us to our
Lord JESUS
she through
the salvation of the world hath
been manifested before the eyes of all This is she whose glorious believers. life hath given light to the world.
us keep with right hearty rejoicing the betrothal of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Answer. That she may pray for us to our Lord JESUS Christ.
Third Lesson. J\J
[
*T*HE
Bride. }
ECKLACES for
thee,
of gold will we make with inlaid work of
silver.
\The Bride. } While the king sat on his couch, my spikenard sent forth the smell thereof. A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me. He shall betwixt my breasts. My beloved unto me as a bunch of cypress in the vineyards of Engaddi.
lie is
\_The art fair, fair
Second Lesson.
Christ.
Let
Verse.
hath
given light to the world. Verse. Let us keep with rejoicing the Bridal-Feast of the Blessed Virgin
707
;
Bridegroom.
my
love,
Behold, thou behold, thou art ~}
thou hast doves eyes. Behold, thou art
\The Bride. }
Look not upon me
because I am black, because the sun hath tanned me. My mother s children were angry with me they ;
fair,
my
beloved, yea, comely. Our bed is of flowers, the \Both.~\ beams of our house are of cedar, our rafters of cypress.
made me the keeper of the vineyards mine own vineyard have I not kept.
;
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest thy flock, where
thou layest thee down at noon, lest I begin to turn aside after the flocks of thy companions. If thou know [T/ie Bridegroom.] not, O thou fairest among women, go
way
thy
forth
by the footsteps of the
and feed thy kids beside the s tents. I have compared
flock,
shepherd thee,
O my
Pharaoh comely
s
love, chariot.
like
to
a dove
my
horses
Thy cheeks s,
in
are
thy neck like
1 strings of jewels. 1
Or
"Thy
cheeks are comely with strings, or
Third Responsory. Let us tell again of the right worthy espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The same is she whose lowliness the
Lord regarded, she who by the message of an Angel conceived the Saviour of the world. Verse. Let us keep right earnestly the Bridal-Feast of the most Blessed Virgin Mary.
Answer.
The same
is
she whose
lowliness the Lord regarded, she who by the message of an Angel conceived the Saviour of the world. plaits,
and thy neck with rows of jewels."
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE Verse. to the Son,
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer.
The same
is
she whose
lowliness the Lord regarded, she who by the message of an Angel conceived the Saviour of the world.
SECOND NOCTURN.
SAINTS.
tablish the reign of peace
;
and that
He Who was
about to prevail against the envier, should first give us the sorely-needed example of His Own lowliness
and meekness
;
that so,
by
the marvellous disposition of His wis dom He might appear at once gentle to His own, and awful to His foe.
Fourth Lesson. Fifth Responsory.
The Lesson
taken from the Sermons
is
of St Bernard,
(2nd on Luke
T^HE
Abbat i.
[of Clairvaux.]
26.)
secret course of the counsel of
God was
for awhile to
Let us keep with rejoicing the Bridal-Feast of the Blessed Mary, that she may pray for us to our Lord JESUS Christ. Verse.
be hidden
Not from the prince of this world. that God had any need to fear hin drance from him, if He had chosen to work openly, but because He Who doth all things wisely as well as mightily, is wont to observe in all His works certain meetnesses both of things and so in this, the and of times glorious work of our redemption, He was pleased to show His wisdom as
With
all
our heart and with
us sing praise to Christ on this the solemn Feast-day of Mary the mighty Mother of God. Answer. That she may pray for all
our soul
let
us to our Lord JESUS Christ.
Sixth Lesson.
:
well as
His power.
Fourth Responsory. This day was betrothed the glorious Virgin Mary, a child of the seed of Abraham, a daughter of the tribe of Judah, a Princess of the lineage of David. This is she whose famous life
sheddeth lustre upon all the Churches. This day was the Blessed Verse.
still
Virgin Mary betrothed of the lineage of David. Answer. This is she whose famous life still sheddeth lustre upon all the
T7OR
T
T
was meet therefore, that He Who was about to cast down the
should sweetly order all troubler, things in heaven and in earth, to es
to
it
have profited for
crush the devil,
if
we
were to remain proud ? For this end therefore did it behove that Mary should be espoused to Joseph, namely, that the holy thing might be kept from the dogs, that an husband might attest her maidenhood, that the modesty of the virgin might be spared, and her good fame saved. Than this, what
could be wiser, what more worthy of God s counsels ? By this device the heavenly secret was at the same time
provided with its witness and pro and the good tected from its foeman ;
name
of the
Maiden Mother preserved.
Sixth Responsory.
Churches. Fifth Lesson.
what would
God
Thy
betrothal,
O
Virgin Mother of
God, was a message of joy to the whole world, for out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God, Who hath taken away the curse and brought a blessing, confounded
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. and given unto us everlasting
death,
709
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Even Christ our God. Verse.
to the Son,
life.
Blessed
Verse.
art
thou
among
women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb. Answer. For out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God. Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Who hath taken away Verse.
to the Son,
and
brought a blessing, confounded death, and given unto us the
curse
everlasting
Commemoration of St Joseph. Antiphon. Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph.
The mouth
Verse.
of the virtuous
speaketh wisdom.
And
Answer.
tongue talketh
his
judgment.
Prayer as at First Vespers, then of All from the Com-
life.
St Emerentiana. mo7i
THIRD NOCTURN.
Office.
Lessons the same as on Christmas-
Eve,
(p.
267.)
The Third
is
Ninth Lesson.
read
as one with the Second, to leave room for the Ninth Lesson, which is of St Emerentiana.
For St Emerentiana. was a Roman PMERENTIANA and the foster-sister of maiden,
While she was blessed Agnes. still a Catechumen she was inspired by her faith and love to rebuke the the
Seventh Responsory. All generations shall call
me
blessed,
Mighty hath done to me great things, and holy is His name. Verse. And His mercy is on them that fear Him from generation to
for the
Lord That
is
generation.
For the Lord That is Answer. Mighty hath done to me great things, and holy is His name.
fury of the idol-worshippers against the Christians, whereupon a mob assembled, and stoned her so severely that she was only able to drag herself to
the grave of holy Agnes,
where, prayed, she gave up her soul to God, being baptized, not in water, but in her own blood, so freely
while
she
shed for Christ.
LAUDS.
Eighth Responsory. holy Virgin Mary, happy indeed art thou, and right worthy of all praise, for out of thee rose the
Sun of
righte
ousness, even Christ our God. Verse. Pray for the people, plead for the clergy, make intercession for all
women vowed
to
God.
This day was be *
First Antiphon.
O
May
all
that keep thine holy Bridal-Feast feel the might of thine assistance.
Answer. For out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness.
trothed the glorious Virgin Mary, a child of the seed of Abraham, daughter of the tribe of Judah,
a a
Princess of the lineage of David.
Second Antiphon.
This day
is
the
Bridal-Feast of the holy Virgin Mary,
* whose famous
life
still
sheddeth
upon all the Churches. Third Antiphon. Mary was a the maiden of illustrious birth, lustre
daughter
of
a
Kingly
race.
We
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
7io
earnestly intreat her to help our minds and souls by her prayers.
With
Fourth Antiphon. heart and with
all
our soul
let
all
our
us sing
* on this the solemn praise to Christ Feast-day of Mary, the mighty Mother
SAINTS.
years of age, being, (as was supposed,) the son of Joseph. The mouth of the righteous Verse.
thirty
speaketh wisdom.
Answer.
And
his
tongue talketh
judgment.
of God. Prayer.
Let us keep with Fifth Antiphon. Bridal - Feast of the rejoicing the Blessed Virgin Mary, * that she may
Let us pray.
pray for us to our Lord JESUS Christ. This day is the Bridal-Feast Verse.
TT ELP us, we beseech Thee, O Lord,
of the holy Virgin Mary.
Thy most Holy Mother,
Answer.
Whose famous
sheddeth lustre upon
all
life
still
the Churches.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Let us this day keep solemnly the Bridal-Feast of Mary, Mother but still Maiden, her Bridal, a step toward the Alleluia. loftiness of her throne.
Prayer throughout
C^ RANT
^
unto us beseech Thee,
Husband
sake of the
that
of
what we
cannot for ourselves obtain, Thou mayest grant us at his petition
;
Who livest
and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
The Antiphons at Prime, Terce, and None, are the First, Second, Third, and Fifth from Lauds respec
Sext,
tively.
the Office.
Thy
for the
The
we
servants,
O
Lord, the gift of Thy heavenly grace, unto whom Thou didst give the first sight of a
last verses
are altered in
of all the
Hymns
honour of the Incar
nation.
Verse at Prime. born of the Virgin
"
Thou
that wast
Mary."
Saviour as the offspring of a Blessed and grant that this Feast, which they keep in honour of the same Virgin, may avail them unto the in crease of peace. Through our Lord
Upon the 24th day of January, were born into the better life
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
blessed Apostle Paul, was ordained Bishop
MARTYROLOGY.
Virgin,
without end.
Amen.
disciple of the
Holy Timothy, the
by of
whom
many contendings for Christ, because he rebuked them that were offering sacrifice to Diana, they stoned him, and a short while thereafter he After
If permitted, Commemoration of St Joseph, from his Office, as given below.
Then of St Emerentiana, Virgin and Martyr, from the Common Office (p.
fell
asleep in the Lord, [in the year
97-]
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At Antioch,
[in the
year 250,] holy
Babilas, Patriarch of that city.
Commemoration of St Joseph. 1
he
Ephesus.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. JESUS Himself began to be about 1
Luke
After
he had oftentimes glorified God by the sufferings and torments which he bore, and in the persecution under the Emperor Decius, he ended his iii.
23.
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. glorious
life in
iron fetters, which he biA ied with him.
commanded should be
It is recorded also that there suffered with him three children Urban, Prili-
dian, and Epolonius
whom
he had
711
And
Answer.
his
righteousness
endureth for ever.
Prayer as at First Vespers ; then of St Timothy from the Common Office, (p. 482,) with the Prayer, Mercifully "
instructed in the faith of Christ.
5
At Neo-Caesarea, the holy martyrs Mardonius, Musonius, Eugenius, and Metellus, these all were burnt and thrown into the river. At Foligno, holy Felician, who was ordained by Pope Victor Bishop of that city, and after many labours was crowned with martyrdom in extreme old age, in the persecution under the their ashes
consider, &c.,
(p.
491.)
Where permitted,
Commemoration
of St Joseph, from his Office, (p. 710.) Then of \the First Vespers of] St Timothy.
At
Hymn
Compline the last Verse of the is altered in honour of the
Incarnation.
Emperor Decius. Likewise the holy martyrs Thyrsus, [third century,]
JANUARY
and Projectus, [Bishop
of Clermont, in the year 674.] At Bologna, [in the third century,] holy Zama, the first Bishop of that city,
who was ordained by
SEtmotfjj,
blessed Abbat Suran, who flourished in holiness in the time of the Lom bards.
SECOND VESPERS.
Thy
the
betrothal,
Office
Martyr, (p. 482,) except what wise given here.
cifully
consider our
for One is
other
Office, "Mer
weakness,
&c.,"
(p. 491.)
Song of tJie Blessed
MATTINS.
O
Virgin Mother of God, was a message of joy to the whole world, for out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God, Who hath taken away the curse and brought a blessing, con founded death, and given unto us everlasting
MATTINS.
All from the Common
Prayer throughout the
the First, except thefollowing.
Antiphon at
[of
Double.
Pontiff Denis, and there won derfully spread the Christian faith. Likewise [in the sixth century,] the
Virgin.
Btstyop
the holy
Roman
All as
24.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according
to
the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN.
life.
Commemoration of St Joseph.
Fourth Lesson. "TIMOTHY was a native of Lystra in Lycaonia, born of a Gentile
He em and a Jewish mother. braced the Christian religion when the Apostle Paul came into those parts.
Behold a faithful and Antiphon. wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household. Verse. Glory and riches shall be
father
In his house.
the fame of
The holy Apostle was Timothy
so struck with s
sanctity,
that
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
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be the companion of and caused him to be circumcised, in order to remove a
and
stumbling-block from the
Licinius.
he chose him
to
his journeys,
Jews who
way
drawn to they came together
of those
felt
Christianity. to Ephesus,
the Apostle consecrated of that Church.
him Bishop
When
of the Apostle Paul s Epistles are addressed to this Saint, of which one was written from Laodicea,
Rome.
These
sacred writings so stirred him up to the zealous discharge of his duties as a spiritual shepherd, that he strove to prevent the people of Ephesus from sacrificing to Artemis on her feast-
knowing that
God
alone.
stoned him
and was
places,
first
At Antioch, the holy martyrs Juventinus and Maximus, who were crowned with martyrdom under the Julian the Apostate, and on whose feast-day holy John Chrysostom
"TWO
day,
other
at
scourged ancf rent with thongs, and then stoned to death under the judge
Emperor
Fifth Lesson.
and the other from
SAINTS.
sacrifice is
due to
The heathens thereupon
he was well-nigh dead, and although he was rescued by the Christians, and carried to a mountain near the city, he then fell asleep in the Lord, on the 24th day of January. till
preached unto the people. At Auvergne, [in the year 674,] the holy martyrs Projectus, Bishop of that see, and Marinus the man of God, who suffered under the chief men of that city.
Likewise the holy martyrs Donatus, Sabinus, and Agapis. At Tomis, in Scythia, holy Bretannion, Bishop [of that see],
who
flour
ished in the Church in wonderful holi ness and zeal for the Catholic faith
under
whom
the Arian Emperor he withstood stoutly.
At Arras, Abbat [of
in
Valens,
Poppo, famous for
holy
Gaul,
Stavelotz,]
miracles, [in the year 1048
;
also his
mother, blessed Adelviva.] Vespers of the following.
Sixth Lesson.
The
illustrious day,
c., (p.
486.)
Conversion
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke xiv. 26, with Homily of St Gregory (p. 489,)
the
of
25.
St Paul
ttje
the
Greater Double.
All from
MARTYROLOGY.
On
JANUARY
morrow we commemorate
conversion of the holy Apostle Paul, which took place in the second year after our Lord s ascension.
the
Common
for
Office
Apostles, (p. 462,) except otherwise given here.
what
is
the
Upon the same 25th day of January, were born into the better life At Damascus, holy Ananias, who baptized
preached
the the
aforesaid
Gospel
Antiphons, Chapter, Verse and An and Prayer from Lauds. Psalms as on Sunday, except the last,
swer,
He
which
is
Damascus
LORD,
all
apostle. at
FIRST VESPERS.
Psalm
"
cxvi.,
ye nations,
O
&c.,"
praise the (p.
186.)
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. Hymn.
EAD
T
God for Christ, and to die is gain bid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord JESUS Christ.
1
is
us, great teacher Paul, in
wisdom
s
hearts with thine to
Heaven
s
:
.
..
L>
wa s And lift our
high throne Till Faith beholds the clear meridian blaze, And, sun-like, in the soul reigns Charity
First Lesson.
;
The Lesson
through endless
majesty,
blessing,
days, Be to the Trinity Eternal given
Who
in
is
the Apostles
alone.
Praise,
713
ings
all
things
and
earth
in
alike
yet breathing out threatenand slaughter against the
high
Lord, went unto the and desired of him letters
priest,
Damascus to the synagogues that, he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might
to
Amen.
heaven.
i.)
(ix.
disciples of the
;
Pure Unity profoundly sways
Eternally
CAUL,
taken from the Acts of
;
if
the Song of the Blessed Ananias, go thy way, and seek Saul for, behold, he prayeth for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.
Antiphon at
Virgin.
:
:
bring
them bound
unto
Jerusalem.
And
as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly there shined
round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me ? And he :
A
Commemoration
made of St
is
which is taken from Lauds. Then a Commemoration of St Timo
Peter,
thy.
said
the
:
Who
art
Lord said
:
thou persecutest
MATTINS.
it
is
He That wrought
Lead
Lord
?
And
JESUS, Whom hard for thee
First Responsory.
praise our God. "
;
am
to kick against the pricks.
For the conversion of Invitatory. * let us the Teacher of the Gentiles,
Hymn.
Thou, I
us,
&c.,"
as
at
effectually
Peter to the Apostleship,
the
in
Same
me toward
was mighty in me toward the Gentiles, and they perceived the grace that was given unto me of the Lord Christ. 5 The Verse. grace of God which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but His grace abideth ever in me.
the Gentiles, and they perceived the grace that was given unto me of the
And they perceived the Ansiver. grace that was given unto me of the
Lord
Lord
First Vespers.
FIRST NOCTURN. First Antiphon.
2
He That wrought
effectually in Peter to the Apostleship,
Same was mighty
the
I
in
Christ.
Second Antiphon. 3 have believed, and
He
I
know
am
persuaded
able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day, as a righteous Judge. that
1
Second Lesson.
is
Third Antiphon. 3
Christ.
Whom
4
To me
Another portion of the iv. 8. -2 Tim. i. 12;
to live
A ND
^*-
me
hymn Aurea 4
he trembling and astonished, Lord, what wilt Thou have And the Lord said unto to do ? said
:
luce, largely altered. Gal. vi. 14. Phil. i. 21 ;
2 5
Gal. ii. 8, 9. i Cor. xv. 10.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE him it
and go
Arise,
:
must
And
do.
into the city,
and
be told thee what thou
shall there
the
men which journeyed
with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth, and when his
were opened,
eyes
and kings, and the children For I will show him how great things he must suffer for My Gentiles, of Israel.
name
s
sake.
Third Responsory.
he saw nothing.
But they led him by the hand and
SAINTS.
2
There
is
laid
up
me
for
a crown
And he brought him into Damascus. was there three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day.
Second Responsory.
lieved, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have com
Verse.
1
have fought a good fight, I have my course, I have kept the
I
finished
henceforth there is laid up for a crown of righteousness.
faith
me
;
Whom I have be persuaded that He is keep that which I have com mitted unto Him against that day. Answer. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. Verse.
lieved, able to
I
and
know
am
I
mitted unto
know
Him
Whom
I
have be
against that day. the Lord, the
Which
Answer. righteous that day.
Judge,
shall
give
me
at
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
and
to the Son,
righteous that day.
to the
Holy Ghost.
Which
Answer.
Judge,
the
shall
Lord, give
me
the at
SECOND NOCTURN. Third Lesson.
A ND
there was a certain
disciple
Damascus, named Ananias and to him said the Lord in a vision Ananias. And he said Behold, I am And the Lord said unto here, Lord. him Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire at
;
First Antiphon. O Holy Apostle thou art a chosen vessel unto God, to preach the Gospel throughout Paul,
the whole world.
:
:
:
house of Judas for one called Tarsus for, behold, he prayeth and hath seen a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to Thy saints at Jerusalem and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on Thy name. But the Lord said unto him Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the in the
Saul,
of
;
;
Second Antiphon. Paul is made one of the chiefest among the Saints, and a chosen vessel verily he is worthy to be glorified, for he was made worthy to sit upon one of the ;
twelve thrones.
Third Antiphon. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
:
:
:
1
2 Tim.
iv. 7,
8
;
i.
12.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson of St
is
taken from the Sermons
Austin,
Bishop [of Hippo.] on the Saints, 279.)
have this day heard read out of the Acts of the Apostles how that the Apostle Paul, from being a 2
2
Tim.
iv. 7,
8
;
i.
12.
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. of
persecutor
changed
into
was Christians, preacher of Christ.
the
a
Christ laid low the persecutor, that He might raise him up a teacher of His He smote and healed him, Church. slew him and made him alive again. For the Lord Christ is that Lamb That was Himself slain by the wolves, and That now turneth the wolves into lambs. Now was fulfilled in Paul that which was clearly spoken in pro
phecy by the Patriarch Jacob, when he blessed his children, laying hands indeed on them which then were, but looking forward to the things which Paul beareth were yet for to come. witness of himself that he was of the tribe of Benjamin, (Rom. xi. I,) and when Jacob blessed his sons, and came Ben to bless Benjamin, he said "
:
jamin xlix.
shall ravin as a
(Gen.
wolf."
27.)
715
In the beginning he shall read, devour the prey, and at the end he
may
"
shall divide
the
Fifth Responsory.
By the grace of God I am what I am. And His grace which was be stowed upon me was not in vain, but abideth ever in me. 1
He
Verse. That wrought effectually in Peter to the Apostleship, the Same was mighty in toward the Gentiles.
me
Answer. And His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but abideth ever in me.
Sixth Lesson.
O
Holy Apostle Paul, thou art a chosen vessel unto God, to preach the
TT E
Gospel throughout the whole world through whom all nations have known the grace of God. Verse. Pray for us to God Who hath chosen thee.
vouring the prey. stoned Stephen, the
;
Answer. Through whom all nations have known the grace of God. Fifth Lesson.
\XTHAT
then
?
Is
Benjamin a wolf
that shall ravin for ever
?
God
he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall This is exactly divide the spoil." what was fulfilled in the Apostle Paul. In
"
the morning
please you, we will now consider how in the morning he devoured the prey, and at night divided the spoil. Here morning and evening are put If
So we
beginning and the end. 1
i
Cor. xv. 10
;
Gal.
ii.
8.
went breathing out threatenings and slaughter, yea, truly, de
When
also they
Martyr that
first
down
his life for Christ s name s Saul was consenting unto his death, and, as though it contented him not to stone him, he kept the clothes of all them that did it, urging them on more than if he had joined them. So in the morning he devoured
laid
sake,
the prey. How in the evening did he divide the spoil ? Struck down by the voice of Christ from heaven, ravining
no more, he
down
to
falleth
upon
his face, cast
be raised up, smitten to be
healed.
Sixth Responsory.
it
for the
then,
he
beginning,
Fourth Responsory.
forbid.
First,
spoil."
devoured the So it is written that he received prey. letters from the chief priests and went forth, that wheresoever he should find any Christians, he might bring them bound unto the priests, that they might be punished. the
in
2
Saul, who also is called Paul, was made a great preacher and being of God increased the more in strength he ;
confounded the Jews. 2
Acts
ix. 22,
20.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
7 i6 Verse.
Christ, the
Proving that This Son of God.
is
SAINTS.
Eighth Responsory.
very 2
Damascus the governor under Aretas the king was desirous to appre hend me, and by the brethren in a basket was I let down by the wall, and
Answer. And being of God in creased the more in strength he con founded the Jews. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And being of God in creased the more in strength he con
In
so escaped the Lord.
I
not.
And by
Answer. basket was
THIRD NOCTURN.
Verse.
First Antiphon.
Saul,
who
also
is
I
let
and
Answer.
;
the brethren in a
down by
the wall.
Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son,
was made a great preacher and being of God increased the more in strength he confounded the Jews. l Second Antiphon. Lest I should be exalted above measure through the greatness of the revelations, there was called Paul,
me
of
Verse. The God and Father of our Lord JESUS Christ knoweth that I lie
founded the Jews.
given to
name
his hands, in the
hands, in the
to the
And name
Holy Ghost.
so
escaped
I
his
of the Lord.
LAUDS. 3 First Antiphon. I have planted, * Apollos watered, but God gave the
a thorn in the flesh, the
increase.
messenger of Satan, to buffet me for this thing I besought the Lord thrice, and the that it might depart from me Lord said unto me Paul, My grace
Alleluia.
:
After Septuagesima omit Alleluia.
;
is
therefore will
sufficient for thee.
for
me. Third Antiphon. The grace of God which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, * but His grace abideth ever
Lord, the righteous Judge, shall
me
give
at that day.
me. Fourth Antiphon. In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king was in
Lessons
from Matth. xix. 27, Homily of the Venerable Bede
the
(p.
478.)
desirous to apprehend me brethren in a basket was I
Seventh Responsory.
by the
O Holy
Apostle Paul, Preacher of the truth, and teacher of the Gentiles, pray for us to God, Who hath chosen thee, that we may be made worthy of
hands,
art
name
O
Holy Apostle Paul, thou a chosen vessel unto God, and a
Preacher of the
Answer.
Pray
God Who we may be
made worthy
of the grace of God.
1
4
2 Cor. 2 Cor.
xii. 7-9. xii. 9.
that
2 Cor. 2 Cor.
name
down I
his
of the Lord.
s
sake.
(Acts
ix.
I.)
OAUL,
yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the
for us to
thee,
let
and so escaped
Chapter.
truth.
hath chosen
wall, in the
by the
;
5 Thrice was I Fifth Antiphon. beaten with rods, * once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, for Christ s
the grace of God. Verse.
I
infirmities, may rest upon
Third Antiphon. There is laid up me a crown of righteousness, which
the
4
Most gladly rather glory * in my that the power of Christ
Second Antiphon.
:
xi.
32, 33, 31.
xi. 25.
i
Cor.
iii.
6.
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. high priest, and desired of him
letters
to
Damascus, to the synagogues, that, if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
O Holy Apostle Paul, thou chosen vessel unto God.
Verse. art a
Answer.
To preach
the
Gospel
throughout the whole world.
we beseech Thee, tercession,
God
Me, upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of sit
his
mighty
and reigneth with in
the unity of the
end.
Amen. PRIME.
I have planted, Antiphon. (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
Upon the 26th day of January, were born into the better life
Office.
through the teaching of the Blessed Apostle Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world, grant, we be seech Thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion (as on this day) in remembrance, may show forth our thankfulness unto Thee for the same, by following the holy example which he hath set. Through our Lord JESUS
Who
and
Thy Son, reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Amen. liveth
having the charge of
the following
Commemoration
St Peter.
Thou art the Shepherd Antiphon. of the sheep, and the Prince of the Apostles, and unto thee hath God given the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Thou
Verse.
Answer. will build
My
art Peter.
And upon
this
rock
I
Church.
all
Asia.
In the
reign of Mark Antony, and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, as the Pro-consul
was
sitting in the amphitheatre all the people cried out against Polycarp, and to please them he was cast into the but forasmuch as it burned fire, him not he was pierced with the sword, and so received the crown
of
year 166.] [in the there suffered also twelve that were come from Phila
martyrdom,
With him others
delphia unto the city aforesaid. At Hippo, in Africa, the
martyrs
Then
dis
ciple of the blessed Apostle John, and by him ordained Bishop of that city,
GOD, Who,
Christ
&c.,
MARTYROLOGY.
At Smyrna, holy Polycarp, a
Prayer throughout the
in
the bands of our
Holy Ghost, one God, world without
Israel.
of
at
all
liveth
the Father,
:
shall
from
Who
sins.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Thus saith the Lord Ye, which have followed
717
Theogenes,
holy
Bishop of that
city, and thirty-six others, who in the under the persecution Emperor Valerian reckoned cheaply death here in time, and received the crown of life eternal, [about the year 260.]
At Bethlehem of Judah, the holy widow Paula, mother of Eustochium, the virgin of Christ. She was of a very noble senatorial family, that gave up the world and distributed all her goods to feed the poor and betook
manger of the Lord, thence passed away into the kingdom of heaven endowed with many graces and crowned with a long herself to the
Prayer.
Q GOD, Who
hast given unto Thy Blessed Apostle Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and the power to bind and to loose, loose us,
VOL.
I.
and
martyrdom, [in the year 404.] Jerome hath written of her life, full of graces. 2
A
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE country of Paris, [in the year 685,] holy Bathildes, Queen [of her holiness France,] illustrious for and the glory of her miracles. In
the
Chapter at the end.
TDUT
and
Jews which dwelt ing that this
is
at
22.)
more
confounded
in
JANUARY
All from
of God, &c.,
ix.
Common
Office for
One
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to
8.)
A ND Saul arose from the earth, ^^ and, when his eyes were opened, But they led him he saw nothing. by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was there three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
NONE. Thrice
the
Prayer throughout the Office, "O God, Who year by year, &c.,"(A 49 1 -)
(Acts
Chapter.
[of
Martyr, (p. 482,) except the following.
The grace
Antiphon.
26.
Double.
Third Antiphon at Lauds. )
&c., (Fifth
(p. 491.)
&c.,"
St $olgcarp, Bishop Smgrna,] JHartgr.
SEXT.
(
year,
Damascus, prov
Chapter from Lauds.
Antiphon.
the fol
Antiphon, Verse and Answer from the First Vespers of the Common and Office for One Martyr, (p. 482,) O God, Who year by the Prayer,
very Christ.
Most gladly therefore, Antiphon at Lauds.}
Antiphon.
Then a Commemoration of lowing.
the
TERCE.
&c., (Second
Prayer and Commemoration of St Peter from Lauds.
"
the
increased
Saul
strength,
ix.
(Acts
SAINTS.
was
I
beaten,
Antiphon at Lauds.}
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book on
Ecclesiastical Writers, composed by St Jerome, Priest [at Bethlehem.]
"DOLYCARP was a disciple of the Apostle John, and was conse
him Bishop of Smyrna. He was reckoned the chief of all the Christians of Asia, because he had
crated by
been taught by several of the Apostles,
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphons and Chapter from Lauds.
Hymn,
Verse
and Answerfrom First
Vespers.
Antiphon at Virgin.
O
Song of the Blessed Holy Apostle Paul,
the
Preacher of the of the Gentiles,
Who
truth, and Teacher pray for us to God,
hath chosen
thee.
and other persons who had seen the Lord. During the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius, and while Anicetus presided over the Church of
Rome, Polycarp came thither to dis some questions regarding the
cuss
time for observing Easter.
some
heretics at
He
found
Rome, who had been
Marcion and Valentine, and brought back many
led astray by the doctrine of
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. them to the faith. One day Marcion met him by accident, and said to him Do you recognise me ? whereto he replied I recognise the of
:
:
devil s eldest
son.
Some
time
after,
the reign of Mark Antonine and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, during the
in
fourth persecution since Nero, when the Pro-consul was ruling in Smyrna, the whole population being assembled in the theatre, carp, and to
clamoured against Polyplease them he was burnt. He wrote an extremely useful Epistle to the Philippians, which is publicly read in the Churches of Asia even to this day. Fifth
and Sixth Lessons from
the
Am
Exposition of Ps. cxviii. by St brose, (p. 493,) the Fifth Lesson being the First, ("Princes have persecuted me, &c., ) and the Sixth the Second and Third read as one, ("They fight 3
against him, &c.," the martyr,
how
Second
and
"
&c.,")
Think then or
else
the
THIRD NOCTURN.
MARTYROLOGY. the
At Sora, the holy martyr
He was
Julian.
arrested in the
persecution under the Emperor Antonine, and while he was being tortured, the temple of the idols fell down, where upon he was beheaded, and so received the crown of martyrdom. In Africa, [in the third century,] the holy martyr Avitus. Likewise in Africa, the holy martyrs Datius, Reater, and their companions, who suffered in the persecution under the Vandals.
Likewise in Africa, the holy martyrs Dativus, Julian, Vincent, and twenty-
seven others.
At Rome, [in the year 671,] holy Pope Vitalian. At Mans, [in the year 117,] holy Julian,
the
whom
holy
first
Bishop of that
Peter
sent
city,
thither
to
preach the Gospel. At the monastery of La Val-Benois, the holy Maurus, Abbat of ValBenois.
only.
Lessons from Matth. x. 26, with the Homily of St Hilary, (p. 495.)
On
719
morrow we keep
the feast of holy John, Patriarch of Constantinople, [in the years 398 407,] surnamed
Chrysostom that is to say, golden on account of the golden stream of his eloquence, whose word and example much profited the Church, but after many toils he ended his life in exile. Mention is made of him upon the 1 4th day of September, but the 27th of January is the day where on his sacred body was brought to Constantinople under the Emperor Theodosius the younger, whence it was afterward brought to Rome, and
At Brescia, [in the year 1540,] the holy Virgin Angela Merici, Foundress of the Society of Nuns of St Ursula, whose first duty is to lead young maidens into the paths of the Lord. We keep her festival upon the last day of May, in accordance with an ordinance of Pius VII. Vespers of the following, from the Chapter inclusive.
mouth
buried in the Basilica Prince of the Apostles.
lyeth
of the
JANUARY
27.
St SoJjn Ctjrgsostom, ardj
IJatris
of
[Constantinople,] Confessor, anti Jioetor of
ttje
CJjiireJj.
Double.
All from the Common Office for o?ie Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is other-wise given here.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
720
SAINTS.
of our Lord 386,] and after the death the forced by Nectarius, was
FIRST VESPERS.
of
The
first verse
Hymn
of the
is
altered.
Blessed Antiphon at the Song of the
O
Virgin.
right
excellent
Teacher,
&c., (p. 5I5-)
Prayer throughout the TV/T
***
Office.
ERCIFUL Lord, we beseech Thee continually to increase
by Thy
holy Church, which Thou hast vouchsafed to en and lighten by the glorious labours teaching of Thy blessed Confessor
heavenly grace,
Thy
and Chrysostom. John Bishop Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy with Son, Who liveth and reigneth Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
A
Commemoration Prayer as Polycarp.
is
made of St
Emperor Arcadius
to accept, though sorely against his own will, the Arch Having bishopric of Constantinople.
received the burden of a shepherd s office, [upon the 26th day of February,] he set himself in the year 398, zealously to do his duty, struggling against the degradation of public morality and the loose lives of the
him
nobility, and thereby drew upon self the ill-will of many enemies,
pecially the
he had rebuked on account of the money of the widow Callitropa, and the land of another widow.
Fifth Lesson.
CO ME
Bishops being assembled in a Council at Chalcedon, [in 403?] which Council the Saint held to be neither lawful, nor public, although he
*^
was commanded
in his Office.
fused.
to
go
there,
he re
Whereupon Eudoxia,
striving to earnestly against him, caused him Soon after, how be sent into exile.
MATTINS. The first verse of the hymn
es
Empress Eudoxia, whom
is altered.
brought back again amid great public Nevertheless he ceased rejoicings.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according
and ever, the people of the city rose, demanded his recall, and he was then
to
the Season.
not to war against vice, and absolutely forbade the celebration of public games silver statue of Eudoxia in the square outside the Church of the Eternal Wisdom. Upon this, a party of Bishops, who were enemies to him, banded together, and obtained that he
round the
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
JOHN
should be banished again, which was done accordingly, [on the 2oth day of of June, 404,] amid the lamentations
much eminence,
widows and the poor, who felt as if they were being deprived of a common father. During this exile, it almost passeth belief how much Chrysostom suffered, and how many souls he turned to the faith which is in Christ
of Antioch, who, on account of the golden stream of his elo quence, is called by the Greeks Chrysostomos, or, "the golden-mouthed," was a lawyer and man of the world of before he turned his
great intellect and wonderful industry He to the study of things sacred.
took orders, and was ordained a priest of the Church of Antioch, [in the year
JESUS.
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. Sixth Lesson.
Eighth Responsory.
A T this time a Council was assembled at
721
Rome, wherein Chrysostom
s
was decreed by Pope Innocent I., but meanwhile, he was suffering great hardships and cruelties on his journey at the hands of the soldiers who had him in charge. As he passed through Armenia he prayed in the Church of the holy martyr Basiliscus, and the same night
In
midst of the congregation,
the
&c., (p. 539.)
restoration to his See
that
blessed
him
in a vision
conqueror
appeared
and said
to
Brother John, to-morrow thou shalt be with me." On the next day, therefore, he received the Sacrament of the Eucharist, and, arming himself with the soul
sign of the
"
:
resigned
cross,
his
God, it being the I4th of September, [in the year of salvation, As soon as he was dead a 407.] to
place at Con after four days the
furious hailstorm took
MARTYROLOGY. At Rome, the second Feast of holy Agnes.
Upon
the
same 28th day of Jan
uary, were born into the better life At Rome likewise, the holy martyr Flavian, who suffered in the persecu tion
under the Emperor Diocletian. Apollonia, the holy martyrs
At
In the Thyrsus, Leucius, Callinicus. time of the Emperor Decius they
were tortured
in divers
ways.
Where
Thyrsus and Callinicus were beheaded, and a voice from heaven called away Leucius, and he gave up after,
the ghost, [in the year 250.] In the Thebaid, the holy martyrs
dosius, the son of Arcadius, brought the body of John Chrysostom to
Leonides and his companions, who secured the palm of martyrdom in the time of the Emperor Diocletian. At Alexandria, a multitude of holy
Constantinople with great state, and numerously attended, and on the 27th
gathered
stantinople, and Empress died.
The Emperor Theo-
with magni beside which he prayed for the forgiveness of The holy his own father and mother. body was afterwards taken to Rome, and is now buried in the Vatican
of January, [438,] laid ficent honours in the
Basilica.
it
grave,
The number, devoutness,
and brilliance of St John Chrysostom s sermons and other writings, his acuteness in exposition, and the close apt ness of his explanations of Holy Scrip ture, have been and are the object of
wonder and admiration, and often seem not unworthy to have been dictated to him by the Apostle Paul, universal
for
whom
he entertained a wonderful
who
day were church at Communion, when they were massacred
martyrs,
in divers
Arian
this
upon
together
iri
a
ways by the followers of the
Duke
Syrianus,
[in
the
year
376.]
Likewise at Alexandria, the holy Confessor Cyril, Pope of that city a most eminent champion of the Catholic ;
faith,
and
illustrious
for his teaching
holiness, who fell asleep in peace, Whose feast we [in the year 444.] keep upon the 9th day of February.
and
At Zaragoza, [in the year 315,] holy Valerius, Bishop of that city.
At Cuenca, in Spain, holy Julian, Bishop of that city, who gave the goods of his Church to the poor, and sought his food by working with his
devotion.
Lessons from Matth.
v.
13,
after the manner of the fell and asleep in peace, Apostles, famous for miracles, [in the year 1 207.] In the monastery of Rheims, [in
own hands
THIRD NOCTURN. with the
Homily of St John Chrysostom, (p. 551.)
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the year 545,] the holy Priest John, a man of God. In Palestine, [in the sixth century,] the holy Hermit James, who having fallen away hid himself for a long
time in a sepulchre to do penance, and passed away hence to be ever with the Lord, famous for miracles.
SAINTS.
Note. When on account of the early incidence of Easter, Septuagesima Sun day falls on the Second Sunday after
Epiphany, January 28 is set apart for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, which else is kept on the Second Sunday after Epiphany. In this case
Most Holy Name
the Office of the
Antiphon at Virgin.
O
the
Song of
right
is altered.
the Blessed
excellent
Teacher,
&c., (p. 542.)
A
Commemoration
is
made of
the
St
Raymond of Penafuerte from the Common Office, (fi. 531,) and Prayer from his own Office. following, viz.
:
Then the following Commemoration of St Agnes. Christ hath hallowed Antiphon. His Bride and Witness unto Him self, standing at her right hand in the shape of a Lamb * whiter than snow. Verse. In thy comeliness and thy
beauty.
Answer. Go forward, and reign.
204,) omitting only "Alleluia," wher ever it occurs, the Commemoration of the Octave of Epiphany at First Vespers, and of the Sunday at both With these ex Vespers and Lauds. ceptions, First Vespers of the trans ferred Feast will be as on the Satur
day
evening
Sunday
Lauds
at
sories at Terce, be as follows :
is
The Short Respon-
only.
and None will
Sext,
AT TERCE. Blessed be the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of
Answer. the LORD.
From
Verse.
henceforth, now, and
for ever.
The name
Answer.
Glory be
Verse.
and
Prayer.
to
the
Son,
of the
and
LORD.
the
to
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
C\ GOD, Who
year by year dost gladden Thy people by the solemn feast of Thy blessed Virgin and Martyr Agnes, grant unto us, we beseech Thee, not only devoutly to ob serve the same, but also to follow after the pattern of her godly conversation. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
Who
Second The Ninth St Agnes^s commemorated the
preceding
after Epiphany. will be that of
Lesson Second Feast which
fare prosper
ously,
Son,
is
precisely the same as that given at the Second Sunday after Epiphany, (p.
SECOND VESPERS. Thefirst verse of the Hymn
28.
JANUARY
and reigneth with the unity of the Holy Ghost,
Answer. LORD.
Blessed be the
name
of
the
Give unto the
Verse.
LORD
glory
and honour. Answer. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His Name.
AT SEXT.
liveth
Thee, in one God, world without end.
Amen.
Give
unto
the
honour.
Probably some play on the Latin word
"
Agnus."
LORD
glory
and
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. Answer. Give unto the LORD glory and honour. Verse.
Give unto
LORD
the
the
Glory and honour. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Give unto the LORD glory and honour. Verse. O magnify the LORD with me. Answer. And let us exalt His
Answer.
Name
Prayer throughout the
r\ GOD, Who ^^^ blessed
Name.
glory due unto His
together.
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Raymond
eminent minister of the Sacrament of a wonderful manner to pass over the waves of the sea, grant unto us, at
Penance, and
didst
in
make him
his petition, the grace to bring forth
worthy of repentance, and in the end to attain unto the harbour of
fruits
eternal salvation. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
reigneth with Thee, in the Holy Ghost, one Amen. without end.
AT NONE.
O magnify the LORD with me. Answer. O magnify the LORD with me. Verse. And let us exalt His Name together.
Office.
choose the be an to
didst
the unity of
God,
world
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according
to
the Season.
With me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Verse.
O
Answer.
magnify the
LORD
me. Verse.
Our help
LORD. Answer.
is in
the
Name
of
the
Who made
heaven and
earth.
At Second Name there will
SECOND NOCTURN.
with
of the Holy Commemorations of
Fourth Lesson.
n^HE
blessed Raymond was born at Barcelona, [in the year of our Lord 1175,] and was of the noble He was family of the De PeKafuerte. early instructed in the Christian re
and even while he was still child, he showed such ex cellence of mind and body, as filled
Vespers
ligion,
be
a
St Francis de Sales, and of St Ray mond.
little
with strong hopes of his As a young man he He taught letters in his native place. afterwards went to Bologna, where he applied himself to works of godliness, and to the study of the Ecclesiastical and Civil Law. He took the degree of Doctor, and lectured with great He applause upon the Canon Law. much celebrity that so attained Berengar, Bishop of Barcelona, on his friends
future greatness.
The Feast of St Raymond of Pena-
now ousted day, 2 $rd January fuerte
from is,
his original
for convenience,
printed here.
St i&agmonti of Confessor.
his
Semi-double.
All from the Commo?t Confessor, (p. 855,) otherwise given here.
way from Rome
turned Office
except
for a
what
is
aside
to
to his
visit
the
own
See, Saint at
Bologna, and at length persuaded him many entreaties to return with
after
him
to
Spain.
He was
appointed to
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a Canonry and the Archdeaconry in Church of Barcelona, in which offices he set both clergy and people a brilliant example of uprightness, the
clothed habit,
whom
of God,
he venerated with an
affection singularly devoted.
St
in
the first
Master General of the Order.
fessed in the Order of Friars Preachers, and strove, as a new recruit, to per
himself in
all
the duties of his
particularly in charity to the
calling,
poor, and above Christians who
unbelievers.
all
to those
were
He was
E
was summoned to Rome by Gregory IX., [in the year 1 230,] and appointed by him his Chaplain, Penitentiary, and Confessor, and by his orders collected into one volume T_T L
*
Roman
was
about forty-five years of age he solemnly pro
fect
Sixth Lesson.
of the Decretals the ordinances of the
Fifth Lesson.
he
Nolasco
Peter
and constituted him the
modesty, learning, and meekness, and
more especially strove, as far as in him lay, to increase the honour and reverence paid to the Virgin Mother
SAINTS.
unhappy
slaves
to
the
the Confessor
of St Peter Nolasco and of
James I., King of Aragon, and by his advice St Peter Nolasco gave up his whole worldly possessions to ransom as
Pontiffs,
which
up
to
that
time were only to be found scattered among the records of divers Councils and Churches. He firmly refused the
Archbishopric of Tarascon, which was offered him by the Pope himself, and, having been chosen Master General of the whole order of Friars Preachers, he discharged the duties of that office in holiness for two years, and then It was by his advice resigned it. that
James,
King
of
Aragon,
es
tablished the Office of the
Virgin appeared simultane St Raymond, St Peter Nolasco, and King James, and re vealed to them the pleasure of her
Holy In He was quisition in his dominions. distinguished by many miracles, of which the chief which is narrated of him is that on one occasion being in the island of Majorca and wishing to go to Barcelona, he spread his cloak upon the sea, and passed over the
Only-begotten Son and herself, that they should establish in her honour an order of Religious persons whose work should be the redemption of
waters on it, accomplishing the whole distance of sixty leagues in six hours, and finally entering his convent through He attained the the closed doors. 1
unbelievers.
Christian slaves from bondage among The three took counsel
fell
together, and then founded the Order of the Blessed Mary of Ransom, for
6th day of January,] in the year of His name was en 1275. rolled by Clement VIII. among those of the Saints.
many
as
captives.
possihle
At
this
the
wretched
moment
the most
of
blessed
to
ously
The Redemption of Captives. Raymond himself composed a most appropriate code of rules for the new institution, for which he after some years obtained the express sanc tion of Pope Gregory IX., and him self [on the loth day of August, in the year 1223,] with his own hands the
blessed
1
age of nearly an hundred years, and Lord [on the asleep in the
salvation
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with the Homily of St Gregory (p. 538.) The Ninth Lesson ("And ye yourselves,
See Alban Butler.
,
Jan. 23.
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. is either omitted or read as one with the Eighth in order to leave room
&c.")
for
Ninth Lesson.
Sales,
725
Bishop of Geneva,
[in the
1622,] of whom mention is the 28th day of December.
Upon the same 2Qth day of January, were born into the better life
(For St Agnes.}
O NE
night when the parents of the blessed Agnes were watching at her grave, she appeared to them in company with a band of virgins, and said to them Father and Mother, weep not for me as though I were dead for now these virgins and I live together in Him Whose love was Some my whole life upon earth. :
;
the afterwards, Constance, daughter of the Emperor Constantine,
years
being sick of an incurable ulcer, be took herself to the said grave, although she was not yet a Christian, and as she lay by it and slept, she seemed to hear the voice of Agnes, saying to her Constance, be of good courage :
At Rome, upon the Nomentan Way, the holy soldiers Papias and Maurus, martyrs in the time of the Emperor At their Diocletian, [fourth century.] confession of Christ, Laodicius, the Prefect of the city, ordered their first
mouths to be bruised with stones and committed them to prison where they were afterwards cudgelled and then ;
lashed to death with scourges loaded with lead.
At Perugia, the holy martyrs ConBishop of that see, and his companions, who were crowned [about stantius,
the year 178] for defending the faith in the persecution under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
:
believe
in
God, and
JESUS
He
will
Christ the Son
make
thee whole.
Princess, being healed, was bap tized, along with many others of the
family and household, and afterwards built over the grave of the blessed Agnes a Church named in her honour.
Emperor
At
s
Latids
is
At Edessa,
of
The
made a Commemoration
of St Agnes.
;
Him Whom
united in
Heaven
with
whole heart upon earth. Grace is poured into thy
Verse.
sister,
holy martyrs Barbea, who
were baptized by blessed Barsimceus, Bishop of that city and were crowned with martyrdom under the President Lysias, in the persecution under the Emperor Trajan, [in the second ;
century.] In the country of Trois,
the holy
martyr Sabinian, who was beheaded Christ s faith s sake, year 275,] by order of the Aurelian.
;
my
in Syria, the
Sarbelius and his
for
Antiphon. Behold, now I see that which I have desired now I possess that for which I have hoped now am I to
I
loved
lips.
Answer.
Therefore blessed thee for ever.
Prayer as at First
God
hath
[in
At Milan, the holy Priest Aquilinus,
who was crowned with martyrdom, [in the eighth century,] by being run through the neck with a sword by the
Arians.
At Treves, holy Valerius, Bishop of that see, [in the first century,] a dis ciple of the holy Apostle Peter. At Bourges, holy Sulpicius Severus, the year 591,] Bishop of that famous for his graces and see,
Vespers.
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the
the
VOL.
morrow we keep
holy I.
Confessor
the
Emperor
[in
of
year
made upon
the feast
Francis
de
learning.
Vespers of the following. 2
A
2
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JANUARY
St Jftancts
SAINTS.
SECOND NOCTURN.
29.
Fourth Lesson.
Sales,
tie
[of ffieneba,] Confessor, anfc Hector of flje Double.
T7 RANG IS was born
of godly and the town of
noble parents, in Sales, from which their name of "de
his
family
take
[upon the
Sales,"
day of August, in the year of In his childish years our Lord I 567.] his staid and godly demeanour gave 2 ist
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is otherwise given here.
of his future
promise
FIRST VESPERS.
The
first
verse
of
sophy and
Hymn
the
is
altered.
Antiphon at
O
Virgin.
the
sanctity.
He
education as he grew up, and afterwards studied Philo a
received
Song of
the Blessed
right excellent,
&c.,
(p.
Theology
Paris.
at
In
complete furnishing of his mind, he took the degree of Doctor of Laws, both Civil and Ecclesi Padua, with much dis astical, at order
to
the
He had already bound him with a vow of perpetual virginity
tinction. self
5150
liberal
and he renewed the same in From Holy House of Loreto.
at Paris,
the
Prayer throughout the
r\ GOD, Who ^-^
Office.
this
didst will that
Thy
Blessed Confessor and Bishop Francis should become all things to all men, mercifully grant unto us, that we being filled with the sweetness of Thy heavenly love, may so take to ourselves his admonitions and be
succoured by his prayers, that in the end we may with him attain unto Thine everlasting joy. Through our
Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, and reigneth with Thee,
liveth
unity of the Holy Ghost, one Amen. world without end.
A
Commemoration
is
Who in the
God,
made of St
Raymond. Prayer from his
The
first
verse
of
the
Hymn
world
of the
is
FIRST NOCTURN.
from
induced him
to
Fifth Lesson.
IT E
made
Counsellor
of the Parliament of
Chambery,
refused to be
which his family had obtained for him patents from the Duke of Savoy, and determined to become a clergy He was appointed to the man. Provostship of the Church of Geneva, for
and, being shortly afterwards ordained Priest, discharged so admirably the duties of his position, that he was sent
by Granier, his Bishop, to preach the word of God in Chablais, and other
undertook
Scripture accordmg to
this
mission,
in
which he
much, being often hunted by the Protestants to murder him, and assailed by many calumnies and plots. Amid all these dangers and struggles his constancy remained invincible, and suffered
the Season.
ever
swerve.
places in the outskirts of the diocese, where the inhabitants had embraced He joyfully the heresy of Calvin.
Office.
altered.
Lessons
path of virtue, neither the tempta
tions of the devil nor the allurements
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. under the blessing and care of God he is said to have recalled seventy-two thousand of these heretics to the Faith
of Christ
s
gation of Sacred Rites, declared him a Doctor of the Universal Church.
Universal Church, distinguished
THIRD NOCTURN.
among whom were many by rank and
learning.
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Lessons from Matth. v. 13, with Homily of St Hilary (p. 550.)
the
Sixth Lesson.
Eighth Responsory.
AFTER the death of Bishop Granier, who had procured
his appoint
ment as Coadjutor, he was conse crated Bishop, [upon the 3rd day of December, 1602.] In that office he was truly a burning and a shining light, showing all around a bright example of godliness, zeal for the
discipline of the Church, ardent love of peace, tenderness to the poor, and, For the greater indeed, of all graces. ornament of God s worship he estab lished a new Order of Nuns, which is
named from
the
Visitation
of
the
Blessed
These nuns follow Virgin. Rule of St Austin, but Francis added thereto several additional con the
stitutions
distinguished by wisdom, He en prudence, and tenderness. lightened the Church by writings full of heavenly teaching, and pointing out
a
safe
and simple road
perfection.
In the
age, while on
his
to
Christian
55th year of his
way from France
Annecy, after saying mass at Lyons on the Feast of St John the Evangelist, he was seized with fatal illness, and on the next day passed from earth to heaven, in the year of our Lord 1622. His body was carried to to
Annecy and honourably buried in the Church of the nuns of the Visitation, where
it
soon
began
to
be distin
The truth of guished for miracles. these having been proved, the Supreme Pontiff, Alexander VII., enrolled his name among those of the Saints, and appointed for his Feast-day the 29th of January. And the Supreme Pontiff, Pius IX., on the advice of the Congre
In the midst of the congregation, &c., (p. 523.)
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the morrow we keep the feast of the holy virgin and Martyr Martina, [third century,] of whom mention is made upon the ist day of January.
Upon the same 3oth day of January, were born into a better life At
Antioch,
the
blessed
martyr
He was Hippolytus, [third century.] a Priest who had been led astray into the Novatian schism, but by the operation of the grace of Christ had corrected himself, and had returned into the unity of the Church, for which and within which he afterwards
achieved a noble martyrdom. When he was asked by his people which were the true Body, he denied the
and declared which men ought to keep is- the faith which the See of Peter keepeth, and so offered his neck to the executioner. doctrine that
of
Novatus,
the faith
In Africa, the holy martyrs Felician, Philappian, and 124 others. At Edessa, in Syria, the holy
martyr Barsimceus, who converted
Bishop
city,
many
the faith, and sent the crown, but
them
to
of
that
Gentiles to before him
himself followed
them with the palm of martyrdom under the Emperor Trajan, [second century.] Likewise, at Edessa, holy Barsen, Bishop of that See, who was famous
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for the grace of healing, but who on account of his Catholic belief was
uttermost parts of that country by the Arian Emperor Valens, and there finished his earthly life, [in the year 379.] Likewise the blessed Alexander.
banished
He was
to
the
arrested in the
persecution under the Emperor Decius, and died under the torture, [in the year 251,]
grey hairs and illustrious for his repeated confession. At Matthias, holy Jerusalem, Patriarch of that place, [in the second of whom are narrated won
venerable
for
his
century,] drous acts of faith.
He
suffered
much
sake under the Emperor Hadrian, but at length fell asleep in Christ
for
s
peace.
At Rome, holy Pope Felix
[IV.,
526, died in 530,] who lab oured much for the Catholic faith. At Pavia, the holy Confessor Armentarius, Bishop of that See, [in
Pope
in
the year 730.] In the monastery of Maubeuge, in of time the in King Hainault,
Dagobert, the holy Virgin Aldegundis, [about the year 689.]
At Milan, holy Savina, a devout
woman, who
fell
asleep in the Lord,
while she was pray [in the year 311,] ing at the graves of the holy martyrs
Nabor and Felix. At Viterbo, the holy Virgin Hyacinth Mariscotti, [in the year
de
1640,] a
nun of the Third Order of St Francis, eminent for penitence and for love.
Whose name Pope
Pius VII. enrolled
with those of the saints.
O Vespers; Antiphon, a Commemora right excellent, &c." tion is made of the following, from the Common Office for one Virgin and At Second
"
SAINTS.
JANUARY
St jWarttna,
30.
anti
Utrgitt
JBartgr. Semi-double.
All from
Common
one
Office for
and Martyr,
(p. 567,) except is otherwise given here. Prayer
Virgin
what
the
throughout the Office, amidst the wondrous,
"O
God,
Who
&c."
Should this Feast be ob Note. served as a Dotible, or otherwise have First Vespers, the Hymn at that Ser composed of the \st, 2nd, ^rd, 7th verses of the Hymn hereafter given for Mattins, and in this case the Hyjnn at Mattins begins at the ^th verse, (the Jth being used at both vice is
and
Vespers
and Mattins.} MATTINS.
Hymn. Hear thou with
joy,
O
1
Rome, Martina
s
name, praises celebrate with glad accord Martina, high in merit, virgin blest, And martyr of the Lord.
Her
;
Beauty and youth, the joys of happy home, Ancestral palaces, and noble birth All these were hers, all these for JESU S sake She counted nothing worth. ;
3-
Her wealth she shared among
the poor of
Christ,
Content with seeking better wealth above Herself she gave to her immortal King, Too happy in His love.
:
;
"
Martyr, (p. 567.) Prayer, Who amidst the wondrous,
O
God,
&c.,"
(p.
i
agonising hooks, the rending scourge, Shook not the dauntless spirit in her breast With torments rack d, Angels her fainting ;
flesh
Recruit with heavenly feast.
573-) Translation by the late Rev. E. Caswall.
1878.
4-
The
R.I. P.)
(Died while the above was in proof, Jan.
2,
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God they would not touch her, and she was then thrown upon a burning pile, but still remained alive. of
In
vain
beasts
Calm
her
cast
they
the
to
ravening
;
at her feet the lion crouches
down
:
by the sword at length she goes To her immortal crown.
Till smitten
6.
Now
with
bliss
the
Fifth Lesson.
COME
moved
Martina
Saints
reigns
by the
in
;
And, where Idolatry sate throned of yore, From her victorious altar praise and prayer
With odorous incense
of her tormentors
soar.
were so
spectacle, that by the grace of
they repented, and, confessing the faith of Christ, through which she remained constant, were themselves tortured and behead
God
Martina herself lay praying, with brightness on her face, while a matter like milk oozed from her body along with the blood, emitting a soft, ed.
a
false worldly joys
Expel
With
thine enlightening
Who
with
;
and
beam
fill
us, Lord,
divine
;
Thy
suffering martyrs present art, Godhead, One and Trine. Amen.
The
FIRST NOCTURN.
sweet smell. She was as it were unconscious of an earthquake and most violent thunderstorm which arose
and was raging, and while the
Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Blessed.
Fourth Lesson.
TWTARTINA most
Sixth Lesson.
was a maiden
illustrious
Roman She
daughter of a Consul.
of
a
the
among
lost
manded
to sacrifice to the
commit
Upon
was
she
gods, and refused with to
Under
poor.
Emperor Alexander,
this
her
the
com
imaginary
much
great
boldness wickedness.
she was again and again and mangled with iron and hooks, and pieces of
this
scourged,
prongs broken pottery.
Her limbs were
cut
off piece
by piece with sharp swords, and boiling tallow poured upon the living trunk. Lastly she was sent to be eaten publicly by the wild beasts
.in
the amphitheatre, but 1
HP HE judge
by the
will
Both the hymns
being infuriated at what
had taken
family,
parents while still very young, and, being inflamed with Christian zeal, she distributed her wealth, whereof she had abundance, with great pro fusion
light
ning struck temples, and melted statues, she seemed in spirit rather to be seated above on a queenly throne, praising God in heaven among the
place,
and
chiefly at
her unbending firmness, ordered the head of the martyr to be cut off. At the moment this was done, a peal
which shook the
city
was heard,
like
a voice calling her home, and so great
was the
made many
consternation, that it was the means of conversion to
idolaters.
The holy body of
Martina wherein she had suffered
in
Urban I. was dis covered in the time of Urban VIII., 1 in the very old Church called after the Pontificate of
her, situated at the foot of the Capitoline near the Mamertine Hill,
Prison, along with the bodies of the holy martyrs Concordius, Epiphanius, and others. The Church was then altered and restored and handsomely decorated, and then the body was
in this Office are
by him.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
730 replaced in ings, with a
it,
amid public
rejoic
solemn ceremony and
procession.
SAINTS.
Christ, and were beheaded, [in the fourth century.] At Alexandria, the holy martyr Metranus. In the time of the
Em
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons the
from Matth. xxv. i, with Homily of Pope St Gregory, (/.
57I-)
LAUDS.
peror Decius he refused to utter un lawful words at the command of the Wherefore they bruised his Pagans. whole body with cudgels, pierced his face and eyes with sharp reeds, and continued to torture him while they cast
Hymn. maiden, for thy native land, Plead for thy Mother Church of Rome, Plead for each Christian State that shields
pLEAD, The
brightness of the Christian home.
From them Justice
let warfare roll to where and vengeance have a work
Let war, with all its horrors rife, Crush the foul empire of the Turk. Their fellow-Christians to set free Let all men Christian draw the sword
However
The
divers,
one
him out of him to
stoned
249.] There,
likewise, the holy martyrs Saturninus, Thyrsus, and Victor. In the same city, the holy martyrs Tharsicius, Zoticus, Cyriacus, and their
Companions. At Cyzicus, on the Hellespont, the holy martyr Triphenes, who overcame divers torments, and then gained the
palm of martyrdom by being a
in this,
love of Christ, their
common
Not
calls
upon thee
At Modena, holy Geminian,
Lord.
that the prayers,
from one shore alone, thine odour- phial float the Everlasting Throne.
famous
Toward
390,]
To Him Who,
circled
by the
Saints,
In holiness unuttered dwells.
Amen.
Prayer throughout the day. O God, amidst the wondrous, &c., (/.
Who
5730
On
the
morrow we keep
century,] the Julius the Priest.
of the holy Confessor Peter Nolasco, founder of the Order of Blessed Mary
of Ransom, for the redemption of cap tives, who fell asleep in the Lord upon
Christmas Eve.
Upon
the
same
3
1
st
were born into a better
day of January, life
At Rome, upon the way to Porto, the holy martyrs Cyrus and John, who suffered
many
torments for confessing
holy
Confessor
At Rome, [in the year 410,] the widow Marcella, whose excel lences have been written by blessed holy
Jerome.
At Rome, widow Louisa
the
likewise,
blessed
Albertoni, [in the year 530,] of the 3rd Order of St Francis,
illustrious for
the feast
see,
for miracles.
time
i
MARTYROLOGY.
[after
of that
Bishop
[fifth
Borne on the eternal breeze of praise That from the Blessed myriads swells
by
In the province of Milan, in the of the Emperor Theodosius,
rising
May from
killed
bull.
the year
Rome
the city, where they [in the year
death,
Upon
the
her graces.
same day
is
commemor
ated the translation of the holy Evan gelist Mark, when [in the year 831] his sacred body was taken from Alexandria, in Egypt, already occu pied by the Mohammedans, and brought to Venice, where it is honour ably buried in the great cathedral church consecrated in his name. Vespers are of the following the Chapter inclusive.
from
FEAST-DAYS IN JANUARY. JANUARY
1189,] and
31.
St $eter Nolasco, Confessor. Double.
All from the Coimnon
for a
Office
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 531,) except is otherwise given here.
what
is
his great love
731 chiefly distinguished for toward his neighbour.
was considered a foreshadowing of he was a little
It
this virtue, that when child in his cradle, a
swarm
of bees
on his right hand, and began make an honey-comb there. He
settled to
parents while still young, and consequence of his horror of the Albigensian heresy, with which France was then plagued, he sold his property lost his in
FIRST VESPERS. the Office.
Prayer throughout
there
r\ GOD, Who hast commended Thy ^^ love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Thou didst die for us, that Thou mightest redeem us from the hand of the enemy and ;
Who
didst raise up Peter (in imitation
Thy
holy servant
of that
so
Thy
great love for their souls) to redeem the bodies also of Thy servants from the hand of the enemies of Thy Cross,
and
to that end, didst
choose him for
mean whereby Thou hast given unto Thy Church a new family of sons
a
and emigrated
to
Here
Spain.
discharged a vow which he had made at the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of Monserrat, and Here afterwards went to Barcelona. he was so affected by the miserable state of the Christians who were in slavery to the Moors, that he expended
he
first
his
whole fortune
in
ransoming
as
of them as possible, and used to say that he wished he could be sold himself to ransom more, or could
many
himself change places with them.
;
mercifully grant unto us, at his peti that we may be delivered from
Fifth Lesson.
tion,
bondage of our sins, and may one day together with him rejoice in
the
perfect liberty in our very Fatherland,
which
is
heaven
in
reignest with unity of the
God
:
A
livest
and
Holy Ghost, one God,
world without end.
Commemoration
Martina.
Who
the Father, in the
Amen. is
made of St
Prayer as in her
Office.
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to
T
T came
to
Him was
charitable zeal of Peter.
One
the
night
praying, and his mind exercised on the means
when he was was much
of succouring the enslaved Christians, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him
a vision, and gave him to under stand that it would be most pleasing to her Son and herself, if he would found in her honour an order of re ligious men, whose chief duty it should be to effect the redemption of Christ ian bondsmen out of the hand of the in
unbelievers.
the Season.
God showed
that
to pass
how agreeable
In
conformity
to
this
which had likewise on the same night been made to St Ray mond de Pegnafort and King James of Aragon, he founded the Re I. ligious Order of the Blessed Mary
revelation,
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson. Nolasco was born of noble Recaudun near Car cassonne in France [about the year "DETER
parents at
of
Ransom, for the redemption of The members of this order
captives.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
732
add a fourth vow tial
ones
of
to the three essen
Poverty,
Chastity, that they
and
will Obedience, namely, be ready if need be to remain as hostages in the hand of the unbe
lievers for the liberation of others.
Sixth Lesson.
A FTER
he took the vow of vir ginity he remained with his
purity
quite
and was
unsullied
at the
all
his
life,
same time a bright
of long-suffering, lowliness, God temperance, and other virtues. pattern
was pleased
to
adorn him with the
Prophecy, whereby he fore told things to come. Among others, gift
of
he prophesied to King James that he would take the city of Valencia from the Moors, which he after wards did. He was refreshed by frequent apparitions of his Guardian Angel and of the Virgin Mother of God. He had lived to a great age, when being quite worn out, and fall ing into a grievous sickness, he per ceived that his end was at hand.
He
then
received the holy Sacra and, gathering his brethren around him, exhorted them for the last time to show pity to slaves. After this he began to repeat with I will great emotion the ex. Psalm,
ments,
SAINTS.
MARTYROLOGY. the
ist day of February, Upon were born into the better life
The
holy martyr Ignatius, who church of Antioch as the third Bishop of that See in succes sion to the blessed Apostle Peter. In the persecution under the Em
ruled the
peror Trajan he was condemned to be killed by wild beasts, and was sent to Rome in chains by command of the emperor. There, in the pres
ence of the Senate, he was first put to most grievous torments and then thrown to lions, the which throttled him with their teeth, and so he was
made
Christ
s
offering,
[in
the year
107.]
At Smyrna, the holy martyr PionHe was a Priest who had writ
ius.
ten much controversial matter on behalf of the Christian faith. After suffering a foul imprisonment, dur
ing the which he strengthened many brethren by his exhortations to the enduring of martyrdom, he was put
many
to
tortures
where he
pyre,
end
by
and nailed upon a obtained a blessed burnt for Christ s
being with him suffered
And
sake.
fifteen
[in the
year 251.] At Ravenna, holy Severus, [in the year 389,] Bishop of that city, to others,
"
praise Thee,
O LORD,
with
my
whole
uttered the heart," and when he had words He sent redemption unto His people," he resigned his soul to God. This happened at mid night between the 23rd and 24th of December, 1256. Alexander VII. ordered that his feast should be celebrated on the 3ist of January. "
the which place he was chosen, on account of his extraordinary merits, through a miraculous sign in the form of a dove. At Tron, in Gaul, [in the fifth cen
Bishop of that see, shone with grace, and the preciousness of whose death is attested tury,] holy Paul,
whose
life
by miracles.
Upon Deacon
much work
after
THIRD NOCTURN.
Christ
Lessons from the
Homily of
(P-
544-)
Luke the
xii.
32,
Venerable
with Bede,
nent the [in
the same day, holy Ephrem, of the church of Edessa, who
fell
for
time
for the faith of asleep in the Lord, emi holiness and teaching, in
of
the year
the
378.]
Emperor Valens,
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. In Ireland, [in the year 523,] the At the moment holy Virgin Brigid. that she bowed down her head to re ceive the hallowed veil, she chanced to touch the wooden steps of the altar with her hand, and in witness to her virginity the dry wood at
once became green. At Florence, in Tuscany, the blessed Virgin Veridiana, recluse, of the Order of
Vallombrosa, 1242.]
"
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson on
posed by St Bethlehem.]
IGNATIUS
Mercifully consider our
Prayer,
weakness,"
A
Commemoration is &c., (p. 491.) made of the preceding.
sent
on
his
at
Smyrna,
disciple
Upon an
the first
day not occupied by
of Nine Lessons, of the Dead.
Office
Office
FEBRUARY
is
said the
Apostle
condemned
was
to
beasts, and When chains.
wild
by in
thither he arrived where Polycarp, the of John, was Bishop, he
the
:
addressed
he
Smyrna, Epistle
and a fourth to and after leaving
Trallians,
Romans
the
to
the
a
further
and
Philadelphians,
another to the Smyrnians, along with a private Epistle to Polycarp, to whose care he commended the of
In
Antioch.
this
last
JBartjjr.
Common
the
Bishop
the
journey
Fifth Lesson.
Double.
All from
third
he quoteth a passage regarding the Person of Christ from the Gospel, which I have recently translated.
Ignatius, BteJjop [of ttorf),]
[at
wrote an Epistle to the Ephesians, another to the Magnesians, a third
Church
i.
Priest
Trajan stirred up his
Rome
to
after
he
devoured
to
FEAST DAYS IN FEBRUARY.
was the
When
Peter.
com
Writers,
Jerome,
Antioch
of
be
the Chapter, inclusive.
taken from the Book
is
Ecclesiastical
persecution,
Second Vespers are of the following,
from
SECOND NOCTURN.
Florentin,
[Castel
733
Martyr, (p. 482,) except wise given here.
Office for
what
one
T
T
fitting
made much
other
is
is
so
we
as
that,
mention
of
importance,
a
have
man
we
of
should
note briefly the Epistle which I he addressed to the Romans. am on my way," saith he, "from already Syria to Rome, and am fighting with beasts on sea and on also
Prayer throughout the cifully
(p.
consider
our
"
Office,
weakness,"
Mer c.,
49L)
First Vespers as regards St Igna tius begin with the Chapter.
A
Commemoration ceding Prayer
is
from
made of his
the
pre
Office.
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons to
the
from Scripture according
Season.
"
land
may say I night to ten the soldiers, leopards, for indeed who have charge of me, are no
am
all
the
chained
better.
way.
I
day and
The more
courteous
I
am
worse they use me. But still their wickedness is good schooling for me, though I know that my mere sufferings cannot in
to
them,
the
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
734
themselves gain me justification. I earnestly wish for the beasts which are to devour me at any rate, I
wheat it
SAINTS. the ground and die, And so on.
into
fall
abideth alone.
;
may
pray they
and
quickly,
put
fly
on
me out of me willingly,
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of
pain that
not like some other Martyrs, whose bodies the animals have refused
on John. ]
51
be
I
to touch.
come as
I
can, to
me
corn of wheat
make them devour me.
to die by bring forth much fruit the unbelief of the Jews, and to
my
be,
know what
The Lord JESUS was Himself a
I
find that they will not will run at them as quick
If
on,
I
Let
children
little
for
good
is
I
:
me."
FEEL
T
"
now
that
be
ning to
am
I
Christ s
begin
disciple
;
none of those things which are seen, if so be I may find Christ desire
I
care not that there or cross, or fire,
I
JESUS.
me
upon
beasts, or breaking or sundering of
of
my
When
be
so
only
"
I
the
let
that
I
in
loveth
lose in
it
devil,
Christ."
his
secondly: lose
shall
life
"he
that
it
love
;
am
Christ
beasts
s
teeth
may be
wheat, and so
be
ground,
my and
mill,
be
Eighth Lesson
HP HAT
bread."
eleventh
What
was
lieth at Antioch,
left
in
toward Daphne.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (xii. 24.) is
that time JESUS said unto His disciples Amen, Amen, say unto you, Except a corn of :
:
interpretation
"
:
of the
the
second
meaning of the Gospel, appeareth most probably from the And he that words which follow
the grave yard outside the gate which leadeth
make good in
this
the
is
year of his
AT
it,"
life eternal."
keep which
body
lose
;
of
Trajan.
shall
life
not then that which thou shalt lose not this present life, so that thou be thereby in jeopardy of losing
He
suffered
He it."
thou love life, thou wilt thou wilt live for ever refuse not to die for
Or
Christ."
hateth
found to
if
;
Christ,
love
the
his
"If
is,
"
:
lose
was
he
:
these
that
shall
life
words may be under two ways. First: "he
Now, that
saith
steps,
his
stood
body, yea,
brought condemned to the theatre, and heard the roar ing of the beasts which were to devour him, he felt so strong an eagerness to suffer, that he cried out
loveth
loveth
may win
I
wild
bones, members, or
His
follow
my
destruction of my whole or all the torments of if
come
and
die
to
bring forth much fruit in the faith of the Gentiles. He, exhorting men that
Sixth Lesson.
was
that
;
to
I
(Tract
Hippo.]
his it
life
unto
we
in life
this
shall
world,
eternal."
From
suppose the sense words to be: "He that loveth his life in this world shall This is lose it unto life eternal." a great and marvellous saying, show
may
first
ing how a as to lose
man may life,
so
love
and so hate
life
life
as
thou love it too if thou well, then dost thou hate it hate it with an holy hatred, then dost thou love it. Blessed are they so love it that, lest they should as to lose it, so hate it as to to
keep
life.
If
:
keep
it.
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. Ninth Lesson. lest
world
eternal
thou take these words
that hateth his
"He
shall
keep
some
as
"
Some
of suicide.
it
do, for evil
life
in
lieved,
unto
life
an approval
and perverse
men, bloody and guilty murderers of themselves, do indeed throw them selves into the fire, drown themselves in water, and cast themselves down This is precipices, and so perish. not the teaching of Christ, Who, the devil would have Him cast self
It is
when
Him
down from an high
place, an Get thee behind Me, Satan. written, Thou shalt not tempt the
swered
"
:
Lord thy
Who
God."
(Matth.
iv.
5-7.)
also said to Peter, signifying
what death he should
glorify
by
God
:
thou wast young thougirdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest but when thou shalt be old, another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not." (John "When
;
1 From which it is evident 8.) that he that would follow Christ s foot
xxi.
steps,
Father, inherit the
must be
not by himself,
slain,
but by another.
Prayer throughout
the
day as at
First Vespers.
The morrow
and was
baptized,
Likewise at Rome, the holy martyrs Firmus, and Felician, Candidus. Fortunatus,
At Caesarea,
in Palestine, [in the century,] the holy centurion Cor nelius, who was baptized by the holy first
Apostle St Peter, and by him also raised to be Bishop in that city. At Orleans, holy Flosculus, [about the year 500], Bishop of that see. At Canterbury, in England, holy Laurence, [in the year 619,] Arch bishop of that see, which he governed in succession to holy Augustin, and converted king Ethelbert himself to the faith.
We
keep his feast upon the
morrow after. At Prato,
in Tuscany, the holy Florentine Virgin Katherine di Ricci, of the Order of Friars Preachers, eminent for the abundance of her
from heaven, whose name the Supreme Pontiff Bendict XIV. enrolled
gifts
among
those of holy virgins.
Vespers of the following.
FEBRUARY
is
the feast of the Puri
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which by the Greeks is called the
Cantilemas
that
is,
the Presentation
tfje
Ftrgitt
of the Lord.
Upon the same 2nd day of February, were born into the better life At Rome, upon the Salarian Way, [in the fourth century,] the
holy martyr
He was a notary, who, Apronian. while he was a Gentile, was leading out of prison to before the Prefect Laodi-
Licinius
holy present him
of
Purification
2.
Dag.
fication
the
and was
afterwards put to death confessing the Lord.
MARTYROLOGY.
Hypapante
kingdom which
prepared for you from the founda tion of the world," whereupon he be is
IDE WARE this
My
735
cius, when he heard a voice from heaven saying, "Come, ye blessed of
Double of the Second Note.
Should
a privileged
the
Class.
2nd February
be
the
Office for is transferred to the
Sunday,
Candlemas Day Monday, any other Feast of
less or Should rank transferred. being equal there be a double of the First Class on the Monday, the Candlemas Office is
transferred on.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
736
All from the Common
for
Office
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 552,) except what is otherwise given here.
SAINTS.
thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast the males shall be the LORD S. The firstling of an ass thou and if thou shalt redeem with a lamb wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck. And all the first born of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. ;
FIRST VESPERS.
:
Antiphons from the Lauds of New Year s Day, (p. 315.) Chapter and Prayer from Lauds. Verse. It was revealed unto Simeon by the Holy Ghost. Answer. That he should not see death before he had seen the Lord s
Christ.
First Responsory.
thy chamber, O Zion, Christ thy King, even that
Make ready to receive
the Blessed held his Lord Virgin. in his arms in the form of a little child, but the Child was the old man s King even that Child whom a virgin bore, and remained a virgin as before the fruit of her womb, and the God of her soul.
Antiphon at
The
the
old
Song of
man
:
:
Child Whom a Virgin bore, and re mained a Virgin as before the fruit of her womb and the God of her :
soul.
Simeon took the Child up arms, and blessed God. Answer. Even that Child Whom a Virgin bore, and remained a Virgin as before the fruit of her womb and the God of her soul. Verse.
in his
:
A
Commemoration
is
made of
the
preceding.
Second Lesson.
MATTINS. Invitatory. Behold, the Lord the Ruler cometh unto His holy temple * Rejoice and be glad, O Zion go forth
The Lesson Leviticus
:
!
to
meet thy God
taken from the Book of
is
I.)
(xii.
~T*HE LORD spake unto Moses,
/
!
ing
:
say-
Speak unto the children of
If a woman hath con Israel, saying ceived seed and borne a man child, then she shall be unclean seven days, according to the days of the separation :
FIRST NOCTURN. First Lesson.
The Lesson Exodus
is
taken from the
(xiii.
Book
of
I.)
spake unto Moses, say Sanctify unto Me all the whatsoever openeth the
womb among
the children
of Israel, of beast it is Mine. And Moses said unto the people ( 1 1 ) It shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Chanaanites,
both of
man and
:
:
as
He
fathers
sware unto
and
shall
circumcised and she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying She shall three and thirty days. touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the Sanctuary, until the days of But if she her purifying be fulfilled. bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separa tion, and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three score and
be
HP HE LORD ing, first-born ;
for her infirmity shall she be unclean. And the eighth day shall the child
thee and to thy give
it
thee,
that
six days.
:
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. Second Responsory.
As
Answer.
When the days of Mary s purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought JESUS to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord as it is written in the law of the Lord ;
737 it is
written in the law
of the Lord. Verse. to the Son,
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer.
As
written in
is
it
the
law of the Lord.
:
Every male that openeth the
womb
SECOND NOCTURN.
be called holy unto the Lord. They offered for Him unto the Lord a pair of turtle-doves or two shall
Verse.
young pigeons. Answer. As it is written in the law of the Lord Every male that openeth :
womb
the
shall
is taken from the Sermons of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.] on the Season.} it
of Zion
shall
This and that
when
the days of her purification are fulfilled, for a son or
for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering,
and a young pigeon or a
turtle-dove
door of the tabernacle of the testimony, unto the priest, who shall offer it before the
for a sin-offering, unto the
LORD, and make an atonement
for
her, and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law
hath borne a male or a female. And if her hand find it not, or she be not able to bring a lamb, she shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, the one for the burntfor her that
"And
and the other for a sin-offer and the priest shall make an ing atonement for her, and she shall be ;
clean.
Third Responsory.
They offered for Him unto the Lord a pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons as it is written in the law of the Lord. And when the days of Verse. Mary s purification according to the ;
law of Moses were accomplished, they brought Him to Jerusalem, to present to the Lord.
not be said
it
man was
born
in
:
her,
and the Highest Himself shall establish her ? Blessed be the omnipotence of Him That was born Blessed the glory of Him That came from heaven to earth While yet He was borne in His Mother s womb, He was saluted He was by John the Baptist; presented in the temple, and re cognised by that famous, antient, and "
!
!
glorious worthy, the old man Simeon. As soon as he knew Him he wor
shipped Him, and said lettest
peace
Thou Thy
"
:
Lord,
now
servant
depart in for mine eyes have seen Thy
Salvation."
Fourth Responsory.
offering,
Him
was written:
old time ^"\F
Third Lesson.
AND
The Lesson
be called holy unto
the Lord.
*"*
Fourth Lesson.
Simeon was just and devout, wait and ing for the redemption of Israel the Holy Ghost was upon him. ;
Verse. It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord s Christ. Answer. And the Holy Ghost was
upon him. Fifth Lesson.
TUT
E
lingered in the world to see the birth of Him Who made the world. The old man knew the
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
738
Child, and in that Child became a child himself, for in the love where
with he regarded the Father of all, he felt his own years to be but as of yesterday. The old man Simeon bore the new-born Christ, and all the while, Christ was the old man s Lord. It
had been
told
him by
the
he had seen
the
of
birth
Creator of flesh and the flesh
in
the
the
Lord s Christ. Now Christ is born, and all the old man s wishes on earth are fulfilled. He That came to a decrepit world came to an old man.
Sixth Responsory.
When His parents brought the Child JESUS into the temple, to do for Him after the custom of the law, Simeon took Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said Lord, :
now in
was revealed unto Simeon by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord s Christ and he blessed God, and ;
Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation. :
When His parents brought Child JESUS, to do for Him after the custom of the law then took he Him up in his arms. Answer. And blessed God, and Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation. :
Sixth Lesson. not to remain long in
the world, but he longed to see Christ in the world, singing with the Prophet, and saying Shew us "
:
O
LORD, and grant us
Thy mercy, Thy salvation." (Ps. Ixxxiv. 8.) And now at last, that ye may know that the cause
of his joy was that this Now prayer was granted, he saith lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy "
:
The Prophets have sung Maker of heaven and earth
salvation."
that the
would converse on earth with men an angel hath declared that the :
:
Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer.
Lord, now lettest servant depart in peace.
Answer.
Thy
Thou
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
:
T_JE wished
Simeon took up the Child and cried out, and said
in his arms,
the
said
servant depart
peace.
Verse.
in
Thou Thy
lettest
Verse.
It
would come
Child.
Fifth Responsory.
said
womb,
spirit
the unborn John, yet in hath saluted the unborn :
Saviour yet in the womb. The old man Simeon hath seen God a little
Lord
that he should not taste of death be fore
SAINTS.
The Lesson is taken from
the
Luke
(ii.
pel according to
A T
that time
Holy Gos 22.)
When
the days of according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they brought JESUS to Jerusalem, to
Mary s
:
purification,
present Him to the Lord, as written in the law of the Lord. so on.
it
is
And
i
Homily on brose,
this
Bis-hop
Comm. on Luke
[of
passage by St Milan.]
Am
(Bk.
2,
ii.)
"And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon,
and
the
same man was
just
and
devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel." The birth of the Lord is attested not only by Angels and
Prophets, and shepherds, but also by and just men. Every age, and
elders
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. both sexes, as well as the miracles of the events themselves, are here to
A virgin constrengthen our faith. a barren woman beareth, a
ceiveth,
dumb man speaketh, Elizabeth pro-, phesieth, the wise man worshippeth, the unborn child leapeth, the widow and the
praiseth,
just
man
waiteth.
into
the
Thy
people Israel. His parents brought in the Child JESUS, then took he Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and
his
Even
Answer.
that Child
Whom
a
virgin bore, and remained a virgin as before ; and when that virgin had brought Him into the world, she fell
Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son,
When
and
to the
Even
Answer.
Holy Ghost.
that Child
Whom
a
and remained a virgin as and when that virgin had
virgin bore,
before
;
Him
brought
into the world, she fell
down and worshipped Him.
:
Verily Thou art a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the Glory
Ninth Lesson.
Answer.
of
down and
arms, and blessed the Lord.
:
said
fell
Simeon took the Child up gave thanks, and
Verse. in
Verse.
Simeon took JESUS up in his arms, and cried out, and said Verily Thou art a light to lighten the Gentiles, and Verse.
she
world,
worshipped Him.
down and worshipped Him.
Seventh Responsory.
the Glory of
739
Thy
people Israel.
w ni Vy HOSOEVER and be with come
Eighth Lesson.
Y^/ ELL
is
he called
just,
who looked
Promised One
that blessed
are
the
for
he knew
eyes that see
took he Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant
Him.
"Then
:
in
depart
peace,
according
to
Thy
Behold a just man, confined in the weary prison of the body, de siring to be dissolved and to begin to be with Christ. For to be dissolved and to be with Christ is much better. word."
(Phil.
i.
23.)
old man bore the Child, but Child was the old man s King even that Child Whom a virgin bore, and remained a virgin as before and
The
the
;
;
that virgin
Temple,
let
let him him come
Jerusalem,
Lord
s
Christ,
let
let
:
in peace, for
who the
hath
Lord
s
he shall not see death, seen life. Behold how Birth doth overflow with for
abounding grace
all,
and prophecy
not denied to the just, but to the unbelieving. Behold, Simeon prophesieth that the Lord JESUS Christ is is
come
the fall and rising again of yea, He shall separate the just from the unjust by their deserts, and according as our work shall be, so shall the true and righteous Judge
many
for
:
command
us
to
be
punished
or
rewarded.
Eighth Responsory.
when
into the
him wait for the him take hold on the Word of God, let him embrace it with good works, as it were with arms of faith and then let him depart to
not for favour for himself, but for consolation for his people. He desired to be set free from the bond age of this frail body, but he waited to see the
be dissolved
Christ,
had brought Him
The Hymn, God, &c.," is
"
We
praise Thee,
O
said.
LAUDS. First Antiphon. Simeon was just * and devout, waiting for the consol-
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
740
ation of Israel, and the Holy Ghost was upon him. Second Antiphon. It was revealed unto Simeon * by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had
In the Short Responsory, "Thou That wast born of the Virgin Mary."
MARTYROLOGY.
seen the Lord.
Simeon took *
Third Antiphon.
the Child up in his arms, and gave thanks, and blessed the Lord.
Fourth Antiphon. A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel. They offered for Fifth Antiphon. Him * unto the Lord, a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.
Chapter.
(Mai.
iii.
I send My Angel, and he shall prepare the way before
the LORD, Whom ye seek, suddenly come to His holy temple, even the Angel of the Cove nant Whom ye delight in. Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. When His parents brought in the Child JESUS, then took Simeon Him
And
shall
up
in his
said
arms, and blessed God, and lettest Thou Thy servant
Now
:
depart in peace.
Prayer throtighout the
On
governed
morrow we keep
that
church
to holy Augustin,
in
England
in
succession
and who converted
King Ethelbert himself to the faith, whom mention is made as upon this
of
day.
Upon the same 3rd day of February, were born into the better life
Office.
Under the many miracles. President Agricolaus he was longflogged, then hung to a beam, where his flesh was rent with iron combs, then he suffered a foul imprisonment, of
after
that
and everliving God, we humbly beseech Thy Majesty, as Thy Only-begotten Son was
this
day presented
the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto Thee with pure and clean hearts. Through the same our in
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, liveth
Amen.
which he was cast
unhurt, he was beheaded, by order of the same judge, along with two lads.
Before him seven women, who were the drops of his blood as they fell during the torture, were ar rested for being Christians, and after being grievously tormented were put to the sword. collecting
InAfrica, the holy Deacon Celerinus, nineteen days in prison,
who was kept
and was a glorious confessor of Christ under the lash, and in iron chains and other sufferings, and while he over
came
the adversary of his contending
his invincible firmness, he led the way for victories for others, [in the
by
year 280.] Likewise the holy martyrs Laurentinus, [these martyrs mentioned by Cyprian, Letter 34,] and Ignatius, his father
PRIME.
into the lake,
came out thence
and, forasmuch as he
A LMIGHTY
world without end.
the
the feast of the holy Confessor Laurence, of who Archbishop Canterbury,
At Sebaste, in Armenia, the holy martyr Blase, [about the year 316,] Bishop of that city, and the worker
i.)
"DEHOLD,
Me.
SAINTS.
s
and mother
s
brothers,
and
grandmother, who had before him been crowned with martyr Celerina his
Simeon was just, * (First Antiphon at Lauds.} Antiphon.
&c.,
dom,
to the glorious praises of all
whom
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. there remaineth to witness an epistle
741
SECOND VESPERS.
of blessed Cyprian.
Antiphons from Lauds. All the rest as at First
Likewise in Africa, the holy martyrs Felix, Symphronius, Hippolytus, and their Companions, [in the year 270.]
In the town of Gap, [in the second century,] the holy Bishops Tigides and
Remedius.
At Lyons, [about the year 486,] holy Lupicinus and Felix, Bishops of that see.
On
the
same day,
year 865,]
holy Anschar, Bishop of Bremen, who brought the Swedes and the Danes to believe in Christ.
Chapter at the
Antiphon at
the
This
Song of the Blessed
day did
the Blessed Virgin Mary present the Child JESUS in the temple and Simeon, filled with the Holy Ghost, took Him up Virgin.
;
in
[in the
Vespers, ex
cept the
his
arms,
and blessed
God
for
ever.
A Commemoration is made of the following from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) with the Prayer, Hear, O Lord, &c.," (p. 524;) then of St Blase, from the "
e?id.
(Mai.
iii.
4.)
HEN
shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years, saith the Lord I"*
Common Office of One Martyr, (p. 594,) with the Prayer, "O God, Who year by year,
&c.,"
(p.
491.)
Almighty.
FEBRUARY
TERCE. It was revealed, Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lands.}
&c.,
St iLaurntce,
gfocfjifefjop
Ctanterburg,
Chapter from Lauds.
3.
of
Confessor.
Double.
SEXT.
Simeon took, Antiphon. (Third Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter. "DEHOLD,
LORD be
able
to
(Mai.
He
shall
of hosts
abide
iii.
*
&c.,
All from the Common Office for One Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is otherwise given here. Prayer Hear, O Lord, we be throughout, seech Thee, &c.," (p. 524.) "
2.)
FIRST NOCTURN.
come, saith the
but who shall the day of His :
coming and who shall stand to see Him ? For He is like the fiery blast of a furnace, and like fuller s soap. ?
Lesson from Scripture according
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
NONE. Antiphon.
They offered
to
the Season.
for
Him,
&c., (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.}
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
*
T HIS ^fence a
disciple
a of St
Roman, and
Gregory the was sent into
Great, by whom he England, along with blessed Augustin,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
742
SAINTS.
to
preach the Gospel. Along with Augustin he gave himself to prayer
fulness as a shepherd to the nations of the old inhabitants of Britain
and preaching, and by the holiness of his life and manner, and by his miracles, he converted to Christ King Ethelbert and a great part of his After Augustin was made people.
and of the Scots who dwelt in Ire land, to bring them to the due and
Archbishop of Canterbury he sent Laurence to Rome to give blessed Gregory news as to the state of the new-born Church of England, and to obtain fresh supplies from him. He
other matters.
returned in a short space, bringing with him the answers of the Supreme Pontiff to the questions of Blessed
Ethelbert, his son and successor, Eadbald, not only refused to embrace
Augustin, holy vessels, books, vest ments, relics of the holy Apostles and martyrs, and divers fellow-workers and ministers of the Word, among whom the first and chief were those men of eminent holiness, Mellitus, Justus,
whom first
Paulinus, and Rufinian, of Mellitus was afterwards made
Bishop
of
London,
Justus
of
Rochester, Paulinus of York, and Rufinian Abbot of the Monastery of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul out side the walls of Canterbury.
Fifth Lesson. the
blessed Augustine found himself drawing nigh to the kingdom of Heaven he ordained
Laurence as his successor, lest upon his death the church in her tender state should suffer if she were left without the care of a shepherd. As soon as Laurence entered upon the Archbishoprick he made it his care to strengthen with all his power the foundations of the church which he saw so nobly laid, and by frequent ex hortation and constant ensample of godly labour to carry on the structure to the height behoven. He bore not the care only of the new church which had been formed out of the English, but was heedful to extend his watch
canonical observance of the feast of Easter, and to conformity of life and
manners with the church
rules in all
Sixth Lesson.
A FTER
death
the
^^
of
holy king
the Christian faith, but also contracted
an incestuous marriage with his own stepmother, and many thence took the renounce occasion either to faith which they had already re ceived or to
become unstable
therein.
Laurence took council with his fellowbishops and thought to abandon Eng but the blessed Prince of the Apostles appeared to him in a dream and corrected him and he so took to heart his words and stripes that he not only remained at his own church, but also brought the king to the faith, and to a life meet for the faith. From that time forward Laurence enjoyed
land,
;
had and after he great peace, ministered to the church of Canter bury for about fifteen years, he entered
kingdom of heaven in the year 619, upon the 2nd day of February,
the
upon the which day mention is made him in the Roman Martyrology. He was buried beside his predecessor,
of
the
in
porch
of the
church of the
Monastery of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and Mellitus succeeded to him.
THIRD NOCTURN.
from Matth. xxiv. 42, with Homily of St Hilary, (p. 527.)
Lessons the
The the
last
lesson
is
read along with
Eighth in order
for the
to
make room
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. Ninth Lesson.
(For St Blase. )
T^HIS
Blase was chosen Bishop of the city of Sebaste in Armenia,
in
which place he enjoyed a great
re
When Diocletian putation for virtue. began to make the Christians the ob insatiable jects of his cruelty, the Saint hid himself in a cave on Mount Argasus,
found
where
by
he
lay the
some of
he was
till
soldiers
of
Agricolaus the President, who were out hunting. He was brought before the
President,
who commanded him
be thrown into irons. While he in prison, Blase healed many of the sick, who were brought to him on account of his reputation of saintliness, and among others a boy who had been of by the despaired to
was
physicians, and who was at the point of death, from a thorn which had be
come
fixed in his throat. Blase ap peared twice before the President, but neither cajolements nor threats could induce him to sacrifice to the gods. He was first beaten with rods, and afterwards put on the rack, where his flesh was mangled with iron combs.
At
last his
head was cut
off,
whereby
he finished a noble testimony to the faith which is in Christ our Lord. He bore witness on the 3rd day of February,
[in
the
year
of salvation
At Rome, the holy martyr Eutychwho gained an illustrious martyr dom and is buried in the cemetery ius,
of
a Commemoration
is
made
of St Blase from the Common Office, O God, (p. 490,) with the Prayer, "
Who
year by year,
&c.,"
(p.
491.)
Aquilinus, Geminus, Gelasius, Magnus, and Donatus. At Thmuis, in Egypt, [about the
year 308,] the blessed martyr Philaeas, Bishop of that city, and Philoromus, Tribune of the troops, who in the
under the persecution Emperor Diocletian could not be persuaded by their kinsfolk
on
[from 360 of whom mention 6th day of January.
Bishop of Fiesole,
is
made upon
but
to
have pity
stretched
forth
and won palm branches of and a victory from the Lord s hand their necks
;
countless multitude of the faithful of the
same
city,
following after the en-
sample of their shepherd, were wise crowned with martyrdom.
like
On the same day, [in the year 888,] holy Rembert, Bishop of Bremen. At Troyes, the holy Confessor Aventinus, [about the year 538.] At Pelusium, in Egypt, the holy monk Isidore, [monk in desert of Lychnos, about the year 449,] eminent
and teaching. same day, the holy Con
for his merits
On
the
Gilbert, [in the year 1190,] founder of the Order of Sempringham,
fessor
whose
feast this
we keep upon the 1 1 th present month of Feb
ruary. In the
town of Amatrice, in the diocese of Reate, [in the year 1612,] the holy Confessor Joseph of Leonissa, of the Order of Friars Minors the
On the morrow we keep the feast of the holy Confessor Andrew Corsini, to 1373,]
and friends
themselves,
who suffered much from Mohammedans for his preaching
Capuchins,
MARTYROLOGY.
1
Holy Pope Damasus
Callistus.
adorned his grave with some verses. At Fossambrono, the holy martyrs
day of
At Lauds
743
the
Upon the same 4th day of February, were born into the better life
of the faith, and was famous for his apostolic labours and his miracles whose name the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XIV. enrolled among those ;
of the holy confessors. Vespers are of the following, the Chapter inclusive.
from
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
744
FEBRUARY
day nor the Feast has proper Lessons
4.
from
St
Jntirefo
SAINTS.
Scripture.
Corstni,
[of Jtesole,]
SECOND NOCTURN.
(Confessor.
Fourth Lesson.
Double.
All from the Common Office for one Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is otherwise given here.
"PHIS
Andrew was born
ence, Corsini,
of the
[upon the
at
Flor
noble
family of 3oth day of No
in the year His 1302.] was a special answer to prayer, and his parents vowed him to the
vember, birth
FIRST VESPERS.
Prayer throughout.
C\ GOD, Who raise
dost
continually
Thy Church new
in
up
ensamples of godly living, grant unto Thy people so to follow in the steps of Thy blessed Bishop and Confessor Andrew, that at the last they may together with him attain unto Thine eternal reward. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Son, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Thy
Amen. First
Vespers
as
drew begin with the Chapter. A Commemoration is made of St Law rence from the Common Office, (p. with
526),
Lord,
the
If
&c."
must which
memoration Week-day, invariably Season.
Prayer, it
O
"Hear,
Com
be
Lent a
be
made of
rule
the be
to
is
observed throughout
that
Season. they are
the
then
from
it
be
the
in
to
wear white in
the
vision
touched of
his
mother moving him, he betook him the Institute of the Carme In that place the devil ex ercised him with many and divers but could not break temptations, to
self
lites.
him
off
from
his
determination
to
He was soon profess as a friar. after sent to Paris, where he finished studies
Lent,
is a true ("This saying, &c.," 516,) which rule is to be invari ably observed when neither the Week
uncommon vow
and
God
of
love
the
heart,
at
the
University,
and
Fifth Lesson.
Common
Office,
Perhaps
his
according
P.
1
;
;
Scripture
If
and learn
which he after took his degree returned to his own country, and was set over the houses of his order in Tuscany.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from
godliness
becoming his rank, but turned to bad courses wherefore his mother often rebuked him. Nevertheless, when he knew how his parents had vowed him to the Maiden Mother ing
his
MATTINS.
to
in
brought up
of God,
An
regards St
Blessed Virgin. 1 God fore-showed even before his birth what he was to be. While his mother was great with child she dreamt that she brought forth a wolf, which ran to was the Carmelite Church and changed into a lamb as soon as The lad was it reached the porch.
HP HE
Bishop of Fiesole being dead, the Church in that place chose Andrew Corsini for his suc-
for his first seven years, in
some Catholic
countries.
honour of her
purity.
Such
is
not an
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. He
cessor.
held
himself altogether
unworthy of that office, and for a long time lay hidden and unknown, he was betrayed by the voice till of
a
child
marvellously
and found outside the lest he should seem
speaking, resist
more perfect exercise of the virtue of lowliness, whereof he was already a diligent practiser. He was emi nent in watchfulness over the flock committed
his charge, joining tenderness and liber the poor. He con
to
great
towards
ality
tinued instant in prayer and watch Thus was he so adorned with ing. these and many other virtues, and
even with the
gift
of prophecy, that life was in the
fame of his holy mouths of all men. the
the
looked
is
ence by the
Church of his Order, on with great rever
to whom, even he hath more than once shown himself a protector. in
these
citizens,
days,
the
Will of God, he took the Bishoprick, Being dignified [in the year 1360.] with this office, he set himself to a
thereto
and
Then,
city.
to
ence in
745
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons
man
from Matth.
travelling,
&c.,"
xxv.
14,
"A
with the Homily
of St Gregory, (p. 522.) in Lent the Ninth Lesson that had received five talents, &c.,") is either omitted or read as one with the Eighth, and the Ninth Lesson is of the Gospel of the Week day, with the Commentary upon the
If
it
is
so he
("And
same, being either the first of the three Lessons of the Week-day, or the whole three read as one. This rule is inva riably to be observed when the Week day has a proper Gospel.
Prayer throughout the day as at and at Lauds a Com memoration is 7nade of the Week-day if it be in Lent, which rule is invariably First Vespers,
Sixth Lesson.
TTRBAN him
V.,
moved by
fame
the
He endured Bologna. much in the discharge of this duty, with wisdom the calming great angry passions of the citizens, who
ances
ceived
MARTYROLOGY.
at
had broken out into civil war, and when peace was restored, he re turned home. Shortly after, he re from
the
Blessed
Virgin
a
warning of his approaching death, being worn out with his un ceasing toil, and the rigour of his voluntary mortifications, he passed
and
to
to be observed.
of his godly conversation, sent as his Legate to quiet disturb
the
kingdom of heaven, [upon 6th day of January,] in the year of our Lord 1373, and the own age. His name 7 ist of his
Upon the 5th day of February, were born into the better life At Catania, in Sicily, [in the year 251,]
the
Agatha.
holy Virgin and martyr In the time of the Emperor
Decius, under the Judge Quinctian, she endured buffeting and imprisonment, Her breasts racking and torments. were cut off, and she was rolled upon potsherds and coals, and at last died in prison, in prayer to God.
commemorated very holy martyrs in the persecution
In Pontus, are
the
many
became
under the Emperor Maximian, [fourth Some had molten lead century.] poured upon them, some were tor
illustrious
for
great miracles, and enrolled him in the Saints.
many
Urban number
His body resteth at
and VIII.
tured
of the
under
Flor
by having sharp reeds thrust and were tormented with many most grievous sufferings, their nails,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
746
which were renewed again and again, and so by their illustrious passion earned palms and crowns from the Lord.
At
Alexandria, the holy martyr Isidore, who in the persecution under the
SAINTS.
but if they should be all of St
Agatha
for instance, in her own Church,} Antiphons are taken from Lauds, and the Psalms are as on Sundays, O except the last, which is Ps. cxvi.,
(as the
"
praise the
LORD,
&c.,"
186.)
(p.
Emperor Decius was beheaded by of
chief
Numerian,
the
army,
for
Christ s faith s sake. In the empire of Japan, [in the year 1597,] twenty-six holy martyrs, [some Franciscans, some their pupils, and killed at Naugazaki,] three Jesuits who were crucified, and then died gloriously, transfixed with spears, while
they were praising God and proclaim ing His Gospel, whose names were en rolled among those of the saints by the supreme Pontiff Pius IX.
At Vienne, [in Dauphiny,] the blessed Confessor Avitus, [in the year 525,] Bishop of that see, by whose faith, labour, and wonderful teaching Gaul was shielded against the Arian heresy.
At Brixen, holy Genuinus, [or genuinus, in the year 640,] Bishop [of Siben, in the Tyrol,] and Albinus, [in the year 1015,] Bishop [of Brixen,]
Chapter and Prayer from Lauds.
Antiphon at
the
Song of the Blessed
The blessed Agatha stood in Virgin. the midst of the prison, and stretched forth her hands, and prayed unto the Lord, saying O Lord JESUS Christ, Master, I thank Thee be cause Thou hast made me to over come the cruelty of the executioners :
my Good
:
and now,
O
Lord, may it please Thee that I should happily attain unto Thy glory, which fadeth not away.
A
is made of St Prayer as at his
Commemoration
Andrew
Corsini.
First Vespers.
In-
whose
were rendered glorious by
lives
MATTINS.
Psalms as in one
Martyr
Common
the
Office
for
(p. 482.)
miracles.
FIRST NOCTURN. Vespers are
the
from
Chapter (in First Antiphon.
clusive ] of the following.
I
am
well born,
and of a respectable family, as
FEBRUARY
relations testify. Seco?id Antiphon.
5.
birth
St
Uirgtn
,
anti
fEartsr. Double.
All from the Common Office for a and Martyr, (p. 567,) except what is otherwise given here. Virgin
FIRST VESPERS. These Corsini,
Vespers
up
of St Andrew Chapter exchtsive,
are
to the
is,
that
my
best of
my
The
all
was born the slave of
I
Christ.
Third Antiphon. slave, because Christ.
I
am
I
one
Lessons from Ecclus.
li.
look like a the slave of
i,
(p. 575-)
First Responsory.
While the blessed Agatha was being grievously tortured in the breasts, she Thou foul, cruel, said to the judge and bloody tyrant, art thou not :
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. ashamed
do
to
to me, having mother s breast ?
this
thyself sucked at a
Verse. I have breasts within, which have been the Lord s from my childhood, and them thou canst not
mangle.
Thou
Answer.
foul,
cruel,
and
fire
to
mother
breast
s
?
will
me, Angels
me
bring
a
dew from heaven.
saving
Third Antiphon.
Agatha went
to
prison with great joy and exultation, like a guest to a banquet, and recom mended her struggle to the Lord in prayer.
bloody tyrant, art thou not ashamed to do this to me, having thyself sucked at a
747
Fourth Lesson. ^"PHE
Maiden Agatha was a Sicilian The citizens of
of noble birth.
Second Responsory.
Agatha went to prison with great joy and exultation, like a guest to a banquet, and recommended her struggle to the Lord in prayer. Verse. She, the daughter of a most noble race, rejoiced when a vile person haled her to prison. Answer. She went like a guest to a banquet, and recommended her struggle to the Lord in prayer.
Palermo and Catania dispute as to which city had the honour of being her birthplace. It was at Catania that, during the persecution under the Emperor Decius, she won the crown of a glorious martyrdom. She was equally celebrated for her beauty and her chastity, and Quintianus, Praetor of Sicily, conceived a passion for her. He tried every sort of device to over
come her modesty, and when he found it impossible to make her consent to he caused her to be ar rested on a charge of Christian super stition, and handed over to a woman his wishes,
Third Responsory.
Who Christ
?
He
:
no
an Apostle of fear of me, my
hath sent
thy soul
to heal
am
I
have
:
daughter
Whom
who comest
art thou,
my wounds
me
to thee
and thy pure heart
love.
For
Verse. I
bid thee
in the
I
know
Name
of
am
His Apostle, and
that thou art healed
Him.
Whom
thy soul and thy pure heart love. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer.
Answer.
Whom
thy soul
and thy
pure heart love.
SECOND NOCTURN. First Antiphon. The holy Agatha Dost thou promise me beasts ? When they hear Christ s name they grow tame. Second Antiphon. If thou put the said
named Aphrodisia to be The company, however, of had no
corrupted. this
woman
con stancy in the Christian worship, nor her settled determination to preserve her purity. Aphrodisia therefore re effect
in
shaking
her
ported to Quintianus that she was only throwing away her pains on He ordered her to be Agatha. said brought before him. Thou," art the daughter of a noble he, dost thou feel no shame in family "
"
degraded and slavish life ? Agatha answered The lowliness and bondage of
the
living
of a
Christian "
him, a Christian are estate
"
far
nobler than the
and pride of a
king."
Fourth Respojisory.
:
But by the Lord s help I will con acknowledge Him Who hath saved me, and strengthened me. tinue to
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
748 Verse.
thank Thee,
I
O my
Sixth Lesson.
Lord
JESUS Christ, because Thou hast sent Thine Apostle unto me to heal my wounds. Answer. And strengthened me.
A
T
^*"
time the whole city was with a great earth and two of the Praetor s
that
shaken
quake, dearest
friends,
were
conius,
the Praetor, being incensed against her, gave her the alter native of either sacrificing to the gods, or being submitted to the torture and as she remained firm in the faith, "PHEN
;
she was
buffeted
and sent back
to
The next day she was brought
because her resolution was unshaken, she was stretched on the rack and tortured with pieces of Then her breasts white-hot metal.
forth, and, still
were cut
When Agatha
off.
received
she cried out to Quintianus, Cruel tyrant, art thou not ashamed
this injury "
to
do
this to
mother
at a
me, having thyself sucked s
breast
"
?
She was
re
prison and put in That night an old man, who irons. called himself an Apostle of Christ,
manded again
by
Fal-
falling were in
The townspeople an uproar, and Quintianus, in fear of a riot, ordered Agatha, who was half dead, to be carried back to Then she made prison quietly. O Lord, the following prayer Who hast been my Keeper from my childhood, Who hast taken from me all love for this present "
:
world, so that
Who
hast
am more
I
strengthened me than conqueror
over the cruelty of the executioners, receive my spirit," and with these words she passed to heaven. She finished her testimony on the 5th
day of February, our Lord 251.]
the
[in
Her
the last time before the Praetor.
embers.
Fifth Responsory.
He hath cured me Who hath sent His Apostle Peter to the prison to strengthen me, after I was ordered Because to be put on the rack. of my chastity, help me, O Lord
my
God,
for
was
buried by the Christians.
Sixth Responsory.
O Lord, Thou hast seen known how I have fought, how I have run in the race
;
Her constancy was unmoved, and she was rolled on sharp potsherds and live
of
year
body
to
came to her, and healed her wounds. The following day she was brought for
and
Silvinus killed
walls.
Fifth Lesson.
prison.
SAINTS.
they are torturing
and and but,
would
not obey the magistrates, they ordered me to be tortured in the breasts. and Because of truth, Verse.
because
I
meekness, and righteousness, Answer. They ordered me to be tortured in the breasts. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer.
They ordered me
to
be
tortured in the breasts.
my
breasts.
He hath vouchsafed to heal me of all my wounds, and to put new paps on my breasts. Answer. Because of my chastity, help me, O Lord my God, for they are torturing my breasts.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Verse.
First
make
Antiphon.
Unless
thou
executioners to handle my body vigorously, rny soul will not be able to enter into the Lord s para the
dise with the
palm of martyrdom.
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. Second Antiphon. O Lord, Thou seen how I have fought, and how I have run in the race but, because I would not obey the magistrates, they ordered me to be hast
and
the
to
749
Son,
and
to
the
Holy
Ghost.
Answer.
;
By Whose Word alone
things are made.
all
tortured in the breasts.
Third Antiphon.
Because of :
O
my
turing
breasts.
Preserve me,
Ps. xv.
O
Lord, &c.,
(P. 12.)
from Matth. xix. 3, with Homily of St John Chrysostom, 5770
Lessons the (P.
LAUDS.
my
ordered me to be chastity they stretched upon the rack help me, Lord my God, for they are tor
First Antiphon. Who art thou * comest to heal my wounds? I am an Apostle of Christ have no fear of me, my daughter.
who
:
Second Antiphon. I have used no earthly medicine * for my body, but I have for a Master Christ
When into
the
prison, hands to
her Lord,
Who
come
the
she
forth
it
and
said
made me
hast
of
please
should attain unto
Thy
Thee
O
over execu that
I
mercy.
Lord, Who hast made hast taken from me all
Who
love for this present world,
hast saved
Answer. that
to
the
:
O
Verse.
me,
came
God,
cruelty
may
tioners,
Agatha stretched
blessed
the
should
I
and
Who
my body from pollution, May it please Thee attain
unto
Thy
Eighth Responsory. I
for
have used no earthly medicine my body, but I have for a
Christ JESUS, by Whose Master, alone all things are made. Verse. He hath vouchsafed to heal
Word me
of
all
paps on will
I
call,
Answer. all
wounds, and to put new breasts, and upon Him even upon the Living God.
my my
By Whose Word
alone
things are made.
Glory be to the
Verse.
1 Viz., an eruption of Mount Etna. occasions for the same purpose.
VOL.
I.
Father,
The same
alone
all
O my Lord Antiphon. I thank Thee, * be cause Thou hast been mindful of me, and hast sent unto me Thine Apostle, to heal my wounds. Third
Christ,
Fourth Antiphon. I bless Thee, Father of my Lord JESUS Christ, because by Thine Apostle Thou hast put new paps on my breasts.
O
Fifth Antiphon. Upon hath vouchsafed * to heal
Him Who me of all
my wounds, and to put new paps on my breasts, upon Him will I call, even upon the Living God. Chapter
Common
(Ecclus.
Office
li.
i)
from
tJie
for an Holy Woman,
Martyr but not
mercy.
Word
things were made.
JESUS
Seventh Responsory.
by Whose
JESUS,
Virgin, (p. 585.)
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. The heathen multitude made haste,
and came to the grave of the virgin, and took therefrom her veil wherewith to stem the fire * that the Lord might show Himself to be a Deliverer from ;
the burning, for the sake of Agatha, His blessed Martyr.
O God, Who amidst the Prayer. wondrous, &c., (p. 573.) At Prime, Terce, Sext, and None, the
Antiphons are taken from Lauds ;
veil is still carried
up the mountain on similar 2 B
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
750 Prime
viz., at
None
At Bologna, [in the year 1159,] holy Guarinus, Cardinal Bishop of Pales-
Com
trina,
the first, at Terce the
second, at Sext the third, and at the fifth. The rest is from the
ma?! Office for an Holy Woman, Mar tyr but not Virgin, (p. 580,) and the Prayer at Terce, Sext, and None "
is
O
Who
God,
midst wondrous,
eminent
for the holiness of his
life.
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphons,
and Prayer
Chapter,
from Lands.
as at Lands.
&c.,"
SAINTS.
Psalms as on Sundays, except the Praise the which is Ps. cxlvii., LORD, O Jerusalem, &c.," (p. 203.) "
last,
MARTYROLOGY.
On
morrow we keep
the
the feast
Arch
Confessor
of the
Titus, holy bishop of Gortyna, in Crete, of whom mention is made upon the 4th day
of January. Upon the
same 6th day of Febru
were born into the better life At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the holy Virgin and martyr Dorothy, who under Sapricius, President of that province, was first racked, then ary,
scourged
long
and year
palm - branches,
with
death, [in the sight of her
length put to
at
304.] a
sufferings
At
the
certain
student,
the
same day
the holy martyrs
Saturninus, Theophilus, and Revocata. At Emessa, in Phoenicia, the holy
Bishop Silvan, who, when he had been forty years in rule over that
was
church,
along
with
cast
two
to
others,
Maximian,
Emperor
wild
beasts
under
and,
torn
the
is
of All The
Office
Common,
verse
of the Prayer, "O God,
first
&c.,"
A
515.)
(p.
Hymn is Who didst
altered. glorify,
as below.
Commemoration
Agatha.
Agatha
stood
in
made of Sf
is
blessed
"The
Antiphon, the
midst,
&c.,"
Then of the holy Virgin 746.) Anliphon, Verse Martyr Dorothy. (p.
and Answer from the Common Office Lord, we (p. 567,) and Prayer, ,
"O
pray Thee,
&c.,"
574-)
(p.
FEBRUARY
6.
St Ettus, ^rcptsfjop tjjna in (Crete,]
[of
<&or-
Confessor.
Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) ex cept the following.
to
received the palm of martyr dom, [in the year 312.] At [Clermont,] Auvergne, in Gaul, the holy martyr Antholian, [about the
year 265.]
On the same day, [in the year 540,] holy Bishop Vedastus, and [in the year of 684,] holy Bishop Amandus, the first whom ruled over the Church of Arras, the second the Church of Maestricht, whose lives and deaths were rendered by divers miracles.
the
from
pieces,
glorious
the Chapter, the
named
Theophilus, was converted to Christ, and forthwith grievously racked, and at length beheaded.
On
From
St Titus, Bishop and Confessor.
Prayer throughout
C\ GOD, Who
^-^
the Office.
didst
glorify
Thy
Confessor and Bishop Titus with the graces of an Apostle, grant unto us for his sake and at his
blessed
prayers,
that
we may
so
live
and godly in righteously, this present world, that hereafter we may worthily attain unto the Father soberly,
land which is in heaven. our Lord JESUS Christ
Through
Thy
Son,
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY.
Who
and reigneth with Thee, Holy Ghost, one
liveth
751
Fifth Lesson.
in the unity of the
God, world without end.
T was
Amen.
Titus,
MATTINS.
The
verse
first
Hymn
of the
is
send him to Corinth upon a Mission which mainly concerned the collec tion of alms from the charity of the faithful
altered.
Saints
mission Titus
wisdom and
Lessons
from
Scripture according to the Seasons, or, i?i Lent, from the
Common
the
for
Hebrew FIRST NOCTURN,
Paul toward which had induced him to
this affection of
I
relief
of
the
poor This such
at
Jerusalem. discharged with
gentleness, that he not the Corinthians in
Office.
only strengthened the faith, but also an earnest desire, vent mind toward
SECOND NOCTURN.
teacher.
(vii.
stirred
up
them
in
a mourning, a fer Paul, their earliest Many were the
7.)
other
Fourth Lesson.
T HE
Apostle Paul had no sooner his preaching gathered the Cretans to the Sacraments and doc trines of the Christian Faith, than he made Titus their Bishop. It is
by
agreed that the holiness of Titus shone with so bright a light before the infant Church, that he earned with
fellowship
Teacher taken
of
he
of the
disciples Gentiles.
share
to
preaching, to
the
the
the
in
so
Being work of
endeared
declaring the Gospel, "When I Apostle saith
that
because
my
found
I
not
Titus
brother but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia." 12, (2 Cor. ii. 13.) :
And
again
were
come
flesh
had
troubled
were
he
saith:
into
fightings,
"When
Macedonia,
no rest, on every
we
but side
within
;
were
we our
were
without fears.
Nevertheless, God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus." (vii. 5,
6.)
Of
bold
loyalty
to
the
island
of
Crete.
Church of Crete the Apostle himself made him the first Bishop and we may not doubt that, as such, he was what his Teacher bade him the
;
be,
"in
pattern
all things showing himself a of good works, in doctrine,
in
uncorruptness,
ii.
70
in
gravity."
(Tit.
Sixth Lesson.
to
Troas to preach Christ s Gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, I had no rest in my spirit,
Paul
with
with
Filled
banner of the Cross, he went
the
came
:
countries. to the
himself
Paul by his faithfulness and zeal
in
journeys by land and sea which Titus undertook in order to sow the seed of God s word among men of divers nations, tongues, and
T IKE a light
men
candle, he gave forth the of faith in the midst of
darkness of idolatry in the shadow of death. He is said to have sweated mightily to unfurl the banner of the Cross among the Dalmatians. He sitting in the
and falsehood, as
was full of days and good works, when, upon a 4th of January, in the 94th year of his age, he died one of those deaths which are precious in the He was buried in sight of the Lord. the Church of which the Apostle had made him the minister. His praises have been mostly written by St John Chrysostom and St Jerome.
The 4th
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
752
of January is the day upon which his name is read in the Roman Martyrolfor ogy, but Pope Pius IX. assigned his Festival, to be kept with an Office and Mass by the clergy secular and regular throughout the Catholic world, the first free day afterwards.
last
part
is
the
for
i,
with the 1
.
make room
to
Homily of
The
)
in Lent
the week-day,
and
out of Lent.
(For St Dorothy.}
T HE
maiden Dorothy, of Caesarea Cappadocia, was betrayed to her two Apricius the President by who had sisters, Chrysta and Callista, in
denied the faith, in the hope that he would induce her to do likewise. She
was
arrested, but
as they hoped.
brought them
it
came not
to pass
On
the contrary, she back to the Christian
and they received martyr She was long tormented upon dom. the rack, and scourged with palmbranches, and in the end was be worship,
headed, receiving the double palm of virginity and martyrdom.
At Lauds a Commemoration made of St Dorothy. All from the O Lord, we pray Common. Prayer, is
"
Thee, &c.,
the same 7th day of Febru were born into the better life
Upon ary,
In London, [in the fourth century,] the blessed Augulus, Bishop of that
who ended his life by martyr dom, and so secured the everlasting
city,
In Phrygia, the holy martyr AdauHe was an Italian of noble cus. birth, and had been honoured by the
(p. 574-)
MARTYROLOGY.
every
when he gained
morrow we keep the feast of the holy Abbat Romuald, [buried the
Piceno, in the year of the 1027,] father of the monks Camaldolese Institute, of whom men
at
in
Fabriano
in
dignities
and was
rank,
of
still
the crown
defence of the
almost quaestor of mar
faith, [in the
year 304, at Andandros, a town of Phrygia.] Likewise many other holy martyrs, of the same city, [including the Prefect of the Treasury, the Mili who tary Prefect, and the Senate,] citizens
followed with Adaucus. They were Christians and remained stead all fast in the confession of the faith, and the Emperor Galerius Maximian caused them all to be burned with fire.
At Heraclea, the holy martyr Theo He was a trainer of the in the reign of the soldiery, and Emperor Licinius was beheaded after many torments, and so suffering
dore.
passed away a conqueror to heaven, [in the year 319.] In Egypt, holy Moses, the ven erable Bishop of [the Saracens in He first lived as a hermit Arabia.] the desert, but afterwards was in
made Bishop Queen
On
with
emperors
tyrdom
Ninth Lesson.
iQth day of
the
prize.
or read as one
omitted,
with the Eighth,
x.
(/. 4 8
made upon
is
June.
1
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke Homily of St Gregory,
tion
SAINTS.
many
at the desire of Mauvia,
Saracens, converted of that fierce people to the faith, of
the
and
at length fell asleep in peace, glorious for worthy works. At Lucca, in Tuscany, [in the year
722,]
holy
Richard,
Prince
of
the
Butler inclines to think that he was one of the victims of i The subject is obscure, and Alban and it is to be the Diocletian persecution if so, he was a Roman or Romano-British bishop, remarked that in the text London is called by its Roman name of Augusta. ;
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. West Saxons
visions
of
of
in England, and father Winibald, Willibald, and
holy
which the blessed servant
in
God
753
foretold to him become a monk him He accordingly did so and
Apollinaris
that he should
Walburg. At Bologna,
[in the
year 430,] the
holy widow Juliana.
self.
;
soon afterwards betook himself to one
Vespers are of the following,
from
the Chapter inclusive.
FEBRUARY
7.
Marinus, whose holy life and strict were then much noised about in all the coasts of the Vene tians, that he might by his teaching and guidance attain towards the hard discipline
and
lofty point of perfection.
St Fifth Lesson.
Double. the
Common
Office
for a
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 531,) ex what is otherwise given here.
cept
O
we beseech Thee,
Com7nemoration
made of St
is
Prayer as in his
Titus.
himself
in
lowliness,
fasting
and
prayer,
Office.
while he
bore
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
from If
Scripture according to in Lent they are
it be
from
the
Common
xxxi.
8,
"Blessed
and
the
Office, is
viz.
Ecclus.
the man,
two which follow,
&c.,"
(p. 542.)
holy Abbat Romuald was the son of one Sergius, of a noble While he was family of Ravenna. still very young, he went to a neigh "THE
bouring monastery at Classis to do While he was there he penance. heard a discourse by a monk, which stirred him up strongly to aim at godliness of living and he had after wards in the Church by night two ;
things,
And a
bright
all
in
with the
face
as
to
leave the
blandish
ments of the world and withdraw to He had such a burning the desert. desire to obtain the crown of martyr dom that he set out for Pannonia on purpose to seek
it,
but,
falling
into
whenever he went forward though growing strong again whenever he drew back, he behoved to return home. sickness
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
so
continual rejoice
gladdened all who looked on him. He was held in great honour by princes and kings, and his counsel
moved many MATTINS.
the Season.
with
and
thinking
5450
&c., (p.
A
Lord,
wiles of Satan
of heavenly abundance of tears.
FIRST VESPERS. Prayer.
more he was
assailed by the and the unkindness of men, the more did he exercise "THE
All from
Sixth Lesson.
^
him both (~~*OD worked miracles by during his life and after his death, and likewise gave him the Like the Patriarch of prophecy.
gift
Jacob, he saw a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, and men in white
garments ascending and descending upon it, in whom he marvellously knew were represented the monks of the Camaldolese Institute, of which he was the founder. At the age of 1 20 years, of which he had spent 100 in
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
754 God
serving
in
hardness,
great
he
passed into His Presence, in the year of Salvation 1027. Five years after his death his body was found in
SAINTS.
At Constantinople, the martyr monks of the monastery of Dirn, who were slain in defence of the Catholic faith, [in the year 485,] for that they brought
corrupt, and laid in a magnificent grave in the Church of his order at Fabriano.
the letter of holy Pope Felix against the [Patriarch] Acacius. In Persia are commemorated those
THIRD NOCTURN.
holy martyrs who were put to death in divers ways, [in the sixth century,] the
for
Lessons from Matth. xix. 27, with the Homily of the Ven. Bede, (p. 546.) Prayer throughout the day as at First Vespers. The Second Vespers are of the fol lowing,
from
the Chapter inclusive.
Christian faith
s
sake, under
Cabades, King of Persia.
At Pavia, holy Juventius, Bishop of see, who laboured earnestly in the Gospel, [in the second century.] At Milan, [in the year 620,] the holy Confessor Honoratus, Bishop of
that
that see.
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the
morrow we keep
the feast
of
the holy Confessor John de la Mata, founder of the Order of the
Most Holy Trinity
the
for
Redemp
At Verdun, in Gaul, [in 649,] holy Paul, Bishop of famous for the glory of his At Muret, in the country of [in
Stephen,
is
Grandmont, famous and miracles.
cember, upon the which day he fell asleep in the Lord, [in the year
his
for
graces
In the monastery of Vallombrosa, the year 1089,] blessed Peter, Cardinal - Bishop of Albano, of the
[in
1213.] the same 8th day of Febru were born into the better life The holy Confessor Jerome Miani, founder of the Congregation of Som-
Upon
ary,
whose name was enrolled those of the saints by Clement
ascha,
among
XIII., and whose feast the 20th day of July.
the
martyrs
congregation of Vallombrosa, of the Order of St Benedict. He was surnamed the Fireproof because he passed unhurt through fire.
we keep upon
At Rome, the holy martyrs Paul, Lucius, and Cyriacus. In
Limoges,
1124,] the holy Abbat founder of the Order of
the year
tion
of Captives, of whom mention made upon the i7th day of De
the year that see, miracles.
Lesser Armenia, Denis, ^milian,
FEBRUARY
St Sojjn
the
Double.
At Alexandria, under the Emperor the holy martyr Cointhe. Decius, The heathen took her and led her before the idols to make her worship them, and when she would not, they
All from the
Common
Office
for a
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 531,) ex cept what is otherwise given here.
and dragged
FIRST VESPERS.
her through the streets of the city until she was mangled to death, [in the year 249.]
JSlata,
fessor.
holy and Se
bastian.
tied her feet with chains
la
"be
8.
up
These Vespers are of St Romuald, to the Chapter, exclusive.
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. Prayer throughout the S~\
Office.
GOD, Who
by a sign from heaven didst choose Thy holy servant John to be the founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the
Ransom power
of Prisoners held in the of the Saracens, mercifully
grant unto us for his sake that we may be delivered by Thine Almighty power from all bonds and chains of sin whether in our bodies or in our souls. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen.
at
and be a bright example wisdom and manners to the
Paris,
of
students offered
who
Commemoration is made of St Romuald. Prayer as at his First
and divers other persons. In the midst of the ceremony, a vision
that Prelate
from God appeared to John. There appeared to him an angel, clad in raiment white and glistering having sewn on his breast a cross of red and blue. His arms were crossed before him, and his hands were upon the heads of two slaves, one a Christian and the other a Moor. And im ;
the
called
man
the
and
spirit,
the
to
Lessons from Scripture according to
In Lent, the same as
yesterday.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson. de la Mata, the founder of
Order
Trinity for the
of
the
Ransom
God was
of
knew work the
that
he
in
was
of ransoming power of the
Fifth Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
JOHN the
God
unbelievers.
MATTINS.
Season.
He
thither.
Sacrifice to
for the first time in the private Chapel of the Bishop, and in the presence of
bondsmen from
Vespers.
the
resorted
up the Holy
mediately
A
755
Most
Holy
of Prisoners,
was born
at Faucon, in Provence, [upon Midsummer s Day, in the year 1169,] and was the child of parents equally distinguished for their rank and their godly life. He went for his education first to Aix and then
At the University of Paris, where he went through the course of took the degree of Divinity and Doctor, he became eminent for learn For this reason the ing and virtue. to Paris.
Bishop of Paris ordained him Priest, an honour from which his lowliness caused him to shrink, in the hope that he should induce him to remain
T^HAT
he might set himself with due forethought to the carrying out of his work, he withdrew into a certain desert, and there, by the will of God, he found Felix de Valois, who had already spent many years in that With him he joined company, place. and they passed three years together in continual prayer, meditation, and all
spiritual
It came to when they were sitting
exercises.
pass, one day,
on the bank of a spring, that there to them a stag having between his horns a cross of red and blue.
came
Felix cried out in wonder at that sight, and John then told him of the vision that had appeared to him when he was saying his first Mass. Thence
they gave themselves with re doubled fervour to prayer, and, being
forth
three
times
warned
in
sleep,
they
determined to go to Rome, and pray the Pope to institute an Order for the ransom of prisoners. They arrived at the time of the election of Innocent III.,
who
received them courteously,
756
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
SAINTS.
and entertained in his mind their While he was in considera petition. tion, he went to the Lateran Cathedral, on the second Feast of St Agnes, and there, while Mass was being solemnly
pilgrimage, his burning love for
sung, at the moment of the elevation of the Sacred Host, there appeared in to him an angel, clad raiment
which had been pointed out to them from heaven, and then fell asleep in the Lord, on the 2 ist day of December, His body was buried with 1213. due honour in the Church of St Thomas de Formis.
white and glistering, having sewn on breast a cross of red and blue,
his
and making as though he would free prisoners. Thereupon the Pope
and
for
his
diminution.
raiment, having sewn on their breasts a cross of red and blue.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 538.)
the
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the
morrow we keep
the feast
of the holy Confessor Cyril, Pope of Alexandria, a most eminent champion
Sixth Lesson.
of the Catholic faith,
Order being thus established, the holy Founders returned into France, and built their first Convent at Cerfroid, in the diocese of Meaux. Felix remained in charge of this house, and John went back to Rome with several companions. To them In nocent gave the house, Church, and hospital of St Thomas de Formis on the Ccelian Mount, with great endow ments and property. Moreover he gave them a letter of introduction to Miramolin, King of Morocco, and they began with bright hopes the work of ransoming prisoners. John next be "THE
took himself to Spain, great part of
which was then in the hands of the Saracens, and stirred up the hearts of the kings, princes, and all the faithful to have pity on slaves and the poor. He built Convents, founded Hospitals, and ransomed many bondsmen, to the At last he re great gain of souls. turned to Rome, still busied in good works, but worn out by unceasing toil,
and weakened by sickness. drew near the end of his
no
called
together his brethren, and earnestly exhorted them to go on with that work of ransom
founded the Order, commanding that it should be called the Order of the
Most Holy Trinity for the Ransom of prisoners, and that they who pro fessed in it should be clad in white
He
God
suffered
neighbour
As he earthly
for his teaching
mention
is
and
illustrious
holiness, of whom upon the 28th day
and
made
of January, on the which day he fell asleep in peace. Upon the same 9th day of February,
were born into the better
At Alexandria,
life
the
year 249,] the holy Virgin Apollonia. The per secutors under the Emperor Decius [in
beat out all her teeth, then they and kindled a funeral fire and threatened to burn her alive upon it unless she would join them in uttering sinful words. She thought a little while within herself, and then the fire of the Holy Ghost flaming up within her she tore herself suddenly out of the hands of those wicked men and leapt of her own accord into the fire which they had made ready, so first
built
that
the very actors in to find a
were awestruck
this
cruelty
woman more
ready to die than were they to
kill
her.
At Rome, the holy martyrs Alexander, and thirty - eight others who were crowned at the same time.
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. At
Solis,
in
the
Cyprus,
holy
Ammonius and Alexander.
martyrs
At Antioch, [in the year 260,] the holy martyr Nicephorus, who received his crown by being beheaded, under the
Emperor
Through the same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, protection.
world without end.
Ame?i.
Valerian.
In Africa, in the castle of Lemele, the holy tus,
757
Deacons Primus and Donawho suffered martyrdom in de
fending the altar in the church against the Donatists, [sixth century.] In the monastery of Fontanelle, holy Ausbert, Bishop of Rouen, the year 695.]
[in
At Canosa, in Apulia, the holy Confessor Sabinus, Bishop of that see, [in the year 566.]
First Vespers as regards St Cyril begin with the Chapter. Antiphon at Song of the Blessed Virgin, O right "
A
Commemoration is excellent, made of St John de la Mata, Prayer from his Office, then in Lent of the Week-day; and lastly of the holy From Virgin and martyr Apollonia. &c."
the Common Office for a Virgin and Martyr, (p. 567,) and the Prayer, "O God, Who amidst the wondrous, c.,"
(A 5730 Vespers of the following from the Chapter inclusive.
At
Vespers a Commemoration is of the following: Antiphon,
made Verse Office
and Answer, from the Common for a Virgin and Martyr, and
Prayer,
God,
"O
wondrous,
&c.,"
(p.
Who
Fourth Lesson.
E
9.
Cfjurdj. Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (j). 515,) ex
Prayer throughout. blessed
didst
nephew of Alexandria.
Theophilus, Pope of While he was still young he displayed marks of his excellent
be perfected in the Christian faith. After his return to Alexandria, and the death of Theophilus, he was raised to
make Thy
Confessor and Bishop teacher
Cyril to be an unconquered that the most blessed Virgin
praises of Cyril of Alexandria have been celebrated not only by one writer or another, but have even been registered in the acts of the OEcumenical Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon. He was born of dis and was the tinguished parents,
After giving a deep understanding. study to letters and science he betook himself to John, Bishop of Jerusalem,
cept the following.
Q
SECOND NOCTURN.
amidst the
St Csrtl, $ope of aiexanfcria, Confessor anfc Doctor of
GOD, Who
to
xxxix., (p. 547.)
573.)
FEBRUARY
tfje
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture, according the Season. In Lent from Ecclus.
Mary
is
Mother of God, grant unto us that through his prayers we who believe her to be Mother of God in very deed may find safety under her motherly VOL. I.
that see. In this office he kept ever before his eyes the type of the Shepherd of souls as it had been laid down by the Apostle and by ever to
;
adhering
thereto
deservedly the glory of an holy Bishop. 2 B 2
earned
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
758
Fifth Lesson.
V E AL
for the salvation of souls was kindled in him, and he under
took all cares to keep in the faith and soundness of life the flock unto him
in
committed, and to preserve them from the poisonous pastures of infidelity and heresy hence, in accordance with the ;
he caused the followers of Novatus to be expelled from the city, and those Jews to be punished who had been induced by rage to plan a massacre of the Christians. His eminent care for the preservation of the Catholic faith pure and undefiled shone forth especially in his controversy laws,
Nestorius, Patriarch of Con stantinople, who asserted that JESUS
against
had been born of the Virgin man only and not as God, and that the Godhead had been be stowed upon Him because of His Christ
as
Mary
merits.
first
Cyril
but
Nestorius,
this
hopeless he denounced him
the Supreme
At length he died a holy death, in the year of salvation 444 and of his own papacy the 32nd. After vast work for the Church of God, and leaving behind him divers writings directed either against heathens and or to the exposition of the and of Catholic Scriptures doctrine, the Supreme Pontiff Leo
heretics
holy
XIII.
Pontiff the
extended
to
the
Universal
Church the Office and Mass of this most eminent the champion of and light of the Catholic faith, Eastern
Church.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lesson from Matth. v. 13, with the Homily of St Austin, (p. 549.) The last Lesson is omitted to make room in Lent for the Homily of the Week day, or out of Lent for the
attempted to con when he found
vert
SAINTS.
Ninth Lesson.
(For St Apol-
lonia, &c.)
to
holy Celes-
was an aged virgin of Alexandria, who, [in the year of salvation 249,] in the reig n of the Emperor Decius, was brought before
delegate of Pope Celestine, Cyril presided at the Council of Ephesus where the Nestorian heresy
the idols to worship them, but refused, declaring that Christ JESUS is True
was condemned Nestorius deprived of his see and the Catholic doctrine as to the unity of Person in Christ and the divine Motherhood of the glorious Virgin Mary was laid down amid the
The
line.
Sixth Lesson.
A
S
"^^
;
;
rejoicings
of
all
the
people,
who
escorted the bishops to their lodgings with a torch-light procession. For this reason Nestorius and his followers
made insults,
Cyril
the
object
of slanders,
and persecutions
which
bore with profound patience,
he
having
care for the purity of the faith, and taking no heed to what the heretics might say or try against him.
all his
On
this see
A POLLONIA
God, and that
to
Him
worship
cruel executioners beat
is
due.
and pulled
her teeth, and threatened to if she would not deny Christ. To whom she answered, that for Christ JESUS sake she was ready to die. Being taken to the place of execution she stood for a few moments out
all
burn her alive
as
in doubt, and then, the Holy Ghost burning up
if
fire
of
her heart, she broke from those that held her, and leapt of her own accord into the
in
Her body was quickly consumed, and her soul departed pure to obtain the eternal crown of martyr dom. the flames. 1
Alban
Butler, Feb. 9.
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. At Lauds
in
Lent a Commemor
FEBRUARY
ation is made of the Week-day; then in any case of St Apollonia, from the Common Office, with the Prayer, O God, Who amidst the wondrous,
St
1
All from the Common Virgins, (p. 567,) except
MARTYROLOGY. loth day
the
543,]
February life
Prayer throughout
the
year
the holy Virgin Scholastica, of the holy Abbat Benedict,
who saw her soul leave her body and soar heavenward in a bodily shape, like a dove. At Rome, the holy martyrs Zoticus,
and Amantius,
Irenaeus, Hyacinth, in the year
[all
304.]
At Rome
upon
martyrs,
likewise, [under Decius,] Way, ten holy
Lavican
the
soldiers.
all
Also at Rome,
upon
the
[in
Appian
the year 304,] the holy
C\ GOD,
who, as holy Ambrose writeth, was born of a noble family, but for Christ s sake
would
not, she
buffeted,
and
offer
sacrifice
the Office.
show the way of
bodily shape, like a dove, mercifully grant unto us Thy servants, for her sake, and at her petition, worthily to attain unto Thine everlasting joy. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
Son,
Who
liveth
and reigneth with
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
In Lent a Commemoration
was long and heavily
come
other punishments also, she was smitten with the sword and so
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture, according
In Lent from
the Season.
Sienna, [in the year 1157,] the holy hermit William.
^PHE
from
Died
to
vii.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from Book of the Dialogues
[in the year 704,] the holy Virgin Austre-berta, famous for miracles.
Cor.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Silvan, Bishop of [Terracine, in the fourth or fifth century.] At Mala-Vallis, in the country of
At Rouen,
i
25, (p. 568.)
departed joyfully hence, to be ever with Christ the Bridegroom. In Campania, the holy Confessor
1
made
and
when she had over
Vespers are of the following the Chapter inclusive.
is
of the Week-day.
despised the consular and prefectural When she was dignities of her race. to
Who,
to
the undefiled, wast pleased that the soul of Thy blessed Virgin Scholastica should fly to heaven in a
Way,
Virgin and martyr Soteres,
commanded
Office for is other
what
wise given here.
of
were born into the better At Monte Cassino, [in sister
Ftrgtn.
Double.
(A 5730
Upon
10.
Scljolasttca,
"
&c.,
759
Gregory [the Great]
the
of
Second Pope St
(Ch. 33.)
worshipful Scholastica, the of our Father Benedict, was hallowed unto the Lord Almighty from a child. Her custom was to come to see her brother once every sister
And when she came, the man God went down unto her, not far
year.
of
circa A.D. 543.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
;6o
from the gate, but, as
it
were, within
And monastery. there was a day when she came, as her custom was, and her worshipful
the borders of his
brother went down to her, and his Then they passed disciples with him. the whole day together, praising God, and speaking one to the other of spi ritual
things.
And when
the
night
they brake bread together. And while they were yet at table, and conversed together on spiritual things, Then the holy the hour was late. woman his sister besought him, say
came,
me not, I pray thee, but let us speak even until morning of the gladness of the eternal He answered her: "What is life." I can it that thou sayest, my sister ? by no means remain out of my cell." Now the firmament was so clear that Then there were no clouds in the sky. the holy nun, when she had heard the words of her brother, that he would not abide with her, clasped her hands on the table, and laid her face on her hands, and besought the "
ing
:
Leave
this night,
Lord Almighty. pass that when she
And
it
came
to
up her head from the table, there were great thunderings and lightnings, and a flood of rain, insomuch that neither lifted
the worshipful Benedict nor the breth ren that were with him could move as much as a foot over the threshold of the place where they sat.
Fifth Lesson.
monas
that he could not return to his tery,
because of the lightnings, and
thunderings, and the great rain, he was sorrowful and grieved, saying
:
"Almighty
sister
done hold,
;
God
forgive thee, my this that thou hast
what is She answered him I besought thee, and
"
?
"
:
Be
thou
hear I besought my hath heard me if, therefore, thou wilt, go forth, leave me alone, and go thy way to thy But he could not, and monastery." so he tarried in the same place, not And so willingly, but of necessity. it came to pass that they slept not all that night, but fed one another with discourse on spiritual things. wouldest
God,
not
;
He
and
;
Sixth Lesson.
AND
when
morning was come, woman arose, and went unto her own cell, and the man of God went back to his monastery. And, behold, after three days he was sitting in his cell, and he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and saw the soul of his
^^
the
the worshipful
sister, delivered from the body, fly to heaven in a bodily shape like a dove. Wherefore he rejoiced because of the glory that was revealed in her, and
Almighty God in and made known to the brethren that she was dead. He commanded them also to go and take up her body, and bring it to his monastery, and lay it in the grave which he had made ready for himself.
gave
thanks
hymns and
to
praises,
laid
Whereby it came to pass that they twain who had ever been of one
her head in her hands upon the she wept bitterly, and as she
mind in the Lord, even in death were not divided.
TVTOW when table,
SAINTS.
the holy
woman
wept, the clearness of the sky was As she prayed, turned to a tempest. And immediately the flood followed. the time was so, that she lifted up her
head when it thundered, and when she had lifted up her head, the rain came. When the man of God saw
THIRD NOCTURN.
from Matth. xxv. i, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 571.)
Lessons the
In Lent the last is omitted to leave room for the Homily of the Week-day,
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. of which also a made at Lauds.
Commemoration
On the morrow we keep the feast of the holy Confessor Gilbert, founder of the Order of Sempringham, of the
mention hath been made upon day of this present month
4th
of February. Upon the
same
1 1
th
day of Febru
were born into the better life In Africa, [in the year 304,] the holy martyrs the Priest Saturninus, Dativus, Felix, Ampelius, and their Companions, who were taken by the soldiers in the persecution under the ary,
Emperor Diocletian when they came
Numidia
In
are
malady. In Egypt, [about the middle of the fourth century,] the holy monk Jonah,
renowned
for his graces.
At Second tion
the
is
Common
&c.,"
O
(p. 531,) with Lord, mercifully hear,
(p.
540.)
Then in Lent of the
the
edict
of
the
Emperor
to
give
He suffered much Companions. from the Arians under the Emperor Constantius, and finished his testi
Week-day.
FEBRUARY
St
ffiilfcert,
death by Count Philagrius be cause they refused to receive the Arians who had been then con demned in the Council of Sardica.
1.
Confessor.
All from
the
Common
Office
for
a Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 531,) except the following. Prayer through O Lord, mercifully hear, out, "
c.,"
(p. 540.)
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to the xxxi.
In Lent from Ecclus.
Season. 8,
(p.
542.)
SECOND NOCTURN.
to
At Lyons,
1
Semi-double.
his
mony in chains, [in the year 348.] The others were some of the nobler of the citizens who were condemned
Office,
"
holy
up the Scriptures of God, they were put to grievous torments and slain. At Adrianople, the holy martyrs Lucius, Bishop [of Adrianople,] and
Vespers a Commemora the following from
made of
the Prayer,
commemorated
martyrs who were ar rested, [in the year 303 or 304,] in the persecution aforesaid, and for as much as they would not obey
the
year 507,] holy Severinus, Abbot of the monastery of St Maurice, at whose prayers the servant of God, King Clovis, was healed of a long
together in one, as the use is, to hold the Lord s Supper, and suffered under the proconsul Anolinus.
many
the year 450,] holy
[in
Castrensis, Bishop of that see. At the village of Landon, [in
MARTYROLOGY.
whom
At Capua,
is
7 6l
Fourth Lesson. /^""MLBERT
^^
was
born
of a
noble
the year 608,] the Desiderius, Bishop of
at in family Sempringham, Lincolnshire. In his youth he gave himself to the study of letters, but
At Ravenna, [about the year 170,] the holy Confessor Calocerus, Bishop of that see.
afterwards entirely to works of god liness, especially under a chaste dis cipline, and with great fruit, to the teaching of little boys and girls in the faith and in the fear and love
[in
holy martyr Vienne, [in Gaul.]
At Milan, [in the year 449,] the holy Lazarus, Bishop of that see.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
762
of God. His father was patron of the parishes of Sempringham and Terington, and in the exercise of right presented him to them. the efficacy of his words and
that
By
power of his example, he so up his parishioners to seek
the
stirred
Christian perfection, that
after
many
them lived in the world the lives of monks, and their careful exercise of
of
made
virtues
all
everywhere manifest to whose flock they be he was ordained After longed. priest by Alexander, Bishop of Lin the
coln,
it
of Gilbert
light
s
of
Henry
him was
from
the
them
to
world
to
separate virgins to consecrate
and
the love of God, especially
they were poor and in danger for these he built a dwelling hard by the church of Sempringham, and thus laid the first foundations of if
his
;
order.
Many
persons
came
of
both
him, and under the approbation of blessed Eugene III. and of other Supreme Pontiffs he spread his order mar and built monasteries vellously, sexes
afterwards
to
To the throughout all England. men he gave the rule of St Austin, and to the women that of St Bene dict,
with the addition of some con
stitutions to
meet
The man
tion.
of
their special
voca
God endured many
calumnies and persecutions, partly from his own, and partly from out siders but God gave him the vic tory, and he conquered everywhere His whole order was and always. ;
in the greatest
jeopardy
in
man
holy
to
said
judges were willing to let him and his go free if only they would de clare themselves not guilty, but the
man
of
rather
God was
than
willing to suffer as a crime a
describe
thing which he had indeed not done, but which to his thinking would have
been rather a duty and a good work
God
but king,
softened
the
mind
;
of the
and Gilbert was delivered. Sixth Lesson.
T_J
the reign
E
practised great self-control and
hardness of ate
fish
works of charity, most chiefly oc
which
that
cupied
this
Thomas of Canterbury while the Thomas was in exile. The
holy
ill,
Fifth Lesson. other
when
holiness
fused the Archdeaconry of the Church of Lincoln, and was fain to be a door keeper in the house of his Lord.
A MONG
II.,
was accused of sending subsidies
shed its rays wider and wider. He shrank from riches and honours, re
"^^
SAINTS.
living.
He
never
meat unless he were seriously and in Lent he abstained from also. He always wore haircloth.
He never slept in a bed. He gave a great part of the night to prayer, and to meditation upon things of God. He never willingly either heard or said anything which did not tend to procure glory for God and salvation for souls. He was an hundred years of age when he was recalled from exile to our father land, which is in heaven, upon the 3rd day of February, in the year of 1 1 At that time the 90. order which he had instituted counted seven hundred monks, and fifteen hundred sacred virgins in the dif ferent monasteries. Gilbert worked many wonders, both in his life and salvation
upon the due proof of which the Supreme Pontiff Innocent III. solemnly enrolled his name among after his death,
those of the saints in the year 1202. Lesso?i from Luke xii. 32, with Homily of the Venerable Bede,
the (p.
In Lent the Ninth Lesson is 544.) read with the Eighth to make room for the Homily of the Week-day, which is also commemorated at Lauds.
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. MARTYROLOGY.
On
morrow we keep
the
Prayer throughout. in
England Bene Biscop, founder and Abbat of the
the feast of the holy Confessor dict
monastery of Jarrow-upon-Tyne, of whom mention hath been made upon the 1 2th day of January. Upon the same I2th day of Feb ruary, were born into the better life At Barcelona, in Spain, the holy Virgin Eulalia,
crown
with [in
received a glorious of the Emperor
She
Diocletian.
with
tearing
who
the time
in
suffered
racking,
and
scorching
finally
crucified,
hooks,
and was
fire,
the year 304.] In Africa, the holy soldier
C\ GOD, by the ^^ the blessed
of 381,] holy Meletius, Patriarch Antioch, who passed away to be ever with the Lord, when he was in which he oftentimes suffered exile,
Catholic faith
Holy Gregory of John Chrysostom Nyssa have greatly praised him. At Constantinople, [in the year
of
Whose
grace
Abbat Benedict,
in
Thee
unto
without
stumbling, and from Thee receive life eternal. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with Amen. out end.
First Vespers a Commemoration made of t]ie preceding. All from the Common Office, (p.
At is
542,)
with
"
the
Prayer,
mercifully hear, &c.," (p. in Lent of the Week-day.
O
Lord,
540,)
and
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according the iv.
In Lent from
Season. 7,
(P<
sake.
s
on
run
may
and mar
Damian. At Carthage, the holy martyrs Modestus and Julian. At Benevento, the holy martyr Modestus the Levite. At Alexandria, the holy children Modestus and Ammonius. At Constantinople, [in the year
gift
order that he might be perfect, left all Grant unto all them which things. enter upon the path of Gospel perfec tion that they may neither look behind them nor stand still by the way, but
tyr
for the
763
to
Wisdom
532.)
SECOND NOCTURN.
and
895,]
Leo
the
in
time
of
the
Emperor
holy Anthony, Bishop [of Constantinople. ] At Verona, the holy Confessor GauVI.,
dentius,
Bishop of that
see.
Fourth Lesson.
^HE surnamehe ofwas
this Benedict was of noble birth, Biscop and was a servant of Osway, King of When he was the Northumbrians. about twenty-five years of age he went ;
the shrines of After his return home he ceased not to preach, as well as to love and to honour the models He returned of the ecclesiastical life.
to
Vespers of the following.
FEBRUARY
12.
St Benedict Biscop, Sfcbat.
again to
visited
Office
for a
ex Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 531,) cept the following.
Rome
in
the time of holy
and after some months left it again and went to the island of Lerius. There he received the tonsure and took the monastic vows, but after
Pope
Double.
All from the Common
Rome, and
the blessed Apostles.
Vitelian,
two years the love of the prince of the
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE Apostles drew him again to visit the city which is hallowed by his grave. At that time the Roman Pontiff had
chosen holy Theodore to be sent as Archbishop to rule the Church of Canterbury, and knowing Benedict to be wise, hard working, and devout, he ordained him and sent him with him. Fifth Lesson.
the for
monks were fain to have Benedict Abbat. Not long afterwards he
and suffered for three During this time he oftentimes impressed upon the brethren who came to see him the necessity of keeping the rule which he had laid down. He commanded that the excellent and abundant library which he had brought from Rome as a needful equipment lost his health,
years.
for his Y\7"HEN
they came to Canterbury
Theodore ascended the
archi-
episcopal throne, and Benedict received the government of the monastery of St Peter. After a while Hadrian was
made Abbat, and dict
undertook
in
two years Bene
another
journey
to
Rome, and brought back books of theology which he had either bought or received as gifts. On his return home he betook himself to Egfrid,
King of the Northumbrians, who made him an ample gift of ground at Wearmouth, and desired him there to build a
After founding this monastery. monastery, Benedict obtained masons from Gaul to build him a stone church,
and glass-workers such as had been until then unknown in England to the windows. Some things which he could not obtain in Gaul he again went to Rome and brought back with him. Pope Agatho com manded John, precentor of the Church
SAINTS.
church should be carefully kept through
together and not permitted carelessness to be either
damaged
But what he repeated most often to the monks was that in electing an Abbat they should look less to birth than to soundness of life and teaching. He fell asleep in the Lord upon the i2th day of or scattered.
year of Christ 690, the foundation of his monastery. He was buried in the church of the blessed Apostle Peter, that as he had loved him in life so he might not be parted from his altar in death. Benedict is men tioned in the Roman Martyrology upon the I2th day of January, being that of his death.
January
in
and the
the
i6th
since
glaze
of St Peter, to go with him in order to teach singing after the Roman
manner. Benedict carried with him countless gifts with which he had been enriched, a great number of books and
images and
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from the Common of Abbats, with the Homily of St In Jerome on Matt. xix. 27, 471.) Lent the last is omitted or read along with the Eighth to leave room for (P>
545>)
(J>.
the is
Homily of the Week-day, which commemorated at Lauds.
also
relics of the Saints.
MARTYROLOGY. Sixth Lesson. return
home
On
the
morrow we keep
the feast of
Benedict, by another benefaction of the same
the Seven holy Founders of the Order of Servants of the Blessed Virgin
King Egfrid, founded another monas at Jarrow - upon - Tyne. This monastery was placed under the in vocation of the holy Apostle Paul, and
Mary, who after great hardship of life, famous for works and wonders, died
his
tery
a death precious in the sight of the Lord, upon Monte Senario, in Tus-
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. cany. The same spirit of brotherhood had made them one in life, the vener ation of the people had not divided them in death, and Leo XIII. enrolled their names together among those of the Saints.
Upon
the
were
ruary,
same I3th day of Feb born
the
into
better
life
At Antioch, the holy prophet Agabus,
century,] of whom blessed writeth in the Acts of the
[first
Luke
Apostles.
At Ravenna, the holy women the 1 Virgin Fusca, and Maura her foster-
who
mother,
after
stated
At
Tuscany, Catharine de a Virgin of Florence, of the Order of Preachers, illustrious in the number of her heavenly gifts, whom Pope Benedict XIV. added to the roll of Holy Virgins. She died full of graces and merit on the 2nd of February, but her Feast is celebrated
run
and so
through with
the
Prati, in
Ricci,
to-day.
Vespers of the following, from the Chapter inclusive.
FEBRUARY
things under the President Quinctian, by order of the Emperor Decius,
were
by blessed Pope Gregory, was
visible.
many
suffering
finished their testimony, [third
in
Emperor crown
of
the persecution under the Decius, and received the
martyrdom,
[in
the
Serbite
tfje
of
rfcer.
Double.
All from the Common
Office
Confessor not a Bishop, except the following.
(p.
of a 531,)
year
259-]
At Lyons, the holy martyr Julian. At Todi, [under Diocletian,] the holy martyr Benignus.
At Rome, [in the year 731,] the who sharply holy Pope Gregory II. withstood the ungodliness of the ;
Prayer throughout.
T
ORD
JESUS CHRIST, Who, that Thou mightest recall to mind the woes of Thy most holy Mother, didst through
the
Seven
blessed
Fathers
and who Germany to
make Thy Church herself the mother of a new household of her servants, Grant unto us in mercy that we may
At Angers, holy Lucinius, Bishop
so share their tears as to share their blessedness also. Who livest and
Emperor Leo
the
I
saurian,
sent holy Boniface into preach the Gospel there.
of
13.
Sefaett tjolg jFoitntierg!
sword,
century.] At Melitina, in Armenia, the holy martyr Polyeuctus, who suffered many
things
765
that
city,
a
man
of
reverend
holiness.
At Lyons, [about the year 512,] the holy Confessor Stephen, Bishop of that see. At Riete, [sixth century,] the holy Abbat Stephen, a man of wonderful patience, at whose passing away the presence
of the
holy
angels,
as
is
reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
FIRST VESPERS. These,
Founders, Peter (i
as
regards
begin iv.
13),
with
the the
"Dearly
Seven Chapter beloved
1 These two names, which might be translated mulatta and regress, are so very singular as to inspire the conjecture that they are not proper names but descriptive epithets of two
sufferers
whose names have been
lost.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
7 66
brethren, rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ s sufferings
;
that,
when His glory
may
ye
shall be revealed, be glad also with exceeding
joy."
Hymn
*
SAINTS.
Lord
of the
for
Seven
faithful
sons she bid to share
MATTINS.
their
Lady called, as nought They deemed their palaces and wealth, The mountains, desert places, sought Far
off,
For others
by
Fathers lived a life in shade, Yet seemed to Peter s vision seven glistening lilies, for the Maid, of Heaven.
The Queen
Beneath His Cross.
Soon as
Hymn*
HTHE White
Her dolours, all the shame and loss, Which Jesus suffered and she bare
thou
Commemoration of the preceding, the Common, Prayer from his Office, and in Lent of the week-day*
Was
red with blood of brother bands, Our Virgin Mother bowed her down With bounteous hands.
because
life.
from
war was raging, and the town
V\7"HEN
ever,
hast not spared thy
stealth.
sins the scourge they plied
As they the way of penance trod, By prayers and tears they turned aside The wrath of God.
Through city street, o er hills and plains, Upborne by Love Divine, they trod, To fix in men the Mother s pains,
The swords
of God.
This was the power in which they spoke Till each wild passion owned their sway They cheered the sad, from sinners broke Their chains away. Till at the last the
Led them
Virgin Queen
mansions
to
:
in the sky,
Mansions where garlands aye are green,
Token of love the Mother s hand Gave to her sons their garb of woe,
And
Sanctioned the pious work they planned With wondrous show.
The vine to spread their honours wide Her shoots in winter greenly flung; "See, those are Mary s servants," cried The infant tongue.
never die.
May they hear And see how
cries of all
who
pray,
hard our earthly Aiding us onward to the day
When
Now
strife
;
all is life.
to the Father thanks
and praise
;
To Thee, O Son, the same we send To Thee, Great Spirit, through all days r ;
Now
to the Father thanks
and praise Son, the same we send
To Thee, O To Thee, O Spirit, World without
through
all
World without
;
days,
Verse. These were merciful men whose righteousness hath not been
shall not
be blotted
Antiphon at Virgin. shall
men i
Lessons from Scripttire according toSeason. In Lent from Ecclus.
the
xliv.
forgotten.
Answer. Their seed and
the
O
Translation by
Mr
Translation kindly
C.
Kegan
C.
Kegan
529.)
Fourth Lesson.
N
the thirteenth century, when the parts of Italy were rent by the dread dissension of the
T
more cultured
Paul, extracted from the
made by Mr
(p.
SECOND NOCTURN.
the Blessed
Virgin Mary, thy praise not depart from the mouths of which shall remember the power
London.
i,
their glory
out.
Song of
Amen.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Amen.
end.
end.
;
Paul.
Hymnal
of the Servite
Church
in
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. Emperor Frederick
God
the
Second and
wars, the mercy of set forth divers men eminent for
by bloody
civil
and
holiness,
among
others
raised
up seven nobles of Florence, who were bound one to another in charity and gave an illustrious example of Their names were brotherly love. Bonfiglio Monaldi, Bonajuncta Manetti, Antalli, Amadeo de Amidei, Uguccio de Uguccioni, Sosteneo de Falconieri. Sostenei, and Alexis de
Manetto
Upon the holiday of the Assumption of the Virgin into heaven in the year 1233 they were praying in the oratory of a guild called the Guild of Praise, same Mother of God ap each one of them, and bade them embrace a life of greater These seven holiness and perfection.
when
the
peared
to
767
Monte Senario, and there began a kind of heavenly life. They lived in caves and upon herbs
to the solitude of
and water
only, while they wore out their bodies with watching and other
while they contemplated unweariedly the sufferings of Christ and the woes of His most sorrowful Mother. One Good Friday, when their thoughts were fixed thereon more than ever, the Blessed Virgin appeared to them twice, and showed them her garments of mourning as those wherein She they should clothe themselves. bade them know that she would take it right well that they should raise up in the Church a new order to recall the memory of the sorrows which she bore beneath the Cross of the Lord. Holy Peter, the illustrious martyr of
hardships,
men
discussed the matter with the Bishop of Florence, and then, con
the Order of Friars Preachers, learnt this not only from his familiar converse
sidering neither the nobility of their birth nor their wealth, and clad in haircloth under vile and worn-out
with these holy men, but also from a special vision of the Mother of God, and it was on his incitement that they
garments, withdrew into a little house in the country upon the 8th day of September, that they might begin
founded the regular Order called that
holier life upon the same day whereon the Mother of God herself had by her birth begun her life of holiness upon earth. their
Fifth Lesson.
/^OD
showed
^-J
by a
miracle
how
acceptable in His sight should be their manner of life, for a short while after, when these seven men were begging alms from door to door
through the to
pass
city of Florence,
that
some
it
came
among Benizi, who
children,
whom was holy Philip had then scarcely entered the fifth month of his age, called them blessed Mary s servants, by the which name they were called ever
after.
To
avoid
meeting people, and in the desire to be alone, they all withdrew together
of the Servites, or servants of the blessed Virgin, the which Order was afterward approved by the Supreme These holy Pontiff Innocent IV.
when they had gathered to themselves some companions, began to go through the cities and towns of Italy, and especially of Tuscany, everywhere preaching Christ crucified, men,
stilling
and
contests
calling
among
back
the
almost
citizens,
countless
into the path of grace. Neither did they make Italy only the field of their Gospel labours, but also France, Germany, and Poland. They passed away to be ever with the Lord when they had spread far and wide a sweet savour of Christ, and were famous also for the glory As one love of signs and wonders. of brotherhood and of the monastic
backsliders
life
had joined them together upon so one grave held their dead
earth,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
;68
and one honour was paid them by the people. For this reason the Supreme Pontiffs Clement XI. and Benedict XIII. confirmed the honour which had for centuries been paid to them individually, and Leo bodies,
common
the
after
saints,
And Thou, O Confirm us
Trinity Divine
!
Thy Holy Grace
in
!
That as we may our hearts incline To walk in these thy servants ways. Amen.
May
Verse.
their
memory be
blessed.
And
Answer.
proof of their miracles
XIII., after
which had been wrought by God on
SAINTS.
let
their
bones
flourish again out of their place.
invocation their
been sanctioned
in
of these veneration had
the jubilee year
priesthood, decreed to them honours paid to Saints, and ordered that their memory should every year be kept throughout the universal Church with an office and Mass. of his
the
THIRD NOCTURN.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Behold how good and how pleasant it
in
is
for
brethren
to
dwell
together
unity.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the I4th day of February, were born into the better life At Rome, upon the Flaminian Way, the blessed martyr Valentine, a Priest, after much healing and teaching was cudgelled and beheaded under
who Lessons the
from Matth.
xix.
27, with
Homily of St Jerome,
Lent the
(/. 47 1 last is omitted to make
.
In
)
room
the Homily of the Week-day. Lauds Chapter from First Vespers.
for
)
Claudius Caesar, [in the year 268.] Likewise at Rome, the holy martyrs Vitalis, Felicula, and Zeno.
At Teramo,
Umbria, in the year martyr Valentine, He was heavily Bishop of that see. flogged and committed to jail, but as he would not yield he was thrown out 273,]
Hymn. Mary
"DY
A
s inspiration led,
sevenfold offspring comes to light
At Mary
s call
To Mount
What
s
rugged height.
Christ s
grace the earth shall bear they have sown their seed divine vine shall bud with clusters rare,
the holy martyrs Proculus, Ephebus, !
Empurpled with the ruddy wine.
A
holy death to heaven speeds souls with virtue s glory crowned When Mary for her servants pleads,
The
Heaven
s
happy souls who now obtain The Kingdom, and the sceptre bear, Look down on us who still remain Where Satan spreads his subtle snare. Therefore on bended knee we pray, For sake of Mary s bitter grief;
Chase darkness from our mind away,
And
;
blessed portals they have found.
O
give our troubled hearts
relief.
mid
night and beheaded by command of Placidus, Prefect of the city. There likewise, [in the year 273,]
fruits of
When
[in
holy
of the prison in the silence of
;
away they sped
Senario
the
and Apollonius, who were watching by the body of holy Valentine when they were apprehended by order of Leontius, the consular, and slain with the sword.
At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Bassus, Anthony, and Protolicus, who were drowned in the sea. Likewise at Alexandria, the Priest Cyrion, Bassian the Reader, Agatho the Exorcist, and Moses, who were all
burnt with
fire
and passed away
to heaven.
Also likewise at Alexandria, the holy martyrs Denis and Ammonius, who were beheaded.
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. At Ravenna, the holy Confessor Eleuchadius, Bishop of that see. In Bithynia, [in the year 470,] the holy Abbat Auxentius. At the Abbat Sorrento, holy Antonino. He was in the monastery of Monte Cassino when it was des
Valentine
830,]
asleep in the Lord, famed
fell
His body
holiness.
markable chiefly
is
daily re
many miracles, most the delivery of them that
for
in
are vexed
Chapter
evil
by at
spirits.
as
Terce,
all
the
delivered
ills
that
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen. MATTINS.
The First and Second Lessons are
from
Scripture according to the Sea Third being omitted, or read as one with the Second. The Third Lesson is from the Sermons of St Austin, "The illustrious day, &c (p. 486.) son, the
,"
at
Second Vespers the Vespers. the First, except the
First
MARTYROLOGY.
same as
the
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed xlvi. 15. Their name endureth for ever, enduring unto their sons, the glory of holy men.
Virgin, Ecclus.
In Lent a Commemoration is made of the Week-day, then in a?iy case a Commemoration is made of the follow ing from the Common Office, (p. 482,) with the Prayer from his Office.
FEBRUARY
be
by his hang over us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth prayers from
troyed by the Lombards, and he went thence to a solitude hard by the city of Sorrento, and there [in the year for
may
769
Upon 15111 day of February, were born into the better life At
the Brescia, holy martyrs Faustinus and Jovita, who under the Emperor Hadrian, after many glorious contendings for Christ s faith, received by martyrdom a crown of victory,
[about the year 122.] At Rome, the holy martyr Crato, [the Orator,] who was baptized by blessed Valentine, Bishop [of Terni, in Umbria,] along with his wife and
whole house and no long while he and they together attained
his 14.
;
after,
St Fatenttne, Driest
antr
JHartgr.
year 273.]
Magnus, and Lucius. At Vaison, in Gaul, holy Quinidius, Bishop of that see, whose death, [in the year 578,] how precious it was in the sight of the Lord miracles do Castulus,
In Lent this Office is not observed, but a Commemoration only is made of Vespers and Lauds without the last Lesson at Mattins. Office for
Sim
ple Feasts of One Martyr, (p. 496), except the following,
Prayer throughout.
we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that we who keep the birthday of Thy blessed Martyr
^^
[in the
At Terni, [in the year 270,] the holy Virgin and martyr Agapis. Also the holy martyrs Saturninus,
Simple.
All from the Common
unto martyrdom,
oftentimes witness.
At Capua, [in the year 695,] the holy Confessor Decorosus, Bishop of that city. In the province of Valeria, [in the sixth century,] the holy Priest Severus, of whom blessed Gregory writeth that
by to
his tears he recalled a life.
dead man
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE At Antioch, the holy Deacon Joseph. In Auvergne, [in the sixth century,] the holy Virgin Georgia.
SAINTS.
tormented with fire. Being both still they were brought to Milan, without their chains having ever been taken At Milan they were tor
alive,
oft"
FEBRUARY
15.
Cfje $?olg fHartjjrs, Jaustmus anfr Sobtta. Simple.
In Lent
this Office is not observed,
but a Commemoration only is made at Vespers and Lauds without the last Lesson at Mattins.
All from the Simple Feasts of 513,) except
what
Common
Office
for
Many is
Martyrs, (p. otherwise given
here.
Prayer throughout the Office. God, Who year by year, &c.,
O (p.
508.)
tured again with every invention of Never cruelty that could be devised. theless the great power of their faith
made them
more than conquerors, even as gold tried in the furnace. From Milan they were brought to Rome, where they were confirmed by Pope Evaristus, and where they were put to the torture again with extreme barbarity. They were afterwards shown in public at Naples, where the tormentors dis shining
played their skill in divers ways upon them. Here they were thrown chained into the sea, but the angels delivered them. Their stations of suffering, by their God-like patience, and the won derful
now MATTINS.
Power displayed
turned
the end they
The First and Second Lessons are Sea from Scripture according son, the Third being omitted, or read as one with the Second. to
the
Brescia, and, when Hadrian took the empire, they were put to death by the axe at that place. 1 The crown of mar
tyrdom which they won
Theirs
is
a brotherhood indeed, &c.,
506.)
Blessed holy
and Jovita were bro born of a noble family at Brescia. While Trajan s persecution was raging, they were taken about in chains from one city of Italy to thers,
another, and exhibited in torture in This cruelty utterly failed to each. silence their confession of Christ,
they preached by their suffer
ings in every place where they were shown. They were afterwards kept
where they were exhibited with wild beasts, and
for a long time at Brescia,
glorious.
Upon the i6th day of February, were born into the better life
Third Lesson.
Whom
is
MARTYROLOGY.
Second Responsory.
(P.
them, had
in
In souls to JESUS. were carried back to
many
Onesimus, Paul
Apostle
of
whom
write th
the
unto
Philemon and whom also he or dained Bishop of Ephesus after holy Timothy, and committed unto him In the the preaching of the word. end he was brought to Rome in chains, and there stoned to death for Christ s faith s sake. His body was first buried was thence there, but taken to the place where he had been ordained bishop. ;
On at
of the
About A.D.
same day is commemorated Campania the translation holy Virgin and martyr Juliana.
the
Camae
121.
in
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. At
FEBRUARY
Nicomedia, under the Emperor Maximian, she was cruelly beaten by
own
her
Africanus, then put torments by the Prefect Evilasius, whom she refused to marry, and afterwards cast into prison, where she fought visibly with the devil she
7/1 16.
MARTYROLOGY.
father
divers
to
:
overcame
and boiling water, and length finished her martyrdom by
at
fire
being beheaded,
On
the
[in the
year 299.]
same day, were
into the better
also born
life
In Egypt, the holy martyr Julian, .and five thousand others, [in the year
309-]
At Caesarea,
in
Palestine, the holy
to minister to the Confessors in the
who had
condemned penal mines when they were ;
return
were apprehended, by the Pre sident Firmilian under the Emperor Galerius Maximian, and in the end were beheaded, [in the year 309.] they
ing thence,
cruelly tortured
whom
Porphyry, the servant of the martyr Pamphilus, and holy Seleucus the Cappadocian, who had oftentimes contended and always been conquerors, were put to the torture again, and [in the year 309] received their crowns Porphyry by fire, and Seleucus by the sword. After
At Arezzo,
in
In Persia, [in the year 251,] holy Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, who in the persecution of Decius had his
mouth broken with stones, and then with his hands stretched out and his eyes
holy
[in the
year 1276,] the blessed Pope Gregory X. he was a man of Piacenza, and was to
the
up
to heaven,
gave up the
Tuscany,
At Concordia,
[in the year 303,] holy martyrs Donatus, Secundianus, and Romulus, together with
eighty-six others, in their crown.
At Caesarea,
Supreme
Pontificate
who were
in
partakers
Palestine,
[in
the
year 309,] holy Theodulus the Elder, of the household of the President
He was stirred up by example of the martyrs stead fastly to confess Christ, and being Firmilian.
the
himself crucified
gained by a noble
victory the palm of martyrdom. There also the holy martyr Julian
He kissed the the Cappadocian. bodies of the slaughtered martyrs, and was therefore accused of Christ brought before the President, and burnt on a slow fire.
ianity,
In
the
country of Tervan, holy Bishop of Toulouse. In Ireland, [in the middle of the
Silvin,
;
raised
lifted
the
servitude
to
and most
At Rome, the holy martyr Faustinus, and forty-four others, who followed him to his crown.
ghost.
Egyptian martyrs Elijah, Jeremiah, They Isaiah, Samuel, and Daniel. went of their own accord to Cilicia been
Upon the iyth day of February, were born into the better life
sixth
century,] the holy Priest and Fintan, [of the race of was Brigid he was Abbat
Confessor
from
whom
He
of
of the Holy Land, and governed the
of Ireland.] At Florence, [at the end of the thirteenth century,] the blessed Con fessor Alexis de Falconieri, one of the seven founders of the Order of
the arch-deaconry [of Liege.] held the Second Council of Lyons, received the Greeks into the unity of the faith, healed the dissensions of Christendom, set forward the recovery
Church in holiness. At Brescia, [in the year 350,] the holy Confessor Faustinus, that see.
Bishop of
;
in Leinster, and was called chief head of the monks
Cluain-ed-nech
Servants of the blessed Virgin Mary. He died a blessed death in the hun-
772
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
and tenth year of his strengthened by the presence Christ Jesus and of the angels. dred
FEBRUARY
life,
of
At Toledo, [in the year 631,] the holy Confessor Helladius, Bishop of that see.
FEBRUARY
18.
\J.
St Simeon, Btsjjop
Upon the i8th day of February, were born into the better life At Jerusalem, the blessed martyr Simeon, Bishop of that holy city [from the year 46 to the year 107.] This is he of whom it is recorded that he was the son of Cleophas and the kinsman of the Saviour accord He was ordained ing to the flesh. Bishop of Jerusalem next after James, In the per the brother of the Lord. secution under Trajan he was put to many torments and suffered martyr
the judge and all men marvelled to see with how great boldness and firmness he endured the grievous torment of the cross at
dom, and
his great age, for
SAINTS.
Serusalem,] JHartgr. Simple.
In Lent this Office is not observed, but a Commemoration only is made at Vespers and Lauds without the last Lesson at Mattins.
All from the Common Office for Simple Feasts of a Bishop and Martyr, (p.
496,)
except
Emperor Diocletian they were and sent into exile, then they were consumed with fire, and so offered of the
arrested
a sacrifice of sweet savour unto God himself. Their relics were cast into the river, but the Christians sought for them and buried them hard by the city.
what
is
otherwise
given here.
Prayer throughout. Mercifully con sider our weakness, &c., (p. 491.) MATTINS.
he was an hundred
and twenty years old. At Ostia, the holy brethren Maximus and Claudius, and Praeperdigna, the wife of Claudius, and their two sons, Alexander and Cutias, all mar They were tyrs, [in the year 295.] a very noble race, and by command
[of
The First and Second Lessons are Scripture accordi?ig to the Sea son, the Third being omitted, or read
from
as one with the Second.
Third Lesson.
CIMEON, ^ (Matth.
the
son
of
xiii.
55,)
was [chosen]
Cleophas, |
second Bishop of Jerusalem, [in year 62,] being the first after Under the Emperor Trajan James. he was accused before the Pro-Consul Atticus, as being both a Christian, the
the
and a
Fructulus, and Maximus. At Constantinople, [in the year 449,]
of Christ, this being were arrested that were of the lineage of David. He underwent with great suffering the
holy Flavian, Bishop of that see, who, because he defended the Catholic faith
same things that were inflicted on our Saviour, and all men marvelled to
at Ephesus, was assailed by the fol lowers of the wicked Dioscorus with cuffs and kicks, and sent into exile, where he died after three days.
see with how great boldness and firm ness he endured the grievous torment of the cross, at his great age, for he
In Africa, the holy martyrs Lucius, SecunRutulus, Classicus,
Sylvan, dinus,
1
relation
the time
when
all
was an hundred and twenty years
A.D. 107 or 116.
old. 1
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. MARTYROLOGY.
them,
they
anew with
Upon
the
igth day of February,
were born into the better
At Rome,
life
the year 296,] the holy martyr Gavin, a Priest who was the brother of the blessed Pope Caius, [in
and who was long kept in prison and chains by the Emperor Diocletian, and gained the gladness of heaven through a death precious in the sight of the Lord. In Africa, the holy martyrs Publius, Julian, Marcellus,
and
In Palestine are
monks and
others.
commemorated
the
martyrs who [about the year 508] were cruelly slain for Christ s faith s sake by the Saracens under Al Mundar, their holy
other
general.
At Jerusalem, [in the year 304,] holy Zambdas, [counted thirty-ninth] Bishop of that holy city. At Soli, [in Cyprus, in the year 102,] holy Auxibius, Bishop [of that see.]
At Beneventum, holy
famous the
[in
the year 682,] of that see,
Bishop
Barbatus,
for his holiness, who brought and their leader to
Lombards
Christ.
At Milan, [about the year 700,] the holy Confessor Mansuetus, Bishop of that see.
FEBRUARY
19.
Upon
;
the
power of God, would not hurt
and
savagely
tortured
iron
together with them.
On the same 2Oth day of February, were also born into the better life In the island of Cyprus, the holy martyrs Pothamius and Nemesius. At Constantinople, [in the year 490,] the holy martyr Eleutherius, [eighth] Patriarch of that city.
[He
had replaced Acacius, who favoured the Eutychians.] In Persia, [in the year 342,] holy Sadoth, [Arch]bishop [of Seleucia and
Ctesephon, in Persia, successor to St Simeon,] and an hundred and twentyeight others who refused to worship the sun, under Sapor, King of the Persians, and by cruel deaths gained glorious crowns.
At Catania, in Sicily, [in the eighth century,] holy Leo, Bishop of that see, who shone with graces and miracles.
On
the same day, [in the year 738,] Eucherius, Bishop of Orleans, who shone with more miracles the more he was belied by his enemies. At Tournay, in Gaul, [in the year 531,] the holy Confessor Eleutherius, Bishop of that see.
holy
FEBRUARY
day of February are the blessed martyrs
a great number and variety of torments. They were first lacerated with stripes, then given to divers kinds of beasts but as these, through
fire
happy contention, along with them, gained the same palm of martyrdom
the 2oth
of Tyre, in Phoenicia, whose number is known only to God. They were slain by Veturius, military instructor under the Emperor Diocletian, with
were
and put to death. This glorious multitude were cheered on to victory by the Bishops Tyrannio, Silvan, Peleus, and Nilus, and the Priest Zenobius, who by a
MARTYROLOGY. commemorated
773
20.
MARTYROLOGY. Upon the 2ist day of February, were born into the better life In Sicily, under the Emperor Dio cletian,
[fourth century,] seventy-nine who through divers
holy martyrs, torments won
the
crown
of
their
confession.
At Adrumetum, [Susa [in fourth century,]
?]
in Africa,
the holy martyrs
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
774 Verulus,
Secundinus, Syricius,
Felix,
Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus, and sixteen others, who were crowned
with martyrdom for their confession of the Catholic faith in the persecution under the Vandals.
At Bethgan, [about 452,] the holy martyr Severian, Bishop of that see. At Damascus, [in the year 743,] Some Arabs holy Peter Mavimeno. came to see him while he was ill, and to them he said, Whoever does not embrace the Catholic Christian religion will be damned, as your false "
SAINTS.
At Vienne, holy Paschasius, Bishop that see, very famous for his learning and the holiness of his of
life.
At Cortona, in Tuscany, [in the year 1297,] holy Margaret, of the third order of St Francis, whose body hath remained incorrupt for hundred years, breath ing a sweet savour, and famous for many miracles, and is there deeply marvellously
more than
four
honoured. Vespers are of the following.
prophet Mohammed whereupon they killed him. At Ravenna, [in the year 556,] the holy Confessor Maximian. At Metz, [about the year 500,] holy Felix, Bishop of that see. At Brescia, [in the seventh century,] is,"
holy Paterius, [twenty-third] Bishop of that see.
FEBRUARY
21.
FEBRUARY
St Jeter
s;
See
22.
at Snttorfj.
Greater Double.
All the same as on the Feast of St Peter s Chair at Rome, (p. 688,) except what is otherwise given here.
MARTYROLOGY. On
MATTINS.
morrow we keep the feast of the See of the holy Apostle Peter, wherein he first sat at Antioch. In the which city the disciples were first the
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
called Christians.
At
Hierapolis, in Phrygia, holy Papias, Bishop of that city, who was the hearer of the holy elder John, and the companion of Polycarp.
The Lesson
At Salamis, in Cyprus, holy Aristion, who, as the said Papias doth testify, was one of the seventy-two disciples
/
of Christ. In Arabia are
holy martyrs
under
the
commemorated many who were cruelly slain
Emperor
Galerius
Max
imian.
At Alexandria, holy Abilius, Pope of that see, who was the second who held it after the blessed Evangelist Mark, with grace.
and administered his office an eminent manifestation of
is
taken from the Sermons
of St Austin, Bishop (i^th on the Saints. ]
Hippo.]
[of
T^HE
solemn Feast of to-day received from our forefathers the name of that of St Peter s Chair at Antioch, because there is a tradition that
it
was on
this
day that Peter,
of the Apostles, was enthroned in a Bishop s Chair. Rightly, there fore, do the Churches observe the first first
day of that Chair, the right
to
which
the Apostle received for the salvation of the Churches from the Lord of the
Churches "
I
Thou
Himself,
art Peter,
will build
My
with
the
and upon
Church."
words
this
:
rock
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. do men say that
Fifth Lesson.
TT
Peter the foundation of the Church, and therefore it is right that the Church should reverence this foundation whereon her mighty struct
Psalm
Justly
which we
is
written in the
it
have just
heard
:
Let them exalt him in the congre gation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders." Blessed be God, Who hath command "
ed
that
Blessed
the
should be
exalted
in
Peter
Apostle the
congrega tion Worthy to be honoured by the Church is that foundation from which her goodly towers rise, pointing to heaven !
!
Sixth Lesson.
I
N
the honour which to
Bishop the
to
the
is
this
day paid
inauguration of the
throne, an honour is office of all Bishops. testify
one
first
paid
The
to another, that,
the greater the Church s dignity, the greater the reverence due to her While I confess how rightly priests.
godly custom hath exalted
Feast
this
in the estimation of all the Churches, the more do I wonder at the growth
of that unhealthy error which at this day causeth some unbelievers to lay food and wine upon the graves of the 1 dead, as if souls once rid of the body had any longer any need of bodily refreshment.
election.
ou>n
)
The Lord asked His disciples Who men said that He was, and their answers were human as long as they were the answers of human reason, unilluminated by Divine light. At last, when the glimmerings of earthly conjecture were spoken, he whose Apostleship is the first in dignity, was the first to confess his Lord. And Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living "
God. And JESUS answered and said unto him Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father
Which
is in heaven." That is to For this cause art thou blessed, because My Father Himself hath "
say,
thee
taught
the
;
and
men
of
He, Whose Onlyam, hath revealed Me
but
blood,
begotten Son unto thee."
I
Eighth Lesson. saith the
Peter
That thou
thee,
"
say,
Lord unto Simon
And
"
:
as
say also unto
I
art
Even
I
am
I
am
the sure
Corner Stone, (Eph.
ii.
20,
ation, beside
JESUS came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, and :
disciples, saying
opinions
have not beguiled thee, the voices of angels have not taught thee, not flesh
That
Peter."
My
Father
is
hath
Me
that
;
I3-)
:
Who
lay,
(i
Cor.
art a rock, in
Rock
of defence, the
Who make 15,)
I
am
Perhaps alluding to some practice, in celebration of agapae or love-feasts, and had become an abuse.
festivals,
both one,
the
Found
other can no man u,) and thou also
Which iii.
My
Strength
and those things whereof
!
.
[the Great.]
God, even so now will I also reveal unto thee that thou art Peter
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (xvi.
asked His
Leo
St
on the Anniversary of his
is
that time
Son of Man,
revealed unto thee concerning
Seventh Lesson.
A T
the
I,
so on.
Homily by Pope
to
THIRD NOCTURN.
The Lesson
And
?
:
s
Churches
He
am
was the Lord Himself Who called
ure riseth.
775
made
hard,
by
right
I
which had grown out of the
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
776
am Lord, into thy hand do I give them, that thou mayst bear rule over "And them, for Me, and with Me." upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against Upon this strength of thine, whereof I am the "
it."
I will build My eternal temple, and upon the truth of thy confession of Me I will make to rise
Strength,
My
that
glorious
shall pierce to
Church whose
spires
SAINTS.
To Peter passed from him to all. alone were the keys given, and Peter is set as the pattern for all them that bear rule in the Church to follow. There remaineth
therefore the right
of Peter, wheresoever his judgment decreeth justice. Neither is there anything too hard, or too lax, where there is nothing bound and nothing loosed, save when Peter bindeth or looseth.
heaven."
In Lent a Commemoration of the
Week-day
Ninth Lesson. Note. If this Feast fall on a Satur day before Lent, or be transferred to a
Monday, and it be not Leap Year, then the Ninth Lesson will be the Homily St
for
Matthias* Eve,
Commemoration will
of which
a
made
at
also be
Lauds, after that of St Paul. If moreover this Feast fall in Lent, then the Ninth Lesson will be the Homily of the Week-day, of which also a Com memoration will be made at Lauds. In Lent no notice of St Matthias Eve is
taken in the
A GAINST
Office.
this confession the gates
^"^
never prevail, of hell shall neither shall the bands of death take hold upon
Thus
it.
and
faithful
fession hath
power
is
lift
to
up
heaven
that
thrust
Wherefore
blessed Peter thee
to
He That
as this con
make it, so is it able to down to hell them that gainsay
them it.
saith
And
true.
the
it is "
:
keys
said unto the
And of
I
most
made
at First
Vespers.
SECOND VESPERS.
A
Commemoration
is
made of
the
O right excel Antiphon, following. lent Teacher, &c.," (p. 515,) Verse, "The Lord loved him, &c.," and "
Answer,
(p.
515,)
and
the following
Prayer.
unto us, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, so to profit by the teaching and example of Thy blessed Confessor and Bishop Peter, that like him we may lightly esteem the things which are seen and tem poral, and finally attain unto those good things which are unseen and eternal. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and -
O
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with Amen. out end.
unto
will give
the
is
kingdom
of
heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in This power passed indeed heaven."
MARTYROLOGY.
:
;
to
written
must be omitted. Upon the 23rd day of February, were born into the better life At Faenza, the holy Peter Damian,
one which
[988-1072,] Cardinal Bishop of Ostia,
the other Apostles also
Lord it
is
that
s
will
had
effect
not in vain that
was
that
given
in it
to
The morrow is the eve of the holy Apostle Matthias. But in Leap year the above words
;
this
them is
;
the
but
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. famous
for
his
ness, whom Pope to be a Doctor
teaching and holi Leo XII. declared of
the
Universal
Church.
At Sirmium, [in the year 307,] the blessed martyr Sirenus a monk who was apprehended by order of the ;
FEBRUARY
Double.
was
beheaded.
There martyrs,
likewise, seventy-two holy finished the combat of
who
martyrdom in that city, and received kingdoms which fade not away, eternal in the
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except what is otherwise given here. In Lent a Commemoration of the is
Week-day
made
at First
Vespers.
heavens.
At Rome, [in the fourth century,] the holy Priest Polycarp, who, along with the blessed Sebastian, brought many to believe in Christ, and by his exhortations led them to the glory of
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
martyrdom. In the city of Astorga, [in the year 252,] the holy Virgin Martha, mar
i,
At Constantinople, [about the year Be 860,] the holy monk Lazarus. cause he painted holy images, the Emperor Theophilus, the Iconoclast, put him to grievous tortures, and burnt his hands with a white-hot iron but he was healed by the power of ;
God, restored the painting upon the holy images that had been defaced, and at length fell asleep in peace. At Brescia, [about 652,] holy Felix, Bishop of that see. the year 485,] the holy Confessor Florence. At Todi, [in 324,] the holy Virgin Seville,
in
Spain,
Romana, who was
[in
baptized by holy
Sylvester, led a heavenly life in dens and caves of the earth, and shone
Pope
with the glory of miracles. In England, [in the seventh cen tury,] the holy Virgin Milburga, daugh ter of the king of the Mercians, [sister of St Mildred, and Abbess of Wenlock, Shropshire.]
In Lent from
i
Tim.
iii.
(p. 516.)
tyred under the Emperor Decius and the Proconsul Paternus.
At
23.
St $eter Damtan, [Cardinal] Bishop [of stia,] Confessor antJ Doctor of tfje Cijurrfj.
Emperor Maximian, and when he con fessed himself to be a Christian
777
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
HTHE
holy Doctor Peter Damian was born of respectable parents
Ravenna, [about the year of our Lord 988.] While he was still a suckling, his mother, overcome with the care of many children, cast him out to perish, but one of the women servants saved him when he was nigh to death, and fed him until natural at
affection
appeared again in his mother, she then gave him back. After the death of both his parents he to
whom
lived with a brother like
who
the lowest slave,
him whose
treated
and
in
house he underwent a hard bondage. Even while he was in this condition he gave a wonderful proof of his faith toward God, and his dutiful love It chanced that toward his father. one day he found a considerable sum of money, but instead of using relieve
his
own
poverty,
it
he gave
to it
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
7/8
all to a priest to offer God s sacrifice for the forgiveness of his father s sins.
He had happily another brother called Damian, the same from whom he seemeth afterwards to have taken his surname. By him he was affection ately adopted, and put in the way of being educated.
He made
such pro
SAINTS.
tages, and made the community so to flourish under his saintly direction,
that he is esteemed the second Father and chief ornament of that Order. This healthful care of Peter was made
a blessing to convents of other Rules than his own, to houses of Canons,
and
to
the
He was many
people.
gress in learning as astonished his teachers, and when he had won an
ways
eminent name in letters, he began to teach on his own accord with general
Bishop of that See to judge of a most weighty matter, and led him by his counsel and assistance rightly to administer his Bishoprick. He was
applause.
Meanwhile,
lest
his
body
should get the better of his mind, he constantly wore a hair-shirt under his softer clothes, and exercised himself in In the fasting, watching, and prayer. spring-time of his age he was griev
ously tormented by the stings of the and sometimes, when the re bellions of lust seemed about to get the mastery over him at night, he
flesh
;
threw himself into a freezing stream check them. After this he would go about visiting consecrated places, and repeat the whole book of Psalms. to
He was most
careful in
poor, on whom his own hands.
relieving the
he would wait with
profitable to the Urbino. He sat with
diocese
of
Theuzo the
foremost in contemplation of the things of God, in severity toward his own body, and in other things where by to set a bright example of godli In consideration of these things ness. the
Supreme
Pontiff
Stephen
IX.,
the year spite of his [in
objections,
1057,] created him, in own unwillingness and a Cardinal of the Holy
Roman Church, and appointed him This dignity Peter Bishop of Ostia. bore with the highest reputation for piety, and adorned with works meet for a Bishop.
Sixth Lesson. Fifth Lesson.
A T
T\ ESI RING
to attain to perfection of life he betook himself to the
Rome
the
most
anxious
times
he
greatly sustained the Church of and the Supreme Pontiffs by
convent of Font-Avellano, in the dio cese of Gubbio, in Umbria, a house founded by the blessed Ludolph, the
teaching, by missions which he discharged, and by divers other labours which he undertook on their
disciple of St Romuald, for the monks of the Holy Cross. He dwelt there not long before he was sent by his
He strove manfully even unto death against the heresies of the Nicolai tans and the Simoniacs, by putting down which evils he reconciled the Church of Milan to that of Rome. He was one of the stoutest opponents of the false Popes Benedict and Cadalous. He deterred Henry IV., King of Germany, from his wicked
Abbat,
first
to the
Abbey
of Pomposia,
and, secondly, to that of St Vincent at Pietra Pertusa, both which brother
hoods he greatly profited by his godly exhortations, discreet rules, and grave manners. After his return home, and the death of his Superior, he was chosen to rule the brethren of Avellano. Here he founded divers new hermi
his
behalf.
scheme
He
for
putting
away
his
wife.
recalled the people of Ravenna to their bounden duty to the Bishop of
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. Rome, and communion
them
restored
re
formed the Canons of
Velletri, and brought them to lead more godly lives. There were hardly any Cathedral
Churches, especially in the province of Urbino, of which he did not deserve In Gubbio, of which he had at well. one time the management, he abolished
many
He
things unseemly.
about
improvements
divers
places,
as
if
special charge. [In his dignities of
in
brought
and
many
each were his 1062] he gave
Cardinal and Bishop, but he allowed his love toward his neighbours to know no diminution. He was particularly zealous in spread ing abroad four devout practices ist,
up
:
To
every Friday in honour of the Holy Cross of JESUS Christ 2nd, To recite the Hours of the Blessed Mother of God, called also her Little fast
;
Office
To
3rd,
;
her honour
sanctify Saturday in
and
4th,
and
especially, to scourge oneself in punishment for sin committed. At length he de ;
THIRD NOCTURN.
the
to
He
Church.
of the
779
Lessons from Matth. v. Homily of St Austin, (p.
Eighth Responsory. In the midst, &c., it
be neither
(p.
If Ninth Lesson will be the Homily Then the for St Matthias Eve. Third Lesson of the Homily on Matth. v. 1 3 is omitted, or read as one with the
the Second, and the First Lesson only of the Homily of the Eve is read, or else the three as one. In Lent no notice is taken of St Matthias Eve, and the Ninth Lesson is the Homily
for the Week-day, either the first part or all three in one, and the Com memoration of the Week-day is made at Latids.
Prayer thoughotit the day as at the Commemoration the preceding evening. In Leap
Year St Matthias Eve
kept on February 24.
year 1072,] at the height of his reputation for holiness, learning, His body miracles, and good works. is buried in the house of the Cister
Apostles Eves, (p. 461.)
[in
the
cians
at
Faenza,
where
the
people resort often to his grave with great The citizens of Faenza, reverence. to whom he hath been found good at need even to this day, have chosen him for their Patron in the presence of
God.
The supreme
Pontiff
Leo
XII., finding that an Office and Mass in memory of him, as a Confessor
and
Bishop,
and
was
in
use
in
some
Camaldolese Order, by advice of the Sacred Con gregation of Rites, added the title of Doctor, and extended the use of the said Office and Mass to the whole Church. dioceses,
in
539.)
Lent nor Leap Year
be with Christ, at Faenza, parted on his way back from his mission to Ravenna, on the 22nd of February, to
with the
13,
549.)
/;/ Lent it All from
is
is
omitted.
the
Common
Office
In Leap Year the following
is
for
the
MARTYROLOGY.
The morrow
is
the eve of the holy
Apostle Matthias.
Upon
the
same 24th day of Feb
ruary, were born into
many
the
better
life
holy martyrs and confessors and
holy virgins.
But the following is the ordinary Martyrology which is read in Leap Year upon St Matthias Eve.
the
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 24th (or 25th) day of Feb ruary, were born into the better life In Judea, the holy Apostle Matthias,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE who was chosen by after
the Apostles right of the Lord to
the Ascension
take the place of the traitor Judas,
and
who
suffered
for
martyrdom
preaching the Gospel. At Rome, the holy martyr Primitiva. At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, [in the year 304,] the holy martyr Sergius, whose acts are held most famous. 259,] the holy martyrs Montanus, Lucius, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian, and their Com panions, who were disciples of holy In Africa,
the year
[in
Cyprian, and finished their testimony under the Emperor Valerian. At Rouen, [in the year 588,] the holy martyr Pretextatus, Bishop of that see.
At Triere, [about the year 499,] the holy Confessor Modestus, Bishop of
SAINTS.
we beseech Thee, that Thy Church, being upholden by his prayers, may ever feel about her the arms J
grant,
Thy most mighty protection. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. of
In Lent a Commemoration
is
made
of the Week-day. this be the
If
evening of February
Commemoration is made O of St Peter Damian. Antiphon, 2.
"$rd,
then a
"
right excellent Teacher, &c.,
Lord guided,
"The
Verse,
Answer,
and
524,)
(p.
Damian
St Peter
the
J
(p.
515.)
and
&c.,"
Prayer of
as throughout the
day.
that see.
MATTINS.
In England, [in the year 616,] holy Ethelbert, King of Kent, whom holy Augustin, first Archbishop of Canter bury, converted to the faith of Christ, and whose feast we keep upon the
26th (27th) day of this present month of February. At Jerusalem is commemorated the
FIRST NOCTURN. First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
the Apostles
T
N
taken from the Acts of (i.
15.)
those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said :
first finding, [in the fourth century,] of the Head of the Lord s forerunner.
FEBRUARY
St
OR IN LEAP FEB. 25.
24,
ia*,
YEAR
Apostle.
Double of the Second
(the
number of
men
the
together was
Men
about an hundred and twenty)
and brethren,
this
Scripture which the
must
needs be fulfilled, Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took JESUS for he was numbered with us, and had Now obtained part of this ministry. this man purchased a field with the wherein also he reward of iniquity hanged himself, and bursting asunder in the midst, all his bowels gushed :
Class.
All from the Common Office for the of Apostles, (p. 462,) except what is otherwise given here.
Feasts
;
out.
FIRST VESPERS.
Second Lesson.
Prayer throughout.
r\ GOD, Who ^-^ of the
A ND
didst choose
Thy
blessed servant Matthias to be number of the twelve Apostles, 1
Literally,
"about
^^
it
was known unto
all
the
dwellers at Jerusalem, insomuch
as that field
tongue
"
her the bowels of
is
called in their proper that is to say,
Haceldama,"
Thy
mercy."
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. field of blood." For written in the book of Psalms "The
his habitation
man
is
it
"Let
:
be desolate, and
let
no
dwell therein, and his Bishoprick let another take." Where (cviii. 8.) fore, of these men which have com-
panied with us all the time that the Lord JESUS went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrec tion.
Third Lesson.
In Egypt, [in the third century,] under the Emperor Numerian, the holy martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Ni-
cephorus, Claudian, Dioscorus, Seraand Papias. Victorinus and Victor steadfastly bore grievous tor tures on account of their confession of the faith, and were beheaded. pion,
Nicephorus
:
chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and Apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he
might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.
SECOND NOCTURN. Lessons from St Ausfai s Exposition
of Psalm
from Matth. Homily ofSt A ustin,
with In Lent the Third Lesson of St Austin s Homily is omitted or read as one with the Second, and the Ninth Lesson is the Homily on the Gospel for the the
xi.
(
A
come
hot over
from Claudian and Dioscorus were burnt. Serapion and Papias were slain with the sword. Africa,
natus,
the
Justus,
holy martyrs DoHerenas, and their
Companions. At Rome,
[in the year 492,] the holy Pope Felix III., who was the great-grandfather of holy Gregory the Great, who saith of him that he appeared unto his holy niece Tharsilla, and called her unto the kingdom of heaven.
At 806,]
Constantinople, [in the year holy Tharasius, Patriarch of
that see, famous for his learning and godliness. There remaineth an epistle addressed unto him by Pope
Adrian I. in defence of holy images. At Nazianzum, [in 369,] holy Caes-
45
brother of blessed Gregory the
)
FEBRUARY
is
made
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 25th (26th) day of Feb ruary, were born into the better life
25 (26).
MARTYROLOGY.
On land
In Lent a Commemoration of the Week-day at Lauds.
I.
a
25,
5
Week-day.
VOL.
upon
Theologian, whom the said Gregory doth testify that he saw among the multitude of the blessed.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons
laid
joint.
arius,
Ixxxvi. (p. 477.)
was
bed, and when he had the fire was cut joint
iron
In
they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, which was surnamed the Just, and Matthias. And they prayed, and said Thou, Lord, Which knowest the hearts of all men, show whether of these two Thou hast
7 8l
the the
morrow we keep feast
of
in
Eng
holy Ethelbert, King of Kent, whom holy Augustin, first Archbishop of Canterbury, con verted to the faith of Christ, and of whom mention hath been made upon the 24th (25th) day of this present month of February. Upon the same 26th (27th) day 2
C
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
782 of
were
February,
better
born
into
the
life
At Perga,
in
Pamphylia,
[in
the
blessed
Nestor, Bishop During the perse [of Magydensis.] cution under Decius he was instant
year
251,]
and by night might be kept safe. When he was arrested he confessed the name of the Lord with wonderful freedom and readi
in
Christ
day
by
prayer
that
flock
s
the
holy
of
that
SAINTS.
Confessor Andrew, Bishop [who succeeded St
city,
Zenobius.] In the country of Arctoi, [Vitre, in Champaign, in the sixth century,] the holy Confessor Victor, [Victor of Plancy, Priest and Hermit,] whose
have
praises
Vespers of the following.
By command
of the President he was most cruelly racked, and as he steadfastly declared that he would alway cleave unto Christ, he was at last crucified, and from heaven a cross the to passed ness.
FEBRUARY 26
Pollio
St
ffitfjettert,
At Perga
likewise,
[in
holy
251,] the Diodorus,
martyrs Papias, and Claudian, who suffered before holy Nestor. Also the holy martyrs Fortunatus Felix, and twenty-seven others. At Alexandria, [in the year 326,] the glorious Elder, holy Alexander, Pope of that see, wherein he suc He it was ceeded blessed Peter. who cast his priest Arius out of the church when he became perverted with wicked heresy, and reprobate from the truth of God, and he was afterward one of the three hundred
Conon,
and eighteen fathers who condemned him in the Council of Nice. At Bologna, [in the fourth cen tury,] the holy
Bishop [of that
see,]
Faustinian, who by the preaching of the word of God strengthened and increased that Church when it had
been troubled in the persecution under the Emperor Diocletian. At Gaza, in Palestine, [in the year 420,] holy Porphyry, Bishop of that
who
in the time of the
Arcadius cast down the
and
its
ferings
(27).
tttng of 3Sent,
Double.
conqueror.
see,
been written by holy
Bernard.
Emperor idol Marna
temple, and after many suf asleep in the Lord.
fell
At Florence,
[in the
fifth
century,]
All from
the
Common
a Confessor not a Bishop,
Office
(p.
5
for 3
J
5
)
except the following.
Prayer throughout.
^
r\ GOD, Who
hast crowned the blessed King Ethelbert, Thy Confessor, with a crown of eternal glory, cause us, we beseech Thee, so to honour him upon earth that we may reign with him in heaven.
At
First Vespers in Lent a Com is made of the Week-day.
memoration
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
from
to the Season. (P>
Scripture
according
In Lent from Ecclus.,
542.)
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
pTHELBERT, the most
King of Kent, was
powerful of the princes in England, and exercised a suzerainty over them as far north as the Humber. He was born a heathen, but took to wife that most earnest Christ-
FEAST-DAYS IN FEBRUARY. daughter of the King of By her example and
ian, Bertha,
the
Franks.
the
example of the holy Lindhard,
who was her chaplain, the King and many of his chief men were brought to admire the Christian life. When, therefore, there came Augustine with his
companions sent by holy Gregory,
and Ethelbert had heard the teach ing and had seen the miracles of the servants of God, he believed and re ceived the sacrament of the faith.
him many began to come to every day to hear the word of God, to give up their pagan rites, and to join in faith the holy Church of Christ. Their belief and conver sion caused the King much joy, After
gether
nevertheless he would not force any to make themselves Christians, but only embraced with a warmer love
them with
that believed as being co-heirs himself of the kingdom of
heaven.
783
Sixth Lesson.
A T
length
the
gloriously
kingdom
King,
holy holding
for fifty-six
after
an earthly years, and after
having held the faith for twenty-one years, passed to the everlasting joys of a heavenly kingdom in the year of our Lord 6 1 6, upon the 24th day of the month of February, upon the which day mention is made of him in the
Roman
He was buried martyrology. porch of St Martin, within the Church of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, where also had been buried the Queen Bertha. the
in
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 538.) In
Lent the last is read along with the Eighth in order to leave room for the Homily of the Week-day, of which a Commemoration is also made at Lauds.
Fifth Lesson. "DORN
as
again in baptism, Ethelbert, a new man, gave himself
wholly to the spreading of the faith in his own dominion, and among the princes who were subject unto him, but above all to make the
kingdom of Christ come fulness in his
own
soul.
in
all
its
During the
twenty years which he lived as a Christian he never wavered in that
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon
the 27th (28th)
day of Feb
ruary, were born into the better At Rome, the holy martyrs
ander, Abundius, Fortunatus.
Antigonus,
life
Alex
and
At Alexandria, [in the year 250,] He was so the holy martyr Julian. crippled by the gout that he could
passed most wise good of his people he set up churches, and at the ex hortation of holy Gregory he pulled
walk nor stand, and was carried before the judge in a chair Of these two ser by two servants.
down
whose name was Eunus, persisted
holy design. laws for the
He
;
the temples of the idols among others he founded the metropolitical Church of the Saviour at Canterbury, ;
the monastery of SS. Peter and Paul hard by the city, the cathedral Church of St Paul in London, and the cathe
Church of St Andrew at Rochester, upon all which with a bounty truly royal he bestowed lands and possessions.
neither
vants one denied the faith
;
the other,
along with They were both placed upon and led about the whole city, and at length publicly burnt confessing
Christ
in
Julian.
camels lashed,
upon a
pyre.
dral
There also the holy soldier Besas. rebuked some who were jeering the martyrs aforenamed, for which
He at
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE cause
was accused before the and as he stood firm in the he was beheaded. he
judge, faith
At
Spain, [in the year Leander, Bishop of that in
Seville,
596,] holy
by whose preaching and labours, assisted by Reccared, King of the Visigoths, that nation were converted from the Arian misbelief to the city,
monks.
[Founder of monasteries
At
Pavia
ustine,
brought
Bishop of Hippo, which was [in the year 722] from the
of Sardinia by the care of Luitprand, King of the Lombards.
[in
contended valiantly
for
the honouring of holy images. At Lyons, [about the year
660,] [locksmith and subdeacon,] the man of God whose grave is famous on account of the miracles which are oftentimes wrought
holy Baldomer,
there.
FEBRUARY 27
(28).
MARTYROLOGY.
On
On
ophilus.
At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Pupulus, Caius, and Ser-
Caerealis,
apion.
Alexandria
morrow we keep
the
the feast
holy Confessor David, Arch 1 bishop of Casrleon upon Usk. Upon the same ist day of March, of the
were also born into the better life At Rome, two hundred and sixty holy martyrs whom for Christ s name s sake the Emperor Claudius first con demned to dig sand outside the Salarian Gate, and then to be shot to death with arrows in the amphi theatre.
28th (29th) day of Feb ruary, were born into the better life At Rome, the holy martyrs Macand TheRufinus, arius, Justus,
at
(29).
MARTYROLOGY.
Likewise
the
Likewise
commemorated the body of holy Aug
island
750,] the holy Confessors Basil and Procopius, who in the time of the Emperor Leo I saurian,
is
translation of the
FEBRUARY 28
At Constantinople,
in
Switzerland.]
Catholic faith.
the
SAINTS.
are
com
Donatus,
the holy martyrs Leo, Abundantius, Nicephorus,
and nine others. At Marseilles, [in the year 290,] the holy martyrs Hermes and Hadrian. At Heliopolis, [in 114,] the holy martyr Eudocia [of Samaria, now Balbek in Turkey-in-Asia,] during the persecution under the
Emperor Trajan.
memorated the holy Priests, Deacons, and many others who cheerfully met
She was baptized by Theodotus, Bishop of [Heliopolis,] and, armed for the
death
battle,
in ministering to the sick in the great plague which devastated that city, [in the third century,] in the time of the Emperor Valerian, and whom the godly reverence of the faithful hath been used to honour as martyrs.
In the Jura mountains, toward Lyons, holy Abbat [of Condat,] Romanus, who was the first to live there as a hermit, and becoming
[in 460,] the
famous
became
for
graces and miracles, the father of many
many
also
Vincentius President the ordered her to be smitten with the sword, and thus she received the
crown of martyrdom. the
Upon
same
day,
the
holy
During the per martyr Antonina. Dio secution under the Emperor cletian
the
was
she in
she
laughed at the gods of for the which cause
Gentiles,
a
marsh
diversly
tortured,
and drowned barrel, at the city of Cea.
shut
up
in
the
1 This is a The name of St David does not occur in the purely local addition. Martyrology, nor in that of any religious order with which the writer is acquainted.
Roman
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. At Werdt,
[in the year 713,] holy Swibert, Bishop of that city, [Apostle of the Frisians,] who in the time of
Pope Sergius preached the gospel to Frieslanders, Hollanders, and other peoples of Lower Germany. At Angers, [in the year 550,] the the
holy Confessor Albinus, Bishop of that a man of eminent graces and
see,
785
Bishop David may help us, and that we keep his solemn Feast, we may follow the example of his stead fastness in defending the Catholic Faith. Through our Lord JESUS while
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Amen.
holiness.
At Mans,
[in
the
year 687,] the
holy Siviard, Abbat [of Saint Calais.] At Perugia is commemorated the translation
holy
[in
martyr
that see, of upon the 7th
In Lent, at First Vespers a Commem oration is made of the Week-day.
MATTINS.
the year 547] of the Herculanus, Bishop of
whom
mention
FIRST NOCTURN.
made
is
He day of November. was beheaded by order of Totila, King of the Goths, and it is written by holy
Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
Pope Gregory that, forty days after head was cut off, head and body
his
were found united again, as though the iron had never touched him.
In Lent from
Lent a Commemoration of
the
iii.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
(From
Giraldus Cambrensis. Vespers of the following, with
Tim.
i
(/. 516.)
i,
in ii.
cra,
Week-
his
Life
A?iglia
by
Sa
628.)
T*HIS David was
/
race
becoming a
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. On the day next before Lent on which Nine Lessons are not read, is said the Office
of the Dead.
the
born of a Princely After Cardiganshire.
in
Priest he
desire of a
more
was moved by perfect
made
great progress, and beg an,
his
MARCH
exhortation, to preach people of the neighbourhood.
i.
9& Babifc, Srdj&fctfjop CaerUon,] Confessor.
gress of time he founded
[of
,
In pro
many monas
and succouring the poor. Fifth Lesson.
revival Britain of pHEgian heresy brought in
we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that the fatherly prayers of Thy blessed Confessor and
at
the
wherein his disciples, in quiet from men, passed their days working with their hands, reading,
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except
Prayer throughout.
to
teries,
praying,
the following.
to
retreat in
Double.
life
betake himself to Paulinus, the disciple of St Germain, who dwelt in the Isle of Wight. Under this master he
the Pela
about it a Council was got together in Cardiganshire, wherein David, for his
that
zealous Faith,
contending
for
the
Catholic
was unanimously chosen Arch-
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE bishop of Wales, in the place of holy The new Dyfrug, who had resigned. Archbishop called together a second Council, in which all the decrees of From these the first were confirmed. decrees, approved by the authority of the Pope, all the Churches of Wales received their usage and rule.
Sixth Lesson.
TN
those days the Church of God Monas flourished exceedingly.
teries were set up in many places, and great multitudes of the faithful, of divers orders, were brought unto Christ, and unto all of them David was as a mirror and an ensample. Not by word alone but by his life also, he shone as a light to others ;
a great preacher, but a greater pracIn an old age, and full of tiser.
good works, he resigned his soul to God, upon a ist day of March, about the year of salvation 544.
SAINTS.
number martyred and buried there under Maximian Hercules.] At Rome, upon the Latin Way,
Em
[about the year 258,] under the perors Valerian and Gallienus, the holy martyrs Jovinus and Basileus. Likewise at Rome, under the
Em
peror Alexander and the Prefect Ulpian, many holy martyrs, who were long tortured, and at length put to death.
At Porto, the holy martyrs Paul, Heraclius, Secundilla, and Januaria. At Cassarea, in Cappadocia, the Lucius
martyrs
holy
the
Bishop,
Absolom, Lorgius.
Campania are commemorated
In
who would not
eighty holy martyrs,
idols, nor adore a she-goat s head, and there fore, [about the year 629,] were
meat
eat
unto
sacrificed
by the Lombards. At Rome, [about the year 483,] the holy Confessor Pope Simplicius. cruelly slain
Vespers are of the following,
from
the Chapter inclusive.
THIRD NOCTURN.
from Matth. xxv. 14, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 522.)
Lessons the
In Lent the last Lesson is read along with the Eighth to make room for Homily of the Week-day, of which a Commemoration is also made at Lauds.
MARTYROLOGY. the 2nd day of March, were born into the better life
Upon
In England, [about the year 672,] holy Chad, Bishop of the Mercians and of Lindisfarne, whose eminent graces are recorded by Bede. [His
body was buried at Lichfield, first in Church of Our Lady, second in the Church of St Peter, and thirdly in the Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady and St Chad. The town was the
named
Lichfield on
account
of
the
MARCH St
2.
1
Cijatf, ffeto,]
Bfeljop [of 3Ltdj,
Confessor. Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except the following.
Prayer throughout.
(
Taken from the
Salisbury Missal.}
r\ ALMIGHTY and God, Who dost this
^
us by the Feast of
Thy
everlasting
day gladden
blessed
Con
and Bishop Chad, we humbly beseech Thy mercy that we may be holpen toward life eternal by his
fessor
Chad, or Cead, Saxon form of Gaelic Cad, or Cedd.
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH.
whom we do solemnly Through our Lord JESUS Thy Son, Who liveth and
fatherly prayers
honour. Christ
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Ame7i.
First Vespers as regards St begin with the Chapter.
A
Commemoration
Chad
made of St
is
David. Prayer from his in Lent of the Week-day.
Office,
then
787
To whom he consecrated. answered If thou knowest that I have not rightly been made a Bishop, I office willing ly lay down mine
rightly
"
:
;
deem myself fit to hold it, but when I was commanded, Theo I took sake." it, for obedience neither did
I
ever
dore marvelled at his lowliness, and
made him Bishop of the Mercians and of Lindisfarne, in the which office he strove to do his duty in great per fection of life, after the ensample of the old Fathers.
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson.
Lessons from Scripture according the Season. In Lent, i Tim. iii.
to i,
(P. 5i6.)
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson. Bede,
iii.
the Venerable
(From 23, 28
;
ix.
was Abbat of the monastery
Wolds
He was a man holy of Yorkshire.] and lowly, well read in the Scriptures, and a diligent practiser of that which Wherefore Wini, Bishop of the West Saxons, at the desire of King Oswin, ordained him Being so conse Bishop of York. crated, he set himself to look to the
he learnt therefrom.
orthodoxy and clean living of clergy, to seek after lowliness,
the self-
control, and learning, and to make a visitation of the towns, country, cot
tages, hamlets,
and
castles, to
the hour of his death drew near, he exhorted the brethren who stood by to keep love and peace with each other and with all the faithful, and never to relax from the strict observance of the monastic life.
2, 3.)
called Lestingay, [in the
-"
AWHEN
preach
the Gospel therein, going always not on horseback, but on foot, after the
His sickness increasing, he made
him ready to depart, by receiving the Body and Blood of the Lord, and on the seventh day his soul was set free from the toilsome prison of the body, and went away to be in gladness for He died at his own See of ever. Lichfield, upon the 2nd day of March, in the
year 672.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Matth. xxiv. 42, with Homily of St Hilary, (p. 527.) In Lent, the last Lesson is read along with the Eighth to make room the
for Homily of the Week-day, of which a Commemoration is also made at Lauds.
fashion of the Apostles.
MARTYROLOGY. Fifth Lesson.
T
Archbishop of Cantook Bishop Chad to terbury, as though he had not been
HEODORE,
task,
On
the
morrow we keep
the feast
of the holy Confessor ^Llred, Abbat * of Rievaux, of the Cistercian Order, famous for his knowledge of sacred
i The name of St yElred does not occur in the Roman Martyrology, ingly taken from the Martyrology of the Cistercians.
and the above
is
accord
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
;88
uprightness of
letters,
wondrous
life, self-content, long-suffering, spirit of pro
phecy, heavenly conversation, and great miracles, who departed this life upon the I2th day of January.
Upon the same 3rd day of March, were born into the better life At Cassarea,
in
was
accused by his
in
it the headless body of the and took it upon his own shoulder, and for so doing himself received the honour of martyrdom. In Spain, the holy martyrs Hemiterius, [or Madir,] and Chelidonius.
martyr,
They were stationed as soldiers in camp at Leon in Galicia, when the storm of persecution broke. count of their confession
On
ac
of
the
Name
of Christ they were taken to Calaxorra, where they were put to divers torments and crowned with
martyrdom.
[Their
bodies
rest
in
the Cathedral of Calahorra, of which they are the patrons.] Upon the same day the holy
martyrs Felix, Luciolus, Fortunatus, Marcia, and their Companions. Likewise the holy soldiers Cleonicus, Eutropius, and Basiliscus, who won a happy triumph upon the cross under the President Asclepiades, in the per secution under the Emperor Maximian.
1040.]
Commemora
Vespers a
tion
of the following, Prayer from his Office, and in Lent of the Week day.
MARCH St Selrei,
3.
airtat.
Semi-double.
com
rades of being a Christian, and when asked by the judge so declared with a loud voice, and was beheaded. Asterius took off his own garment,
wrapt
the year
At Second
persecution under the Emperor Val erian, the holy martyrs Marinus the soldier and Asterius the senator.
Marinus
death was famous for mir
[in
the
in
Palestine,
after her acles,
SAINTS.
All from
Common
the
Office,
(p.
531,) except the following.
Prayer throughout.
Q
ALMIGHTY Who
God,
ceasest
to
and
chasten
everlasting
Thou
as the
never of
children
Thy
Church, so also dost never cease to help them, grant unto Thy faithful
blessed didst
people,
minister
the
in
that
Salvation,
they
at
the
of
prayers
Abbat ^Ired, whom Thou unto them to be a give
should
of
things
through
receive
eternal
Thy mercy
not
only
the
knowledge of the right which they ought to do, but also the power to do it. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according Season. In Lent from Wisd.
to the iv
-
7,
(p.
532.)
At Brescia,
[in the year 526,] the holy Confessor Titian, Bishop of that
SECOND NOCTURN.
see.
At Bamberg, holy Cunegunda, Empress of the Romans, bride of the Emperor Henry the First, with whose consent she remained always a Virgin. She fell asleep in peace, richly adorned with good works, and
Fourth Lesson.
/TCLRED blood
From
land.
gave
was born of the noblest of England and Scot
his earliest years he promise of his future While he lay in the cradle
bright
holiness.
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. his
was seen surrounded with and when he was a
face
of light, child he
rays little
court
along
and
knew
things at a dis trained up at the
He was
tance.
David I., King of Scots, with the son of that king, was a great favourite of the of
As wisdom grew with king himself.
his
godliness and
his
years he de
termined to bid farewell to the world. Before he received the Cistercian habit in the monastery of Reivaux, the archdiocese of York, he in
in
stantaneously extinguished by a mir acle a fire which had got enkindled in that house. As master of the novices he kept within the cloister, by another miracle, a clerk who had
become shaken
in his vocation.
Sixth Lesson.
HE
trained up at his monastery one hundred and forty monks and five hundred brethren. To them he was accustomed to say, My child ren, speak what ye will as long as there
come not
base word, any
and bore great suffering with wonderful patience. From his excess ive leanness his bones were hardly covered with skin, but he set at naught the advice of the physicians and cared for no health except that of his soul.
He his
was made Abbat first of Revesby, and afterwards of Rei vaux, and showed himself a perfect He gave example in that office. himself up wholly to the contem plation of heavenly things, and to sacred reading, over which he often times wept. No branch of know ledge escaped him, and in every form of writing he closely resembled Ber nard, that teacher of honeyed-tongue. How he, like Bernard, received the anointing of the Holy Ghost as a teacher from heaven is attested by his
dignities
a
works.
published in
bishoprick
Church which was
the
him by David, order
He
refused including
offered
King of Scots
to in
he might be the more free to give himself up to contempla tion fully
that
and preaching. He strove man on behalf of the true Pope,
Alexander III., against the Anti-Pope and the pretended Council of Pavia. With insults he bore most patiently, and nothing lay closer to his heart than to foster peace among all men. VOL.
I.
evil
death,
foretold the
day of
his
own
death,
year of salvation 1166, and of
own
famous
"LJE
mouth any
out of your
against a brother, or any blasphemy against God. He worked many miracles during his life. He was ill for ten years before his
in the
Fifth Lesson.
789
He was
life the fifty-seventh. for miracles, and his name
enrolled
among
was
those of the Saints.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lesson from the Common of Abbats, with the Homily of St Jerome on Matth. xix. 27, (p. 471.) In Lent the last is read as one with the
room for the Homily Week-day, of which also a Commemoration is made at Lauds.
Eighth
to leave
of the
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 4th day of March, were born into the better life At Wilna, in Lithuania, the blessed [Duke of Lithuania,] son of Casimir III., King of Poland, whose name the Roman Pontiff, Leo X., numbered with those of the Saints, Casimir,
[in
the year
1458-83.]
At Rome, upon the Appian Way, the holy martyr Pope Lucius. He was first
banished
the
Emperor
in the persecution under Valerian, but was after wards permitted by the will of God to
return to his church,
and 2
after toiling
C
2
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
790 much
against the Novatians, finished
by being beheaded. He is highly praised by holy Cyprian. Likewise at Rome, upon the Appian Way, nine hundred holy martyrs, [led by Aristion and Licinius, both Bis his testimony
hops,] who are laid in the cemetery called that of St Cecilia.
Upon
same
the
martyr Caius, [an perial
Palace,]
the sea,
the
holy
of the
Im
day,
officer
who was drowned
and twenty-seven
in
others.
At Nicomedia, the holy martyr Hadrian, and twenty -three others, who, under the Emperor Diocletian, all had their legs broken, and were so
left
The
to die.
principal feast in
memory of Hadrian is kept upon the 8th day of September, when his body was brought to Rome. Likewise the holy martyrs Archelaus,
Cyril,
SAINTS.
Thy people, being holpen his intercession, may ever despise earthly things, and breathe after those grant that
by
that are heavenly. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
Amen.
without end.
First Vespers as regards St Casimir begin with the Chapter.
A
is made of St Prayer from his Office. In Lent a Commemoration is made
Commemoration
sElred.
of the Week-day. Then of St Lucius, Pope and
AH from
tyr.^-
one Martyr,
Who
God,
the
(p.
Common
482.)
Mar
Office
Prayer,
year by year,
for "O
&c.,"
(p.
49i.)
MATTINS.
and Photius.
FIRST NOCTURN.
In the
Crimea, the holy Bishops Basil, Eugenius, Agathodormus, ElAetherius, Capito, Nestor, and Arcadius.
pidius,
Ephrem,
Vespers are of the following,
Lessons from Scripture according
In Lent from Wisd.
the Season.
andv.
iv.
to
7
(p. 532.)
i,
from
SECOND NOCTURN.
the Chapter, inclusive.
^
Fourth Lesson.
MARCH St Castmir,
4.
Common
Office for a Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 531,) ex cept what is otherwise given here.
the
Prayer throughout.
C\^ GOD,
in the strength of Whose grace Thine holy servant Casimir did Thee leal and brave service amidst the softness of kings palaces and the temptations of the world, ^"
>
Casimir was the son of Cas
imir III., King of Poland, by of Austria, his wife, [and
onfessor.
Semi-double.
AH from
"PHIS
Elizabeth
was born upon the 5th day of October, in
the year 1458.]
From
his
child
hood
he was taught by the best masters, and was trained in all godli While he ness and good learning. was still a boy he wore rough hair and chastened himself with cloth,
much
fasting.
He
forsook the soft
bed, and lay upon the hard ground, and on stormy nights he would go out secretly and
ness
of his
princely
prostrate himself before the doors of
The Martyrology says that "at Rome, on the Appian Way, was born into the higher the holy Martyr Pope Lucius. He was first banished in the persecution under Valerian, but was afterwards permitted by the will of God to return to his Church, and, after toil ing much against the Novatians, finished his testimony by being beheaded. He is highly praised by St Cyprian." Succeeded Cornelius A.D. 252. Testified next year. 1
life,
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. the churches, crying to
He was
unwearied
God
for mercy. contemplating
in
the
Passion of Christ, and when he at Mass, so profound was his recollection, that he seemed to be altogether beside himself.
was present
Fifth Lesson.
JE
made the propagation of the Catholic faith one of the chief works of his life, and strove hard against the schism in Ruthenia. He persuaded his father
to forbid by law that the schismatics should build any new churches, or repair the existing ones when they fell into So decay. great was his liberality and tenderness
toward the needy and the afflicted, that he came to be called the father
and guardian of the poor. infancy he .
and
never soiled
From his
his
purity, his phy
his last illness, when him to seek for relief from his grievous sufferings by the sacrifice of his chastity, he in
sicians advised
cheerfully
determined rather to
die.
the
791
and gave them the signal which they won. On the assurance of these things, Leo X. was moved to add his name to those of the in
air,
victory
Saints.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke xii. 35, -with the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 538.) In Lent the Ninth Lesson is the Homily
on the Gospel for the Week-day, in which case the Third Lesson on Luke xii. 35 is omitted or read as one with
the Second, and the three Lessons for the Week-day read as one, or else the first only.
LAUDS.
A
Commemoration is made of St All from the Common Office
Lucius.
for one Martyr, (p. 482.) Prayer, O God, Who year by year, &c.," (p. 491.) In Lent a Commemoration of the Week-day is made before that of St "
Lucius.
Prayer throughout the day as at First Vespers.
MARTYROLOGY. Sixth Lesson. the
IDE ING made
perfect
space, and good works, he
foretold
his
full
of
in
a
short
piety and the day of
own
him a
death, and, gathering round choir of priests and monks, he
rendered his soul into the hands of God Whom they were praising, [upon the 4th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1482, and] the 25th of
own age. His body was carried Wilna, where many miracles are reputed to have been wrought around it. At his grave a dead girl is said to have received her life again, blind his to
men
their sight, cripples the power of walking, and many sick folk health.
Moreover, on an occasion when the Lithuanians in scanty numbers were
exposed to the shock of a powerful enemy, they believed that he appeared
Upon 5th day of March, were born into the better life At Antioch, [about the year 320,] For the holy martyr Phocas. Redeemer s name s sake he gained
the
the victory over the old serpent, still held forth
many an
assault of
and that victory before
the
is
people,
with this miracle, that if any be bitten of a serpent and touch in faith the door of this martyr s church, he is forthwith healed of the poison. At Cassarea, in Palestine, [in the year 308,] the holy martyr Hadrian,
who was crowned by command
of the
President Firmilian, in the persecution
under the Emperor Diocletian. was first thrown to a lion, but
ward
On
He after
slain with the sword.
the same day, the holy martyr Eusebius, and nine others.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
792 At Caesarea,
in
Palestine,
[in
the
year 200,] holy Theophilus, Bishop of that see, who was a great light for wisdom and good living in the time of the Emperor Severus. Likewise in Palestine, on the bank of the Jordan, [in the year 475,] the holy hermit Gerasimus, who flourished in the time of the Emperor Zeno.
At Naples, [in the year 1734,] holy John Joseph of the Cross, barefooted Friar
Minor,
Provincial of the
first
Peter of He strove to tread in Alcantara. the footsteps of holy Francis of Assisi and Peter of Alcantara, was a bright followers
Italian
of
holy
ornament of the Seraphic Order, and was numbered among the saints by Pope Gregory XVI.
At Second memoration
is
Vespers in Lent a
Com
made of the Week-day.
MARCH
5.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon
the 6th
day of March, were
born into the better
At
Nicomedia,
life
the
holy martyrs Victor and Victorinus, who were im prisoned for three years, and many ways tormented, along with Claudian
his
knees
slain
for Christ s greater glory.
At Constantinople, holy Evagrius,
who was
elected
Patriarch
of
that
see by the Catholics in the time of the Emperor Valens, but was sent by the Emperor into exile, and there passed away to be ever with the Lord. In Cyprus, the holy martyr Conon, the Emperor Decius had
who under
nails driven
then
made
through his
feet,
and was
to run in front of a chariot,
under the which torment he
fell
upon
his
holy
who were apprehended
in
soul
in
martyrs,
Amorium
and
brought to Syria, where they passed through a noble conflict and triumphantly grasped the palm of martyrdom, [in the year 845.] At Bologna, holy Basil, Bishop of that city, who was ordained by holy Pope Sylvester, and both by his word
and example governed church committed unto
in holiness the
his care, [fourth
century.]
At Barcelona, in Spain, [in the year 137,] blessed Oligarius, who was first Canon and afterward Bishop of Barce 1
and Archbishop of Taragona. At Ghent, in Flanders, the holy
lona,
Virgin Coletta, [in the year 1447,] who first professed in the Third Order of Friars Minors, and then being filled with the Holy Ghost, set up many monasteries of sisters of the
Second Order under the primitive dis She was ennobled by the grace of God, and famous for countless miracles, and the Supreme Pontiff cipline.
Pius VII. enrolled her those of the saints.
MARCH
his wife, and being still recommitted to prison, died therein,
under the Emperor Trajan, being
and gave up
prayer to God. Likewise, forty -two
and Bassa
[third century.] At Tortona, the holy martyr Marcian, Bishop of that see, who was crowned
SAINTS.
name among
6.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon
the 7th day of March, were
born into the better
life
In the monastery of Fossa Nuova, near Terracina, the holy Confessor
Thomas
of Aquino, [in the year Friars of the Order of 1274,] Preachers, Doctor of the Church, il lustrious for the nobility of his birth, the holiness of his life, and the depth Leo of his knowledge of theology. XIII. declared him the patron in heaven of all Catholic schools.
At Tuburbe,
in
Emperor Severus, Perpetua
and
Morocco, under the the
holy martyrs
Felicitas.
Felicitas
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. was with
child,
and
therefore
was
respited, in accordance with the law, until after she was delivered.
Holy
Augustine saith that when she was in travail she had sorrow, but when she
was
set before the wild beasts she re
There suffered along with them Revocatus, Saturninus, and Secundolus, of whom the last died in prison, but the others were all killed by beasts.
joiced.
At Csesarea,
in
Palestine, the holy
He was a Com martyr Eubulus. panion of holy Hadrian, and two days after him was mangled by the lions and then despatched with the sword, being the last of all those who received the crown of martyrdom in that city, [in the year 308.]
At Nicomedia, holy Theophilus, Bishop of that see, who for his hon ouring of holy images was sent into exile
and there
died, [in the year 845.]
At Pelusium, Bishop of that in exile for the
At Brescia,
in see,
Egypt, holy Paul, who likewise died
same
cause.
the year 445,] the holy Confessor Gaudiosus, Bishop of that see.
In
the
[in
Thebaid,
the
[in
fourth
surnamed
Prayer throughout.
Who ^\ GOD, Church
dost enlighten
Thy
by the wonderful learn ing of Thy blessed Confessor Thomas, and quickenest her through his godly labours, grant unto Thy people, we humbly beseech Thee, ever to appre hend by their understanding what he teacheth, and in their life faithfully to
the same. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, practise
world without end.
Amen.
In Lent a Commemoration
is
made
of the Week-day. Then of the Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas?- which is done whether it be Lent or not.
For their s is the king Antiphon. of heaven, who loved not their life in this world, and have attained unto the reward of the kingdom, and have washed their robes in the Blood
dom
Lamb. Thou hast crowned them with glory and honour, O Lord. Answer. And madest them to have of the
Verse.
the
dominion over the works of Thy hands.
of Aquino, Con= Doctor of tfje
unto us, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that we may ever call to mind, with all worship
holy
century,]
793
Paul,
Simple.
MARCH
7.
Prayer. "
&t Wfjomas fessor
anli
CJjurrfj. Double.
All from the Common
Office
for a
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 531,) except what is otherwise given here.
FIRST VESPERS.
Antiphon at Virgin. &c., (p. 1
O
the
right
531.)
Song of
the Blessed
excellent
Teacher,
/
RANT
and thanksgiving, the victory of Thy holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas r and although we know that our mind cannot comprehend Thee Who art this day their exceeding great reward, give us always the grace humbly to worship Thee. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
These two holy women, along with three men named Revocatus, Saturninus, and Se-
cundolus, suffered in the amphitheatre at Carthage, with circumstances of great cruelty, in A.D. 203. See the article of Alban Butler, which is very interesting.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
794 jYw
MATTINS.
to the castle to
from
Ecclus. xxxix.
I,
(p.
5470
them ever no value on earthly things,
exhortations, that both of after set
and busied
SECOND NOCTURN.
of
and Theodora of Naples,
to
his wife, being both sides. [He
nobly descended on was born in the year of salvation 1226,] and even as an infant gave token of the love which he afterwards bore to the Mother of God. He found a little bit of paper upon which
was written the Angelic Salutation, and held it firm in his hand in spite of the efforts of his wet-nurse his mother took it away by force, but he cried and stretched out for it, and when she gave it back to him, he swallowed ;
When he was only four years he was given into the keeping
of the Benedictine Cassino. He was to
Naples
study,
monks
of
thence
and
Monte
sent
to
while Order of
there,
very young, entered the Friars Preachers. This
displeased
mother and brothers, and he left Naples for Paris. When he was on his journey his brothers met him, and his
him off by force to the castle of Monte San Giovanni, where they Here imprisoned him in the keep. they used every means to break him of his intention, and at last brought carried
a
rather
with
Fifth Lesson.
splendid adornment of the Christian world and light of the Church, blessed Thomas of Aquino, was the son of Landulph, Earl of Aquino, "FHAT
it.
themselves
heavenly.
Fourth Lesson.
old,
beseech him to give up
his purpose of leaving the world, but he so worked on them by his godly
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
SAINTS.
woman
into his room to try to over his purity. The lad drove her out with a fire-brand. he was
come
When
alone he knelt down before the figure of the Cross, and there he fell asleep.
13 E ING
let down from Thomas escaped out
a window, of the castle
Monte San Giovanni, and returned Thence he went first to Naples. Rome, and then to Paris, in company
of Brother
John the German, then Master-General of the Friars Preachers. At Paris he studied Philosophy and Theology under Albert the Great Doctor. At the age of twenty-five years he took the degree of Master, and gave public disquisitions on the Philosophers and Theologians with He never set him great distinction. self to read or write till he had first prayed, and when he was about to take in hand a hard passage of the Holy Scriptures, he fasted also. Hence he was wont to say to Brother Reginald his comrade, that whatever he knew, he had learnt, not so much from his own labour and study, as from the inspiration of God. At Naples he was once kneeling in very earnest prayer before an image of Christ Crucified, when he heard a voice which said: "Thomas, thou hast written well of Me what reward wilt thou that I give thee?" He answered: "Lord, He Thyself." studied most carefully the works of the Fathers, and there was no kind of author in which he was not well read. His own writings are so wonderful,
angels came and girded his loins and from this time he never felt the least
both because of their number, their and the clearness of his ex planations of hard things, that his rich and pure teaching, marvellously con sonant with revealed truth, is an admir
sexual inclination.
able antidote for the errors of
As he
slept,
it
seemed
to
him that :
His
sisters
came
variety,
all
times.
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. Sixth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN.
HP HE his
Supreme Pontiff Urban IV. sent for him to Rome, and at command he composed the Church
Office for the feast of Corpus Christi. The Pope could not persuade him to
accept any dignity. Pope Clement IV. also offered him the Archbishoprick of Naples, but he refused it. He did not neglect the preaching of the Word of God. Once while he was giving a course of sermons in the Basilica of St Peter, during the octave of Easter, a woman who had an issue of blood was healed by touch ing the hem of his garment. sent by blessed Gregory X.
He was to
an exposition of the Song of Songs. There he died on the 7th day of March, in the year of salvation 1274, aged fifty years. He was distinguished for miracles even after his death, and on proof of these Pope John XXII. added his name to those of the Saints in the year 1323. His body was afterwards carried to Toulouse by
command of blessed Urban V. He has been compared to an angel, both on account of his innocency and of his intellectual power, and has hence been deservedly termed the Angelic Doctor. The use of which title as applied to him was approved by the Leo XIII. authority of holy Pius V. cheerfully agreeing to the prayers and wishes of nearly all the bishops of the Catholic world, and in conformity
with
a vote of the Congregation of Sacred Rites, by his Apostolic letters declared and recognised Thomas of Aquino as the patron in heaven of all Catholic schools, as an antidote
many false
especially of philosophy,
for
systems, the in
crease of scientific knowledge, and for common good of all mankind.
the
Lessons from Matth. v. 13, with the of St Atistin, (p. 549.)
Homily
In the midst, Eighth Respo7isory, hi Lent the Ninth Lesson is the Homily on the Gospel for the Week-day, in which case the Third Lesson of the Homily on Matth. v. 13 is omitted, or read as one with the Second, and the "
c."
First Lesson only of the Week-day is used, or else all three as o?ie. At Lauds a Commemoratio?i is made
of SS.
Perpetua and
same as at
the
which, in Lent,
is
last
Felicitas,
Vespers,
the
before
made a Commemora
tion of the Week-day.
the
Council of Lyons, but fell sick on his way to the Abbey of Fossa Nuovo, and there during his illness he made
to the plague of so
795
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 8th day of March, were born into the better life In England, [in the year 646,] the holy Confessor Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, who converted the East Angles to the faith.
At Granada, in Spain, [in the year 1550,] holy John of God, founder of the Order of brethren Hospitallers of the Sick. Famous for his pity toward the poor, and for his lowly esteem of himself, whom the Supreme Pontiff Leo XIII. declared the patron in all the sick and those who nurse them, whose feast we keep upon the 1 1 th day of this present month of
heaven of
March.
At Antinoe, in Egypt, the holy martyrs Philemon and Apolonius the Deacon. They were arrested, and brought before the judge, but as they steadfastly refused to sacrifice to idols their heels were bored through, and
they were cruelly dragged about the were dispatched with the sword. city until at last they
There also the holy martyrs the President Arian, [governor of Thebes,] Theoticus, and three others whom the judge caused to be drowned in the sea,
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
796
but their bodies were brought to the shore by dolphins, [in the year 287.] At Nicomedia, the holy martyr Quinctilis, Bishop of that city. At Carthage, holy Pontius, Deacon to blessed Bishop Cyprian, with whom he remained in exile even unto the day of his death, and hath left unto us an excellent
In his
book of
own
his
and passion. he glorified the hath earned the life
sufferings
Lord always, and crown of life, [about the year 262.] In Africa likewise, the holy Bishop Rogatus, Felix, another Rogatus, Herenia, Felicitas, Urban, Silvan, and Mamillus. At Toledo, in Spain, the blessed Confessor Julian, Bishop of that see,
Cyril,
Beata,
[and also native of the same place.]
Very famous
for
holiness
his
and
teaching, [in the year 690.]
SAINTS.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson (From Bede,
A BOUT
year 631 from Burgundy, where he had been born and ordained, to
came
Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury, when he had
the Bishop Felix, and,
shown him all his desire, he com missioned him to preach to the East Angles. And he was not dis He de appointed of his hope. livered the whole of that land from long-standing sin and sorrow, and taught them to believe rightly and to do rightly, and how to be their
happy See
in
for
Bun-
established his
town of Dunwich, and
after ruling his Diocese seventeen years, he brought his to a peaceful end.
for life
Fifth Lesson. "
[of
He
ever.
the
there,
It is idle,
8.
St JWtx, Btsjjop
15.)
of Christ
the
Vespers of the following from the Chapter inclusive.
MARCH
xi.
may
be
fore,
&c,"
&c.,"
added, (p.
(p. 519,) to
"Whatsoever,
which there
519.)
Confessor.
totrfj,]
Sixth Lesson. Double.
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) ex
"Whatsoever, "It
is
cept the following.
Prayer throughout, seech Thee, &c."
"
Grant,
"
&c.,"
or
520.)
from Matth. xxv. 1 4, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 522.)
the
Eighth
to
is
read along with
make room for the Homily
of the Week-day, of which also a memoration is made at Lauds.
Com
&c.")
Lent of the Week-day. MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
Lessons
the
In Lent the last
The Chapter and the rest are of St Felix, with a Commemoration of St Thomas. O right (Antiphon,
And in
(p.
Lessons
7 are of St till the Chapter,
exclusive.
excellent,
&c.,"
THIRD NOCTURN.
we be
The Vespers of March Tho?nas of Aquino
therefore,
very meet,
from
the Season.
Scripture according to
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 9th day of March, were born into the better life At Rome, the holy widow Frances, famous for her nobleness of birth, the holiness of her life, and the grace of
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH.
MARCH
working miracles, [in the year 1440. Foundress of the Oblates.] At Sebaste, in Armenia, the forty Under holy Cappadocian soldiers.
and exposed
night upon the sur face of a frozen pool during the bitter est cold of winter, where their bodies perished by the frost, and at length by the breaking of their legs. The all
illustrious glory of
them
all
among them were named Cyrion and
We
Candidus.
keep their feast upon
morrow after. At Nyssa, holy Gregory,
the
[in
the
year 396,] Bishop of that see, brother of blessed Basil the Great. He is very famous ing
;
for
for
his
life
Double.
All from the Common
Woman who
Holy
nor Martyr,
and learn
defending the Catholic faith
he was driven out of his own city by the Arian Emperor Valens. At Barcelona, in Spain, holy Pacian, Bishop of that see, famous not only for his life but also for his words, who died in a good old age in the time of the Emperor Theo-
is
Office
for an
neither
Virgin 580,) except the fol
(p.
lowing.
Prayer throughout.
C\ GOD, Who
didst give unto blessed hand-maid Frances gifts of Thy heavenly grace,
Thy
hath been
celebrated by holy Basil, and the other Fathers in their writings, the chief
9.
St Jranceg of Eome,
the President Agricolaus, in the time of the Emperor Licinius, after under
going bonds and a foul imprisonment, and after their faces had been bruised with stones, they were stripped naked,
797
many and, for
among them, her
familiar
to
have an angel
friend
;
mercifully
grant that we, being continually holpen through her prayers, may worthily attain unto the fellowship of angels hereafter. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
is
At First Vespers a Commemoration made of the preceding, (Prayer as at
his First Vespers, the Week-day.
)
and if it
be
Lent of
MATTINS.
dosius.
In Moravia, [in the ninth century,] the holy Cyril, Bishop [of Moravia,]
and Methodius, Bishop brought to believe the
peoples
their kings,
of those
who many of
[of Kief,]
in Christ
countries
and
Lessons
from Scripture according to If it be Lent, from Prov.
the Season. xxxi.
10, (p. 580.)
[and whose feast we keep
upon the 5th day of July.] At Bologna, [in the year 1463,] the holy Virgin Katherine, of the Order of St Clare, famous for the holiness of her life, whose body is there rev erenced with great honour. Vespers are of St Frances, from the Chapter, inclusive, with a Commemo ration of St Felix, and in Lent of the
Week-day.
FIRST NOCTURN.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
T HE
noble Roman matron Frances born in the year 1384, and] was a pattern of godliness from her earliest years. As a child she shrank from games, and set no store
[was
by the amusements of the world, but delighted to be continually alone and
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
798
in prayer. At the age of eleven years she desired to consecrate her virginity to God, and to enter a
graded of
convent, but humbly yielded obedience to the wishes of her parents, and was married to Lawrence de Pontiani, a
and
engaged
young man whose rank was equal to As a wife she persevered,
his wealth.
as far as she lawfully could, in her determination to lead an austere life ;
she
abstained
as
much
as
possible
from going to shows, feasts, and such like amusements, dressed plainly in woollen
and spent
in
prayer or the service of her neighbour what ever time she did not occupy with her duties as mistress of her husband s house. She strove earnestly to wean the married women of Rome from the vanities of the world and the To this end she frivolities of dress. founded during her husband s lifetime the Sisterhood of the Oblates, under the rule of the Benedictine congregation stuffs,
the Mount of Olives." pleased God, [in the year 1413,] that her husband should be banished, all her goods taken away, and her home ruined, she meekly bowed down before His holy will, called
"of
When
it
often repeating the words of the blessed Job The LORD gave, and "
:
the LORD hath taken away be the name of the LORD."
;
blessed 21.)
Fifth Lesson.
C\^ ^^
her husband
M37] betook
s
death herself
she
[in
immed
iately to the house of the Oblates, and, with her feet bare and a rope round her neck, threw herself down on the threshold, entreating the sisters with tears to receive her into their When she obtained her number.
wish, although she was the mother of them all, she would be among
them only
as one that served, glory ing rather to be called the most de
women and
a
vessel
of
Her lowly esteem of was shown both by her word
uncleanness. herself
She passed often example. through the city from a vineyard in the country carrying a bundle of sticks on her head, or driving an ass laden with faggots she succoured the needy, for whom she collected large ;
alms,
and
visited
the
sick
in
the
hospitals, ministering to them both food for the body and exhortations
She strove
healthful for their souls.
bring her body into subjection by watchings, fastings, the wearing of an iron haircloth, girdle, and the often use of a scourge. She never- ate but once a day, and then only vegetables, and she took no drink but water. These seventies she however sometimes relaxed, in obedience to her confessor, on whose word and wishes she framed her customs. continually
to
Sixth Lesson.
CO great was
her mental realisation
of the things of God, and chiefly of the sufferings of the Lord Christ, and so abundant her tears in con
templating
them,
sometimes about grief.
(i.
SAINTS.
that to
she seemed under her
sink
Often when she was engaged
prayer, and principally after she had received the Most Holy Sacra in
ment of the Eucharist, her spirit became altogether lifted up to God, and she remained motionless, carried away by the thought of heavenly The enemy of man assailed things. her with divers reproaches and buffetings to break her off her intent, but she feared him not, and with the help of an Angel whom God gave her to be her familiar friend, she won a noble victory over the tempter. God glorified her with the gifts of healing and of prophecy, whereby she fore told
things
to
come,
and
saw the
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. men. More once while her thoughts were busy in God she remained unwet by streams or rain. When there was left only bread enough for three secrets of the hearts of
than
sisters, the Lord at her prayers was pleased so to multiply it, that fifteen had enough, and the basket was filled In the again with the fragments. month of January also, when the
were gathering sticks in the and were thirsty, she sat isfied them abundantly with bunches of fresh grapes from a tree. She departed to be with the Lord, famous for good works and miracles, in the sisters
country,
year of her age, [upon the 9th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1440.] The Supreme Pontiff Paul V. caused her to be numbered
fifty-sixth
among
the saints.
Lucius Verus, as Bishop
Em
perors Decius and Valerian. In Africa, the holy martyr Victor,
on whose feast day holy Augustine addressed a discourse to the people.
At Jerusalem, the holy Confessor Macarius, Patriarch of that see, at whose exhortation Constantine and Helen cleansed the holy places, and adorned them with hallowed churches the
year
There
334.
is
a
him from Constantine pre
to
served by Socrates.]
Lessons
from Matth. xiii. 44, with the Homily of Pope St Gregory, (p. In Lent the Ninth Lesson is 583.) Homily on the Gospel for the. Week-day, in which case the Third Lesson of the Homily on Matth. xii. 44 is omitted, or read as one with the Second, and the First Lesson only of the
is
of
Hierapolis, in against the heretics called Cataphrygians. In Persia, forty-two holy martyrs, [about the year 375.] At Corinth, the holy martyrs Codratus, Denis, Cyprian, Anectus, Paul, and Crescens, who were slain with the sword under the President Jason, in the persecution under the
[about
THIRD NOCTURN.
Week-day
written by Ap-
is
polinaris, his book
letter
the
799
read, or else all three
as one.
In Lent a Commemoration of the is made at Lauds.
Week-day
At Paris, [in the year 580,] holy Drostovaeus, Abbat [of the monastery of St German de Pres,] the disciple of blessed German, Bishop [of Paris.] In the monastery of Bobbio, holy Attala,
Abbat
famous
for
that
[of
miracles,
monastery,] the year
[in
627.]
At Second
Vespers a
Commemora
made of the following; Antiphon and Verse and Answer from the tion is
Commo?i 603,)
Office
and
for
Many
Martyrs,
(p.
the following.
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the
morrow we keep
Prayer.
the feast
of the forty holy martyrs who suffered at Sebaste, in Armenia. Upon the same i oth day of March, were born into a better life At Apamea, in Phrygia, the holy
martyrs Caius and Alexander, who were crowned with a glorious martyr dom in the persecution under the Emperors Marcus Antoninus and
we beseech Thee, O Almighty God, that we who know
Thy
glorious Martyrs to have been in
their testimony leal and true towards Thee, may, now that they are with
them
Thee,
feel
pitiful
towards
Then
the
to
be
in their petitions
us.
Week-day
is
commemorated.
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
8oo
MARCH
10.
olg jHartgrs at
Jfartg
Sdraiste. Send-double.
SAINTS.
saw a light shining round about them, and Angels coming down from heaven, as the messengers of the King, bearing nine-and-thirty crowns, and distributing them to the soldiers. Then he said within himself:
"Are
not forty here
?
Where is the crown of the fortieth ? And as he looked he saw one of them
"
All from
Many
the
Martyrs,
Common
Office
for
498,) except the
(p.
following.
MATTINS.
whose courage could not bear the cold, come and leap into a warm bath that stood by and the Saints were griev ;
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons (in Lenf]
ously
from Rom.
If out 12, (p. 499.) Season. to the ing
afflicted.
Nevertheless
God
not that their prayer should return for the unto them void watchman wondered, and called the suffered
viii.
of Lent, accord
;
keepers, and stripped himself of his clothes and, when with a loud voice he had confessed himself a Christian, ;
SECOND NOCTURN.
When the Martyrs. President knew that the watchman also was a Christian, they brake the legs of them all with he joined the
Fourth Lesson.
servants of the
VIRILE
Licinius
was Emperor and
Agricolaus President, [in the year of our Lord 320,] forty soldiers at Sebaste, a city of Armenia, gave a singular instance of faith in JESUS
and bravery under suffering. After being often remanded to an horrid prison-house, bound in fetters, and their mouths bruised with stones, Christ,
they were ordered out in the depth of winter, stripped naked, and put upon a frozen pool, to die of cold during the The prayer of them all was the night.
O Lord, forty of us have begun run in the race, grant that all forty may receive the crown, let not one be wanting at the last. Behold, is it not an honourable number in Thy sight, Who same
"
:
to
didst bless the fast of forty days, and at the end Thy Divine Law came forth to the earth ? When also Elias sought
Even
NDER
this torment died they all, saving Melithon, who was the Now, his mother stood by, youngest. and when she saw that his legs were broken, but that he was yet alive, she cried, and said My son, have Behold patience but a little longer. how Christ standeth at the door to When she saw the bodies help thee."
J
"
:
all the others put upon carts and taken away to be burned, and that her son was left behind, because the multitude wickedly hoped that being but a lad, if he lived, he might yet
of
so was their
laden with the bodies of the Martyrs. In her arms Melithon gave up his
petition.
Fifth Lesson.
AITHEN
T
be drawn to commit idolatry, the holy mother took him on her own shoulders and bravely followed behind the carts
Thee, Thou, O God, Thyself unto him when he had fasted days."
Sixth Lesson.
reveal
didst
for forty
staves.
the keepers were all asleep and the watchman only was awake, he heard them praying and
soul to God, and the mother who loved him so well laid his body with her own hands upon the pile, with those of the other Martyrs, that, as
they had
all
been one
in
faith
and
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. strength, in death they might not be divided, and might enter heaven After the burning, what together. remained of them was thrown into a running stream, but the ashes were all washed together into one place, and being found and rescued, they were laid in an honourable sepulchre.
At
many
80 1
Antioch, are holy martyrs,
commemorated whom some
of
were laid upon beds of red-hot iron by command of the Emperor Maximian, not until they died, but until their flesh was cooked, so as to ensure and others their prolonged suffering ;
were put before
most
to other
they
received
cruel torments, the crown of
THIRD NOCTURN.
martyrdom.
from Luke
with the Homily of St Ambrose, (p. 511.) The Ninth Lesson is the Homily on the
and Firmus. At Cordova, the holy
Gospel for the Week - day, and the Third Lesson of the Homily on Luke vi. 17 is omitted or read as one with the Second, and the First Lesson only of the Week-day is read, or else all three as one. Prayer throughout the day as at the
martyrs of the said city, in the perse cution under the Saracens, by striving
Likewise the holy martyrs Gorgonius Lessons
vi.
1
7,
Commemoration last evening. At Lauds a Commemoration
is
made
of the Week-day.
MARTYROLOGY.
On
the
morrow we keep
the feast
ius,
by
who deserved
his
writings
tendings for the
Priest Eulogamong the
a place
to
rival
faith,
[in
their
con-
the
year
859-]
At Sardis, holy Euthymius, Bishop of that see, who for his honouring of holy images was banished by the Iconoclast Emperor Michael, and mar tyred under Theophilus. At Jerusalem, holy Sophronius, Bishop of that see, [about the year
638.]
At Milan, holy Benedict, Bishop of
holy Confessor John of God, founder of the Order of Brethren Hos Famous for his pitallers of the Sick.
that see, [about the year 725.] In the neighbourhood of Amiens,
toward the poor, and for his lowly esteem of himself, whom the Supreme Pontiff Leo XIII. declared the Patron in heaven of all the sick
Constantine.
of the
pity
and those who nurse them, and of whom mention hath been made upon the 8th day of this present month of March. Upon the same i ith day of March, were born into the better life At Carthage, the holy
At Banco, the holy Confessor Peter, eminent for the fame of his miracles.
[A Spanish soldier hermit in Italy.]
martyrs Candidus, Piperion, and twenty others. At Laodicea, in Syria, in the perse cution under the Emperor Diocletian, holy martyrs Trophimus and Thalus, who after many cruel torments gained crowns of glory.
who
lived
Vespers are of the following the Chapter inclusive.
martyrs
Heraclius and Zosimus. At Alexandria, the holy
the
Abbat Firmin." At Carthage, the holy Confessor
the holy
as
a
from
MARCH n. St Srfjn of
ffiotr,
ffiontosor.
Double.
All from
the
Common
Confessor not a Bishop, the following.
(p.
Office
for a
531,) except
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
802
He
Prayer throughout.
Who didst ^\ GOD, servant Thy Divine
so enkindle in
love,
midst of earthly
in the
fire the flame thereof had on his body no power, and Who didst choose him for a mean whereby Thou hast given unto Thy Church a new family of sons, merci
grant unto us, for his sake, that
fully
the
us
of
fire all
make
Thy
love
may burn up
in
things that displease Thee, and us meet for Thy heavenly king
dom.
Through
our-
gave away all his pro poor and prisoners, and became a gazing -stock to all that knew him, by the strength of his re pentance, and the depth of his selfOn this account he was contempt. commonly supposed to be mad, and was once shut up in a lunatic asylum. perfect. perty to the
John the fire of that when he walked
Thy
SAINTS.
Lord
JESUS liveth and
Christ Thy Son, Who reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Amen.
He was only the more filled with schemes of charity, and collected, by begging, funds sufficient
Commemoratio7i
Forty Martyrs. Office,
and
is
made of
Prayer as in
then of the
their
from
Ecclus.
parts of the world, and engaged in ministering to the souls and bodies
of the sick.
8,
(p.
God was born
Montemor The 1495.]
of
elected
of Catholic
in
the
in Portugal, [in the lot to which God
him was foreshown
town year
had
at his birth
by a light shining over the house, and by the ringing of a bell untouched He fell at one by human hands. time into a loose habit of life, but was recalled by the grace of God, and began to show tokens of true re formation.
By hearing
God, he so
felt
the
he sometimes brought
to
His charity was extended
to the poor outside of his institution, and he used to supply food privately to
Fourth Lesson.
godly parents
strove to get for the sick poor,
widows, and more so young women whose virtue was
to necessitous
SECOND NOCTURN.
of
E
the Hospital on his own shoulders, whatever was needful for their souls
542.)
JJOHN and
Fifth Lesson.
T T
or bodies.
xxxi.
now spread throughout
Brethren are
whom
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
a
all
the
Week-day.
build
Order of Hospital Brethren with which he enriched the Church. These
First Vespers are of St John.
A
to
large double Hospital in the town of Granada. Here he founded the new
Word
of
himself stirred up to he con
strive after nobler things, that sidered not that to which he
had
al
ready attained, and yearned to be perfect, as our Father in heaven is
tempted on account of their poverty. He was most careful in encouraging the virtue of purity in all whom he knew. On one occasion when there
was a great fire in the hospital at Granada, John bravely entered the burning house, ran from one part of it to another, carried out the sick on his shoulders, and threw the beds out of the windows, and finally, after pass ing half-an-hour in the midst of the flames, which were now raging with
great violence, by the mercy of God left the building uninjured, to the there great wonder of all the citizens by to teach all them that love God ;
fire which burnt in his heart gave him strength to risk the fire which threatened him from without.
that the
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. Sixth Lesson. "LJ
E
lowly obedience, of the deepest volun tary poverty, of the most constant prayer, of ghostly contemplation, and of love towards the blessed tears.
Virgin. distinguished for the gift of Being at last seized by deadly
sickness, he duly received, with saintly affection, all the Sacraments of the Church. After all strength seemed to have left him, he got out of his bed, put on his own clothes, and knelt down before an image of the Lord Christ hanging on the Cross. Round it he threw his arms and pressed it
against his heart, and in this position, as it were in the kiss of the Lord, he died, on the 8th day of March 1550. After his death his body did not leave grip of the crucifix until it was for cibly taken away, six hours after.
its
During these
six
hours
all
the
in
habitants of the city came to see it, and noticed a savour of strange sweet ness proceeding from it. His name
was
illustrious as a
worker of miracles
both before and after his death, and the Supreme Pontiff Alexander VIII.
added it to those of the Saints, and Leo XII I., at the desire of the Bishops of the Catholic world, and in accord ance with a vote of the Congregation of Rites, declared him the patron in heaven of all the sick and those who nurse them, wheresoever dwelling, and ordered called
that
upon
his
name the
in
question, tempting Him, saying Mas which is the great commandment :
was a marked example of every kind of austerity, of the most
He was
should
be
Litany for
the
ter,
in the
THIRD NOCTURN.
Law
taken from the Holy Gos pel according to Matthew (xxii. 35.)
A T
is
The Pharisees came unto JESUS, and one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a "^
that time
:
so on.
Homily by St John Chrysostom, Pa J 2nd on Matthew.
When
the Pharisees
had heard
that
had
put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered themselves to gether for a fresh attack just when Christ
;
it
behoved them
to
be
quiet,
they
contend and so they put forward one of themselves, who pro fessed skill in the law, not wishing to learn, but to lay a snare. This willed
to
;
person therefore tion
proposed the ques
command The first and commandment is Thou shalt "Which
:
ment
is
the law
in
the great "
?
"
great love the
:
LORD thy God," but they that He would make some
expected exception or addition to this
Own
since
case,
God.
x.
(John
He made 33.)
With
in His Himself
this
ex
pectation they asked Him the question But what said Christ ? To show that :
they had adopted this course, because they were loveless, and sick with envy, He answered Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy This is the first and great mind. "
:
commandment. unto
like
it
neighbour as
And Thou
:
the shalt
second love
is
thy
thyself."
Eighth Lesson. "1X7"
HY
is
like
Seventh Lesson.
And
?
triarch [of Constantinople.]
dying.
The Lesson
803
the
first
is
sanction.
second commandment Because unto the first ? the second s source and For every one that doeth
this
"
hateth the light, neither cometh And to the light." (John. iii. 20.) again: "The fool hath said in his and there heart There is no God are corrupt, and followeth "They evil
"
:
:
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
804
become abominable xiii.
(Ps.
of
love
And
i.)
money
is
in
their
which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith." (i Tim. vi. 10.) And yet once more: evil
In Lent a Commemoration of the is made at Lauds.
works."
yet again: "The the root of all
Week-day
;
ye love Me, keep My ments." (John xiv. 15,) "If
command of which
commandments the head and root is Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
:
"
and thy neighbour as
;
thyself."
SAINTS.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the I2th day of March, were born into the better life At Rome, holy Pope Gregory [I.,] eminent Doctor of the Church, who, on account of his illustrious acts and his doings to bring the English an
to
Ninth Lesson. T F,
therefore, to love
God
is
our neighbour also, (as eth where
it
written
is
"
:
to love
it
appearSimon, son
of Jonas, lovest thou Me ? And he said unto Him Lord, Thou knowest all things Thou knowest that I love :
;
Thee.
My
JESUS saith unto him Feed sheep," John xxi. 17,) and if
"love
:
is
the
fulfilling
of the
law,"
doth the Lord say that "on these two command ments hang all the law and the And even as when, Prophets."
(Rom.
xiii.
before
this,
ated
about
10,) justly
(23-32,) being interrog the He Resurrection,
answered them more than they asked, so, now, being interrogated concern ing the first and great commandment, He answereth them, of His own accord, touching that second one also, which is little lower than the first, for "the second is like unto Herein He would have them under stand that it was hatred stirred them "For up to question Him. Charity,"
it."
saith the Apostle,
Cor.
xiii.
"
The Ninth Lesson the
envieth
not."
(i
4.)
believe in Christ, is surnamec the Great, and called the Apostle o England, [in the year 604.] Likewise at Rome, the holy marty
Mamilian, [in the year 295.] At Nicomedia, the blessed marty Peter. He was a chamberlain to the Emperor Diocletian, and because he bewailed the fearful slaughter of mar
Emperor commanded him to forth, hung up, and lashed for a long time. After which he was covered with vinegar and salt, and at length roasted upon a grating upon a slow fire, and thus is he worthy to be tyrs, the
be brought
reckoned a true inheritor of Peter s as well as Peter s name. There likewise the holy martyrs Egdunus the Priest, and seven others, of whom one was strangled every day faith,
in
At Constantinople, holy Theophanes. originally a very rich man, but became a monk. The wicked Emperor Leo, the Armenian, kept him for two years in prison for honouring holy images, and then banished him to Samo-Thrace, where he sank under his sufferings and gave up the ghost, He is famous [about the year 818.]
He was
for
Homily on The Week-day.
is
the
Gospel for the Third Lesson of the Hoinily on Matth. xxii. 35, is omitted or read as one with
the Second, and the First Lesson only of the Week-day is read, or else all three as one.
order to terrify the others, [about
the year 303.]
many
miracles.
At Capua, the holy Confessor Ber nard, Bishop of Calenum, [in the year 1109.] Vespers of the following.
The Second Vespers are of the fol lowing, from the Chapter, inclusive.
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. MARCH
12.
of Praetor.
he
&t
of i&ome, Confeasor, Jioctor of tije dfjurcfj, an* Ap ostle of
(England
Double of the Second
All from
the
Common
Class. Office
Bishop and Confessor, (p.
After his six
for a
515,) ex
cept the following.
FIRST VESPERS.
drew,
in
his
father
monasteries
and a seventh
teat,]
regorjj [tfje
built
805
in
death
s
in
Sicily,
honour of St
own house
at
An
Rome,
hard by the Church of Saints John and Paul at the ascent of the hill Scaurus. In this monastery of St Andrew, he and his masters, Hilarion and Maximian, professed them selves monks, and Gregory was afterwards Abbat. Later on, he was created a Cardinal Deacon, and sent to Constantinople as legate from to the Pope Pelagius Emperor Tiberius
Antiphon at Virgin.
O
&c.,
515.)
(p.
the
Song of the Blessed
right
excellent
Teacher,
Constantine. Before the so successfully disputed against the Patriarch Eutychius, who had denied that our bodies shall
Emperor he
and indeed rise again, that Prince threw the book of the said Patriarch into the fire. Euty chius himself also soon after fell verily
Prayer throughout.
Q
GOD, who soul
of
Thy
hast
the
blessed
servant
the
Gregory
with an
everlasting blessing, merci fully grant that we, who groan under the burden of our sins, may by his
be relieved. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in prayers
the
unity
of
the
Commemoration
is
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
from
Common
Ecclus. Office,
xxxix.
(p.
I,
as
547.)
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
/^REGORY
was a Great son of Gordian Senator, [and was born about the year of our Lord 540.] As a young man he studied philosophy, and afterwards discharged the office jT the
Roman,
the
the
that
we
again in this
flesh."
stood by: shall
all
"I
rise
Fifth Lesson.
Office.
Lessons
many that
Amen.
made of St John of God, with Prayer from his
in the
hearing of
acknowledge
one
Holy Ghost,
God, world without end.
A
sick, and when he felt death coming on him, he took hold of the skin of his own hand and said in the
/^REGORY
returned
to
Rome,
and, Pelagius being dead of a plague, he was unanimously chosen This honour he refused as Pope.
He disguised long as he could. himself and took refuge in a cave, but was betrayed by a fiery pillar. Being discovered and overruled, he was consecrated at the grave of St Peter, [upon the 3rd day of Septem in the year He left be 590.]
ber,
him many ensamples of doc and holiness to them that have followed him in the Popedom. Every day he brought pilgrims to his table, and among them he en tertained not an Angel only, but the very Lord of Angels in the hind
trine
guise
of
a
pilgrim.
He
tenderly
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
8o6 cared
the
for
a
kept
list,
the
within
poor, of whom well as without
He
city.
restored
he
pels.
as
ops
the
Catholic faith in many places where had been overthrown. He fought
it
successfully against the Donatists in Africa and the Arians in Spain. He cleansed Alexandria of the AgHe refused to give the Pall noites.
Bishop of Autun, un would expel the Neophyte He caused the heretics from Gaul. Goths to abandon the Arian heresy. He sent into Britain Augustine and divers other learned and holy monks,
to
Syagrius,
less
he
who brought island
believe
to
Hence
the inhabitants of that in is
Gregory
JESUS
justly
Christ.
called
by
Bede, the Priest of Jarrow, "the He rebuked Apostle of England." the presumption of John, Patriarch of Constantinople, who had taken to himself the title of Bishop of the Universal Church, and he dissuaded the Emperor Maurice from forbid
ding soldiers
He
released the Sicilian Bish
from
^^
adorned
legislated,
suffering
the
Church
;
"
""
of
the
Church
Canon
ever
in
Do Thou
the
the
"Alleluia"
in
addition
Mass of the
to
Church
order
the
all
He
would that the four Councils of Nice, Constan and Chalcedon tinople, Ephesus, should be honoured like four Gos Service.
thirteenth
[in the year of salvation This day is observed by the 604.] Greeks, as well as by us, as a festi val, on account of the eminent wis dom and holiness of this Pope. His
body was buried in the Church of St Peter, hard by the Private Chapel.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Holy Gos
pel according to
AT ^^
time
Matthew
(v.
12.)
unto JESUS His disciples Ye are the salt of the earth. But if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be that
said
:
:
salted
?
And
so on.
Homily by Pope Great.]
We
words
our days in Thy peace." He increased the Lit anies, the number of the Churches where is held the observance called a Station, and the length of the "
the
in
heaven,
of March,
except between inclusive and Easter
and
of
while
year, sixth month, and tenth day of his Pontificate, being the 1 2th day
service
Septuagesima exclusive,
word
the
Seventh Lesson.
many things among others, the ninefold repetition of the words in the Mass, the Kyrie eleison the
all
THIRD NOCTURN.
holy customs and laws. He called together a Synod in the Church of St Peter, and therein or
saying
every three instead
come
to
from a weak and sickly body. He worked many miracles. At last God called him away to be blessed for
with
dained
them
once every five years. He was the author of many books, and Peter the Deacon declare th that he often saw the Holy Ghost on his head in the form of a dove when he was It is a marvel how dictating them. much he spoke, did, wrote, and
Sixth Lesson.
/^REGORY
Rome
visiting
years, willing
become monks.
to
SAINTS.
not exhort is
{Horn.
have
Gregory [the
Luke
to consider that
able all
St
17 on
at
by one once,
x.)
he who
exhortation
must
strive
to
ac
cording to his ability to instruct each in private and edify each by
We
must al personal conversation. ways hold in mind that which was to the said holy Apostles, and, "Ye through the Apostles, to us If we are the salt of the earth. :
FEAST-DAYS IN MARCH. therefore we ought to salt, season the minds of the faithful. Ye then that are shepherds, remem ber that ye feed the flock of God,
are
even that flock of which the Psalmist
God
saith to
"
:
dwell
therein"
often
see
creatures shall
Thy
Ixvii.
(Ps.
We
n.)
of rock-salt
pieces
given
which they lick, and the seasoning of the salt is good for As these pieces of rock-salt them. to cattle, so ought Priests to be to their people. A Priest should be prudent in what he saith, and what warning he giveth to each and each one when he meeteth his Priest, should draw from him a savour unto to animals,
;
life
are not the salt of the earth, if we season not the hearts of
He that faileth that hear us. not in preaching, imparteth this season And we do not ing to his neighbour. truly preach to others unless by our own them
works and example we show them what preach. Dearly beloved brethren,
we
think
The Ninth Lesson is the Homily for the Week-day, either the first part or all three as one.
At Lauds and memoration
Vespers
made of
is
Com
a
Week
the
day.
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon the 1 3th day of March, were born into the better life At Nicomedia, the holy martyrs Macedonius, Patricia his wife, and Modesta
their daughter, [in the year
At Nice, the holy martyrs Theusetas and Horres his son, Theodora, Nymphodora, Mark, and Arabia, who were
Eighth Lesson.
I
Eighth Responsory. In the midst, &c., (p. 539.)
303.]
eternal.
V\TE
807
that
God
is
not
He
is
much
so
all
delivered
Christ
s
over to the flames for
sake.
At Eshman, martyr
in
Sabinus,
Egypt,
who
was
after
the
holy
suffering
length drowned He is year 287. denounced by a beggar he maintained by his alms.] In Persia, the holy Virgin and
many
things,
at
in the Nile, [in the said to have been
Priests, to keep
martyr Christina. At Cordova, the holy martyrs Roderick the Priest and Salomon, [in
when we, who example be the enemies of sin,
work
the year 857.] At Constantinople, holy Nicephorus, He was a zealous Bishop of that see.
souls,
upholder
of
Fathers,
and
as
wronged by any
whom He
ordained straight, and then seeth set
others ting an
ought
by
ill
to
hath
;
seek not the good of sin, take leisure to enjoy our own seek worldly things, and pursuits, set our minds to gain human re
And,
spect.
who,
as
above
Prelates,
the
others,
do
what
all,
raised
are
and are so
we
like,
when far
we
above
freer
prostitute
to
our
ministry of blessing, wherewith we are blessed, to compass the ends
worldly vanity, abandon God s work, occupy ourselves with earthly affairs, take in sooth an holy place, and then involve ourselves in deeds and thoughts of the world. of
the for
traditions
the
of
the
honouring of
holy images constantly withstood the Iconoclast Emperor Leo the Armenian,
by whom he was sent into exile, where he suffered a lingering martyrdom for fourteen years, and then passed away to be ever with the Lord, [in the year
828.]
At Camerino, the holy Confessor Ansovinus, Bishop of that see, [in the year 840.] In the Thebaid, the holy Virgin Euphrasia, [in the year 412.]
THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE
8o8
Note. If any of the Feasts which follow fall in Holy Week or Easter Week, they are transferred till after Low Sunday, with the changes in that case necessary, if they are capable of being transferred according to the general rubrics j but if not, they are
simply commemorated at both Vespers and Lauds without having the Ninth Lesson at Mattins.
MARCH
13.
her lowliness and long suffering, the year 968.]
MARCH
Upon
holy martyr Leo, Bishop. Likewise at Rome, forty-seven holy martyrs, who were all baptised by the blessed Apostle Peter during the nine
months
which
during
he
and
his
fellow-Apostle Paul were imprisoned in the Mamertine prison, and who, all for the loyal confession of their
were
faith,
the
by the sword, under
slain
Emperor Nero.
In Africa, the holy martyrs
Peter
and Aphrodisius, who received their crown in the persecution under the At Haran,
in
Mesopotamia,
the
holy martyrs Eutychius the Patrician
Companions, who were slain by Evelid, King of the Arabs, for con his
fessing their faith, [in the year 741.] In the province of Valeria, two
whom
monks,
holy
hung upon a
the
Lombards
whereon after they very enemies heard
tree,
were dead their
In the same persecu Deacon of the church of of that Maruvium, [now called
them tion,
singing.
a
Pescina,] was beheaded for confess ing the faith. At Halberstadt, in Germany, the blessed Matilda, Queen of the Romans, Mother of the Emperor Otho I., who fell
asleep
14.
I
5th
day of March, were
At Caesarea,
life
in
Cappadocia, the holy martyr Longinus, who is said to have been the soldier who pierced the Lord s side with a spear. the
the
who when
same day, holy
Aristo-
of the Apostles, the work of his preaching disciple
was done suffered martyrdom. At Thessalonica, holy Matrona. She was a slave, belonging to a cer tain Jewess. She was a Christian in secret, and went to the church every day for private prayer. Her mistress found this. She afflicted her in many ways, and at last caused her to be still confessing Christ, she gave up her pure spirit to God, [probably about the year 800.] On the same day, the holy martyr Menignus, a fuller, who suffered under the Emperor Decius.
cudgelled, until,
In Egypt, the holy martyr Nicander, careful search for the relics of holy martyrs, and earned to
who would make
Vandals.
and
the
born into the better
bulus,
Upon the I4th day of March, were born into the better life At Rome, in the Veranian field, the
[in
MARTYROLOGY.
Upon
MARTYROLOGY.
SAINTS.
in
peace,
illustrious
for
become a martyr himself under the Emperor Diocletian. At Cordova, the holy Virgin and martyr Leocritia,
[in the
year 880.]
At Rome, holy Pope Zachary, who governed the Church of God with all watchfulness, and fell asleep in peace, famous for good works, [in the year 752-]
At Riete, holy Probus, Bishop of that see, at whose death, [in the year 570,] the martyrs Juvenal and Eleutherius were present. At Rome, [in the
sixth century,] the holy [Benedictine] monk, [at TerSpeciosus, whose soul his racina,]
brother saw being borne heavenward.
EJje
2Utoitional
>ertrices.
NOTE. None of these Services are ever binding upon persons bound to recite the Office, except that for the Dead on All Souls Day, and the Litany (without the Penitential Psalms ] on St Mark s Day, and the three Rogation Days *
of
SLtttl* This
Office is
added
to the
^tvgtn JWarg.
tfie
Church
ORDINARY.
i.
every day, except (i) those on which Nine Lessons are read, (2) Sat Office
urdays upon which her Office is said as a Simple; upon all which days omitted
it is
the First
VESPERS.
Make
haste, &c., as usual, continu
ing the same as on a Semi-double Feast of the Blessed Virgin, till the end of
from Vespers Upon Christmas Eve it is omittedfrom Mattins inclusive. When it is said in Choir, Mattins and Lauds are said before the Mattins and Lauds of the Day, and the Vespers before Prime is said just before the Vespers.
Answer. Therefore blessed thee for ever.
Martyrology is read. Terce, Sext, None, and Compline are said after the Terce, Sext, None, and Compline Out of of the day, respectively. Choir it is said whenever the reciter
Blessed Mother and in Virgin. * violate Maiden glorious Queen of the world! Plead for us with the
chooses.
Lord!
inclusive.
said apart from the Church Office, the Angelic Salutation is said inaudibly before each Office, except Lauds. None of the Antiphons are ever doubled.
If
it is
The
Office varies according as it be Ordinary, (2) In Advent, (3) Be tween Christmas and Candlemas.
(i)
the
Hymn. Verse.
Grace
is
poured into thy
lips.
Antiphon at
the
God
hath
Song of the Blessed
!
Then
:
Kyrie eleison.
Answer.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Verse.
Answer.
O
Lord, hear
And let my
my cry
prayer.
come unto
Thee.
1
Nevertheless, in some Churches the custom exists, and in some there are foundations for saying the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin, or the Office of the Dead every day or on certain days, irrespective of what the Church Office may be, and such has also been the practice of some Saints.
VOL.
I.
2
D
THE ADDITIONAL
8io
Grant,
Let us pray.
COMPLINE.
we beseech Thee,
us, &c., as in the Church but the Psalms, (which are said without any Antiphon,} are
the full
in
short
SERVICES.
&c., (as 565, with the Through Christ our
Office,
ending,
p.
Turn
Office,
Lord.)
Psalm CXXVIII.
Then the following Commemoration of the Saints.
O
ye holy children Antiphon. of God, be pleased to pray for our
and the salvation of
salvation
all
men.
Be glad in the LORD, and ye righteous. Answer. And shout for joy, all ye Verse.
rejoice,
that are upright in heart.
"A
[Intituled
all
Song of
Degrees."]
they warred
a time have
1Y/TANY
against
me
from
*
my
youth
may Israel now say Many a time have they warred * yet against me from my youth :
:
they have not prevailed against me. 1 The ploughers ploughed upon my back * they made long their furrows. :
Let us pray.
T3E
Thou,
O
Lord,
is righteous, He hath broken the necks of the wicked. * Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. Let them be as the grass upon the * which withereth before house-tops,
The LORD
the
Shield
of
people, and cover with Thine everlasting Arm those who trust in the help of Thine Apostles Peter and Paul, and the others Thine
Thy
pray Thee, O Lord, that all Thine holy children may in all places succour us, and that as we call to
worthy acts, so we may feel the comfort of their friendship. Grant Thou also peace in our days, and keep Thy Church ever clean purged of all iniquity. Order Thou also our footsteps, our their
deeds, steps,
Thy
and the foot the deeds, and the wills of all and our
wills,
in
the
straight path that leadeth unto salvation in Thee.
servants,
Reward with eternal life all them who do us good. And grant eternal rest unto all the faithful departed.
Through our Lord
JESUS Christ and reigneth
Son, Who liveth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Thy
1
I.e.,
filleth not his * nor he that bindeth sheaves
hand,
bosom.
his
Neither do they that go by say The blessing of the LORD be upon * we bless you in the name of you :
!
the
LORD
!
Psalm CXXIX. [Intituled
meaning of
"A
Song of
this
title
"They
furrowed
Gesenius.
my
back with
is
The The
Degrees."
not certain.
called may perhaps, like the of the Roman Liturgy, be "stepintended to be sung during proces songs," sions, Liturgical or of pilgrims.]
Psalms so Graduals
"
"
^
the depths have
of /^UTunto
Thee,
O LORD!
I
*
cried
Lord,
hear my voice. Let Thine ears be attentive * to the voice of If
my
supplication.
Thou, LORD, shouldest mark *
iquities,
O LORD, who
But there
Amen. plough."
:
Wherewith the mower
We
mind
plucked up
it is
Apostles.
stripes
as
the
is
forgiveness with
ground
is
in
shall stand
?
Thee
furrowed with
:
the
THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. *
because of
Thy law,
wait for Thee,
I
O LORD My soul waiteth on His my soul hopeth in the Lord.
Chapter.
8i
(Ecclus. xxiv. 24.)
!
word
*
:
the morning watch even until hope in the LORD For with the LORD there is
*
let Israel
* and with
is
plenteous redemp
tion.
And He
shall
and and knowledge, and holy
hope.
Answer.
Thanks be
:
mercy,
Him
the mother of fair love,
fear,
From
night
AM
J
*
redeem
from
Israel,
Verse.
Pray
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Psalm [Intituled
"A
Song of
which
to
Degrees,"
the Hebrew and the Vulgate, but not the Targum or the LXX., add David."] "of
TORD,
mine heart is not haughty, * nor mine eyes lofty Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, * or in wonderful things that are above me. If I have not thought lowly of my * self lifted
God.
holy Mother
Answer. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
We
Antiphon.
Thy
take refuge under
protection.
Song of Simeon. Thou Thy servant,
Lord,
now
lettest
&c., (/. 209.)
We
Antiphon.
CXXX.
to
O
of God.
all his
iniquities. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
for us,
take refuge under holy Mother of our supplications
Thy protection, O God! Despise not
our need, but deliver us alway from dangers, O Virgin, glorious and blessed in
all
!
:
Even
my
up
(but as a
child
soul)
that
is
weaned
Kyrie eleison.
Answer.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Hear
Verse.
my
And
Answer.
prayer,
let
my
O LORD. come
cry
unto Thee.
* so be from his mother my soul rewarded. Let Israel hope in the LORD, * from henceforth and for ever. :
That
Thou wast
womb
conceived, and of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume.
To
O Mary
pray
Thee,
intercession
that
of
the
Mary,
Through
Creator Lord,
in the Virgin s sacred
Mother of grace,
we glorious
blessed, and glorious, and everlast ingly Virgin, may shield us and bring us on toward eternal life.
Hymn}-
J^EMEMBER, O
Let us pray.
our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
blest,
thee, sweet fount pf love,
we
fly
;
Shield us through life, and take us hence To thy dear bosom when we die.
O
JESU, born of Virgin bright, Immortal glory be to Thee Praise to the Father infinite,
MATTINS.
O
LORD, open Thou
as in the full
Office,
my
lips,
&c.,
only with this
;
And Holy Ghost
eternally. 1
Amen.
Invitatory. Hail, Mary, full of * The Lord is with Thee! grace.
Translation by the late Rev. E. Caswall.
THE ADDITIONAL
812 Only one Nocturn
On
said.
is
Mondays and Thursdays, it is the Firstfrom the full Office; on Tuesdays and Fridays, the Second; and, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the Third. Then
SERVICES.
Him Whom
breast
womb. For thou hast borne in Whom the heavens
Answer.
:
Grace
Verse.
poured into
is
thy
the heavens can
not contain. Blessed art thou among Verse. women, and blessed is the fruit of thy
thy breast Him cannot contain.
lips.
Therefore
Answer.
God
hath
Second Blessing.
blessed thee for ever. Our Father, &c. And lead us not
With Maid
into temptation.
But deliver us from
Answer.
the Lord
Who
sprang of thee,
of maidens, plead for me.
evil.
Second Lesson. Absolution.
prayers of the Blessed Mary, a Virgin, and by the prayers always of all His Saints, and for her sake and for their sakes, may the Lord lead us unto the kingdom of heaven.
By the
Amen.
Answer.
Maiden Mary s
-**
so was
is
I
my
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Thanks be to God.
mild, Child.
all
\A/ITH VV I
Second Responsory.
taken from the Book
of Ecclesiasticus (xxiv.
these
I
IT.)
sought
but
rest,
So the Creator of
all
things gave me a commandment, and said unto me, even He that made me
rested
my
in
and
tabernacle,
unto me, Let thy dwelling be
and thine inheritance in strike thou thy roots amid
Israel,
virgin for ever. Verse.
The Lord
said
in Jacob,
My
Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, hast carried the Lord, the Maker Thou hast borne Him of the world. Who created thee, and thou abidest a
who
shall abide in the inheritance
of the Lord.
and
Thou hast borne Him created thee, and thou abidest a
virgin for ever.
chosen
Third Blessing.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Thanks be to God.
Whom
His mother prays, He Grant us blessing all our days. to
Third Lesson.
First Responsory.
virginity thee ; for !
how spotless is thy too dull to praise hast borne in thy
holy and I
am
thou
Hail, Mary, full of grace. is with thee.
Answer.
Who
people.
O how
established in Zion, in the Holy City
given to rest, and in Jerusalem And I took root power. honourable the people, even among in the portion of my God, as His own
was was
First Lesson.
The Lesson
I
and likewise
inheritance, and mine abiding was in the full assembly of the Saints.
First Blessing. Bless us, Mary, Bless us, JESUS,
A ND
T *
WAS
exalted
like
a
cedar
in
Lebanon, and as a cypress-tree I was exalted like upon Mount Zion.
THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. a palm-tree in Kadesh, and as a roseplant in Jericho, as a fair olive-tree in the plains, and grew up as a planetree beside the water in the broad I ways. gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aromatic balm I yielded a pleasant odour like the best ;
* art thou, daughter of Jerusalem, terrible as a fenced camp set in battle
O
array.
Chapter.
O
But Thou,
Lord,
Thanks be
have mercy to
queens
O
holy Virgin Mary, happy indeed and right worthy of all praise, for out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God. thou,
Verse.
for the
Pray
make
women vowed
all
that are
people, plead intercession for
God.
to
Let
all
holy memorial of thee feel the might of thine assist this
making
ance.
Answer. For out of thee rose the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our God. Glory be
Verse.
and
to
the
Son,
to
and
and they praised
also,
O
her.
glorious Virgin, &c., (p.
Blessed
Verse.
for the clergy,
8.)
564.)
Third Responsory. art
vi.
daughters of Zion saw her, and called her blessed ; the
Hymn.
God.
(Cant.
n^HE
myrrh.
upon us. Answer.
813
art
thou
women. Answer. And blessed of thy womb. Antiphon at
among
the Fruit
is
the
Song of Zacharias, and Candle Blessed Mary, * Mother of
except between Christmas
O
mas.
God, Virgin for ever, temple of the Lord, sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, without any ensample before
thou,
make
thee, didst
thyself well-pleasing of our Lord JESUS Christ pray for the people, plead for the
in the sight
make women vowed
intercession
clergy,
for
all
God.
to
the to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
Then
:
Kyrie eleison.
Answer.
Even
Answer.
Christ our God.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Verse.
LAUDS.
Hear my
Answer.
And
First Antiphon. Mary hath been taken to heaven * the Angels rejoice they praise and bless the Lord.
unto Thee.
Second Antiphon. The Virgin Mary hath been taken into the chamber on * where the high, King of kings sitteth on a throne amid the stars. Third Antiphon. We run after thee, on the scent of thy perfumes * the love thee
C\ GOD, Who ^~^
;
my
O
LORD. come
cry
;
virgins
heartily.
Fourth Antiphon. Blessed of the Lord art thou, O daughter, * for by thee we have been given to eat of the fruit [of the tree]
prayer,
let
of Life. Fair and comely
Fifth Antiphon.
Let us pray. didst will that
Thy
Word
should, by the message of an Angel, take flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant
unto us, we beseech Thee, that all we who do believe her to be in very deed the Mother of God, may be holpen by her prayers in Thy sight. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Then the Commemoration Saints, as at Vespers.
of the
THE ADDITIONAL
814 PRIME.
SERVICES.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people * Thou hast covered all :
Make
Church
haste, &c., as in the
Office.
Hymn
their sins. 1
Thou hast taken away all Thy wrath * Thou hast turned Thyself from the fierceness of Thine anger.
as at Compline.
:
Antiphon. Mary is taken, (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
&c.,
Turn us, O God of our salvation, * and cause Thine anger towards us to cease.
Wilt Thou be angry with us for * wilt Thou draw out Thine ?
Psalm LIII.
ever [The superscription of this Psalm, after are probably a musical direction, proceeds "[A Psalm] of David, when the Ziphim came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?" This was during the same period of his life in the South in which he composed Ps. Ixii. The Ziphim, or peasantry of the neighbourhood of Ziph, him twice to Saul, and both times, betrayed the he was in imminent especially first, peril, i Kings (Sam.) xxiii. 19-29, xxvi.]
some words which
CAVE
me,
*
O
and
God, judge
in
Thy Name, in Thy
me
power.
*
Hear my prayer, O God give ear to the words of my mouth. For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my * and have not set God soul before :
:
them. 1
Behold God
is
mine Helper
the Lord upholdeth
Reward Thou emies
:
my
evil
* and
:
soul.
unto mine en
* and cut them
off in
Thy
truth. I
will
freely
sacrifice
* and praise Thy Name, it is
unto Thee
O LORD,
:
for
good.
For Thou hast delivered me out of * and mine all trouble eye hath seen desire [his upon] mine enemies.
anger to all generations ? God, Thou shalt again quicken * and us Thy people shall rejoice in Thee. Show us Thy mercy, O LORD * :
!
and grant us Thy salvation. 1 wifl hear what the LORD God :
that are
changed
Mercy and truth have met together righteousness and peace have kissed :
*
each other. Truth hath sprung out of the earth * and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. Yea, the LORD shall give that which * and our land shall is good yield her increase. :
:
Righteousness shall go before Him: * and shall set His footsteps in the way.
Psalm CXVI.
Q ^^^
LXXXIV.
TORD, unto
"A
Thou hast been favourable Thy land: * Thou hast
brought back the captivity of Jacob.
PRAISE nations:
the
*
LORD, Him,
praise
all
all
ye ye
people.
Psalm of the sons of Korah," with the usual (now uncertain) superscription.] [Intituled
in heart.
Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him, * that glory may dwell in our land.
:
Psalm
will
* for He will speak in me speak peace unto His people, * And to His saints, and unto them
For His merciful kindness is great * and the truth of the toward us LORD endureth for ever. :
[Here the Hebrew appends "Alleluia," which the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to the next Psalm.]
SLH.
THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. After the repetition of the the Office proceeds thus :
What
Antiphon
what
815
shall be given unto thee, or
be done unto thee, * thou
shall
false
Chapter.
O
(Cant.
vi.
9.)
she that cometh forth like
is
tongue ? * with Sharp arrows of the mighty, hot burning coals.
Woe is me that my sojourn is long: I dwell with the dwellers of Kedar. 1 * My soul hath long dwelt !
the
moon, fenced
as
fair
dawn,
rising
the
clear as the sun, terrible as a camp set in battle array ?
Answer. Verse.
Thanks be to God. Holy Virgin, my praise by
thee accepted be.
Answer.
me
Give
strength against
as an exile
With them that hate peace. I was * when I peaceable spoke unto them, they fought against me without a cause. :
thine enemies.
Kyrie eleison.
And so
Psalm CXX.
on, as at Compline, btit
with
the
[Also a Song of Degrees.]
T
WILL
lift up mine eyes unto the * from whence cometh mine
Prayer. hills,
C\ GOD, Who ^~"^
choose for
wast
pleased
to
Thy
dwelling-place the maiden palace of Blessed Mary, grant, we beseech Thee, that her pro
and make us Who glad in her commemoration. livest and reignest with God the tection
may
Father,
in
shield us,
the
of
unity
the
Holy
help.
*
Mine help cometh from heaven and
Who made He
not suffer thy feet to be keepeth thee will not slumber.
*
He That
:
He That
Behold,
shall neither
keepeth Israel slumber nor sleep.
LORD
The
LORD
is
is
thy
shade
thy
keeper *
:
upon
the
thy
right hand.
TERCE.
Make
LORD,
will
moved
Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
the
earth.
The sun
haste, &c., as in the
Church
shall
* nor the
day,
not smite thee
moon by
by
night.
The LORD
Office.
Hymn
all
as at Compline.
evil
:
shall keep thee from * the Lord shall keep thy
soul.
The Virgin Mary, &c., Antiphon. (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
The LORD shall keep thy coming in and thy going out, * from this time forth and for evermore.
Psalm CXIX. [This or
"
is
the
Gradual
first
of the
Psalms."
"Songs
of
Psalm CXXI.
Degrees,"
See note to Ps. cxxix.,
A
"
[Intituled
p. 91.]
N my
T
distress
* and
LORD, Deliver lying
my
unto the heard me.
cried
He O LORD,
soul,
* and
lips,
I
from
"
Properly
deceitful
WAS me
of the
Our
:
Song
Black-skin."
sprung from him.
of Degrees, of
glad when they
David."]
said unto
* Let us go into the house
LORD. feet
have been wont
within thy gates,
tongue. 1
a
from
T A
O
to stand
Jerusalem
*
!
This was the name of a son of Ishmael, and of an Arabian tribe
THE ADDITIONAL
8i6
builded as a city * compact together Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, * the testimony of Is rael, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. For there are set thrones for judg * the thrones for the house of ment, David. * Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Jerusalem
that
SERVICES. SEXT.
is
is
:
Make
Hymn
as at Compline.
* and
prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions
* I will sakes, within thee
now say
Peace be
!
Because
LORD
of
our
house
the
God,
*
I
of
the
seek
will
Psalm CXXII. [Intituled
of
Song
Degrees."]
Thee up mine ^J NTO * O Thou That dwellest
T
lift
heavens
I
eyes, in the
!
* Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress * so our eyes look unto the LORD our God, until that
(Ecclus. xxiv. 15.)
Chapter.
He
have mercy on
Have mercy upon
AND
so I was established in Zion, and likewise in the holy city given to rest, and in Jerusalem
was I was my power. Answer. Thanks be to God. Verse. Grace is poured into thy
mercy upon us
:
us.
O
us, LORD, have * for we are exceed
ingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled * with
the scorning of those that are at ease,
and with the contempt of the proud.
Psalm CXXIII.
lips.
Answer.
Therefore
God
hath [Intituled
blessed thee for ever.
the
on.
Prayer.
of
the
the fruitful
Blessed
vir-
Mary,
given unto mankind the re wards of everlasting life grant, we beseech Thee, that we may continually feel the might of her
hast
;
intercession through whom we have worthily received the Author of our life,
our
Son,
Who
Lord
JESUS Christ, Thy and reigneth with unity of the Holy
liveth
Thee, in the Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen.
Song the
of
Degrees,"
Targum add
to
"of
which
David,"
TF
GOD, Who, by ginity
"A
Hebrew and
but this ascription of authorship does not occur in the Vulgate or the LXX.]
Kyrie eleison.
And so
Q ^
"A
:
thy good.
"^^
run after thee, &c.,
Third Antiphon at Lauds. )
:
walls,
We
Antiphon. (
they shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy
Church
haste, &c., as in the
Office.
it had not been the LORD Who was on our side now may Israel * if it had not been the LORD say Who was on our side, When men rose up against us * then they had swallowed us up quick, When their wrath was kindled * then the waters had against us overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul * then the overwhelming waters had gone over our soul. Blessed be the LORD, * Who hath :
:
:
not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird * out of the snare of the fowlers :
THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. The snare
is
broken,
* and we are
Our help is in the name of the * LORD, Who made heaven and earth. Psalm CXXIV. [Intituled
"A
Song
"FHEY that trust in
dwelleth in
sins.
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
the
LORD
shall
* he that shall never be Jerusalem
NONE.
:
moved.
Make
The mountains
are round about * and the LORD is round His people, from henceforth,
about
and for ever. For the Lord
righteous righteous put forth their hands into iniquity. Do good, O LORD, to the good, * and to them that are upright in their
Hymn (Fifth
hearts.
as at Compline.
Fair and comely, Antiphon at Lauds.}
[Intituled
them
the
such as turn aside unto their
LORD
shall
lead
them
forth with the workers of iniquity peace be upon Israel
:
!
(Ecclus. xxiv. 16.)
A ND
I took root among the honourable people, even in the portion of my God, as His own inheritance, and mine abiding was in the full
^^
Thanks be Blessed
Verse.
art
to
And
Then * The
thou
among
blessed
is
the Fruit
womb.
among the heathen hath done great things :
:
Turn again our * as the streams
They
that
captivity,
their seed
O LORD,
in the south.
sow
in tears
* shall reap *
forth weeping,
sowing
;
They shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, * bringing their sheaves with them. Psalm CXXVI.
on as at the other Hours. Prayer. merciful
God, grant,
"A
Song of Degrees, of Solo
The LXX.
omits the ascription to
Solomon.]
we
beseech Thee, a succour unto nature, that as frailty of our
we keep ever alive the memory of the holy Mother of God, so by the I.
with
them.
mon."
VOL.
with
The LORD hath done great things * whereof we are for us glad.
[Intituled
1Y/TOST
filled
tongue
said they
LORD
Kyrie eleison.
And so
our
singing.
They go
God.
women. Answer.
and
in joy.
assembly of the Saints.
Answer.
*
laughter,
for
Chapter.
the
* we were like captivity of Zion, that come again from sickness.
Then was our mouth
for
crooked ways, the
the
A Song of Degrees."] LORD turned again
"
V\7HEN
&c.,
CXXV.
Psalm
:
-**-*-
Church
Antiphon.
will not suffer the rod of the wicked to rest upon the lot * lest the of the
of thy
haste, &c., as in the
Office.
Jerusalem,
*
Amen.
Degrees."]
be as Mount Zion
As
up from the bondage of our Through the Same our Lord
without end.
of
we may be
help of her intercession raised
escaped.
817
the
house, that build it Except the
*
LORD
they
build
labour
in
the
vain
:
the
LORD keep
the city, *
watchman waketh but in 2 D 2
vain.
THE ADDITIONAL
8i8
vain for you to rise up early, * up when ye are rested, ye that eat the bread of sorrow
SERVICES.
It is
rise
:
For He giveth His beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the * the fruit of the womb is His LORD, reward. As arrows
are
hand of a
the
in
* so are the children of mighty man, the out-cast.
Happy
the
is
man
desire satisfied with
enemies
* he shall
:
when he speaketh with
not be ashamed his
that hath his
them
Prayer.
r\ LORD, ^^^
own deeds we cannot
may we
find safety
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
"A
[Intituled
is
LORD,
Song
of
The
Degrees."]
every one that feareth * that walketh in His
For thou shalt eat the labour of hands * happy shalt thou be and it shall be well with thee.
thine
:
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine * on the sides of thine house :
children
round about thy
like
olive
"*
plants
table.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed * that feareth the LORD. The LORD bless thee out of Zion * and mayest thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, mayest thou see thy children s * and children, peace upon Israel. :
(Ecclus. xxiv. 19.)
N
the broad ways I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aromatic balm I yielded a pleasant odour like ;
the best myrrh.
Thanks be
to
God.
After thy delivery thou still remainest a Virgin undefiled. Mother of God, pray Answer. Verse.
for us.
same as
Office is the
the Ordin
O The Prayer at every Hour is, God, Who didst will, &c.," (as at Lattds in the Ordinary Office, and save "
at Vespers, with the longer endi?ig. )
At
Vespers the Antiphons
and Chap
Lauds.
ter are taken from
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin as at that of Zacharias.
Commemoration of
the Saints as at
Lauds.
At
Coinpline
:
(Isa. vii. 14.)
Chapter.
"DEHOLD, the Virgin shall conceive shall
Chapter,
IN ADVENT.
ary one, except the following.
ways.
Answer.
Amen.
without end.
in the gate.
"DLESSED
T
please Thee, through the prayers
of the Mother of Thy Son and our Lord. Through the Same our Lord
Psalm CXXVII.
Thy
for-
give the transgressions of Thy servants, and, forasmuch as by our
2.
the
we beseech Thee,
and bear a Son, and His Name Butter be called Emmanuel.
and honey
know
He
shall
eat, that
He may
the evil, and choose
to refuse
the good.
The Angel of the Lord Verse. announced unto Mary. And she conceived of Answer. the
Holy Ghost.
Antiphon at
the
Song of Simeon
as
at that of Zacharias.
Kyrie eleison.
At Mattins note the difference in the Third Antiphon on Wednesdays and
And so
Saturdays.
on as at the other Hours,
THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. First Lesson.
PHE
(Luke
i.
26.)
Angel Gabriel was sent from
God
unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the Virgin s name
was Mary. And the Angel came in unto her, and said Hail, thou that art full of grace the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women. :
:
819
and said unto her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that Holy Thing Which ;
shall
the
be born of thee shall be called
Son of God.
And, behold, cousin Elizabeth, she hath also ceived a son in her old age, and is the sixth month with her who
thy
con this
was
:
But Thou, O Lord, upon us. Answer. Thanks be
have
mercy
called barren
;
God nothing And Mary said
for with
shall be impossible.
:
Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it unto me according to thy word. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy ;
to
God.
upon us. Answer.
First Responsory.
The Angel Gabriel was
sent,
(p. 215,) omitti?ig the last Verse
Thanks be
God.
to
&c.,
Third Responsory.
and
Answer. Second Lesson.
A ND
when she heard it, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the Angel said :
unto her Fear not, Mary for thou hast found grace with God behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His
Receive, O Virgin Mary, &c., (p. 219,) with this addition: Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
And thou shalt be among all women.
Answer. blessed
called
:
;
:
Name
He
JESUS.
shall be called the
and the Lord God the throne of His
He
shall be great, and Son of the Highest
;
shall give unto father David ;
shall reign over the
Him and
house of Jacob
and of His kingdom there no end. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Ajiswer. Thanks be to God.
At Lauds the Antiphons are the same as on Dec. 18, (p. 669,) with the Alleluia at the end of the Second and Third. These same Antiphons are
used
likewise
the First,
at
Second,
Prime,
at
and and Fifth, and None,
Vespers,
Third,
Terce,
Sext,
respectively.
for
ever, shall be
Mary,
full
How not a
man
Mary unto
the Angel
shall this be, seeing ?
And
stem
Thanks be
to
God.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias (used also at those of the Blessed Virgin
Third Lesson. said
the
of grace, &c., (p.
215.)
"THEN
(Isa. xi. i.)
come
forth a rod out of Jesse, and a Flower shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest
of
upon Him. Answer.
Second Responsory. Hail,
Chapter. "PHERE shall
I
:
know
the Angel answered
and of Simeon.} The Holy Ghost * fear shall come upon thee, O Mary, not
;
thou shalt bear in thy
Son of God.
Alleluia.
womb
the
THE ADDITIONAL
820
Commemoration of the
shall
At None, Chapter from
Him.
Holy Ghost.
minds, O Lord, we Thee, by the grace of
when Thy Son our Lord JESUS Christ shall come with all His Saints with Him, He may find in us a people made ready that He may dwell amongst us. Who visitation,
BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND
3.
our pURIFY beseech
that
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Compline.
Verse. The Angel of the Lord an nounced unto Mary. Answer. And she conceived of the
Let us pray.
Thy
and of His kingdom
;
appear upon a white cloud. Answer. And ten thousand of His Saints with
;
there shall be no end.
come
to pass in that day that the light shall be great. Alleluia. Verse. Behold, the Lord shall it
for ever
Jacob
Behold, the Lord shall His Saints with Him
Antiphon. come, and all
and
Saints.
SERVICES.
CANDLEMAS. The Office is the same as the Ordin ary one, except the following.
The Prayer at every Hour is, O Who by the fruitful virginity, "
God,
&c.,"
(p.
315,) save at Vespers with
the longer ending.
liveth
At Prime, Chapter from Compline. At Terce, Chapter from Lauds. At Sext:
The Antiphons at Vespers and Lauds are as on New Year s Day (pp. 315,316,) and the First, Second, Third, and Fifth, are used at Prime, Terce, Sext, and None, respectively. Antiphon at
the
Songs of the Blessed
Herein Virgin and of Simeon. a great mystery, &c.," (p. 316.) "
Chapter.
(Luke
i.
32.)
God give unto Him Y HEtheLord throne of His father David shall
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. day is set forth, &c.,"(/- 31 5-)
;
and He
shall reign over the
house of
is
"This
flue for This Office is said upon the first day of the Month upon which Nine Lessons are not read, and, vent,
upon
every
Week
in
Ad
the first week - day of not so occupied. When
said in Choir, Vespers are said after the Vespers of the day, and the Dirge after Lauds the next morn ing, unless the custom of the par it is
ticular
Church
be otherwise.
Out of
Choir
it
is
said whenever the reciter
chooses.
VESPERS.
The Antiphons are doubled if three Nocturns are to be said in the Dirge. The Service begins absolutely with the First Antiphon, as follows.
First Antiphon. I will walk before the Lord * in the land of the living.
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. Psalm CXIV. The Vulgate and the LXX.
AM
well
prefix
LORD hath heard *
my
supplication
"Alleluia."]
because the
pleased,
all
Sharp arrows of the mighty, * with hot burning coals.
Woe is me that my sojourn is I dwell with the dwellers of long Kedar. * My soul hath long dwelt !
:
the voice of
:
Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, * therefore will I call upon
Him
as an exile
With them
days.
The sorrows of death compassed me * and the straits of hell found me Sorrow and trouble did I find. * Then
that hate peace.
*
when peaceable they fought against :
my
821
I
was
spoke unto them,
I
me without
a cause.
:
:
I upon the name of the LORD LORD, deliver my soul. * Gra cious is the LORD, and righteous yea,
called
:
shall
Psalm CXX.
our I
[Also a
*
the simple
was brought low and He helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul
for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. For He hath delivered my soul from
* mine eyes from from falling. my 1 will walk before the the land of the living. death,
and
tears,
WILL
T
*
in
up mine eyes unto the * from whence cometh mine lift
hills,
help.
Mine help cometh from the LORD, heaven and earth.
*
Who made He
not suffer thy feet to be He That keepeth thee will not slumber. will
moved
feet
LORD
*
:
Behold,
He That
keepeth Israel slumber nor sleep.
shall neither
At the end of this and all the other Psalms and Canticles throughout the whole
Glory be to not said, but in
of the Dead,
Office
the Father,
&c.,"
is
"
The LORD is thy keeper the LORD * thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by * nor the moon day, by night. :
is
The LORD
stead,
O and
the
everlasting
light
rest,
shine in
!
Woe
Second Antiphon. * that
my
Lord,
sojourn
is
is
shall keep thee from all * the Lord shall keep thy soul. The LORD shall keep thy coming and thy going out, * from this
evil
grant them eternal
Lord, let
upon them
me
!
O
:
time forth and for evermore.
Fourth Antiphon.
long.
mark
shouldest
who
Psalm CXIX. [This or
is
the
first
of the
"Gradual Psalms."
"Songs
See note
of
unto the * and He heard me. LORD, Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying * and from a deceitful lips, tongue. What shall be given unto thee, or what shall be done unto thee, * thou false
distress
tongue
?
I
cried
Thou, LORD, * O Lord,
!
Psalm CXXIX.
Degrees,"
"A
[Intituled
N my
If
iniquities,
shall stand
to Ps. cxxix.,
p. 91.]
T
Song of Degrees.]
:
:
*
shall
* the Lord
evil,
soul.
keep thy
:
God is merciful. The LORD preserveth
The LORD
Third Antiphon. keep thee from all
meaning of Psalms so "
this
Song title
of is
Degrees."
not certain.
The The
called may perhaps, like the of the Roman Liturgy, be stepintended to be sung during proces
Graduals"
songs,"
sions, Liturgical or of pilgrims.]
OUT ^
of the depths have I cried * unto Thee, O LORD Lord,
hear
my
!
voice.
THE ADDITIONAL
822
Let Thine ears be attentive * to the voice of If
my
O
iniquities,
mark
shouldest
who
Lord,
shall stand
?
But there is forgiveness with Thee * because of Thy Law, I wait for Thee, O LORD! My soul waiteth on His word * :
:
my
soul hopeth in the Lord. From the morning watch even until
* let Israel hope in the LORD For with the LORD there is mercy. and with Him is plenteous re
night h
shall
redeem
Israel,
*
his iniquities.
O Lord, forsake Fifth Antiphon. not * the works of Thine own hands. Psalm CXXXVII. "
[Intituled
adds
Of
David,"
which the
to
After the Fifth Antiphon, the Ser vice proceeds directly, thus l
praise Thee, O Lord, with whole heart * because Thou
my
All
that
the
giveth Me shall come to him that cometh to Me wise cast out. 2
Me
Antiphon.
unto Thee. *
will
I
worship toward
Thine holy temple, and praise Thy
Name. For Thy loving-kindness, and * for Thou hast truth
Father * and
no
will in
After the Antiphon, all kneel down, the Lord s Prayer is said silently,
and
except the words the termination,
And
for
Then is said, except o?i the day of death or burial of the person or persons for whom the Office is
my
The Vulgate and
Thee,
O
*
LORD,
the words of
Yea,
them sing of the ways of
let
LORD
have heard
for they
Thy mouth.
:
* that great
is
the glory
Psalm CXLV.
high,
yet hath * but the
[To
the
is
respect unto the lowly
proud
He knoweth 1
from
Apoc.
:
afar.
xiv. 13.
Psalm
this
names
of
LORD * God while :
in
is
the
prefixed
LXX.
"Alleluia.
connect
it
with
Haggai and Zechariah.] the
pRAISE while
of the LORD.
For the LORD
and
evil.
:
soul exceedingly. Let all the kings of the earth praise
Father,"
lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from
being said,
:
"Our
Answer.
magnified Thine holy Name above every name. In whatsoever day I call upon Thee, answer me * Thou wilt strengthen
Thy
He
I
;
dead
The Song of the Blessed Virgin.
:
hast heard the words of my mouth. Before the Angels will I sing praise
the
from
I
"
WILL
all
:
heard a voice heaven, saying unto me Answer. Blessed are the which die in the Lord. Verse.
LXX.
of Haggai and Zechariah," the mean ing apparently being that it was his com position, but that they made some special regulation as to its use.]
T
:
:
And He all
:
endureth for ever forsake not the works of Thine own hands.
:
demption.
from
Though I walk in the midst of Thou wilt revive me * Thou shalt stretch forth Thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand shall save me. The LORD will give recompense on my behalf: * Thy mercy, O LORD, trouble
supplication.
LORD,
Thou, *
SERVICES.
I
LORD,
live
will
O my I
will sing praises
I
soul; the
praise
unto
have being.
I
Put not your trust the son of man, in
in
princes,
whom
is
my *
no
help.
His breath goeth 2
John
forth,
vi. 37.
and he
re-
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. *
turneth to his earth
day
in that
:
DIFFERENT PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD.
very
their thoughts perish.
Happy
God
he that hath the
is
For
i.
of Jacob for his help, his hope is * Who made in the LORD his God heaven and earth, the sea, and all is
some
:
Who keepeth truth for ever. Who executeth judgment for the * Who giveth food to oppressed :
the hungry.
*
The LORD
looseth the prisoners openeth the eyes of the
LORD
the
blind
The LORD raiseth them that bowed down * the LORD loveth :
are
the
:
The LORD preserveth
the strangers
;
and fatherless the defendeth widow * but the way of the wicked
He
:
He
will turn aside.
The LORD
At
the
high places, some
some
O
reign Zion,
ever unto all
for
*
!
end
O
is said,
eternal rest, lasting light shine
and
Lord, grant the ever
let
upon them
Answer. Lord
the
gates
the
of
Deliver
their
O
souls,
!
May
Verse.
ness.
^
they rest in peace.
Amen. Hear my
And
Answer.
prayer,
my
let
O LORD. cry
Then follow
one
or
more of
Prayers hereafter given, and then
Answer.
Answer.
forgivest iniquity, men all that
wouldest
should be saved, we beseech Thee to grant in the tenderness of Thy mercy that all the members of our congre all who gation, all our kinsfolk, and have done us good, who have departed
from
this
and
world,
for
whom
the
Thine holy ones do plead with Thee, may be joined unto
Mary and
the
all
of the
company
same
in
Who
let
the
:
everlasting
upon them.
May
they rest in peace.
Amen.
Thus absolutely ends
once
ones, grant unto the and handmaids servants Thy remission of all their sins, making of
Thy
faithful
souls of
our entreaties unto our Great Father a mean whereby they may have that have ever forgiveness which they
hoped
Who
for.
for ever
and
2.
On
TORD, *-
Lord, grant them eternal
And
at
art
Thyself OGOD, the Maker and the Redeemer of
ever.
the Office.
the
livest
and reignest
Amen.
Day of Burial.
we pray Thee
soul of
the
rest.
light shine Verse.
and
come
Let us pray.
O
GOD, Who
S~\
unto Thee.
Verse.
we beseech
!
grave.
Verse.
and
Bishops,
Thee, that they may be joined unto such company in everlasting blessed
all
From
Answer.
as
grant,
Priests,
everlasting blessedness.
!
them
Verse.
as
Blessed
shall
even thy God, generations
in the ranks of the Apostolic Priesthood hast caused of Thy servants to stand in
:
:
righteous
all the Faithful Departed.
GOD, Who
:
that therein
823
Thy
to absolve the
servant
(or,
Thine
(here express the name] died unto the world, that
handmaid) N.
who hath
Thee. she) may live unto he while she) whereinsoever (or, And walked among men he (or, she) hath transgressed through the weak ness of the flesh, do Thou in the ex for ceeding tenderness of Thy mercy Through our give and put away.
he
(or,
THE ADDITIONAL
824
Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, Who and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, liveth
world without end.
At
3.
r\ LORD ^-^
Amen.
the Year*s-Mind.
God,
Pardoner,
Who grant
art the rest
SERVICES.
and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
liveth
If the deceased were a Cardinal, his dignity is expressed in the Prayer, thus : the high place of a Cardinal of a Cardinal Priest." Bishop," or "
Great
and
"
re
peace and blessing, light and glory, unto the souls of Thy men-servants and Thy maid-servants,
6.
freshment,
the
(or,
soul of
Thy
servant,
or,
of
Thine handmaid,) whose Year s-Mind we are keeping. Through our Lord
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
4.
For a deceased Pope.
Bishops
;
the
line
of
the
Chief
Who
O
didst thereby God, him the duty of being Lieut
upon enant on earth for Thine Only-be O God, grant unto him gotten Son
lay
;
we
beseech Thee, a place among Thine holy Bishops, who are
now,
entered into everlasting blessedness. Through the Same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
5.
look in the pitifulness of Thy mercy upon the souls of my father and mother, (or, the soul of my father, or, the soul of my mother,) and forgive
them
their
glorious
by Whose inscrutable appointment Thy servant N. (here express his name] was called to in
Who hast commanded us ^^ GOD, to honour our father and mother,
trespasses,
her
or,
me
and grant unto them (or, him,
^^ GOD, place
deceased Parents.
r~\
trespasses,
Amen.
f~\
a
For
Q
Apostolic Thy servant N. (here express his name} to stand before Thee in the high place of a Bishop (or Priest),
we beseech Thee, that he may be joined unto the company of such grant,
in everlasting blessedness. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
him
his
trespasses,)
the joy of seeing again in the
or, her,)
of
light
everlasting
life.
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
in the unity of the
One God, world without The above Prayer
is
Holy Ghost, end.
Amen.
altered to suit
circumstances, as where several child ren join in prayer for a parent, or a the parents of instead of my
company of persons for our
"
all,
and
"
and
"
"
us,"
"
"
me."
7. For deceased Brethren, Comrades, Friends, Kinsfolk, or Benefactors, is said the Prayer, O God, Who forgivest iniquity, &c.," (under I,) with "
the necessary alterations.
For a deceased Priest or Bishop.
Who in the ranks of the ^^ GOD, Priesthood hast caused
(or,
her
8.
For a Man.
f~\ ^^^
LORD,
call
upon Thee
incline
Thine ear unto
we humbly show mercy unto of Thy servant N. (here ex name} which it hath pleased
the prayers whereby
the soul
press the
Thee
to
to call out of this world, that it please Thee also to set him in a place of peace and light, and give him a part with Thy Saints. Through
may
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Psalm V.
Deacon
dinal
N."
^-*
For a Womait.
not
and give her inheritance in Through our everlasting salvation.
fouled,
Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, liveth and reigneth with Thee, unity of the Holy Ghost, one Amen. world without end.
Who in the
God,
the
three
Nocturns
Antiphons throughout
and
are doubled,
with Ps. Otherwise
xciv., it
the Office
are
:
a God that hath pleasure in wickedness Neither shall the evil dwell with * nor the unrighteous stand in Thee, :
Thy sight Thou hatest * Thou shalt :
destroy
them that
all
:
the bloody man. * But as for me, in the multitude of Thy mercy * I I will come into Thine house will worship toward Thine holy temple
said Office
commences
Invitatory. with the First
deceitful
:
in
Thy
make my way face.
mouth
and Saturdays.
O LORD,
Thy
in
right
* because of mine enemies eousness,
Second on Tuesdays Thursdays, and Fridays, and the Third on Wed the
fear.
Lead me,
Antiphon. If one Nocturn be said, the First is said on Mondays and
nesdays
workers of iniquity.
all
The LORD abhorreth
and an
begins
my voice In the morning will I stand before Thee and look up. * For Thou art
and
the
!
speak leasing
THE DIRGE. When
O sup
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, and my God For unto Thee will I pray. * O LORD, in the morning Thou shalt
have pity upon the soul of Thine (here express her name], purge her from all defilements whereby in this dying body she hath been be
handmaid N.
my
my King
hear
to
unto my words, * consider
ear
LORD,
T ORD, we beseech Thee in the tenderness of Thy great mercy, "^
with a
David,"
superscription.]
(?)
plication.
* 10.
Psalm of
"A
[Intituled
musical
C* IVE If the deceased were a Cardinal Deacon, is said "Thy servant the Car
825
For there
is
before
straight
no faithfulness
;
Thy
in their
* their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulchre * Judge they flatter with their tongue. :
;
Unto
Invitatory.
King
O
live. 1
all
worship
Him
*
O
the
[Eternal] come, let us
Lord, grant them eternal rest, let the everlasting light shine
and upon them
!
First
my
sels
cast
;
fall
!
by
their
them out
in
own coun the
multi
* for transgressions, O rebelled have Thee, against they tude
of
their
Lord!
And
FIRST NOCTURN. Antiphon.
straight before
Thou them, O God Let them
!
Thy
trust
Make my way face,
*
O
Lord
God. 1
Luke
let
all
those that
put
their
* let them Thee, rejoice Thou because shout for joy, in
:
ever dwellest in them Let them also that love :
xx. 38.
Thy Name
826
THE ADDITIONAL
be joyful in Thee. * bless the righteous.
For Thou
SERVICES. Psalm VII.
wilt
An Hymn of David, which he LORD concerning the words of the Benjamite." This Cush is supposed to be the same as Shimei, whose cursing of David is narrated in 2 Kings (Sam.) xvi. 7, 8, or else a nickname for Saul.] "
Thou hast compassed Thy favour as with a
LORD,
* with
us
shield.
Return, O LORD, save me for Thy
Second Antiphon.
my
deliver
mercy
s
soul
sake
*
:
O
!
Psalm VI.
anger
:
rebuke me not in Thine * neither chasten me in
Thine hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for * O I am weak LORD, heal me, for bones are shaken. my My soul also is sore vexed * but Thou, O LORD, how long ? :
:
O
Return, soul
* :
O
my
LORD,
deliver
me
Thy mercy
save
for
s
sake.
For in death there that remembereth Thee
who
the
grave thanks ?
am weary
1
Mine eye *
grief: all
I
is
with
my
my :
Thee
groaning, * I water
grown dim because of
for the
my
give
bed
my
mine enemies. Depart from me,
the voice of
:
no one * and in
tears.
am waxen
iniquity
is
shall
wash
every night my couch with I
:
* the
refuge
ye workers of
all
LORD
O LORD my this,
*
hands If
if
LORD hath
God,
mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed * let them return and be ashamed suddenly. all
have requited with
I
me
Lest he tear my * while there is none
soul like a lion, to deliver, or to save.
1
mine
them
evil
[with good], empty before
*
may
then flee mine enemies. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it, yea, let him tread down * and life the mine I
my
upon
honour
in the dust. 1
lay
earth,
* Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger and lift up Thyself against the borders of mine enemies. And awake for me, O Lord my :
according to the decree that * so shall the con hast made of the gregation people compass Thee about.
God,
Thou
:
For
their
sakes, therefore, return * the LORD judgeth :
the peoples.
Judge me,
O LORD,
righteousness, mine integrity that
O come
let
to
* God
according to * and according to is in
an end, and establish the just
trieth the hearts
Mine from the
and
;
reins.
help is righteous, coming * Who saveth the Lord,
upright in heart. God is a righteous
and patient every day ?
SLH.
me.
the wickedness of the wicked
:
Third Antiphon.
have done
;
my supplica received my
if I
there be iniquity in
that requited
hath heard
weeping.
:
save.
Thou on high
prayer.
Let
God, in Thee do I * save me from all them that persecute me, and de liver me. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, * while there is none to deliver, or to
old because of
The LORD hath heard my tion
r\ LORD my take
[Intituled "A Psalm of David." The title also contains directions, probably musical, the meaning of which is now uncertain.]
C\ LORD,
[Intituled
sang unto the
Cush
*
:
is
He
judge, strong not provoked
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. He will whet His hath bent His bow and
ye turn not,
If
sword
*
He
:
made it ready. And hath fitted thereon
First Responsory. believe
I
and
eth,
the instru
ments of death, * He hath ordained His arrows against the persecutors.
the
brought forth falsehood.
self,
:
* a pit and digged it fallen into the ditch which he
and is made.
shall stand
I
the
at
flesh
Saviour.
my Redeemer
that
that
earth
my
in
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity * he hath conceived mischief, and
He made
827
Whom
Verse.
latter
shall
I
and mine eyes
I
God my
see
shall
liv-
up from day, and
my
see for
shall behold,
and
not another.
:
And
Answer. see
God my
my
in
flesh shall
I
Saviour.
His mischief shall return upon his
own head * and his iniquity come down upon his own pate. :
I
will
praise to the
name
Second Lesson?
LORD
the
praise
His righteousness
to
shall
:
according * and will sing
LORD Most
of the
High.
soul
weary of
is
leave
my
life
;
I
will
my
complaint upon my self; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God Do not condemn me show me wherefore :
;
From
Verse.
the gates of the grave Deliver their souls, O
Answer. Lord.
The Lord s Prayer is then said si lently, and then is begun immediately the
First Lesson}-
ORD
T
me
let
!
alone
;
are vanity. What shouldest magnify
for
my
days
man, that Thou him ? or that Thou shouldest set Thine heart upon him ? Thou visitest him very early, and triest him suddenly. How long wilt Thou not depart from me, nor let
me
alone,
spittle
?
I
Thou judgest me
thus.
good unto Thee
that
maltreat me, that press the work of Thine hands, and help the counsel of the wicked ? Hast Thou eyes of flesh ? or seest Thou as man seeth ? Are Thy days as the days of man ? Are Thy years as the times of men, that Thou inquirest
mine
and
my
Thou knowest
after
iniquity, sin ? Yet
is
after
that
that
I
Preserver of men ? Why hast Thou set me as a mark against Thee, so that I am a burden to myself? Why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take
Behold now iniquity ? shall I sleep in the dust, and if Thou shalt seek me in the morning, I shall
away mine
is
searchest
done no wrong, but none that can deliver
out of Thine hand.
Second Responsory.
;
O Thou
have
there
I swallow down my till have sinned what shall I
do unto Thee,
Doth it seem Thou shouldest Thou shouldest op
Thou from
Who
the
didst
grave
call
after
up Lazarus he had
that
do Thou, O Lord, begun to stink grant them rest and a place of for !
giveness. Verse.
Thou
Who
shalt
come
to
!
not be.
The Responsory 1
Job
is
vii.
begun 16.
directly.
judge the quick and dead, and the world by fire Answer. Do Thou, O Lord, grant them rest and a place of forgiveness. 2
Job.
x. i.
THE ADDITIONAL
828
He
Third Lesson.
HPHINE
hands have made
me and
fashioned me together round about; and dost Thou so suddenly
Thee, that clay,
into
me
leadeth
righteousness,
*
though
Yea,
the
in
for I
of
paths
His Name s sake. walk through the
valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil * for Thou art with me :
me
? Remember, I beseech Thou hast made me as the and that Thou wilt bring me the dust again. Hast Thou not
destroy
SERVICES.
poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese ? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favour,
Thy
:
rod and
Thy
staff
*
they
com
me.
fort
Thou
*
preparest a table before me, the presence of mine enemies Thou anointest mine head with oil in
:
:
* and mine overflowing cup,
O how
;
and Thy
hath preserved
my
LORD *
Verse.
dread
I
my
sins,
before Thee see the Great Tribunal set In fear and terror I implore Thee, Forgive when soul and Judge are
For
have sinned greatly
O
and
let
Lord, grant them eternal the everlasting light shine
upon them. Answer.
Psalm XXIV.
TJ
NTO
Thee,
my soul
This
David."
"Of
[Intituled ABC Darian.]
* :
Psalm
is
O LORD, do I lift up O my God, I trust in
Thee, let me not be ashamed. Neither let mine enemies triumph over me * for none that wait on Thee shall be ashamed Let them be ashamed that trans * without cause. gress Show me Thy ways, O LORD, * and teach me Thy paths.
For
I
have sinned greatly
life.
:
Lead me
SECOND NOCTURN.
down *
in
Thy
truth
;
:
He maketh me
First Antiphon.
in
and teach
* for Thou art the God of salvation and on Thee do I wait
me
lie
Lord, remember * nor my
youth,
:
life.
Verse.
my
I
my
transgressions.
!
!
in
not the sins of
blush
I
I
met Answer.
for ever.
Second Antiphon.
Lord, when Thou comest to judge the earth, where shall I hide myself from the face of Thy wrath ? For I have sinned greatly in my life.
rest,
!
Surely Thy mercy shall follow me * all the days of my life And I will dwell in the house of the
Third Responsory.
my
it
:
visitation
spirit.
in
is
goodly
to
all
the day.
Remember,
green pastures.
my
O
LORD, Thy tender
* and Thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old. mercies,
Psalm XXII. [Intituled a
^HEnotLORD want.
"
is
lie
down
in
Psalm of
my
*
Remember not * nor
my
David."]
Shepherd,
I
shall
He maketh me
green pastures He leadeth me beside the * waters. He restoreth my soul
to
According Thou me, *
O
still :
:
Thy mercy remember for Thy goodness sake, to
LORD.
Good and
:
the sins of my youth,
transgressions
* therefore the way.
upright is the LORD ; He teach sinners in
will
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. The meek ment
He
will
* the meek
:
will
guide in judg He teach His
The LORD
is the defence of my life whom shall I be afraid ? When the evil-doers come upon me, to eat up my flesh,
All
the
of the
paths
LORD
are
* unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
*
Mine enemies
truth,
For Thy Name s sake, don mine iniquity * for ;
O LORD, it is
par
great.
What man is he that feareth LORD ? * him shall He teach in way that He shall choose. His soul shall dwell at ease
*
his seed shall inherit the earth.
The LORD
a strong rock unto them that fear Him * and His cove nant shall be made known to them. Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD * for He shall pluck my feet out of the net. is
:
:
trouble
* mine heart
me,
*
encamp shall
not
rise against
me,
fear.
the
* and
:
that
they stumble and fall. Though an host should against me,
the
:
* of
way.
mercy and
829
Though war should in this will
One
be confident.
I
have
thing
that will
LORD,
desired of the
I
seek
I
after,
* that
all
I
LORD
dwell in the house of the the days of my life,
may
To behold the beauty of the LORD, * and to visit His temple. For He hath hidden me in His * in the secret of His taber pavilion nacle hath He hidden me in the day :
Turn Thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, * for I am desolate and afflicted. The troubles of mine heart are en *
larged
O
:
me
bring
out
of
my
of trouble.
He hath set me up upon a rock * and now hath He lifted up mine head above mine enemies. :
distresses.
I
Look upon mine affliction and my * and pain forgive all my sins. :
Consider mine enemies, for they are * and they hate me with cruel
many
:
hatred.
O *
let
keep
trust in
to
me
:
my
soul,
and deliver
not be ashamed, for
me my :
put
Thee.
Redeem
Israel,
O
God,
* out of
all
!
I
believe that
I
see the goodness of the * in the land of the living.
yet
* :
voice
O
I
will sing, yea,
LORD, when
I
* have mercy on
:
I
unto the LORD.
[Intituled
"Of
David."
The Vulgate and
the LXX. add "before his anointing." 2 Kings (Sam.) ii. 4. Monday, fifth
See
week
after Pentecost.] /
"T*HE
heart said unto Thee,
cry with
me and
I
is :
my light and my * whom shall I
*
:
Thy
My
face,
face
LORD,
seek.
Hide not Thy face far from me * turn not away in anger from Thy :
servant.
Be Thou mine Helper, leave me, nor forsake me,
* neither of
O God
my salvation. When my
father and my mother forsake me, * then the LORD taketh up.
Teach me Thy way, O LORD * and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. :
Deliver
LORD
salvation
My
hath sought Thee
me
Psalm XXVI.
fear?
Hear,
my
His tabernacle the
in
will sing praises
will
Third Antiphon.
LORD
I
undefiled and the upright cleave * for I wait on Thee.
his troubles
shall
offer
answer me.
me
The
will
sacrifice of joy
me
mine enemies
not over unto the will of * for false witnesses :
are risen up against me, hath belied itself.
and
iniquity
THE ADDITIONAL
8 3o believe that
I
*
in
LORD, be of good
* and thine heart shall be I the wait, say, on
:
strengthened,
LORD.
May
Verse.
cut
down
he
:
a shadow, dost Thou
fleeth also as
and continueth
And
not.
it worthy to open Thine eyes upon such an one, and to bring him into judgment with Thee ? Who can
think
of the living. Wait on the
courage
yet see the the land
shall
I
LORD
goodness of the
SERVICES.
the
LORD
set
them
bring a clean thing out of unclean seed ? Is it not Thou Who alone art ? The days of man are short, the number of his months is with Thee Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. Turn from him for a :
with princes.
Even with
Answer. His people.
the princes of
Fourth Lesson.
Thou me: how many
are mine
Make me
shall
iniquities
know my
to
and
sins
Thou
puttest
my
feet in
and lookest narrowly unto all my paths, and observest my foot steps, and as a rotten thing I am to be consumed, and as a garment that is
moth-eaten.
Remember, O God, The eye of him
that
wind.
cried
hear
my
Thee,
my
life
is
that hath seen
me
!
I
Lord,
voice.
The eye
Answer. seen
O LORD
shall see
of
me no
him
that hath
more.
that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. cometh forth like a flower, and is
Job
xiii.
22.
!
for
I
have
Have mercy upon me, when Thou comest
at the latter day.
Verse.
My
soul
is
sore vexed, but
Thou, O LORD, help me. Answer. Have mercy upon me, when Thou comest at the latter day. Sixth Lesson.
C\ THAT Thou wouldest hide me ^^ in the grave, that Thou wouldest me
secret, until
Thy wrath be
man
All the die, shall he live again ? days wherein I now toil, I am waiting till my change come. Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee. Thou wilt stretch forth Thy right hand unto the work of Thine hands. Thou dost in deed number my steps, but be Thou merciful unto my sins.
Sixth Responsory.
TV/TAN
1
Lord
:
Fifth Lesson?
He
O
me,
;
me no more. Out of the depths have
unto
is
that Thou wouldest appoint me past a set time, and remember me. If a
shall see
Verse.
he
sinned greatly in my life. I am smitten what shall I do ? Whither shall I flee but unto Thee, O my God ?
keep
Fourth Responsory.
me
rest, till
hireling, his
Fifth Responsory.
Woe
transgressions
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy ? Dost Thou show forth Thy power against a leaf driven to and fro by the wind ? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble ? For Thou writest bitter things against me, and art fain to consume me with the iniquities of youth. the stocks,
an
?
offences.
my
may
day.
ANSWER and
while, that he accomplish, as
little *-
Hold not
my
sins in
remembrance,
O
Lord, when Thou comest to judge the world by fire. 2
Job
xiv. i.
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. Make my way
Verse.
fore
Thy
Answer. judge the world by
O
Verse. rest,
and
straight be
O Lord my When Thou
face,
let
God. comest
the
in
When Thou
judge the world by
*
will: O my God, I delight do it, yea, Thy law is within mine heart. I have preached Thy righteousness
Thy
to
fire.
Lord, grant them eternal the everlasting light shine
upon them. Answer.
In the beginning of the book it written of me that I should fulfil
is
to
831
comest
to
great
congregation
have not refrained
my
lips
:
*
:
lo,
O
I
LORD,
Thou knowest.
fire.
have not hidden Thy righteous * I have within my heart declared Thy faithfulness and Thy I
ness
THIRD NOCTURN. First Antiphon. Be pleased, O * O LORD, to deliver me LORD, look upon me to help me.
salvation.
:
XXXIX.
Psalm
Psalm of
David" and with [Intituled the same (now) uncertain superscription as "A
Ps. xii.]
WAITED
T
patiently for the
LORD,
* and He inclined unto me, And heard my cry * He brought :
me up also out of an horrible pit, and out of the miry clay. And set my feet upon a rock *
:
have not concealed Thy loving* from the
I
kindness, and Thy truth great congregation. Withhold not Thou
Thy tender mercies from me, O LORD * let Thy loving-kindness and Thy truth con tinually preserve me. For countless evils have compassed me about * mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, and I am not able to look up. They are more in number than the * and mine heart hairs of mine head :
:
:
;
and ordered
And He
my
goings. hath put a
* even
mouth,
faileth
my
new song
praise
unto
in
our
God. shall trust in
Blessed is
it,
that
is
Name
the
who
and the LORD.
shall see
Many
* and
man whose trust LORD * and
the
of
fear,
respecteth not pride and lying
:
like
God, are
Thy
which Thou
hast
Thy thoughts unto Thee.
there
wonderful works done * and in I
;
opened. Burnt-offering
Thou not I
come.
O
help me. Let them
be ashamed and con founded together that seek after my * to it. destroy
soul,
Let
them
be
and put
to
shame,
driven
backward, * that wish me
and sin-offering hast * then said I Lo,
required
:
Let them quickly bear their shame, * that say unto me Aha, Aha. Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee * and let such :
:
would declare and speak of * them, they are more than can be numbered. Sacrifice and offering Thou hast not * but mine ears hast Thou desired If
O LORD, to deliver LORD, look upon me to
pleased,
evil.
Many, O LORD my
none
* :
:
vanities.
is
Be
me
me.
:
as love
Thy salvation say The LORD be magnified.
continually
:
But I am poor and needy * the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer * make no tarrying, O God. :
:
Second Antiphon. LORD, heal my * for I have sinned against Thee. soul
;
THE ADDITIONAL Psalm XL. Psalm of David," with some [Intituled other words, of meaning now uncertain, as in "A
some other Psalms.]
T)LESSED
he that considereth the poor and needy * the LORD is
:
will deliver
him
time of trouble.
in
LORD
The
blessed upon the earth him not unto the
:
liver
enemies
be and de
* will
of his
!
!
bed
his
As
for
said
I
LORD, be merci
:
come and appear
name
his
he came to see * his heart
If
vanity
me
he spake
gathereth iniquity
:
S the hart panteth after the water* so brooks panteth my soul after Thee, O God! :
He went
* and told
out,
All they that
hate
me
whispered
*
me
:
plotted together to do me that he lieth, surely he
They *
Now
:
up no more. Yea, mine own familiar friend I
*
trusted,
hath
bread,
who
lifted
But Thou,
O
did
eat
his
up
:
know
:
I
1
come and appear
I
* :
before
me
before
Thy
face for ever.
Quoted by our Lord. John xiii. 18. chain of mountains in the north-east of
A
been my meat day * while they daily say unto
tears have
night,
Where
:
is
thy
God
?
remember these
I
things,
I
* for I will pour out my soul in me of the the unto wondrous go place Tabernacle, even unto the house of God. * With the voice of and :
joy noise of a multitude
praise
praise,
that
keep
my
Him,
enance and
My
that
:
2
for the
God
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, * and why art thou disquieted in me ? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet * the Health of count
triumph over me. But as for me, Thou upholdest me, * and because of mine innocence settest
God,
living
of
heel
Thou delightest * because mine enemy cannot
this
me
the
holiday.
LORD, be merciful me up * and I
unto me, and raise will requite them. in
for
in
1 against me.
By
athirst for
is
shall
My and
the
will rise
my
soul
When
it.
together against me against did they devise mine hurt.
whom
My
me
to itself.
evil
I
?
God?
?
perish
God
before
singers in the time of David.]
when
and
die,
th i r s te th
* when shall
[This Psalm has a superscription, the meaning of which is not now certain, but which seems in part to imply that it was a didactic poem written to be sung by the choir of the Korahites, a family of Levites and
When
:
he
;
Psalm XLI.
mighty God,
:
shall
God
the living
unto me * heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. Mine enemies speak evil of me * ful
M y soul
Third A ntiphon. for
A
in his sickness.
me,
Amen, Amen.
to
The LORD strengthen him upon his bed of suffering * Thou hast made all
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. *
and
make him
him, and
quicken
him,
preserve
SERVICES.
soul
God.
my is
therefore will
down within me * remember Thee from
cast I
:
the land of Jordan, and from the mountains of Hermon, 2 from the Little Hill. 3
Deep noise of
calleth
Thy
unto deep, * at the
waterspouts.
Palestine, stretching
down on
the eastern side of
Jordan. 3
Or
rather, the
of Lebanon. cities in the
May
Mizar (viz. the Little), proper name of a mountain on the eastern ridge not be that the Korahites were among the Levitical families which had
hill it
north and north-east districts?
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. Thy waves and Thy
All
billows *
are gone over me.
LORD hath commanded [the praise of] His loving-kindness in the * and in the day-time, night His song. Mine shall it be to pray unto the God of my life. * I will say unto God The
833
Seventh Responsory.
Forasmuch as
sin daily,
I
my
refuge.
hast
Thou
art
Why
and why go
*
forgotten me ? mourning, while the
I
enemy oppresseth me
?
bones are broken, * they that trouble me, even mine enemies,
While
my
reproach
me
While
Where
they say daily unto me * thy God ? Why art thou
O my
cast down,
soul,
and why
art
thou disquieted within me ? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet * the health of praise Him my count enance and my God. :
O
Verse.
the souls of
Thy
deliver not unto beasts
O
God, by Thy
in
Thy
strength.
Answer. O God, have mercy upon me, and save me, for in hell there is no redemption. 2 Eighth Lesson.
TV/T
Y
flesh
bone
my
consumed,
is
unto my skin, and there remaineth not round my teeth save the skin of my lips. Have pity cleaveth
upon me, have ye that are
upon me,
pity
my
at least
friends, for the
hand
of the Lord hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and glut
upon my flesh ? O that words were now written O that they were inscribed in a book with an yourselves
them that praise Thee
And
Answer. of
Save me,
Verse.
Name, and judge me
;
:
is
re
redemption.
:
Thou
and
pent not, the fear of death troubleth me. O God, have mercy upon me, and save me, for in hell there is no
!
forget not the souls
poor for ever.
my
iron
!
pen, or cut in lead, or graven upon the flinty rock
with a chisel
Seventh Lesson. 1
IX/TY breath
my
will
wax
and
feebler,
days fewer, and there
is
I nothing before me but the grave. have not sinned yet my mind remaineth in affliction. Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside Thee and let any man s hand fight against me. ;
!
For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that I shall stand up from the earth at the latter day, and in my flesh shall
I
God
see
;
Whom
shall
I
see for myself, and mine eyes shall be This is mine hold, and not another.
hope that
is
laid
up
in
my
bosom.
;
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, and are but vexation to my
They change
spirit.
the
night
into day, and again, after the darkness I hope for light. If I wait, the grave is
mine house
;
I
in the darkness.
ruption
worm sister.
hope
?
:
have made my bed I have said to cor
Thou art my father to the Thou art my mother, and my Where therefore is now my As for my patience, who shall
:
consider
it ?
Eighth Responsory.
O Lord, my works
me
judge
not according to
have done nothing that can be counted in respect of Thee. I beseech Thy Majesty there fore, that
;
for
I
Thou wouldest
transgressions,
O
Job
xvii. i.
my
Verse. Lord, wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Answer. Blot out O God.
my
sions, 1
blot out
God.
2
Job
xix. 20.
transgres
THE ADDITIONAL
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Ninth Lesson?-
Ninth Responsory when only one Nocturn has been said.
hast Thou brought VyHEREFORE me forth out of the womb O I
!
have been carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few ? alone then, that I may com fort myself a little in my sorrow, before I go whence I shall not re turn,
and
even
the land of darkness the shadow of death, a land of to
cheerlessness and darkness, where the night of death dwelleth, without any order, but shapelessness and dreadfulness of darkness for ever.
from the ways of
hell,
Lord, Who didst break the gates of brass in sunder, and didst descend
O
into hell, and give them light, that they that sat in affliction and dark
ness might behold Thee.
me
Let
me
Deliver
?
had perished, and no eye had I seen me should have been as I should though I had not been that
SERVICES.
Crying and saying, Thou O our Redeemer
Verse.
hast come,
Answer. That they that sat in and darkness might behold
affliction
Thee.
O Lord, grant them eternal and let the everlasting light shine upon them Answer. That they that sat in affliction and darkness might behold Verse.
rest,
!
Thee.
Ninth Responsory when three Nocttirns have been said. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death in that awful day when the heavens and the earth shall be 2
Thou
shaken, and the world by
come
shalt
to
Quaking and
Verse.
dread take look for the and the wrath to
coming of the
trial
I
come.
When
Answer.
That
Verse.
of
wrath,
the heavens
and
a
tion,
day day
great
When Thou
judge the world by Verse.
and
O
shalt
from
eternal
day, earth
when
the
everlasting
*
:
the multitude of
*
out
blot
my
me,
O
Lord, awful
the
x. 18.
thoroughly from mine * and cleanse me from my
:
sin.
For
I
gression before me. :
fire.
Job
Wash me
light
death in that heavens and the shall be shaken, and Thou come to judge the world
1
mercy upon me, O God, Thy great mercy
And according to Thy tender mercies
iniquity
!
by
AVE
after
come
fire.
Lord, grant them eternal
let
shine upon them Answer. Deliver
shalt
6th Sunday.)]
transgressions.
Answer.
rest,
history is in 2 Kings (Sam.) xi. (Saturday, 5th week after Pentecost, and
of
wasteness
L.
The whole
T_J a
day and desola and exceeding is
bitter. 8
to
Psalm
[This Psalm has a musical (?) superscrip tion, and the title then proceeds, "A Psalm of David, when Nathan the Prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba." xii.
the earth shall be shaken.
the
First Antiphon. The bones which Thou hast broken * may rejoice.
judge
fire.
hold upon me, when
Lauds begin at once with
Haggai
acknowledge
* and
my
my sin
trans
is
ever
Against Thee, Thee only, have
I
sinned, and done evil in Thy sight * that Thou mightest be justified when :
Thou Thou ii.
6.
speakest,
and be
clear
art judged. 3
Zeph.
i.
15.
when
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. For behold, I was shapen in in * and in sin did iquity my mother conceive me. For behold Thou desirest truth * the hidden secrets of Thy wisdom Thou hast made manifest unto me. Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I * wash shall be clean me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and glad * that the bones which Thou ness hast broken may rejoice. Hide Thy face from my sins * and blot out all mine iniquities. :
Second Antiphon.
my
prayer
:
unto Thee
;
hear
Lord,
*
shall all flesh
come.
Psalm LXIV.
:
:
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[Intituled
with a musical
A Song
Psalm.
"A
(?)
of
David,"
The Vul
superscription.
gate adds that its use was prescribed by Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the exiles when they began to return from the Captivity.]
Thee, O God, unto Thee shall
becometh pRAISE * and in Zion :
vow be performed in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer * unto Thee shall
the
:
:
all flesh
come.
Create in me a clean heart, O * and renew a right spirit with in me. Cast me not away from Thy pres ence * and take not Thine holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy * and salvation me with
* but Iniquities prevail against us as for our transgressions, Thou shalt
Thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways * and sinners shall be
ness of Thine house
God
:
:
:
purge them away. Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest, and causest to come near unto Thee * he shall dwell in Thy :
courts
We
uphold
:
is
O
God, Thou God of my salvation * and my tongue shall sing aloud l of :
Thy
righteousness.
O LORD open Thou my lips, * and my mouth shall show forth Thy
shall
holy,
be satisfied with the good * Thy temple :
terrible in righteousness.
Answer us, O God of our salvation Thou that art the confidence of :
:
converted unto Thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
:
*
the ends of the earth, and of the uttermost parts of the sea Thou that by Thy strength settest fast the mountains, being girded with
all
!
power
:
* Thou that
depth of the sea,
waves
stirrest up the and the noise of
praise.
his
For Thou desirest not sacrifice, * Thou deelse would I give it
The heathen shall be troubled. They that dwell in the uttermost parts * Thou shall be afraid at Thy tokens
:
lightest not in burnt-offering. The sacrifice of God is a spirit
heart,
* a broken
:
O
God, Thou
and a
:
broken contrite
wilt not despise.
makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. Thou visitest the earth and waterest
shalt
Thou be pleased with
* Thou greatly enrichest it The river of God is full of water * for Thou makest ready their corn, it. Thou hast so prepared
sacrifices
of righteousness, with and whole burnt-offer
fruits thereof:
Do good unto Zion
:
in
Thy good
* to build the
pleasure of
walls
Jerusalem.
Then the
!
burnt-offering
* then shall ing they upon Thine altar. :
,
offer bullocks
it
:
:
:
Drench her furrows, increase the *
the springing there of shall rejoice at her showers. Thou crownest the year with Thy
1 So the Hebrew, the LXX., and all the versions, including the curious mistake of exultabit for exaltabit.
Doway, but the Latin
text
has
THE ADDITIONAL
836 goodness
*
and
:
Thy
teem
fields
with fruitfulness.
girded with joy. The pastures ;
*
corn
the wilderness
are
with
clothed
But the King
are
little hills
the valleys also overflow with
:
destroy it, shall go into the lower parts * of the earth they shall fall by the sword, they shall be a portion for foxes. :
The green places of wax fruitful:.* and the
flocks
SERVICES.
shall
lies
be stopped.
Psalm LXVI.
Thy
right
hand
"
be merciful unto us, and bless * cause His face to shine 1 upon us, and be merciful unto us. That Thy way may be known upon
God,
*
flesh longeth for
my
Thee,
In a dry and desert land, without water. * So have I appeared before the
Sanctuary, to see
power and Thy glory. Because Thy loving *
life,
my
Thy
Thus
will
will
I
kindness
is
lips shall praise
Thee while I live up mine hands in Thy
bless
lift
:
name.
My
soul
be
When
I
shall
fatness
earth
:
"*
:
;
remember Thee upon
my
:
:
rejoice.
My
soul
followeth
hard after Thee: * Thy right hand upholdeth me. But those that seek my soul to
SLH. SLH.
The
among
Let the people praise Thee, O God the people praise Thee. let the nations be glad and sing * for Thou for joy judgest the people righteously, and governest the :
let all
:
nations upon earth. 2 Let the people praise Thee, O God, let all the people praise Thee. * The earth hath yielded her increase
Let God, even our own God, bless * and let all us let God bless us the ends of the earth fear Him. :
;
Fourth Antiphon. of the Lord.
From
* deliver
grave
the gates
my
soul,
O
THE SONG OF HEZEKIAH, KING OF JUDAH.
repetition of the
words
"be
(Isa. xxxviii. 10.)
The
writing of Hezekiah, King when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness." The history will be found in 4 (2) Kings xx. (nth Sunday "
meditate upon Thee in the bed, * because Thou hast night watches been mine help And in the shadow of Thy wings I
I
saving health
Thy
nations.
all
satisfied as
with * and my mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips.
marrow and
us
;
-
Thee. * and
f*OD ^^^
*
early
:
better than
superscription,
Targum
David.]
soul thirsteth for Thee, *
in
the
Psalm LXII.
Thou art my (^) ^^ GOD, will I seek Thee
Thee
musical
the give no title, ex cept "A Psalm, a Psalm." But the Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe the authorship to
[Besides
A
one of the most perilous periods of David s life, when he was flying from the pursuit of Saul, and hiding in different forests and wilder nesses in the south of Palestine. He was betrayed again and again, and had the most hairbreadth escapes. The history will be found in i Kings (Sam.) xxii. and xxiii.]
My
a
Hebrew and
Psalm of David, when he [Intituled was in the wilderness of Judah." This was
a
:
they shout for joy, yea, they
Third Antiphon. * upholdeth me.
1
God
:
speak
sing.
will
shall rejoice in
every one that sweareth by him shall * for the mouth of them that glory
[Intituled
of Judah,
after Pentecost.)]
T SAID, In the midst of my days * I shall go to the gates of the grave 1 looked for the rest of :
merciful unto
us,"
is
my
years.
peculiar to the Latin,
THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD. I
said, I shall not see the LORD in the land of the living * with I shall behold man no more,
my
God 1
Mine age is departed, and is rolled * as a up from me, shepherd s tent life is cut off as by a weaver My my web was scarce begun when He cut me off: * from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me. :
:
I thought I might live till morning * as a lion, so doth He break all my bones From day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me. * Like a swal low s fledgling so did I twitter, I did coo as a dove Mine eyes fail, * with looking up :
:
:
ward.
LORD, I am seized, undertake me. * What shall I say, or what will He answer me, seeing that He Himself hath done it ?
for
my
all
my soul. O Lord,
of
live,
my
remembrance before
will call to
1
Thee
Psalm CXLVIII.
:
the dwellers in the land of rest.
and
spirit,
in
years
*
in the bitterness
if
by these things
such things
is
the
of
life
Thou chasten me, :
from destruction * Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. For the grave cannot praise Thee, * death cannot celebrate Thee they that go down into the pit cannot hope :
:
Thy The living,
the
he
living,
praise Thee, as I do this day father to the children shall
:
shall
* the
make
truth.
save
me
:
* and we
is
prefixed
The
"Alleluia."
LXX. connects it with the Prophets Haggai and Zechariah. See Thursday and Friday in the fifth week of November.] ye pRAISE heavens heights. Praise
*
LORD from Him in
the
*
:
Him,
ye
the the
praise
His
all
Angels
praise ye Him, all His hosts. Praise ye Him, sun and moon
:
* :
praise Him, all ye stars and light. Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens
:
* and all the waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the
Name
LORD
of the
He
For
made 2
!
and
spake,
*
were
they
He commanded and
:
they
were created. He hath established them for ever and ever * He hath made a decree which shall not pass. Praise the LORD from the earth, * ye dragons, and all deeps Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind, * fulfilling His word :
:
* fruitful Mountains, and all hills, trees, and all cedars * Beasts, and all cattle, creeping and fowl flying things, * Kings of the earth, and all people and all of the earth judges princes, Young men, and maidens, old men, let them and children praise the :
:
;
:
:
Name alone
of the is
LORD
exalted
*
for
His
Name
!
His glory is above heaven and * He also exalteth the horn of His people, The praise of all His Saints, * even of the children of Israel, a people near unto Him.
will
sing our songs all the days of our in the house of the LORD.
Fifth
Psalm
earth.
truth.
O LORD,
this
-
so mayest
known Thy
[To
:
men
and make me to live. * Behold, mine anguish is [turned] into peace But Thou hast delivered my soul
for
837
Let
Antiphon.
everything
* that hath breath praise the
My God
"
1
"
2
Taken from
LORD.
not in the Ps. xxxii. 9.
is
Psalm CXLIX.
life
CING unto the ^ * His praise
LORD in the
a new song: congregation
of Saints,
Hebrew. but the Divine
Name
is
repeated.
THE ADDITIONAL
838 Let
Israel
made him ,
in
rejoice
* and
:
Him That
the children of
let
Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His Name in * let them the dance sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and
SERVICES.
After the Fifth Antiphon the ser vice proceeds directly thus
:
Answer. I heard a heaven saying unto me
from
voice
:
:
Blessed are the dead which
Verse.
die in the Lord.
harp.
For the LORD taketh pleasure in * He also will His people exalt :
meek unto salvation. Let the Saints be joyful in glory * let them sing aloud upon their beds: Let the high praises of God be in the
:
sword
their
in
To
;
and a two - edged hands ;
execute
vengeance upon the * and heathen, punishments upon the people
and
iron
After the repetition of the Antiphon, down, and the service ends
all kneel
as at Vespers, except that, if Ps. cxlv. is said
have been said at Vespers, now instead,
execute upon
*
them the judg honour have
"
this
:
sions,
the Lord in His sanctuary Him in the firmament !
His mighty acts
in
!
Liturgical or of pilgrims.]
the depths have I cried * Thee, O LORD Lord, !
my
supplication.
:
psaltery and harp Praise Him with the timbrel
*
!
Him
with
and
My
soul
!
waiteth
on
His
word
:
my
soul hopeth in the Lord. From the morning watch even until
*
let Israel hope in the LORD For with the LORD there is mercy, * and with Him is plenteous re
stringed
night
instruments and organs Praise Him upon the loud cymbals, praise Him upon the high-sounding * Let cymbals everything that hath breath praise the LORD !
:
demption.
And He
!
shall
all his iniquities.
!
John
O LORD
Thee,
!
praise
"
Thou, LORD, shouldest mark in * O iquities, Lord, who shall stand ? But there is forgiveness with Thee * because of Thy law, I wait for
!
*
The The
of Degrees." not certain.
If
Him
!
is
"
the voice of
according to His ex cellent greatness Praise Him with the sound of the * Him with the trumpet praise
dance
title
hear my voice. Let Thine ears be attentive * to
!
praise
Song
this
of ^\UTunto
praise
of His power Praise Him
"A
called may perhaps, like the of the Roman Liturgy, be stepintended to be sung during proces
Graduate
songs,"
His Saints.
pRAISE *
Psalm CXXIX. [Intituled
meaning of Psalms so
Psalm CL.
*
the resurrection
The Song of Zacharias.
kings with chains, nobles with fetters of
ment written all
am
:
:
their
their
;
To
life
;
To bind *
I
* he that believeth in Me though he were dead, yet shall he live and whosoever liveth and be lieveth in Me shall never die.
*
mouth
their
l
Antiphon.
and the
xi.
25, 26.
redeem
Israel,
* from
THE GRADUAL PSALMS.
839
ffira&ual The Gradual Psalms are said every Wednesday in Lent, unless a Feast of Nine Lessons is being kept. They are not said in Holy Week. In Choir they are said before the Mattins of the day; out of Choir, whenever convenient.
No
said with
is
Antiphon
these
Psalms. the
Hymn
e?id
"Glory
of the first five, the be to the Father, &c.,"
not said. Ps. cxix.
my
In
distress,
c.,
(p.
186.) Ps.
cxx.
will
I
&c., (p. 186.) Ps. cxxi.
up mine eyes,
lift
Ps. cxxii.
glad,
Unto Thee
(P. 189.).., Ps. cxxiii.
LORD,
O
and
beseech Thee to loosen the souls of Thy men-servants of Thy maid-servants, even the
souls of
all Thy faithful children from bonds soever wherewith their trans gressions have bound them, and grant unto them to live and breathe again among all Thy Saints and elect, in
all
resurrection. glorious Christ our Lord.
the
&c.,
(p.
If
it
lift
I
up, &c.,
had not been the
&c., (p. 189.)
Lord, grant them eternal rest, the everlasting light shine upon
let
Through
Amen.
Answer.
Then are said the next five, and at end of each the Hym?i, Glory be "
to the Father,
&c."
Ps. cxxiv.
was
I
188.)
and
TORD, we
a
At is
Let us pray.
They
that trust in the
LORD,
&c., (/. 189.) Ps. cxxv. When the
LORD
turned,
&c,
(p. 190.) Ps. cxxvi.
Except the
&c., (p. 190.) Ps. cxxvii.
Blessed
&c., (p. 191.) Ps. cxxviii.
Many
LORD
is
build,
every one,
a time, &c., (p.
191.)
them.
Then Then Prayer words
all
and
kneel,
said inaudibly, except the and the ter Our Father
is "
Kyrie eleison.
Our Father
And
lead us not into temptation. Answer. But deliver us from
From
the
gates
of
the
Deliver
Verse.
May
Amen. Hear my
unto Thee.
is
Answer.
But
deliver
us
from
their
souls,
O
Remember Thy congrega
Verse. tion.
Answer. Verse.
Lord s Prayer
evil.
grave.
Answer.
(the
continued inaudibly till the termina tion ] And lead us not into tempta tion.
evil.
Answer. Lord!
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
"
mination
Verse.
all kneel.
Lord s
the
they rest in peace.
And
Answer. chased of
prayer,
let
my
O LORD. cry
come
Which Thou
hast
pur
old.
Verse.
Answer. unto Thee.
Hear my
And
prayer,
let
my
O LORD. cry
come
THE ADDITIONAL
840
Let us pray.
GOD, Whose
f~\ ^~"^
Then
property
have mercy and
SERVICES.
ever to
is
all kneel.
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
to forgive, re
humble petitions, and grant we and all Thy servants who are bound by the chain of sin, may, by ceive our
Kyrie eleison.
that
Our Father
the tenderness of
be
absolved.
Thy
pity, mercifully
Christ
Through
our
Lord.
is
Ps. cxxix.
(p. 192.) Ps. cxxx.
That trust in Thee. Hear my prayer, O LORD. Answer. And let my cry come Verse.
&c."
unto Thee.
Out of the depths, &c.,
LORD,
my
heart
is
Let us pray.
not
CTRETCH
haughty, &c., (p. 192.)
LORD, remember David,
Ps. cxxxi.
(p. 194.) Ps. cxxxiii.
how
good, &c.,
&c., (p. 207.)
Baling
These are said kneeling every Fri
day in Lent when the
of the Week-day, except Good Friday, and the Litany alone (without the Seven Psalms] on St Marfrs Day, April 25 and on the three Rogation Days. In Lent they are said in Choir after Lauds (immediately after V. Bless we R. Thanks be to God.) the Lord.
Out of
Choir,
when
Office is
convenient.
vi.
Remember
O LORD,
Blessed are they, &c.,
Ps.
O
xxxvii.
LORD, rebuke me
&c., (p. 83.) Ps. 1. Have mercy
not,
(P.
upon me, &c.,
870 Ps.
Hear my
ci.
prayer, &c., (p.
I59-) Ps. cxxix.
Out of the depths, &c.,
(P. 192.) cxlii.
said
is
1 (P>
not.
rebuke
all
770
Hear my
me
not,
&c., (p. 5.) 1
Tobias
prayer,
&c.,
53-)
Remember not, Lord, Antiphon. our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers neither take Thou venge ance of our sins. x
Antiphon.
Lord, over
antr
Ps. xxxi. (P-
Ps.
Glory be to the Father, &c., after each Psalm.
O
with all their heart, and what they ask worthily may obtain effectually. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Behold, now, bless ye,
^enttmttal
forth,
Thy men-servants and Thy maid servants the right arm of Thy help from heaven, that they may seek Thee
&c,
(p. 193.) Ps. cxxxii. Behold,
God, save Thy
Answer.
"
to the Father,
O Thou my
Verse.
servants.
Then are said the next five, and at end of each the Hymn, Glory be
Ps.
Lord s Prayer
evil.
Amen.
Answer.
the
(the
continued inaudibly till the termina tion] And lead us not into tempation. Answer. But deliver us from
;
iii.
3.
THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS AND THE LITANY. THE
LITANY.
Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy
Kyrie eleison. Chris te
eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Christ, hear us. Graciously hear us,
O O
God
the
O
O
Christ.
Father,
of
O God
the Son, Redeemer of the world, O God the Holy Ghost,
O
Holy Trinity, One God, , Holy Mary, Holy Mother of God, Holy Virgin of virgins, Holy Michael, Holy Gabriel, Holy Raphael, O all ye holy Angels and Arch all
O
O
ye holy Orders of blessed
all
all
all
all
and
Bishops
ye holy Teachers,
Anthony, Benedict,
Bernard, Dominick, Francis,
all
and
ye
holy
Priests
O
Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy
Paul,
Andrew, James, John,
Thomas,
I
James,
all
ye
holy
Monks and
Hermits,
Peter,
O
all
Mary Magdalen, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecily,
Katharine, Anastasia, ye holy Virgins and
Wi
dows,
Philip,
O
Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, Thaddeus,
all
ye holy
men and women,
children of God,
Make Be
intercession
for
us.
merciful,
O
Lord.
Matthias,
Spare
Barnabas, Luke,
Be
Mark,
From all evil, From all sin, From Thy wrath, From sudden and unprovided
ye holy Apostles
ye holy Innocents, Holy Stephen, Holy Lawrence, VOL. i.
us,
merciful,
Graciously hear us,
and
ye holy Disciples of the
Lord,
O
Martin,
Levites,
Baptist,
Evangelists,
O
Austin,
Jerome,
all
O
ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets,
O
Gregory,
Ambrose,
Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy
all
Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy
ye holy Martyrs, Silvester,
Nicholas, ye holy Confessors,
spirits,
Holy John the Holy Joseph,
Fabian and Sebastian, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian, Gervase and Protase,
all
O
angels,
O
Vincent,
Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy
heaven,
84 I
O
Lord.
death,
From From
the snares of the devil, the spirit of unclean-
s O-
ness, 2
E
THE ADDITIONAL
842
From From
lightning and tempest, the scourge of earth
That Thou wouldest reward with eternal good all them who do good to us, That Thou wouldest deliver our souls, and the souls of our breth ren, kinsfolk, and benefactors, from eternal damnation, That it may please Thee to give and preserve to our use the
quake,
From
pestilence, famine,
and
war,
From
everlasting death,
Through the mystery of Thine holy Incarnation,
Through Thy coming, Through Thy Birth, Through Thy Baptism
fruits of the earth,
and
That
holy Fasting,
grant
Through Thy Cross and
Suffer
Thy
Death
Thine
holy
O Lamb
Rising
Through
Thy wonderful As
Spare
to
the
all
of God,
Thee gra
That takest away
us,
O
Lord.
O Lamb
of God, That takest the sins of the world,
cension,
Through the coming of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, In the day of judgment,
Do
Thee
unto
the sins of the world.
again,
We
please
rest
That it may please ciously to hear us, Son of God,
and
Burial,
Through
may
it
eternal
faithful departed,
ing,
Through
SERVICES.
Graciously hear us,
O
Lord.
O Lamb
of God, That takest the sins of the world,
sinners, beseech Thee to hear us.
Have mercy upon
O
That Thou wouldest spare us, That Thou wouldest pardon us, That it may please Thee to
away
away
tis.
Christ, hear us,
Graciously hear us,
O
Christ.
Kyrie eleison.
bring us unto true repentance, That it may please Thee to rule and preserve Thy holy Church, That it may please Thee to preserve our Apostolic Lord, and all orders of the Church in holy
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Our Father, (theLord^s Prayer is con tinued inaudibly till the termination. ) And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil.
religion,
That it may please Thee to bring down the enemies of Thy holy Church,
Psalm LXIX.
O
That it may please Thee to give peace and true concord unto all Christian Kings and Princes,
O
That it may please Thee to give peace and unity to all Christian nations,
ashamed and con * that seek after my soul. founded, Let them be turned backward and
That it may please Thee to strengthen and preserve us in Thy holy Service, That Thou wouldest raise up our minds to heavenly desires,
put to confusion, Let them be
TV/TAKE
me
haste, :
to
God,
me
LORD. Let them be
* that desire
my hurt.
turned back with * that shame, say unto me Aha, aha. Let all those that seek Thee be joy ful and glad in Thee, * and let such :
,
deliver
* make haste to help
THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS AND THE LITANY. as love Thy salvation say continually Let the Lord be magnified.
But me,
O
I
poor and needy
* :
Verse. O Lord, send them help from the sanctuary. Answer. And strengthen them out
:
help
God.
Thou
O
am art
of Zion.
my
help and deliverer
LORD, make no
*
was
it
l
Verse,
Answer.
tarrying.
Thy
my
Thou,
God, save
That
trust in Thee.
2
Lord, be Thou unto us a strong tower Answer. From the enemy. 3 Verse. Let the enemy prevail no Verse.
prayer,
my
let
O
Lord.
come unto
cry
Let us pray.
GOD, Whose
f~\
servants,
Answer,
And
Thee.
in the beginning, &c.
O
Hear my
Verse.
:
Glory be to the Father, &c.
As
843
7
property
have mercy and
is
ever to
to forgive,
re
humble petitions, and grant that we and all Thy servants who are bound by the chain of sin may, by the ceive our
tenderness of absolved.
Thy
pity,
mercifully be
thing against us.
Nor
Answer. ness
4
Verse.
son of wicked
the
us.
afflict
Deal not Thou with us
after our sins.
Nor reward
Answer.
us according
to our iniquities. Verse. Let us
pray for our Bishop. (Here the name of the reigning Pope is
inserted.
5 )
Answer. 6 The Lord preserve him, and quicken him, and make him to be blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not unto the will of his enemies. Verse. Let us pray for them who have done good to us. Answer. May it please Thee, O Lord, to reward with eternal life all them who do good to us for Thy
Name
s
Amen.
sake.
Verse.
Let us pray for the faithful
departed.
Answer. O Lord, grant them eter nal rest, and let the everlasting light shine upon them. Verse.
Answer. Verse.
May
they rest in peace.
Amen. Let us pray for our absent
O Thou my
Answer.
God, save
servants that trust in Thee.
1
Ps. Ixxxv. 2.
5
Pontifex.
beseech Thee graci ously to hear our humble peti tions, and spare all those who confess their sins unto Thee, granting us in
Thy goodness pardon and
IDE
2
This being the
graciously pleased, Lord, to forth upon us Thine un speakable mercy, ridding us from all
show
and therewithal delivering us from pains which for the same we do justly deserve. sin,
all
f~\
GOD, Whom to anger,
Roman
Breviary.
sin
doth justly move
and repentance turn
again mercifully to forgive the same, look down now graciously upon the supplications of Thy people praying before Thee, and turn away the scourges of Thy wrath, which for our sins
we do most
rightfully deserve.
r\ ALMIGHTY
and
^^^
everlasting
God, have pity upon Thy servant our Bishop N., (here name the Pope,}
and order
his
goings according to paths of eternal sal vation, that by the gift of Thy grace he may ever seek such things as please Thee, and with all his strength fulfil the same. 3
Ps. lx. 4.
peace.
O
Thy mercy
brethren.
Thy
LORD, we
f~\
in the
Ps. Ixxxviii. 23. 6 Ps. xl. 3.
4
Ps.
7
Ps. xix. 3.
cii.
10.
THE ADDITIONAL
8 44
from Whom all holy desires, ^^ GOD, all good counsels, and all just S~\
works do proceed give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee we being de fended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quiet ;
ness.
SERVICES.
prayer and work of ours may begin from Thee, and by Thee be duly ended.
^ (~\
ALMIGHTY God,
living
Who
art
and of the
and everlasting Lord both of the dead, and hast
mercy upon all whom Thou fore-knowest shall by faith and work be Thine, we most humbly beseech on behalf of all for whom we have a mind to pray, whether they be yet entangled
and our ORD, hearts with the fire of Thy Holy Thee with Spirit, that we may serve chaste bodies and pure minds. burn
T
our
reins
entered into that world which for us is
to
still
children
^ GOD, Who /^\
art
Thyself at once
Maker and the Redeemer of all Thy faithful ones, grant unto the souls of Thy servants and hand the
maids remission of
all their sins,
mak
ing of our entreaties unto our Great Father a mean whereby they may have that forgiveness which they have ever longed for.
O Lord, we beseech our doings, with Thy inspiration, and further us
pREVENT in Thee,
gracious with Thy continual help, that every
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Answer.
Before dinner, he
who
blesses
the
Verse.
Answer.
And may
Verse. faithful,
Then he says 1
The eyes
And the
of
us.
the souls of the
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
Answer.
Amen.
JWeat
Thou openest Thine hand, and
fillest
things living with plenteousness. Verse. Glory be to the Father, &c.
Answer.
As
it
was, &c.
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
:
Kyrie eleison.
all
rest continue
mer
the almighty and
Lord graciously hear Answer. Amen.
ciful
all
Bless ye Bless ye.
Amen.
May
Verse.
fafore antr after
meal says:
come, that all Thy holy pray for them, and that
may
the pitifulness of Thy mercy may grant unto them the forgiveness of all their Through our Lord JESUS trespasses.
us, all
in the
flesh in this present world, or whether they be already rid of the body, and
Our Father, (inaudibly :
till the
last
words, )
Wait upon Thee, O Lord, and Thou them their meat in due season.
givest
1
And
lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil.
Answer.
Ps. cxliv. 15, 16.
GRACE BEFORE AND AFTER MEAT. Let us pray.
O Lord, and these Thy which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through us,
gLESS
gifts,
2 Verse. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor Answer. His righteousness en dure th for ever.
Reader.
Answer.
be pleased to give the
Sir,
blessing.
will bless
I
May King of eternal glory make us to be partakers at His table in the
heaven.
At
LORD
concludes, saying
1
Verse.
May
O LORD
Answer. Thee! Verse.
have mercy
And
God. Thy works praise to
4
LORD
And
let
Thy
"
1.,
is
be
to
the
this
time forth and
"
O
Bless
Answer.
May
it
the souls of the faith
through the mercy of God, rest
ful,
in
peace.
Answer.
Amen.
The Lord^s Prayer
&c.,"
praise the
inaudibly throughout,
(p.
God
LORD,
to the Father, &c. was, &c.
At
again said, then
:
Amen.
supper the form
is the
same, ex
cept the following :
Kyrie eleison.
Text
Christe eleison.
is
and
grant us His peace.
Answer.
Then:
Glory be
Amen. we the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Answer.
Father,
said alternately either Ps.
As
of
ever.
Have mercy upon me,
Verse.
Name
May it please Thee, O Lord, to reward with eternal life all them who do good to us for Thy Name s
Saints bless
As it was, &c. Thee thanks, O Almighty Thy mercies. Who livest
87,) or Ps. cxvi., &c., (p. 1 8 6.)
Answer.
His
!
Verse.
God, for all and reignest for ever and Answer. Amen.
Then
exalt
us
let
sake.
!
Glory
give
with
Blessed be the
Answer. From evermore
Verse.
We
LORD
!
for
&c.
Answer.
magnify the
hear
together.
Verse.
the
all
O
Verse.
shall
me
Reader
the
:
But Thou, O Lord, upon us. Answer. Thanks be Thee,
Answer. The humble thereof and be glad.
Name
end of dinner,
the
at
my
Answer.
Amen.
Answer.
LORD
His praise shall continu mouth. My soul shall make her
ally be in Verse.
boast in the
The Blessing.
the
times
all
Amen.
3
Verse.
Christ our Lord.
Answer.
845
at
the
xxi.
beginning (Ps.
270
Kyrie eleison.
Our
Father, (inaudibly
And
lead us not into temptation. Answer. But deliver us from evil. 1
Ps. cxliv. 10.
2
The poor
shall eat
And be
satisfied,
till the last
words, )
Ps. cxi. 9.
and they
praise the LORD that seek heart shall live for ever. 3
Ps. xxxiii. 2-4.
4
Him
shall :
their
Ps. cxii. 2.
THE ADDITIONAL
846
the
May
us
eternal
At
King of eternal glory Him in sup with
Jan.
And
He
The LORD Answer. and full of compassion given meat unto them Him.
is
He
hath
that
fear
:
On some follows
always
days the form
is special,
Psalm
for
LORD
The
On
2.
O
made
hath
Alleluia.
sing unto the
LORD,
Epiphany and throughout
the
Text at the beginning (Ps. Ixxi. 10. ) The kings of Tarshish and of the as
isles shall
bring presents. Alleluia of Arabia and Saba shall
The kings
Alleluia.
offer gifts.
the special
appointed, except on
Alleluia.
us.
the Octave.
.
cxvi.
among
&c., (p. 157.)
said.
Note i These special passages are used both at dinner and supper. Note 2. O?i a Fast-Day, the single meal allowed is supper. Note 3. // is always allowed to
Psalm
14.)
Flesh, Alle
known. Alleluia, Answer. His salvation.
:
substitute
i.
end:
the
Verse.
Amen.
Ps. cxvi. is
dwelt
Ps. xcvii.
Glory be to the Father, &c. Answer. As it was, &c. 2 God is blessed in all His gifts, and holy in all His works.
And
At
gracious
Verse.
Answer.
dinner on
luia,
hath made a memorial of His wonderful works. l
to
inclusive.
The Word was made
end :
Verse.
and
5,
Text at the beginning (John
to
life.
the
On Christmas Day
1.
Blessing.
bring
SERVICES.
At
3
Verse.
come.
All they from
Saba
shall
Alleluia
Answer. They shall bring gold and incense. Alleluia. Ps. Ixxi.
Maundy
Thursday and Good Friday.
the end:
Give the King, &c.,
(p.
126.)
for a These Prayers are said immediately after starting. If one person say them by himself, the Singular Number is used.
Antiphon. May the Lord, the Al mighty and Merciful, lead us Song of Zacharias. Blessed be the Lord, &c., (p. 28.) May the Lord, the Al Antiphon. mighty and Merciful, lead us into the
and prosperity, and the angel Raphael be with us the way, that we may come to
way of peace
may in
Ps. ex. 4.
Cf. Ps. cxliv. 17.
our home again and gladness.
in peace,
and health,
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Our Father (inaudibly
till
the last
words ]
And
lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. 4 Verse. O Thou my God, save
Answer.
Thy
servants,
Answer. 3
That
Isa. Ix. 6.
trust in 4
Thee.
Ps. 1XXXV. 2.
PRAYERS FOR A JOURNEY. Verse.
O
l
Lord, send us help from
now, and, in the end, unto the haven of eternal salvation.
the sanctuary.
And
Answer.
strengthen us out of
Q GOD, Who
Zion. Verse.
2
Lord, be
From
Verse.
3
enemy
Nor
ness
prevail
no
may please Thee to keep us Thy servants Be Thou unto us, O Lord, an help when we go forward, a com fort by the way, a shadow from the heat, a covering from the rain and the 1
the son of wicked
.
us.
afflict
4
Verse.
be
Blessed
the
Lord
daily.
Answer. The God of our maketh our way prosperous. Verse.
Verse.
And 6
O
teach us
that
cold, a chariot in weariness, a refuge in trouble, a staff in slippery paths,
salvation
an haven
Thy ways, O
Show us
5
LORD. Answer.
Thy
paths.
our ways
were
To keep Thy statutes. The crooked shall be
Answer.
made
in
we may where we would
come and there
happily
thither
be,
come again
after
r
safe unto
our own
/^RACIOUSLY
hear our supplica Lord, we beseech Thee, and order the goings of Thy servants in the safe path that leadeth unto salvation in Thee, that amidst all the manifold changes of this life s pil grimage, Thy shield may never cease tions,
straight.
A?iswer. plain. Verse.
Do Thou
shipwreck.
lead us, that
home.
directed, Verse.
Thy ser Ur of the
Chaldees, and didst keep him from through all the ways of his pil grimage, we beseech Thee, that it
thing against us,
Answer.
call
out of
evil
the enemy.
Let the
didst
Abraham
vant
Thou unto us a
strong tower,
Answer.
847
s
And
the
God
hath
rough
places
His
given
Angels charge over thee. Answer. To keep thee
in all
thy
from
O
us.
ways. Verse.
Hear my
And
Answer.
prayer,
my
let
O LORD. come
unto Thee. Let us pray.
^
r\ GOD, Who
madest the children of Israel to walk with dry feet through the midst of the sea, and Who didst open unto the three wise men, by the guiding of a star, the way that led unto Thee, grant us good speed,
and
quietness, that
may
be with
us,
5
Ps. xix. 3. Ps. xxiv. 4.
mighty God,
2
we would,
Ps. IX. 4. 6 Ps. cxviii. 5.
that
Al-
Thy
family may fare onward in the path of sal vation, and by giving heed to the preaching of the blessed Fore-runner John, may safely attain unto Him John preached, even our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
Whom
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
Amen.
without end.
Thine holy Angel and that we may
happily come thither whither
we beseech Thee, O
,
cry
Verse.
Answer.
Let us go on In the
in peace.
name
of the Lord.
Amen. 3
7
Ps. Ixxxviii. 23. Isa. xl. 4.
4
8
Ps. Ixvii. 20. PS. XC. 7.
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preparation for Antiphon Office
is
be
(to
doubled when the
Remember
doubled. ]
not,
*
I
had rather be a menial in the my God, * than to dwell in
house of
nor the offences Lord, our offences, of our forefathers, neither take Thou
the tents of wickedness.
vengeance of our
the
sins.
Psalm of the sons of Korah." has the same superscription as Ps. Ixx. It reads as referring possibly to the vintage. if it were a pilgrim-song referring to the going up of all the males of Israel to Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Tabernacles, when har vest and vintage were over.] [Intituled
:
No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. * O
LXXXIIL
Psalm
For God loveth mercy and truth * LORD will give grace and glory.
"A
It
LORD of hosts, that trusteth in
blessed
Thee
is
the
man
!
,
TJOW
lovely are Thy tabernacles, * of Hosts my soul
O LORD
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
!
longeth and fainteth for the courts of the LORD Mine heart and my flesh * rejoice
LXXXIV.
Psalm
:
for the living
God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an * and the dove a nest for her house, where she may lay her young, self,
*
Even Thine altars, O LORD my King and my God
of hosts,
!
;
;
go up
Thy
[to
sanctuary,]
2
through the vale of tears, to the place which he hath appointed. He That hath given the Law will give His blessing they shall go from * strength to strength they appear of before the God gods in Zion. O LORD God of hosts, hear my * J give ear, O God of Jacob prayer * and Behold, O God, our shield look upon the face of Thine Anointed. For a day in Thy courts is better * than a thousand. ;
:
:
!
:
1
SLH.
2
Hebrew,
"of
Baca,"
T ORD, Thou unto Thy
hast been favourable * Thou hast land brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of * Thou hast covered all Thy people
^
:
:
Blessed are they that dwell in Thine * house, O Lord they will be ever 1 praising Thee. Blessed is the man whose strength * who hath settled in is from Thee his heart to
[Intituled "A Psalm of the sons of Korah," with the usual (now uncertain) superscription.]
their sins. 1
Thou hast taken away all Thy wrath * Thou hast turned Thyself from the fierceness of Thine anger. Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause Thine anger towards us to :
cease.
Wilt Thou be angry with us for * wilt Thou draw out Thine ?
ever
anger to all generations ? God, Thou shalt again quicken * and in shall us :
Thy
people
rejoice
Thee.
Show us Thy mercy, O Lord * and grant us Thy salvation. will hear what the LORD God 1 !
* for He speak in me unto His people, speak peace
will
probably the proper name of a place, but,
will
:
1
literally, "weeping.
PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION. And
*
His
and saints, changed in heart.
to
that are
Surely His salvation that fear in
*
Him,
is
* that glory
unto them nigh them may dwell
* Lord name. For Thou
and
:
drous things
our land.
8 49 shall
art great
and doest won
:
art
* Thou
Teach me Thy way,
Mercy and truth have met together: righteousness and peace have kissed
each other. Truth hath sprung out of the earth * and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
1
in
Thy
God
O
truth
heart be glad, that
alone.
LORD, and * let mine
:
it
may
fear
Thy
O
Lord
my
God,
name. will praise
I
:
Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good: * and our land shall yield her increase.
walk
will
Thy
glorify
with
mine
all
Thy name
For great
* and
Thee, *
and heart, for evermore.
I
will glorify
Thy mercy toward me
is
:
Thou
Righteousness shall go before Him: * and shall set His footsteps in the
hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. O God, the wicked are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men
way.
have sought after
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Psalm "
[Intituled
A
Prayer of
and hear me and needy.
* :
ear, for
I
O LORD, am poor :
that trusteth in Thee.
Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I * re cry unto Thee all the day long joice the soul of Thy servant, for unto :
O
to forgive, * and plenteous to all them that call upon
Give
ear,
O
LORD, unto
in
mercy
Thee.
my
* and attend to the voice of
a token for good, that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed * because O
Thou,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Psalm CXV. [In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continuation of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX. pre fix
prayer my sup
"Alleluia."]
:
T
BELIEVED, spoken
In the day of my trouble I called * upon Thee, for Thou hast heard me. Among the gods there is none like unto O Lord: * neither are there
Thee, any works like unto Thy works.
whom Thou
1
said in
What * for
all
I
will
come and worship before Thee,
call
VOL.
i.
have
therefore
but
was
I
I
greatly
my
haste
:
* All men are
liars.
and
hast
*
:
afflicted.
made
All nations
LORD,
hast holpen me, and comforted me.
plication.
shall
!
Show me
Lord, do I lift up my soul. For Thou, Lord, art good and ready
Thee,
mercy and
:
:
I
in
look upon me, and have mercy * give Thy strength unto servant, and save the son of
Thine handmaid
David."]
my soul, for am holy * O Thou my God, save Thy servant Preserve
and plenteous
suffering, truth.
Thy
down Thine
"DOW
* and have
But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, * long-
upon me
LXXXV.
my soul,
not set Thee before them.
shall I render unto the His benefits toward me
LORD ?
take the cup of salvation, * upon the name of the LORD. 2
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will pay my vows unto the LORD the presence of all His people. * Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His Saints. I
in
LORD,
*
I
am Thy
truly
I
am Thy
servant,
Thine handmaid
servant
:
:
thanksgiving, and will call name of the LORD.
upon the
my vows
unto the LORD, * in the presence of all His people will
pay
Amen.
and the son of
Thou hast loosed my bonds. * I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of
1
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Remember not, Lord, Antiphon. our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers, neither take Thou ven geance of our sins. Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
:
in the courts of the
the midst of thee,
O
LORD S
house, in
Jerusalem
!
the next Psalm.]
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Psalm CXXIX. "A Song of Degrees." The this title is not certain. The called may perhaps, like the Graduals of the Roman Liturgy, be stepsongs," intended to be sung during proces
[Intituled
meaning of Psalms so
^
(^)UT
of the depths have
I
cried
unto Thee, O LORD! * Lord, hear my voice. Let Thine ears be attentive * to the voice of
my
supplication.
Thou, LORD, shouldest mark in * O Lord, who shall stand ? iquities, But there is forgiveness with Thee * because of Thy law, I wait for Thee, If
:
O LORD My soul !
waiteth on His word: * my. soul hopeth in the Lord. From the morning watch even until
night
*
let Israel
hope
in the
LORD
tion.
And He
shall
his iniquities.
redeem
Israel,
lead
not
us
into
Answer.
But deliver us from
As
Verse.
for
me, be merciful unto me. Answer. Heal my sinned against Thee.
Turn
again,
said
I
soul, for
O
evil.
Lord,
:
have
I
Lord, for a
little,
And be
Answer. servant
s
entreated for
Thy
sake.
Verse.
O
Thy mercy
let
Lord,
upon us. Answer. As our
lighten
Verse.
Let
Thy
trust
is
priests
in Thee. be clothed
with righteousness.
Answer. for joy. Verse.
And Lord,
let
Thy
Saints shout
cleanse
Thou
me
from secret faults. Answer. Keep back Thy servant also from the sins of others. Verse.
Answer.
Hear
my
And
prayer,
let
my
O cry
Lord.
come
unto Thee. Let us pray.
:
For with the LORD there is mercy, * and with Him is plenteous redemp
all
And
Verse.
temptation.
"
sions, Liturgical or of pilgrims.]
Lord^s Prayer is till the termina
tion. )
Verse.
"
(the
.continued inaudibly
[Here the Hebrew appends "Alleluia," which the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to
"
Kyrie eleison.
Our Father
* from
T)OW
down Thy Fatherly ears unto our supplications, O most merciful God, and enlighten our hearts by the grace of Thine Holy Spirit, that
we may worthily take part
in
PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION. Thy
service,
and may love Thee with
an everlasting love. O God, unto Whom all hearts lie open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the
thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thine Holy Spirit, that
we
may
perfectly
love
and
Thee,
worthily magnify Thine Holy Name. Lord, burn our reins and our hearts with the fire of Thine Holy Spirit, that we may serve Thee with chaste
bodies and pure minds. Lord, we beseech Thee,
Comforter
that
the
which
proceedeth from Thee may enlighten our minds, and lead us into all truth, even as Thy Son hath promised unto us. Lord, we beseech Thee, that Thine Holy Spirit may dwell in us in much power, mercifully cleansing our hearts and shielding us from all things hurt ful.
O of
God,
Thy
Who
faithful
didst teach the hearts people by sending to
them
the light of Thine Holy Spirit, grant unto us by the same Spirit to
have a right judgment
and evermore
in
to rejoice in
all
things,
His holy
comfort.
Lord, we beseech Thee to cleanse our consciences by the power of Thine holy visitation,
that
when our Lord
Christ, Thy Son, cometh, He may find in us a dwelling-place made liveth ready unto Himself.
JESUS
Who
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen. Prayer.
S~\ S-/ didst
GREAT Bishop, offer
High JESUS
8S
Father upon the Altar of the Cross and spotless Victim for us
as a pure sinful
Thy
wretches, Who hast given us Flesh to eat and Thy Blood to
drink, and hast set this mystery in the power of the Holy Ghost, saying, "Do this as oft as ye do it, in re membrance of Me." I entreat Thee by the same Thy Blood the great I price of our salvation, entreat Thee by that wondrous and unspeak able love wherewith it hath pleased Thee so to love us unworthy wretches as to wash us from our sins in Thine
Own Blood, teach me, Thine un worthy servant, whom for no deserts of mine, but by the mere goodness of Thy mercy, Thou hast been pleased among other gifts even to call unto Thine Altar, teach me, I beseech Thee, by Thine Holy Spirit how to deal with this mystery, with the reverence, honour, earnestness, and fear which are behoven and meet. Make me
by Thy grace always to believe, and understand, feel, hold, say, think concerning this mystery that which is pleasing unto Thee and ex Let Thy pedient for mine own soul. good Spirit enter into mine heart to sound there without noise, and to speak all truth without words. These things are very deep,
covered with an holy
and they are For Thy
veil.
great mercy s sake, grant that I may take part at Mass with a clean heart and a pure mind. Free my heart from unclean, shameful, vain,
and harmful thoughts. Defend me with the kindly and faithful keeping of Thy blessed Angels and their
l
Priest
and
Christ,
Thyself up to
God
true
Who the
mighty watch, that the enemies of good may be confounded and go away. By the power of this great mystery, and by the hand of Thine all
In the original this prayer is divided according to the days of the week as there are in it which are suitable only for Priests, and which have therefore been here necessarily omitted, it is not here so divided, but the intention clearly is that it should not all be used at one time. 1
;
some passages
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holy Angel, take away from
from
all
me and
servants the hard spirit and vain -glory, envy and
Thy
of pride
blasphemy, fornication and uncleanCon ness, doubt and suspicion. founded be they that assail us, and may they that would fain destroy us perish.
King of virgins, lover of chastity by the heavenly dew of Thy blessing quench in my body the fire of unlawful lusts, that my body and soul may remain pure. Kill in my members all unlawful prickings of the flesh and uprisings of lust, and grant unto me, along with Thine other gifts which truly please Thee, true and everlasting chastity according to
my
O,
worthy.
by
my
Thine
this
God, I entreat Thee Almighty power to
grant unto me, a sinner, that I receive this Sacrament with fear
purity,
state, that
I
may
be able to offer
up unto Thee the sacrifice of praise with a pure body and a clean heart. O, what searching of heart, what shedding of tears, what reverence, and what awe, what purity of body and
may and
trembling, with purity of heart and with weeping, with spiritual gladness
and heavenly
joy.
the sweetness of
O
and
SERVICES.
Let
Thy
my soul feel blessed pres
and that Thine Holy Angels keep guard round me. For I, O Lord, sinner though I be, am going to draw near unto Thine ence,
Altar in
memory
passion,
to
of Thy worshipful receive there the Sacra
ment which Thou hast instituted in remembrance of Thyself for our salvation. O God, most high, do Thou receive that remembrance on behalf of Thine holy Church, and on behalf of Thy people Whom Thou
lowest,
hast bought with Thine own Blood. Be pleased, O Lord, to have regard unto the sorrows of peoples, the straits of nations, the cries of prison ers, the woes of orphans, the needs of wanderers, the helplessness of the weak, the hopelessness of the sick, the failure of the old, the hopes of young men, the desires of young women, the grief of widows.
wondrously and unspeakably set forth, Thyself at once the sacrifice and the
O Lord, hast mercy and hatest nothing that Thou hast made remember of what we are made. Thou art our Father,
soul are called for
by God
s
heavenly
when Thy Flesh is eaten indeed and Thy Blood is drunk in sacrifice
deed, where the things of the highest are brought down to the things of the
and the things of God to the things of earth, where the holy Angels are present, where Thou Thyself art
Priest.
Who
can worthily deal with this, unless Thou, O God Almighty, should Thyself make him worthy. Lord, I know, I know indeed, and I confess it before Thy Fatherly goodness, that on account of my great sins and my countless to
but with
my
failings I to this
am
draw near I
also
all
know,
I
heart, and that Thou
my
not worthy
great mystery, believe indeed I
confess with
Who
alone art able to bring a clean thing out of an unclean, and to make sinners right eous and holy, art able to make me
mouth,
For
Thou,
upon
all,
Thou
art
our God, be not wrathful
exceedingly, neither shut up the multi tude of Thy tender mercies from us. It is not with any hope in any right eousness of our own that we lay our prayers before Thee, but with hope in the multitude of Thy tender mercies. Take away our iniquities from us, and in Thy mercy kindle in us the fire of Thine Holy Spirit, take away the stony heart out of our flesh, and give an heart afresh, an heart to love Thee, to seek Thee, to rejoice in
Thee, to follow Thee, and to enjoy We beseech Thy mercy, O Thee.
PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION. Lord, to be pleased to look
favour
in
upon Thy people when they do ser vice unto Thine Holy Name, and in order that no one may ask in vain, and no request be refused, do Thou Thyself inspire us with such prayers it may please Thee to hear and to
as
grant.
Holy Lord and Father, we entreat Thee also for the spirits of the faith ful unto them may this departed ;
great mystery of godliness be health, O wholeness, gladness, and rest. Lord, my God, may they have this day a great and full banquet of Thee the Living Bread, Who didst come
down from heaven, and
givest
life
unto the world, of Thine Holy and Blessed Flesh, the Flesh of Thee, the Lamb without spot, Who takest away of the world, which Thou didst take from the holy and glorious
the
sins
womb and
of the blessed Virgin Mary, which was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, and of that river of mercy which the soldier s spear drew out of Thy Sacred Side, that they may be
thereby
strengthened,
filled,
rested,
and comforted, and may sing unto I beseech Thy praise and glory.
Thy mercy, O Lord, that the fulness of Thy blessing, and the sanctification of Thy Godhead, may come down upon the bread which
is
to
be offered
unto Thee. Let there also come down thereon invisible and incomprehensible Majesty of Thine Holy Spirit, as of old time He came down upon the
the
offerings of the fathers, and let Him our offerings into Thy Flesh
turn
and Blood, and teach me, un worthy communicant that I am, to deal with this great mystery with purity
of
heart,
with
earnestness
even to tears, with reverence, and with awe. I beseech Thee also, O Lord, by this
very
mystery
itself,
this
holy
853
mystery of Thy Body and Thy Blood, wherein Thy Church is every day given to eat and to drink, is purified
and
sanctified, and is made partaker of the one Divine Nature of the Most
High, give me Thine Own Holy might, and endue me therewith, that I may be able to draw near Thine Altar with a good conscience, and so this heavenly Sacrament may be salvation
and
life
for
For Thou
me.
hast said with Thine Own Holy and Blessed mouth, "The bread which I will give is My Flesh for the life of the world" I am the Living Bread, "
;
which came down from heaven If any man eat of this Bread he shall live for ever." O Bread of Sweetness, cure my heart s palate that I may be "
"
;
able to taste
Cure not
how sweet Thy
love
of every disease that
it
feel
anything
sweet
I
like
is.
may Thy
O White Bread, that art sweetness. able to content every man s delight Thou that to yield every taste always feedest us and yet never art consumed, let my heart feed on Thee, and let the taste of Thy sweetness fill the innermost depths of my soul. The Angels feed on Thee to fulness and
;
;
him
a stranger and pilgrim here feed on Thee to the best of his let
little
that
is
power, that
that
provision for
his journey may strengthen him, and Thou so he faint not by the way.
O
Holy Bread, Thou Living Bread, Thou Pure Bread, Who comest down from Heaven and givest life unto the world, come into my heart and purify me from
every defilement,
whether
of
enter into my soul, heal me and cleanse me, within and without be Thou the constant shield and safety both of my soul and of my flesh or of spirit
;
;
Drive all my enemies away from me, let them fade away far from the presence of Thy power. So mayest Thou enable me, under Thy protection, both without and
body.
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within,
come
I
to
go straight forward until Thy kingdom, where we see Thee any more in
all. For then wilt Thou fill with Thyself, with such a won drous fulness, that I shall never
in
all
me
shall not mysteries as
we see Thee now, but face to face, when Thou shalt have given up the kingdom unto God, even the Father, and shalt be
SERVICES.
nor thirst again for ever. with the same God the Father
hunger
Who,
and Holy Ghost, livest and reignest and ever. Amen.
God
for ever
@ommimtom
after
O
Let us sing the song of Antiphon. the three holy children, * the song which the three children sang when
ye light and darkness, bless ye * O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord.
they blessed the Lord in the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
*
O
Q ALL
(Daniel
iii.
Him
all for ever.
:
for ever
*
O
above
all
!
Lord
:
ye spirits and souls of the right Lord * O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord. eous, bless ye the
Ananias, bless ye the
Him
O
ye ice and snow, bless ye the Lord * O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord.
above
:
Azarias,
Lord
*
and Misae l, and exalt
praise
:
all for ever.
Bless we the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost * let us praise 1
:
last
Him
O
bless ye the
This verse is, of course, a later addition given is one of those omitted at the
exalt
ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye * O ye servants of the bless Lord, ye the Lord.
:
l
all
O
the
ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord. O ye dews and rime, bless ye the Lord * O ye frost and cold, bless ye the Lord. :
O
:
:
Lord
*
:
him praise and
:
heat,
Lord
:
heavens, bless ye the Lord * O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord. O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord * O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord. O ye showers and dew, bless ye the Lord * O ye winds of God, bless ye the Lord.
and
ye mountains and
:
:
fire
:
:
ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye * O the Lord ye heavens, bless ye the Lord. O all ye waters that be above the
ye
Lord above
Him
hills, bless ye ye green things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord. O ye wells, bless ye the Lord * O ye seas and floods, bless ye the Lord. O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord * O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord. O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye * O the Lord ye children of men, bless ye the Lord. O let Israel bless the Lord * let
O
O
earth bless the
!
the
57.)
:
above
the
let
her praise and exalt for ever
O
ye works of the Lord, bless * ye the Lord praise Him, and
exalt
:
let
all
THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN.
Lord
the
:
and ;
exalt
Him
more than two
beginning.
above
all
for ever.
verses are omitted,
and the
THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION. Blessed art Thou, firmament of heaven
O
and
praised,
glorified, all for ever.
above
Lord, in the
* and to be and exalted
:
our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. Verse, And lead us not into tempt ation.
Answer.
Psalm CL.
Thee,
PRAISE
!
of His power Praise Him in
His mighty acts according to His ex
Him
praise
Praise
trumpet
Him *
!
with the sound of the Him with the
psaltery and harp Praise Him with the timbrel
let
Saints bless
Thy
Let the Saints be joyful
in
glory.
Answer.
Let them sing aloud upon
Not unto
Verse.
unto
and
* praise Him with stringed instruments and organs Praise Him upon the loud cymbals, praise Him upon the high-sounding * Let everything that hath cymbals breath praise the LORD !
!
us,
O
Lord, not
us.
Answer.
!
dance
And
Thee.
their beds.
!
praise
!
Lord.
Answer. Verse.
!
*
O
But deliver us from evil. all Thy works praise
May
Verse.
the Lord in His sanctuary * praise Him in the firmament
cellent greatness
855
glory. Verse.
But unto Thy
Hear my
Answer.
And
Name
prayer,
let
my
O
give
Lord.
cry
come
unto Thee. Let us pray.
!
!
Glory be to the
Son,
the
and
to
Father, the Holy
and
to
Ghost.
As
r\ GOD, Who ^^^ flames
of
Thy
Amen.
by any flames of
burning
fiery furnace.
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Our Father,
Who
(inaudibly)
art in
Thy Name. Thy Thy will be done on
heaven, hallowed be
kingdom come. earth, as
it is
in
heaven.
day our daily bread.
Give us
And
this
forgive us
for
lessen
the
the three
children, mercifully grant that we children may not be touched
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Let us sing the song of Antiphon. the three holy children, the song which the three children sang when they blessed the Lord in the midst of the
didst fire
sin.
Grant, O Lord, we beseech Thee, that Thy grace may forward us in all our actions by Thine inspiration, and follow
it
by Thine
help, that this
and
every prayer and work of ours may begin from Thee, and by Thee be duly ended. Grant, O Lord, that we may have the strength to extinguish the flames of sin, Thou Who didst grant the blessed Lawrence to be more than conqueror amid his fiery torments. Through Christ our Lord.
Answer.
Amen.
THE ADDITIONAL
856
S^bottcmg
after
FROM ST THOMAS AQUINAS. l GIVE Thee thanks, O holy
J
Father
Lord,
Thou
that
God,
no
almighty, eternal hast vouchsafed,
of mine own, but condescension of Thy mercy, to satisfy me a sinner and Thine unworthy servant with the precious Body and Blood of Thy Son our Lord JESUS Christ. I for
merit
mere
of the
implore
Thee,
communion be of
guilt
an
availing
unto
forgiveness.
armour of good will. the
let
to
not
me
this
an
holy
increase
my
punishment, but plea unto pardon and Let it be to me the
and the
faith
Grant that
it
shield
of
may work
of my vices, the of concupiscence and the increase within me
extinction
out
rooting
and
lust,
of charity and patience, of humility and obedience. Let it be my strong defence against the snares of all mine
and invisible the mine stilling and the calm of all mine impulses, carnal and spiritual indissoluble union with Thee the one and true God, and a blessed con summation at my last end. And I beseech Thee that Thou wouldst visible
enemies,
;
;
vouchsafe
to bring me, sinner as I am, to that ineffable banquet where Thou, with the Son and the Holy Ghost, art to Thy Saints true and
unfailing for
joy
alloy, bliss.
Light,
fulness
evermore,
of
gladness
content,
without
consummate and everlasting Through the same our Lord
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
same Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
unity of the
1
SERVICES.
erommtmtom FROM ST BONAVENTURA.
Q SWEETEST pierce,
I
Lord JESUS
1
Christ,
beseech Thee, the
in
most marrow of my soul with the tender and life-giving wound of Thy love, with true, and calm, and holy apostolical charity, so that my whole soul may ever languish and faint for love of Thee, and for desire of Thee alone. May it long for Thee and pine for Thee in the courts of Thine house may it desire to be dissolved and to be with Thee. Grant that my ;
soul
may hunger for Thee, Thou Bread of angels, Thou refreshment
of holy souls, our daily supersubstantial Bread, having all manner of sweetness and savour, and all most thrilling
delights.
ever hunger for
May mine heart Thee and feed on
Thee, on whom angels long to look and may mine inmost soul be rilled
;
with
the
Thee.
sweetness of the taste of it ever thirst for Thee, Well of life, Thou Fountain of
May
Thou wisdom and knowledge, Thou Source of everlasting light, Thou torrent of pleasures, Thou fatness and abund ance of the house of God may it ever yearn towards Thee, seek Thee, find Thee, tend towards Thee, attain ;
to Thee, meditate ever on Thee, speak of Thee, and work all things
to the praise and glory of Thy Name, with humility and discretion, with love and delight, with ready care and glad affection, with perseverance even unto
the end and do Thou be alone and evermore mine hope, my whole trust, ;
my and
my delight, my gladness my rest and my calm my peace and my sweet
riches,
my
repose,
joy,
Translation by Rev. T. A. Pope, adopted by Lord Bute in
A Form of Prayers,
1896.
DEVOTIONS AFTER COMMUNION. my fragrance and my sweet my food and my refreshment, my refuge and mine help, my wisdom, my portion, mine own possession and my treasure, in whom my mind and content,
ness,
mine heart are fixed and rooted firmly and immovably for evermore. Amen.
O
loving Pelican O JESU, Lord Unclean I am, but cleanse me in Thy blood Of which a single drop for sinners spilt, Is ransom for a world s entire guilt.
OF ST THOMAS AQUINAS. 1
Q GODHEAD Who
Whom
!
What That
I
!
for the present veil
so thirst
for,
d
I
;
see,
oh, vouchsafe to
me:
may see Thy countenance unfolding, And may be blest Thy glory in beholding. I
Shepherd of the
O
JESU, gracious
who
put their faith
Faithful,
be,
Increase the faith of in
adore Thee, forms before
I
hid, devoutly truly art within the
me To Thee my
!
JESU
O
RHYME
857
all
Thee.
;
As
heart
I
failing quite in
bow
with bended knee,
A PRAYER
contemplating Thee.
touch, and taste in Thee are deceived ear alone most safely is believed
each
Sight,
TO BE RECITED BEFORE
AN IMAGE OR REPRESENTATION OF CHRIST CRUCIFIED.
j
The I
:
Son of God has spoken, own word there is no truer
believe all the
Than Truth
s
token.
God
only on the Cross lay hid from view But here lies hid at once the manhood too And I, in both professing my belief, ;
Make
the
same
prayer
as
the
:
repentant
thief.
Thy wounds
as
Thomas
saw,
I
do not see
Yet Thee confess
;
my Lord and God to be Thee ever more and more In Thee my hope in Thee my love to store. Make me
O Thou Memorial of O Bread that Living Make
ever
:
believe
Thou my
;
our Lord
s
own dying
and vivifying soul on Thee to
art
Ever a taste of heavenly sweetness 1
JESUS,
I
kind and most sweet myself on my
cast
knees
in Thy sight, and with the most fervent desire of my soul, I pray and beseech Thee that Thou
wouldst impress upon my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, with true repentance for my sins, and a firm desire of amendment, while with deep affection and grief of soul I ponder within myself and mentally
contemplate Thy five most precious wounds having before my eyes that which David spake in prophecy ;
:
!
pierced My hands and they have numbered all
"They
!
live
1DEHOLD, O
feet ;
give.
Translation by Rev.
;
bones."
Edward
Caswall.
My My
Pope Leo XIII. permits that upon days whatsoever upon which the Psalms of the Week-day are to be said at Mattins, either by reason of the Week-day itself or of a Simple Office, all
with certain exceptions, there may be substituted for the Office of the day one of the following Votive Offices. The excepted days are Ash Wed nesday, Passion -tide, and the \*]th to
the
clusive.
of December, both in Easter and Whitsun weeks
are also
excepted,
24//z
because
the
Office
already Semi- double, and of the Octave of the Feast of the preceding Sunday.
is
The Office itself is Semi-double, its relations to the Office of a Week
and
day,
or
of a
Simple
Semi -double or Double preceding
or
Feast, Office
succeeding
or a on the
day,
are
memorated at both Vespers and Lauds, its Homily for the Ninth
and have Lesson.
Preces are said at Complijie
and Prime
and
memorations at
the
Common Com
Vespers
and Lauds,
Commemoration
except
the
which
may
Votive
Office.
be
the
That
of that
subject of is to say,
the the
Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin is
omitted
Immaculate
if the
Office
Conception,
be
that
of the of St
Joseph if the Office be of him, and that of SS. Peter and Paul if the Office be of the Apostles. In England the use of two of these Offices ?iamely, that of the Most Holy Sacrament for Thursdays and that of the Immaculate Conception for Satur days, is
bound
obligatory upon all persons of the Divine
to the recitation
Office, upon all day permitted by the Pope, except (i) those in Advent and
arranged in the same way as if it were a Semi-double Festival; thus, a Simple Office would be commemorated at First Vespers and Lauds, and have the Ninth Lesson, if it had a Lesson or Lessons of its own; and a Greater
Lent; (2) Eves; (3) Ember Satur day; and (^} days to which the Sun day Office may be transferred according to the Pie, iv. 5. 1 On those days on which the use of the Votive Office is
Week-day would be commemorated at Lauds, and the Ninth Lesson would be of its Homily, while in Advent and Lent the Week-day would be com
permitted by the Pope, but is not made obligatory in England, its use is optional, as is that of the other Votive Offices on other days.
1 When these two Votive Offices were introduced by the late Pope Pius IX., and when they seem to have been made obligatory in England, these days were excepted from the Papal The edition of the English Offices now before the writer (Tournay, 1896) excepts permission. only Advent and Lent, but the Catholic Directory shows that Eves also are excepted, and the exceptions would therefore seem to have remained the same as before. Owing to the multiplication of Festal Offices it is very improbable that the contingencies (3) (4) would ever occur.
ALL HOLY ANGELS. Laud and honour to the Father Laud and honour to the Son Laud and honour to the Spirit Ever Three, and ever One
in fjonour of ail
ffice
,
859
for Jttontrag*.
;
;
;
:
Semi-double.
Consubstantial, Co-eternal,
All as on Sundays except
the fol
While unending ages
Amen.
run.
lowing.
FIRST NOCTURN.
At
Vespers on Sunday evening is inserted the following Commemoration. 1
Antiphon.
Are they not
all
min
istering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salva
First Antiphon. Great things are * the spoken of Michael Archangel,
who waxed Ps.
tion. 2
Before the Angels will I sing praise unto Thee, O my God. Verse.
Answer. I will worship toward Thine holy Temple, and praise Thy
Name.
O LORD,
viii.
Invitatory.
The Lord, He
O
is
come,
the let
:
JESUS. In the
O
LORD
put
I
my
trust,
4 Third Antiphon. The Angel Bless ye the God of Raphael said * and confess Him before all Heaven, for He hath had mercy upon living, :
you.
Hymn.* ,
c.,
&c., (p. 9.)
King of the Angels. * us worship Him.
Christ, the Father s Splendour, virtue of the heart,
and
Life
our Lord,
SecondAntiphon. The Angel Gabriel * and said Behold spake unto Mary, thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His Ps. x.
MATTINS.
and won
(P. 7-)
Name
Prayer from Lauds.
valiant in fight,
the victory.
In the presence of the Angels Sing we now with tuneful art
Ps.
xiv.
LORD, who
shall
abide,
&c., (p. 10.) 5 An Verse. Angel stood at the Altar of the Temple. Answer. Having a golden censer in
:
chorus Meetly Bearing our responsive part. in alternate
his hand.
Thus we
praise with veneration All the armies of the sky
Lessons from Scripture according to
:
the Season.
Chiefly him, the warrior Primate
Of
celestial chivalry : who in princely virtue
Michael,
First Responsory.
Cast Abaddon from on high.
By whose watchful King of
A
care, repelling,
everlasting grace
!
Every ghostly adversary, All things evil, all things base
Grant us of Thine only goodness In
paradise a place.
Thy
multitude of Angels came with Archangel Michael, into whose wardship God hath permitted the souls of the Saints, that he may lead them the
;
into the Verse.
garden of gladness. Lord, do Thou send forth
1
Heb.
3
by St Rabanus Maurus altered almost beyond recognition translated by Dr Neale. 5 Tob. xii. $. Apoc. viii. 3.
4
i.
Hymn
14.
2 Ps. cxxxvii. 2. ;
THE VOTIVE
86o Thine Holy
from heaven, the
Spirit
wisdom and understanding. Answer. That he may lead them
Spirit of
into the
Second Responsory. the
of
Angel
the
Lord
O Lord of Hosts, long wilt Thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Juda, against which Thou hast had answered and said
Third Antiphon. Let us praise the * the Angels do praise, Lord, unto Whom Cherubim and Seraphim
Whom
do
garden of gladness.
Then
OFFICES.
"
Holy, Holy,
cry, Verse.
:
?
Answer. How long wilt Thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Juda, against which Thou hast had indignation
?
When
1
ye see the Gentiles, be not of them, but in your hearts for His worship and fear the Lord Angel is with you. afraid
;
An Angel
stood at the Altar of the Temple, having a golden censer in his hand. Ansvver. For His Angel is with Verse.
The Lesson
is
of Pope
you.
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. For His Angel is with
hand.
taken from the Sermons
St
Gregory the on the Gospels.}
Great.
CINCE
we have run over and interpreted the names of the different Orders of Angels, it remaineth that we should shortly take up the indica tion of their different offices. The term Power
Third Responsory.
s
Fourth Lesson.
(34/7*
These three score and ten
Verse.
years
of the incense
ascended up before the Lord. Answer. Out of the Angel
how
indignation
Holy."
The smoke
is
through
whom
wonders
are
Might
is
given to those spirits
most often signs and The term
worked.
applied
to
those
spirits
unto whose order more might hath been granted than unto the others, so that
it is
to their jurisdiction that the
powers of the enemy are brought into subjection, and by their might that they are so chained up that they can not tempt men s hearts so they fain would.
much
as
Verse.
to the Son,
you.
Fourth Responsory. 3
All the Angels stood round about
the Throne, and about the Elders, and the four living creatures, and fell be
SECOND NOCTURN. First Antiphon. The smoke of the incense ascended up * before the Lord, out of the Angel s hand.
fore the
Throne on
their
faces
and
worshipped God. Verse.
4
Worship the Lord,
all
yej
His Angels Answer. And fell before the Thron< on their faces and worshipped God. !
Ps. xviii. (P.
The heavens
declare, &c.,
170
Second Antiphon. 2 The Angel of the Lord * encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them. Ps.
xxiii.
The
earth
is
the
LORD S,
vi. 3-6.
Ps. xxxiii.
Principalities
are so
call<
because they are appointed as princes over the other good Angel
&c., (p. 46.) Cf. Baruch,
Fifth Lesson. "HTHE
8.
3
Apoc.
vii. it.
* Ps. xcvi. 7.
ALL HOLY ANGELS. command
their troops
whenever there
anything to be done, and direct them how to perform their ministry for God. The Dominions bear this name because they are highly exalted, even above the power of the princi To be a prince is to be palities. exalted among equals, but to dominate is to rule over subjects as a Lord. The Thrones are those hosts over
ness to their Maker, burn with a love
is
whom
the Almighty God presideth to exercise judgment, whence the Psalmist saith,
satest
"Thou
5,)
(ix.
throne judging
on the
86 1
beyond
all
trating
their
is
their
pene view of the glory of the
much more intense thereof wherewith they
love
glow.
Sixth Responsory. Before the Angels will I sing praise unto Thee, and will worship before
Thine holy Temple, and
Fifth Responsory,
for
Thy
truth
Glory be
Verse.
and
to
the
sing
will
praise
and
And
I
Thy
the
to
Son,
hast
in us.
Father, the Holy
to
Ghost.
Answer. I
Name
Name, O Lord.
;
out of the angel s hand. Verse. Before the Angels will
praise
Thou
for
;
Thine holy Answer. And I
glorified 1
will
Lord.
For Thy loving-kindness,
Verse.
and
An Angel stood at the Altar of the Temple, having a golden censer in his hand and there was given unto him much incense, and the smoke of the incense ascended up before the Lord,
Their
Divine Being so is
Thy Name, O
right."
name
Their
compare.
signifieth burners or kindlers. fire is their love, and the more
will
praise
Name, O Lord.
I will worship praise unto Thee toward Thine holy Temple, and praise
Thy
;
Thy Name. O Lord. Answer. And the smoke
of the in
cense ascended up before the Lord, out of the Angel s hand.
THIRD NOCTURN. 3 First Antiphon. The Lord sent His Angel, * which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders
and captains
HP HE and
Cherubim are said
sent the fulness of knowledge, is for this reason that these
much
the
more
perfect they are
knowledge with which The word Seraphim
is
is
Second *
Cf.
Apoc.
viii.
Lord,
camp
of the King
title
sing unto the
LORD,
148.)
Antiphon. ye His
all
Worship Angels
!
the
Zion
heard, and was glad. Ps. xcvi.
filled. 2
the
(p.
the
given to those hosts of holy spirits, who, on account of their peculiar near 1
&c,
it
so
O
Ps. xcv. to repre
sublime hosts are so called, because the nearer they gaze upon the glory of
God
in the
of Assyria.
Sixth Lesson.
(P.
*
The LORD
reigneth,
c.,
149.)
Third Antiphon. Bless the Lord, all ye His Angels, that excel in
3, 4.
St Gregory seems to have accepted the opinion that Chrwb is a variant of spelling for Qrwb, and therefore means one who draws near. The derivation of the word is now considered very uncertain, but the traditional belief certainly is that the Cherubim are the representatives that is, of the intellectual as of contemplation, of knowledge as distinguished from love, opposed to the emotional, or the understanding as opposed to the heart, represented by the Seraphim, whose name is undeniably derived from saraph, to burn. 2
3
2 Par. Chron. xxxii. 21.
THE VOTIVE
862
strength, that do His commandments, to hearken unto the voice of His word. Ps. 1
(p.
Bless
cii.
the
LORD,
&c.,
60.)
Before the Angels will I sing praise unto Thee, O my God. Answer. I will worship toward Thine holy Temple, and praise Thy Verse.
Name. Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (i. 47.)
^A T
JESUS saw Nathanael coming to Him, and saith of him Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. And so on. that time
OFFICES. Seventh Responsory.
The Angel
St
What are the goings of the holy Angels ? Surely those goings whereof the Only-Begotten Son hath told us when He saith: "Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the Angels of God ascending and descending upon Their goings, the Son of Man." therefore, are by way of ascent and descent they ascend for their own :
and they descend, or to speak more truly, they condescend for our sakes. Thus do these blessed spirits sakes,
ascend upward by gazing upon God, and they descend downward by pity for thee, that they may keep thee in all thy ways. They ascend upward to the vision of Him, and they descend
downward will
at
He
"
;
fo.r
them not
touched
fire
at
all,
neither hurt them.
Blessed be their God,
Verse.
Who
Angel and delivered His servants that trusted in Him. Answer. So that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt them. sent
His
Eighth Lesson.
:
Bernard, Abbat [of (nth on Ps. xc.)
Clairvaux.]
came down
of the fire out of the furnace, so that
the
the intimation of His hath given His Angels
charge over thee, to keep thee in all but when they so descend thy ways
they ascend upward to they search into that wherewith they are sated by
V\7"HEN
gaze
:
Homily by
of the Lord
into the furnace, together with Azariah and his fellows, and smote the flame
truth
and by satiety are made to more when they descend downward they work mercy upon us by keeping us in all our ways. For
longing, long the
;
are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" (Heb. "
i. 14.) Surely they are not our lords but our ministers, and herein they are even as the Son of Man, who came not to be ministered unto but to
minister,
Who
(Matth. xx. 28,) and
was among His serveth. (Luke
disciples xxii.
as he that
27.)
The
fruit
of the goings of the holy Angels is, as toucheth themselves, their own blessedness and the conforming obedi
ence inspired by their love but as toucheth us, we receive through them the keeping of all our ways under the care of God s grace, for He hath given His Angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy needs. ;
"
:
downward they do not thereby
lose
of His glory, for that in heaven the Angels
Eighth Responsory.
the beatific vision
we know do always Father.
behold
(Matth.
the
xviii.
face
of the
10.) 1
2
Mac.
1
Lord,
Thou
didst
send
Thin<
in the time of Hezekiah, of Juda, and didst slay in the
Angel
xv. 22-24.
host
ALL HOLY ANGELS. of Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand wherefore now also, O Lord of heaven, send Thy good Angel before us, for a fear and dread of the might of Thine arm.
For when the heart
;
and love the
Glory be
Verse.
and
the
to
Son,
the
to
and
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
Answer. Wherefore now also, O Lord of heaven, send Thy good Angel before us for a fear and dread of the might of Thine arm.
it
to rise to seek
truth.
The Hymn,
"We
praise Thee,
O
is said.
God,"
terror that come with blasphemy against Thine holy people.
Answer. Wherefore now also, O Lord of heaven, send Thy good Angel before us, for a fear and dread of the might of Thine arm.
unburdened and
is
easier for
is
it
light,
That those be stricken with
Verse.
863
LAUDS. First Antiphon. O ye Angels of the Lord, * bless ye the Lord alway.
Second Antiphon. God hath given * to His Angels charge over thee, keep thee in
all
thy ways.
Third Antiphon. In heaven their Angels do alway behold the face of My Father * which is in heaven. Fourth Antiphon. Praise ye God * all His Angels, praise ye Him all His hosts !
If the Ninth Lesson is not of the Homily of a Week-day or that of a Simple,
T
N
the
His
it is
as follows.
meantime God hath given Angels
charge
over
;
pelling and admonishing thee to that which the Angel doth from the purer motive of love, to condescend by show ing pity toward thy neighbour, and
by
up thy desires and
striving
with all thine heart s longing after the supreme and eternal truth. Thus are we exhorted to lift up hearts and
hands together;
thus do
ye Angels and
Thrones
and
O
ye Principalities and ye Mighty Ones of praise ye the Lord from
Dominions, O Powers, heaven,
the heavens
!
Chapter. I
jgEHOLDto and I
we hear
xxiii. 20.)
send Mine Angel before
have prepared.
and obey
Beware of him,
his voice.
Hymn. 1
CHRIST!
of the holy
Angels light and
gladness,
Maker and Saviour
O may we
of the human race, reach the world unknown to sad
ness,
The
it
blessed mansions where they see
Thy
Face!
said every day, Lift up your hearts thus are we rebuked for our slothful"
"
(Exod.
thee, keep thee in the way, to bring thee into the place which
ascend along with the Angels
lifting
O ye
thee,
not to take thee out of thy ways, but to keep thee in thy ways, and so by their ways to make thy ways His ways for, if thou wouldst know how, He would have thee also descend and condescend, thine own needs com
again to
Fifth Antiphon. * O Archangels,
;
and thus is it said unto us O ness ye sons of men, how long will ye be
Angel of peace, may Michael to our dwelling Down from high Heaven in mighty calm
dull of heart
Breathing serenest peace, wild war dispelling With all her sorrows to the infernal gloom.
"
:
;
and seek
?
after
why
will
ye love vanity
leasing?" 1
(Ps.
iv.
3.)
ness come,
Translation by the Rev.
W.
J.
Copeland.
THE VOTIVE
864 Angel of might, may Gabriel
swift
OFFICES.
descend
ing,
Far from our gates our ancient foes repel, his own triumphs o er the world defend
And
PRIME.
O
ye Angels of the Antiphoji. Lord, &c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
ing,
In
dear to Heaven
temples
and
return
dwell.
Chapter at the end.
(Apoc.
xii.
7.)
HPHERE
Angel of health, may Raphael lighten o er
us,
To every sick-bed speed his healing flight, In times of doubt direct the way before us, And through
life s
was a great war in heaven, Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels and prevailed not neither was their place found any more in heaven. :
mazes guide our steps
;
aright.
The
Virgin, harbinger of peace supernal, all the Angelic train,
TERCE.
Mother of Light, with
Heaven
s
glittering host, court of the
Eternal, All Saints be with us,
till
that bliss
we
King gain.
God hath
Aiitiphon.
&c.,
given,
(Second Anfipkon at Lauds.} Chapter from Lauds.
by Thy thrice holy Godhead granted, Father, and Son, and Spirit ever blest
Be
this
Short Responsory.
;
Whose glory by the Angel host is chanted, Whose Name by all the universe confest. Amen. Verse.
Before the Angels
sing praise unto Thee,
O my
will
I
God. toward
will worship I Answer. Thine holy Temple, and praise Thy
An Angel stood at the Altar of the Temple. Answer. An Angel stood at the Altar of the Temple. Verse. Having a golden censer in his hand.
Name. Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. The Angel that talked with me came again, and waked me as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
to
1
Answer. At the Altar of the Temple. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. An Angel stood at the
Altar of the Temple. Verse. And the smoke of the in cense ascended up before the Lord
Answer. Prayer throughout.
Out of the Angel
r\ GOD, Who ^^ constituted
hast ordained and the services of angels and men in a wonderful order, mercifully grant that as Thine holy angels alway do Thee service in heaven, so, by Thine appointment, they may suffer and defend us on earth. Through our Lord JESUS
Son, Who liveth and Thee, in the unity reigneth with of the Holy Ghost, one God, world Amen. without end. Christ
Thy
1
Zac.
s
hand.
SEXT. In heaven, &c., (Third
Antiphon.
Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter.
T
HEARD
(Apoc.
the voice of
v.
n.)
many Angels
round about the throne, and and the elders the number of them was thousands
th<
living creatures,
;
an<
thousands, saying with a loud voice Salvation unto our God. iv. i.
ALL THE HOLY APOSTLES. Short Responsory.
Antiphon at
The smoke
of the incense ascended up before the Lord. Answer. The smoke of the incense ascended up before the Lord. Verse. Out of the Angel s hand.
865 the
Song of the Blessed
Virgin. Holy Angels who stand ever before God in heaven, shield us in
we
the battle, that
perish not in the
awful judgment.
Answer.
Before the Lord. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
$?ol2
tfje
Ghost.
Answer. The smoke of the incense ascended up before the Lord. Before the angels will sing praise unto Thee, O my God. Verse.
Honour
in
ffice
Verse.
of
all
Apostles,
for
Semi-double.
I
The
Office is the
Common
Answer. I will worship toward Thine holy Temple, and praise Thy
Apostles, (p. 462).
Name.
SS. Peter and Paul
The
Common
Office
for
Commemoration of is
omitted.
NONE.
O
Antiphon. c.
angels,
Prayer throughout.
ye angels and arch-
(Fifth
Antiphon
at
Lauds. )
r\ GOD, Who
didst will that
Thy
^-"^
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Short Responsory. Before the angels will I sing praise unto Thee, O my God. Answer. Before the angels will I sing praise unto Thee, O my God. Verse. I will worship toward Thine
holy Temple, and praise
Answer.
O my
Thy Name.
God.
to the Holy Ghost. Before the angels will sing praise unto Thee, O my God.
The Lessons of the First Nocturn are Scripture accordi?ig to the Season, if the day have no Scripture Lessons, then they are from \ Cor. iv. i, as in the Common Office, (p. 466.)
I
SECOND NOCTURN.
Worship God.
Verse.
Answer.
All ye his angels.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Sermons of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.]
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphons, Chapter, Verse and swer, and Prayer from Lauds.
Amen.
but
and
Answer.
world without end.
from
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
to the Son,
blessed Apostles should be the means whereby Thou hast brought us to know Thy Name, grant unto us the grace to celebrate unto our profit their everlasting glory. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
An
on the Saints. ) "THEY
are the light of the world,
Psalms of Sunday, except the last, which is Ps. cxxxvii., I will praise
whereby the Lord was
Thee, &c.,
to
(p.
Hymn from
197.)
Mattins.
because they were the means first pleased give unto this world the light of
faith
and
true
knowledge,
and
to
THE VOTIVE
866
and peoples from the darkness of ignorance and sin. They are the salt of the earth, for
OFFICES.
deliver the nations
they were the means whereby they dwell upon that the earth have tasted the savour of life eternal,
Sixth Lesson.
HTHEY
therefore
our princes,
are
made most
princes love for God,
and
perfect in
with love for
filled
Whence they were overcome the onset of the world and to conquer that bloody age, their
neighbour.
that
able
to
They are they of whom John saith in his revelation (xxi. 14, 19) that the wall of the heavenly city had
because they loved nothing in any Even thing except the will of God. so, brethren, let us love to do the will of God in all things, to love our
they might be preserved from the looseness of the flesh and the of sin and weakness. corruption
twelve
with
garnished
foundations,
manner of precious stones, and in them the names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb, for their preaching was the mean whereby God was pleased to lay the found ations of the Church, whence also all
Paul
saith
no
more
but
fellow
(Eph.
ii.
strangers -
citizens
19):
and with
"Ye
are
foreigners,
the
Saints,
and of the household of God, and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, JESUS Christ Himself being the chief
Maker
in
He
which
Himself,
made
has
sake, and ordered.
and
the
for their
things
Maker
s
so shall our love be well
For God is love ( i John and he that loveth with this love loveth God and if we thus love, God Himself loveth us, and the Holy iv.
"
8,)
;
Apostles that are to judge us love us, and pray for us, that at Christ s gen eral judgment we may be crowned along with them for ever.
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
corner-stone."
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matth. (xix.
Fifth Lesson.
270
1T\ EARLY beloved brethren, when we call these things to mind, let us strive to put in practice what these great leaders have taught and commanded us. Let us learn by their example to esteem lightly the riches of the world, to love not the pleasures
of
this
kingdom
of
heaven,
before
all
commandments the pile
the
poverty
of
to
and
things,
desire
to
life,
to
the
Christ
put
obey His
in all things, to love
things
present,
up riches by grace, of wisdom,
to
treasure
to
to
choose seek
the
gladness of the spirit, to envy no man, but to love all men, even our friends in God, and our
enemies
for
love in truth.
God,
for
this
only
is
A T
time
that
^*
:
Peter
said
unto
JESUS Behold, we have for saken all and followed Thee what :
;
shall
we have,
therefore
Homily by Poitiers.] It
is
?
And
so on.
St
Hilary, Bishop [of (Comment, on Matth. xx.)
written
that
Peter answerec
and said unto the Lord, Behold, we have forsaken all and followi Thee what shall we have, then fore ? and JESUS said unto them "
;
unto you, that yc followed Me, in regeneration when the Son of Mai shall sit in the throne of His glory,
Amen,
which
I
say
have
th<
ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone that hath forsakei
ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF houses, father,
or
ren, shall
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
or brethren, or sisters, or or mother, or wife, or child
land for
My Name s
sake,
an
receive
hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life but many that are first shall be last, and the ;
be
There are many reasons which forbid us to place upon these words of the Gospel a literal last shall
first."
interpretation.
W
Eighth Lesson.
E
are admonished by the intro duction of some things which, according to human sense, are selfcontradictory, to seek for an heavenly
The Apostles say
sense.
that
they
have forsaken all things, and yet that, so far from forsaking Christ, they have actually followed Him. Christ had said (i. iv.): is easier fora camel to go through the eye of a "It
needle than for a rich into the
kingdom of
to enter
by
to
faith,
regenerate
by
to
conquer by the cross, to make children of adoption by the Gospel, to quicken the dead by resur rection ? When the Apostles heard water,
these things they believed them forth and they profess that they with,
have left all things, and obedience the Lord doth
their
this
forthwith
reward, while He solveth all the diffi culty of the question above by say ing, "Ye which have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of
His glory, twelve
also
ye
shall
tribes
sit
the
thrones, judging of Israel." This
is
upon twelve
that
re
generation which the Apostles have obtained, which the law could not
and which, by seating them upon twelve thrones to judge the give,
twelve
them
tribes
of
Israel,
sharers
in
the
made
has
glory
of the
twelve patriarchs.
and "When they were ex
God,"
His disciples heard ceedingly amazed,
man
save
867
it
saying",
Who
then
can be saved?" Why should they be exceedingly amazed ? saying, Who then can be saved," seeing that they themselves had forsaken all things "
;
and what they had done, others could It is written also, But JESUS beheld them, and said unto them With men this is impossible, but with do.
ffice
in
Honour of
Spouse
of
tfje
Blesseli Ftr=
gin ifiarg, anti tfje
patron
of
Catholic
"
Semi-double.
:
God can
How things are possible." be said that with men this is
all it
when
it
was
the
except the following.
the
impossible, very thing which the Apostles themselves boasted of having done, and which the Lord Himself acknowledged that
they had done
Common Office for a Feast of a Confessor not a Bishop, All from
FIRST VESPERS. Antiphons,
Chapter,
and Prayer
from Lauds.
?
Hymn}Ninth Lesson.
A LL
^^
this
discourse
is
terpreted spiritually.
more
possible 1
Hymn
with
God
!
to
be
JOSEPH And
to thee
choirs
by hosts on high
of
Christians,
in-
paid
What
is
than
to
!
Saintly of
life,
by purest
tie
Joined unto her, the glorious Maid.
of the sixteenth century; translation by the Rev.
Dr
Littledale.
laud
be
THE VOTIVE
868
When
thou didst doubt thy wife
s
repute,
And mark her great with Sacred Load, The angel taught thee that her Fruit Came from the Holy Ghost of God.
To To
tears, to
Him
lost,
came with haste, * and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. Third Antiphon. :
seek in Salem s Shrine with joy, to find once more.
into Egypt. 3 Verse.
;
happier, like the angels blest, Alive, hast seen God Face to face.
O
unto
Thy
The Lessons are taken from Scrip ture according to the Season; but if the day have none such, then the fol
Most High that, with Joseph, we may gain Thy starry realm, and ceaselessly There raise to Thee our thankful strain. Trinity
will give praise
Answer. For Thou hast been mine Helper and Defender.
;
Thou
us,
I
Name
Death brings to other saints their rest Through toil they win the victor s place
Spare Grant
Behold, the Angel
of the Lord appeared to Joseph * in a dream, saying Arise, and take the young Child and His Mother, and flee
clasp the Son, thy Lord, was thine, share His flight to Egypt s shore,
With
OFFICES.
!
lowing are read.
Amen. First Lesson. 1
Verse.
He made him
lord of His
The Lesson
house.
And
Answer.
ruler
of
all
substance.
Antiphon at 2
Virgin.
the
When
Song of the Blessed
as Mary, the
Mother
of JESUS, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
The Common Commemoration of St Joseph
is
is taken from the Book of Genesis (xxxix. I.)
His
omitted.
CO
Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought
*^
him down thither. And the was with him, and he was a perous man and he was in the of his master and [his master] ;
;
well
MATTINS. Invitatory.
In
worshipful
remem
as at First Vespers.
FIRST NOCTURN. First Antiphon. Joseph went up * out of the Galilee, city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,
from
to
be enrolled with Mary. Second Antiphon. The shepherds 1
Ps. civ. 21.
the
and made
brance of our blessed Defender Joseph, * let us praise our God.
Hymn
that
2
Matth.
all
LORD was
with
LORD pros
house
knew him,
that he did to prosper
in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his master s sight, and he served him and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. And the LORD blessed the Egyptian s house for Joseph s sake, and made all his substance to increase, in ;
the
house,
and
in
the
[and Joseph s hand,] and he knew not aught he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly per
he
left
son, i.
18.
all
that he
had
field,
in
and well-favoured. 3
Ecclus.
li.
i, 2.
ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
First Responsory. 1
Second Responsory.
The people
cried to Pharaoh bread and he answered them unto Joseph.
2
:
:
4
God hath made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house. He hath made me great, to save much
for
Go
3
The saving of our lives is thy hand; only let us find grace in thy sight, and we will gladly be Verse.
people
in
Pharaoh s servants. Answer. And he answered them
Go
alive.
give you
(xli.
is ? :
find
all the land of And the plenEgypt. teousness of the seven years came to pass, and the corn was gathered by
moreover unto Joseph See, have set thee over all the land of Egypt. And he took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon his hand and arrayed him in a vesture :
I
handfuls, and laid up in the granaries of Egypt. The fruit of the field which
was round about every city was laid And so plentiful up in the same. was the wheat that it was like unto the sand of the sea, and exceeded all
;
of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck, and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had, and an herald cried out
1
2
Gen. Rex,
reckoning.
men
should bow the knee should know that he had been made ruler over all the land of Egypt. all
Third Responsory.
and
him,
:
"
any man more discreet and
said
:
or foot in all the land of And Egypt. he changed his name, and called him in the Egyptian Saviour-oftongue, 6 the-world." And he gave him to wife Asenath daughter of Potiphar, Priest of Heliopolis. So Joseph went out into the land of Egypt, (he was thirty years old when he stood before King Pharaoh) and went throughout
Unto Joseph Forasmuch as
:
that
great,
alive.
Pharaoh said moreover unto I am Pharaoh with out thee shall no man lift up his hand Joseph
wise than thou art? Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled only in the throne will I be greater than thou. And Pharaoh
before
made me
hath
much people
^/YND
God I
fat of the
Third Lesson.
he said hath showed thee all this which thou hast spoken, how shall therefore
unto me, and I will good of the land of
37.)
:
God
He
Answer.
thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants, and he said unto them Can we find such an one as this is, a man in whom the of
the
Egypt, and ye shall eat the
HE
Spirit
Come
land.
:
to save
T
5
all
Verse.
unto Joseph.
Second Lesson,
869
7
Now
shall
have seen thy
I
die
face,
happy, since
I
and do leave thee
xli. 55. "the
king,"
according to Gesenius, a simple translation of the Egyptian word but it best to give the foreign word, as it stands in the Hebrew and in ;
the translator has thought the Vulgate. 3
Gen.
6
Tsaphnath Phandach.
4
5 Gen. xlv. 18. Egyptian scholars interpret it as above, recognising in it a corruption of the Egyptian P-sot-m-ph-enech, but the Jews had an inter Revealer-of-a-secret pretation of their own from the Hebrew form i.e., (so Gesenius). 7 Cf. Gen. xlvi. 30; xlviii. n.
xlvii. 25.
LXX.
Gen.
xlv. 8
;
1.
20.
Psonthomphane"ch.
"
"
THE VOTIVE
8;o
I am not disappointed of The Lord hath showed seeing thee. me also thy seed. 1 He That hath fed me Verse.
behind me.
my youth up, bless the lads, and my name be named on them.
from let
The Lord hath showed
Answer.
me
also thy seed.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
to the Son,
Answer.
me
and
to the
Holy Ghost.
The Lord hath showed
OFFICES.
or rather because, as another Evangelist hath it, he was not simply a man, but was rightly called her husband, as he was neces
of excellency
;
He was sarily supposed so to be. thus called her husband because he must needs have been so supposed to be, as also he was deemed meet not in deed to be, but to be called, the father of the Saviour, since he was supposed so to be, as saith this same Evangelist: "And JESUS Himself be to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of
also thy seed.
gan
SECOND NOCTURN.
Joseph."
First Antiphon. Joseph arose, and took the young Child and His Mother
by night, and departed into Egypt and was there until the death of Herod. When Herod Second Antiphon. was dead, an Angel of the Lord ;
appeared in a dream to Joseph in Arise, and take the Egypt, saying young Child and His Mother, and for they go into the land of Israel are dead which sought the young
Fourth Responsory.
Thou hast given me the shield of Thy salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up. My buckler, 3
and the horn of
my
my
salvation,
|
and
refuge. Verse.
4 I
am
thy shield and thy
:
:
Child
s
exceeding great reward.
Answer. My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my re fuge.
life.
Third Antiphon. Joseph took the young Child and His Mother, and
came
Fifth Lesson.
cannot doubt but that a good
into the land of Israel.
2 Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine Answer. And protect that [Thy right hand hath planted.]
and
Verse.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Sermons
of St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux.]
(2nd upon Luke
\.
26.)
TV/TARY was espoused
to Joseph, or,
would be better to express it in the very words of the Evangelist, to a man whose name was Joseph. He calleth him a man not because he was a husband, but by a title as
1
Gen.
it
xlviii. 15, 16.
2
Ps. Ixxix. 15, 16.
faithful
man was
Joseph,
whom was
espoused the Mother of the Saviour. He was a faithful and wise servant whom the Lord set up for the comfort of His own Mother, the fosterage of His own
unto
flesh,
and
Whom
His own great counsel formed
upon
earth.
then In
a
faithful
addition
helper
thereto
it
said that he was of the house of He was indeed of the house David. of David. This man Joseph was indeed of kingly race, noble by birtl but nobler in heart, he was inde a son of David, and no unworth; descendant of David his father. was indeed a son of David, not ii is
H<
3
Ps. xvii. 36,
4 3.
Gen.
xv. i.
ji J f
ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF the
flesh
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
but
only, by loyalty and and earnestness. One of whom the Lord might have given testimony, and said, have found David the son of Jesse a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all
holiness
"I
My
will"
who
hidden
xiii. 22.) say, like David, secrets of Thy wisdom
made
hast 1.
A man
(Acts
could
7-)
manifest unto
A man who
her was fulfilled that which the Lord had sworn in truth unto David, cxxxi.
ii,) saying, thy body will I set
His
now
saints"
is
Thou
me"
(Col.
i.
"a
throne,"
manifest to
Though an
host should encamp heart shall not fear. war should rise against me,
against me,
Though in
this
will 6
Verse.
tinually of
my
be confident.
I
My
shall
praise for
Thou
be con art
my
Though war should
rise
Thee,
strong refuge.
26.)
Answer. Fifth Responsory.
He
My
upon
Sixth Responsory. 5
against 1
(Ps. the fruit of
(Ps.
was made
made
"Of
while Joseph stood by the conscious witness of the fulfilment of the promise.
genera
but
I
"The
minister according to the dispensa tion of God ... to fulfil the word of God, even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and for tions,
87
me,
in
this
will
I
be con
fident.
Verse.
shall
set his children under her 2 shelter, and shall lodge under her branches by her shall he be covered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.
and
to
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
the
Ghost.
:
3
Verse. Trust in Him, 4 ye con gregation of the people, pour out your heart before Him. Answer, And in her glory shall
he dwell. Sixth Lesson.
NTO
Joseph it was given not only to see and to hear that which many prophets and kings had desired to see and had not seen, and to hear and had not heard, (Luke x. 24,) but even to carry this, to lead T
J
it,
to
and
embrace to
keep
believe that
it,
it.
to kiss
We
to feed
it,
it,
must, however,
as well as Joseph house and lineage of David, since if she had not so been she would not have been espoused to one who was so. Both, therefore, were of the house of David, but in
Mary
was of the
1
5
Ecclus. xiv. 26, 27.
2
Ps. xxvi. 3.
6
/.^
ps
.
Wisdom s.
}
i
xx
. 6>
7.
Answer. against
me,
Though war should in
this
will
I
be
rise
con
fident.
THIRD NOCTURN. First Antiphon. When Joseph heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither. Second Antiphon. Joseph being
warned of God in a dream turned aside into the parts of Galilee, and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets He shall be called a Nazarene. Third Antiphon. The Father and Mother of JESUS marvelled at those things which were spoken of Him,
:
and Simeon blessed them. 7 1 Verse. called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord Answer. That He would not leave
me 3
in the
days of
Ps. Ixi. 9.
my
trouble.
4
I.e., in
7
Ecclus.
God li.
14.
see context.
THE VOTIVE
OFFICES.
Seventh Lesson,
Seventh Responsory.
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (iii. 21.)
1 Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife for That Which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost and she shall
The Lesson
A T
that time
^^
When
:
all
the people
were baptized, it came to pass, JESUS also being baptized and opened. praying, the heaven was that
And
so on.
Homily by St Augustine, Bishop xxiii.
(Against Faustus,
[of Hippo.]
;
:
bring
forth
His
call
Son
a
Name
;
and thou
shalt
JESUS.
Verse. For He shall save His people from their sins. Answer. And thou shalt call His
Name
JESUS.
7,8.)
From heaven,
over
the
Jordan,
Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which
Eighth Lesson.
"The
said,
Thou
My
art
am
beloved Son, in
Thus also upon the high mountain, "Behold a bright cloud overshadowed Him, and behold a voice out of the cloud which Thee
I
well
pleased."
My
beloved
said,
This
whom
am well pleased (Matth. xvii. 5.) Whom these voices
Him"
is
I
Son, in hear ye
;
And He
sounded from heaven was the Son of God before ever they were uttered, for over
He was He "Who albeit in the womb of the Virgin He took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of was the same "Who, being form of God, thought to be equal with God"
Whence
it
men,"
the not robbery
(Phil.
in
ii.
7, 6.)
same Apostle Paul
also the
saith plainly in
another place, (Gal.
iv.
"When
4,
5,)
that,
of the time was come, His Son, made of a
the
God
fulness
sent forth
woman, made
under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive is
the
Son
the
adoption of
sons."
God who
of
is
1
Matth.
i.
20, 21.
been useless
for us to
be
aforenamed Apostle would not have been so careful to remind Timothy to (2 Tim. ii.
8)
the
this,
JESUS Christ
"remember that
of the seed of David was raised from
the
dead according
to
my
gospel."
question now ariseth before the reader of the Holy Gospel, where fore since he doth us to wit that
The
Christ was born of the Virgin without coition with Joseph, this Christ
any
nevertheless,
is,
called
the
Son
of
although the pedigree for David given by the Evangelist Matthew is not that of Mary but The first reason is that of Joseph. that in order of sex the husband is
David,
named
before the wife, and that he, not the less called husband because he knew her not, since this same is
Matthew when he saith (i. 20) that That Which was conceived in her was of the Holy Ghost, expressly giveth to Joseph (19) the title of "her husband."
He His
it
lieve
Eighth Responsory.
the
Lord David, touching Godhead, and is yet as touching His flesh the Son of David begotten of David s seed. as
of
LJTAD
Arise, and take the young Child, and His Mother, and flee into Egypt and be thou there until I bring thee 2
;
word. 2
Matth.
ii.
13, 15.
ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.
Verse. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophets, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Answer. And be thou there until
bring thee word. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost Answer. And be thou there until I bring thee word. I
873
of Nazareth, unto Judea, unto of David, which is called
city
the
city
Bethlehem. Fourth Antiphon. 4 And they came with haste, * and found Mary and
and the
Joseph,
Babe
lying
in
a
manger.
And JESUS Him Fifth Antiphon. began to be about thirty years of 5
self
age, being (as was supposed) the Son of Joseph.
Ninth Lesson.
n^HIS
was of the seed of David, and that Joseph was in the pedigree of Christ from David. The only conclusion is
Mary herself was of the lineage of David, and that she was called the wife of Joseph in order of enum
that
and on account of union of soul, and that Joseph
eration their
Chapter.
one and the same Matthew
therefore saith that Joseph was the husband of Mary, that the Mother of Christ was a virgin, that Christ
of
sex,
included in the pedigree as her hus band, lest it might otherwise seem as if he were parted from a wife to whom he was bound by oneness of heart.
(Gen.
blessings of thy father have been strengthened by the bless ings of his progenitors, until the Desire of the everlasting hills come ;
them be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of him that was a
let
Nazarite
6
from his brethren.
Hymn? TOY
of the Saints
Our
-
life s
!
sure
is
Stay, as
Joseph
c.,"
First Antiphon. l And Jacob begat * the husband of Joseph, Mary, of
whom was
born JESUS,
Who
is
2 The Angel Second Antiphon. Gabriel * was sent from God, unto
city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man whose
a
name was
went up * from
great Creator
i
Matth.
2
16.
i.
6 "Separate,"
i.e.
name
And
Joseph also
Galilee,
out of the
Luke
as sold
i.
Hymn
26, 27.
3
I.
thine
work
salvation s
to aid.
The King of kings, the Lord of all, The God Whom heaven in awe attends, Whose nod makes trembling demons fall, To thee in meek submission bends.
To God Most
He
High, the Three in One, gave such grace to thee, make us win what thou hast won, praise,
The
Luke
away from them.
of the sixteenth century or later
VOL.
it
In lowliness thou didst adore.
ii.
4.
;
Who
joys of 4
life
Luke
Perhaps allusion
estrangement. 7
made
Thou seest with joy in manger lie The Saviour sung by seers of yore, And Him. the Son of God Most High,
Be 3
now thy praise is told, to us in love to-day.
called
Christ.
Joseph. Third Antiphon.
who didst uphold Hope, the world s one
To be the spouse of purest Maid, And father of the Word Divine In
LAUDS.
!
Hearken
The
O
The Hymn, "We praise Thee, is said. God,
xlix. 26.)
n^HE
translation
is
Amen.
eternally. ii.
16.
also
by the Rev. Dr
made
5
Luke
iii.
23.
to the previous
Littledale.
2 F
THE VOTIVE
874
1 Thou hast given me the Thy salvation. Answer. And Thy right hand hath
OFFICES.
Verse.
shield of
me
holden
Answer.
2
Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for That Which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Prayer throughout the Office. GOD, Who in Thine unspeak-
and
to
the
grant that now that he is in heaven with Thee, we who on earth do reverence him for our defender, may worthily be holpen by the succour of his prayers to Thee on our behalf; Who liyest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. mercifully
is
Verse.
will give praise
I
a
is
(Gen. fruitful
JOSEPH fruitful
xlix. 22.)
bough,
a
bough and comely to look upon, whose branches run over the wall.
TERCE. Antiphon. The Angel Gabriel, &c., (Second Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter from Lauds.
lord
unto
of
Thy
SEXT.
And Joseph
Antiphon. (
&c.,
also,
Third Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter.
HTHE
God
help
of
thee,
bless
shall
(Gen.
xlix.
thy
and the
thee
with
25.) shall
father
Almighty
blessings
of
heaven above. Short Responsory. I
Chapter at the end.
Holy
Answer. For Thou hast been mine Helper and Defender.
unto
will give praise I will
Answer.
And Jacob, &c., (First Antiphon. Antiphoji at Lauds.}
Father,
the
Name
omitted.
PRIME.
the to
He made him
Answer. His house.
The Common Commemoration of St Joseph
to
and
Son,
Ghost.
able foreknowledge didst choose blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of Thine Own most holy ;
His sub
all
Lord of His house.
Thy
Mother
of
ruler
Glory be
Verse.
up.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
r\ ^^
And
Verse.
stance.
Thy Name.
give praise unto
Thy Name. For thou hast been mine Verse. Helper and Defender. Answer. Praise unto Thy Name. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
and
to
the
and
Son,
to
the
Holy
Ghost.
Answer.
I
Thy Name. The Verse. the
will
give praise unto
righteous shall grow as
lily.
Answer. Yea, he shall flourish for ever in the presence of the Lord.
NONE. Short Responsory.
He made him lord of His house. He made him lord Answer.
Antiphon. of
&c.,
(Fifth
And JESUS Himself, Antiphon at Lauds.}
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
His house. 1
Ps. xvii. 36.
2
Matth.
i.
20.
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. Short Responsory.
The righteous
shall
after the order of Melchisedec,
as
grow
offered bread
the
as the
The
righteous shall grow
ever in
He hath and] full of compassion. given meat unto them that fear Him. Third Antiphon. I will take the * and offer the cup of salvation,
Yea, he shall flourish for the presence of the Lord.
As
Answer.
the
lily.
Verse.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. as the
The
righteous shall
sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Ps. cxv.
grow I
lily. l
Verse.
Planted
LORD. Answer.
the house
in
of
In the courts of the house
of our God.
Ps.
SECOND VESPERS. All as at First
&c.,
2
Whom
I
I
under His shadow
maketh peace
in
And His
fruit
Ps.
was sweet
3
ffitce
in
The Lord, That the borders
Praise
cxlvii.
the
finest
LORD, O
Hymn.
Thou thus Behold, Thy father have sought Thee sorrowing. in
of the
Jerusalem, &c., (p. 203.)
Antiphon at the So fig of the Blessed
I
every one,
* filleth her with the Church, of the wheat.
taste.
Son, Virgin. dealt with us ?
and
is
191.)
delighted.
Answer.
my
sat
Blessed
cxxvii.
(p.
Fifth Antiphon.
Vespers, except the
following : Verse.
believed, therefore have
I
spoken, &c., (p. 185.)
Fourth Antiphon. Let ^ the child ren of the Church be like olive-plants * round about the table of the Lord.
the
to
[gracious
;
lily.
Verse.
hath
and wine.
Second Antiphon. He hath made His wonderful works to be re membered * the LORD is
lily.
Answer.
87S
why
hast
Honour
of
Igolg Sacrament of for
tfte
Jost
tlje
Sltar,
r\
the glorious
Body
telling,
O my And the Which
tongue, Its mystery sing Blood, all price excelling, for this
In a noble
He
shed
womb forth,
Given for us, Of a Virgin
Man
world s ransoming once dwelling the Gentiles King.
for us
descending
to proceed, with man in converse
blending He the Gospel seed His sojourn drew to ending Which He closed in wondrous deed.
Semi-double.
Scattered
All as on Sundays except
;
:
Till
the fol
lowing. At the Last Great Supper seated, Circled by His brethren s band,
FIRST VESPERS. Chapter and Prayer from Lauds.
All the
Law
required, completed, its statutes planned,
In the Feast 4
First Antiphon.
being made an High 1
Ps. xci. 14.
5
Hymn
2
Christ the Lord, Priest for ever * Cant.
ii.
3
"noble" for in the 4th.)
"generous,"
He meted Food, with His own Hand.
the twelve Himself
For
their
4 Heb. vi. Luke ii. 48. 20; Gen. xiv. 18. by the late Dr Neale, (two words altered, in the ist, and for generosi .
.3.
by St Thomas Aquinas
To
translation as a translation of ;
"
"
"for"
"in"
THE VOTIVE
8;6
Flesh, by word He maketh Very bread His Flesh to be Man for wine Christ s Blood partaketh
OFFICES.
Word made
Hymn*
;
;
And
if
senses
ET
T
old things pass away Let all be fresh and bright
to see,
fail
;
Faith alone the true heart waketh To behold the Mystery.
And welcome we
Therefore, we, before
Upon
It
This Feast of new delight.
bending,
This great Sacrament adore Types and shadows have their ending In the new rite evermore Faith, our outward sense amending,
The Pasch
:
Honour, laud, and praise addressing To the Father and the Son,
And
Alike on each, alike on all, His sacred Hands bestowed.
Thou
didst
from heaven Bread able Answer.
man
every
s
gave His Flesh He gave His Precious Blood and said Receive and drink ye all of This For your salvation shed."
He
:
Holy Ghost, from Both progressing, Equal laud to Thee be done. Amen. l
send them
O
Lord, how kindly is Thy Virgin. * even Thine, Whose sus Spirit tenance declared Thy sweetness unto
the Lord appoint This Sacrifice sublime, And made His Priests the ministers
Through
Thy
didst send
all
the bounds of time.
Farewell to types
henceforth
!
We
!
when Thou
:
Thus did
content
to
delight.
children
;
;
"
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed 2
set.
virtue, blessing,
eternal benison
Verse.
Him
before
Which done, Himself entire, The True Incarnate God,
defects before.
Might ascfibe we,
hallowed eve,
this
Christ with His brethren ate, Obedient to the olden Law,
:
Maketh good
;
with hearts renewed
The Of
feed on Angels Food slave O, wonder! eats the Flesh ;
God
his Incarnate
!
them from heaven bread tempering every man s liking, O Thou, hast filled the hungry with good things, and the rich, that are proud in the imagination of their hearts,
itself to
Who
Thou hast
sent
O
Blessed Three in Visit our hearts,
One we pray, !
And lead us on through Thine own To Thy eternal day. Amen.
empty away.
paths
FIRST NOCTURN.
At
Compli?ie and every other Office the last verse of the Hymn is altered in honour of the Incarnation, except ing only the three Hymns proper to the Feast.
The Lord brought His fruit in the season of His * even that fruit whereof il death, man eat, he shall live for ever.any First Antiphon.
forth
Ps.
MATTINS.
i.
Blessed
is
the
man,
&c.,
(A 40
O come, worship Christ,
Invitatory.
Of all
Who
and
let
us
the nations Lord, to them that feed on
doth,
Him,
The Bread
of Life afford.
1
Wisd.
xvi. 20.
3
Hymn
by St Thomas Aquinas
Second Antiphon. His faithful which are increased by the fruit ol His corn and His wine * do lay thei down in peace and sleep in Christ. on<
*
Ps.
iv.
When 2
;
translation
I
called, &c., (p. 206.;
Wisd.
by the Rev. E. Caswall.
xii.
i
;
xvi. 21. 4
John
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. Third Antiphon. l Us, being many, hath the Lord made one body, * for we are all partakers of that one cup, which is not the communion of the blood of bulls, but of God Himself. Ps. xv.
O
Preserve me,
Lord, &c.,
(p. 12.)
877
Second Lesson. have received of the Lord which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord JESUS, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread and, when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said Take, eat: This is My Body, Which shall be given for you this do in remem brance of Me. After the same I
"pOR
that
;
:
2
Verse.
He gave them of the
bread
of heaven
;
Man
Answer.
did
eat
Angels
manner also He took the cup, when He had supped, saying This Cup
bread.
:
The Lessons are taken from Scrip
is
ture according to the Season, but when there are none such the following are used.
First Lesson.
New
the
Testament
This do ye, as
oft as
My Blood. ye drink it, in in
remembrance of Me. For as often as ye eat this Bread, and drink this Cup, ye do show the Lord s death till He come.
The Lesson
taken from the First Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (xi. 20.) is
ye come together, there one place, this is not For every to eat the Lord s Supper. one taketh before his own supper to eat, and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What have ye not houses to eat and to drink in ? fore, into
!
ye
despise
shame
and
What
shall
praise
you
Church of God, that have not ?
the
them I
?
say to In this
you I
?
Do
praise
The whole assembly of
Israel
shall
;
Cor. Cor.
x.
17
;
v. 7, 8.
Heb.
the
lamb
therefore let us
ix. 13, 14.
Answer. the
Cup
keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Answer. And they shall eat the flesh, and unleavened bread. 1 i 4 i
heaven.
LORD
This is the bread which hath given you to eat.
whosoever
shall
Bread, or drink the of the Lord, unworthily, shall be
Body and Blood
guilty of the
toward the evening of the Passover. they shall eat the flesh, and un leavened bread. 4 Even Christ our Passover Verse. sacrificed for us
6
Verse. Moses gave you not that Bread from heaven, but My Father Bread from giveth you the true
VyHEREFORE, eat this
of the child
kill
eat.
Third Lesson.
And
is
shall eat flesh, and shall be with bread. * This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to
I
First Responsory.
ren
Ye
you
not.
3
5
filled
YXTHEN
or
Second Responsory.
self,
But let a and so let
and
sickly
Lord.
of the
man examine him
him eat of that For Bread, and drink of that Cup. he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to Lord s himself, not discerning the For this cause many are weak Body. sleep.
selves,
among
For
if
you,
and
many
we would judge our
we should not be judged.
2
Ps. Ixxvii. 24, 25.
3
5
Exod.
6
xvi. 12, 15.
Exod. xii. 6, John vi. 32.
But
THE VOTIVE
8;8
OFFICES.
when we
are judged, we are chastened Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Fourth Lesson.
of the
Third Responsory. 1
{In December. ]
The Lesson is taken from the Ser mons of the Blessed Patriarch of Jerusalem,
Elijah looked, and, behold, there
was a cake baken on the coals at his head, and he arose, and did eat and drink and went in the strength of that meat [forty days and forty nights] unto the mount of God.
HTHE
;
2
Verse,
If
Bread, he shall
man
any
eat
of this
live for ever.
Answer. And went in the strength meat [forty days and forty nights] unto the mount of God. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And went in the strength of that meat [forty days and forty nights] unto the mount of God. of that
4
Cyril.
(Catechetical
Lectures, 4.)
teaching of the blessed Paul
seemeth of
itself
for
you
;
:
this is
My
manner
Body.
also
.
He
.
.
took the
cup,"
"
"
:
;
First
member
The Lord re Antiphon. our offering, * and accept
our burnt-sacrifice.
The LORD hear
Ps. xix.
thee, &c.,
18.)
(j>.
Second Antiphon. The Lord pre* in the pareth His Table before us presence of our enemies. Ps.
The LORD
xxii.
herd, &c.,
is
my Shep
Since
definitely
Bread:
who
will
xli.
As
Verse.
1
4
He
fed
them with the
of the wheat
Answer. the
Rock
is
said,
My
hath
touching Body"
My Blood" who is he that will doubt any longer, or say that It is not His Blood.
The Lesson mons of
taken from the Ser St John Chrysostom, [Patriarch of Constantinople. ] (6ist Homily to the people of Antioch.*}
And with honey out He satisfy them.
of
2
xix. 6, 8.
beloved brethren, it behoveth us to learn the miracle
Suffered
what the Gift is, was given, and what is the use thereof. "We, being many, of the
much
are j oh n
is
EARLY
Mysteries
and why
did
s/i) Kings Elected A.D. 350.
January and February.}
(In
"Q
3
"This
Blood.
is
the hart panteth, &c.,
950
finest
and
My
He Who
dare any longer to doubt And since it is He that It is so? again that hath absolutely affirmed and said, touching that cup: "This
God.] Ps.
stated
that
is
it
47.)
(p.
Third Antiphon. Let them that keep holiday around the table of the Lord * make the voice of joy and praise to be heard [in the house of
(P.
therefore
same and Take this
After the
gave thanks, and said and drink it this is
SECOND NOCTURN.
in
enough
concerning those Divine Mysteries, whereof, if ye be made worthy, ye become therein, so to speak, of one Body and of one Blood with Christ. Paul saith that our Lord JESUS Christ, "the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread and, when He had given thanks, He brake it, and gave it unto His disciples, saying Take, eat ; struction
vi.
51.
one
It
body,"
saith 3
Apostle
[the
Ps. Ixxx. 17.
persecution from the Arians, and died
March
18, 386.
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. Cor.
Paul,
(i
"We
are
x.
and again] of His Body, of
17,)
members
His Flesh, and of His Bones." (Eph. 1 v. 30.) Only the initiated will now understand what I say. That this union may take place, not by love
and indeed, we ought
only, but verily to mingle our
own with His
Flesh.
And this is done by eating that Food Which He hath given unto us, beingfain to manifest that exceeding great love which He beareth to us -ward.
To into
hath mingled Him and infused His Body our bodies, that we may be one
together,
may
us,
like as the
man
limbs of a
and his head are all of one body. Such union do they long for that love much.
signs which :
!
and touch Him, And yea, thou dost feed upon Him. hold, thou dost see
wouldest thou behold His raiment ? Lo, He hath given unto thee not only to behold it, but to feed upon it, and handle it, and take it into thyself.
Fourth Responsory.
As they were eating, JESUS took bread, and blest it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said 2
:
Take, eat
3
Verse.
O
:
this is
;
(In March.}
Answer.
taken from the Sermons
Word
saith
:
is
"This
My
This we confess, and believe, and, with spiritual eyes, do see. Christ hath not left unto us Himself in such form as that we can
Body.
The men of my we had of
tabernacle his
flesh
!
satisfied.
Take,
eat
;
this
is
My
Body.
of St John Chrysostom, [Patriarch of Constantinople.] (both Homily to the people of Antioch.~}
^pHE
My
that
we cannot be is
there
be which say I would that I could see His comely presence, His Face, His garments, even His shoes Be
said
The Lesson
our bodies
How many
perceive.
He
end
this
self with
outward
in
879
Fifth Lesson. (In December.}
[The fourth Catechetical Lecture of the Blessed Cyril
continued. }
Body."
see, hear, touch, smell, or taste
and yet hath He
left
Him
;
Himself unto
us in things which we can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste, and which all men may understand. Thus also is in baptism it by mean of water, ;
which
men
perceive outwardly, is given unto them a gift which they can grasp only inwardly, that is, a
new
birth.
If
we had no
bodies,
then would these things be given us without any outward and visible signs, but since we are here made up of souls and bodies, there are given unto our souls gifts which they can grasp, 1
I.e.,
the baptized, the Church
catechumens. 2 Matth. xxvi. 26.
s
A T ^~^
the beginning of His ministry, Cana in Galilee, the Lord
at
turned water into wine, a thing which hath some qualities in common with blood and shall we deem Him less worthy that we should believe Him, when He turneth wine into Blood ? When He was bidden to that marriage wherein twain were made one flesh, He did the beginning of His miracles ;
amazement of all men and we less surely hold that He hath given us His Body and Blood to be our meat and drink, or take them
to
the
;
shall
weaker faith that they are in His Body and His Blood? Under the appearance of bread He giveth unto us His Body, and, under with
deed
doctrine on the Eucharist being concealed from the 3
Job
xxxi. 31.
THE VOTIVE
88o
the appearance of wine, His Blood
:
and when thou shalt come to receive, it is on the Body and Blood of Christ thou
that
wilt
feed,
being
made
a
OFFICES.
fiery,
all
Jews
it
the
your your
become Christ -bearers, 1 namely, by
hand
i.
it
the
touching
(Exod. xii. n): ye eat it; with girded, your shoes on
thus
shall
loins
and your staff in your and ye shall eat it in haste the LORD S Passover." But needest to be more watchful feet,
;
;
is
thou than
they. They were just about travel from Egypt to Palestine,
to
and therefore they bore the guise of but the journey that lieth is from earth to heaven. therefore it behoveth thee in
travellers
4.)
commanded
Paschal lamb,
"And
partaker of His Body and of His Blood. Thus indeed it is that we carrying about Christ in our bodies, when we receive His Body and Blood into our own frames. Thus, as the blessed Peter hath it, we are "par takers of the Divine nature." (2 Pet.
To
roused.
all
hot,
was
;
before thee
(In Jamiary
And
and February.}
things to be on thy guard, for the punishment of him that eateth or drinketh unworthily is no light one. Bethink thee how (i Cor. xi. 27.) all
[The 6 ist Homily of St John Chrysostom continued. ]
HEN
we come back from that Table we ought to be like so many lions breathing fire, dreadful to the devil. Our thoughts ought to be concentrated on our Great Head and the love which He showeth us. Many fathers and mothers there are who "XX/
give their children to others to nurse, but I, saith the Lord to His children, I am not so, but I feed you with
Own
Mine
Flesh, and join Myself to you, fain that ye all should be sons of noble blood now, and giving you
a noble hope of that which ye shall be hereafter. I was content to be
come your
I for your sakes Flesh and Blood, and that Flesh and Blood wherein I
Brother,
have taken unto
am become give
I
thou art indignant against him which betrayed, the Lord
thou
your Brother, the unto you.
it
crucified
that
well
be not Guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord." As for them, they slew His Most Holy Body but thou, after all that He hath done for thee, dost thrust Him "
;
into
thy
love,
it
Man,
polluted
be
to
crucified
buffeted,
He
For
soul.
was not enough hath
to be
and
His
made to
be
also
mingled Himself with us, by making us His Body, and that not by faith only, but verily and indeed. ;
Fifth Responsory.
Same
in turn
2
[The 6oth Homily of St John Chrysostom continued. ] this table of the
Lord
let
none
dare to draw near with squeamishness or carelessness. Let all be 1
that to
Me
(In March.}
3
and them and look
also
JESUS took the cup, after supper, This cup is the New Testa ment in My Blood. This do in re membrance of Me. Verse. My soul hath them 3 still in remembrance, and is humbled saying
"PO
;
in
:
me.
Answer. of Me.
This do
in
remembrance
Christiferi.
Viz.,
Lam.
iii.
the 20.
affliction
and the misery, the wormwood
and
the
gall.
See context
in
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. Sixth Lesson.
[The fourth Catechetical Lecture, by
CHRIST with
once
continued.
said,
Who
sitting
conversing "Except ye
Man, and
drink His Blood, ye have no life in you." But they took (John vi. 53.) not spiritually that which He said,
"from
that
time
many
often as we take that Body, as often as we taste that Blood, let us think how that we feed on Him is
on high, adored of Angels, at the right hand of the Eternal Power. Ah me, how many a way is open to us whereby we may be saved! He hath made us His He hath given His Body to us and we still are not turned away from evil.
in
the Jews: eat the Flesh of the Son of
and
I
counted worthy, and let that remem brance still the unruly motion. As
(In December. ] the Blessed Cyril
88
of His
went back, and walked no more with Him." (66.) They thought that He had bidden them to eat flesh. The Old Testament also had Shewbread, but this Old Testament bread was now to have an end. The bread of the New Testament is the Bread Which cometh down from heaven" disciples
(In March.}
[The 6oth Homily of St John Chrysostom continued. ] be purer than that ought to be, who eateth of this great Sacrifice ? Can sun-beam be clearer than that hand ought to be which breaketh this Flesh ? that mouth, which is filled with that that tongue, which is spiritual fire ? reddened by that Blood, awful ex anything r^ANman
"
New
(50), the cup of the
Testament,
the
Cup of Salvation, that Bread and that Cup Which hallow both souls and
Wherefore I will have understand that the Bread and Wine whereunto thou art to come, are not mere common bread or mere common wine for they are the Body and the Blood of Christ. Even if thy senses do indeed deny this fact, yet bodies.
thee
to
ceedingly quail
;
faith
let
make
thee right sure of
Judge not the Thing by the
Body and Blood (In January 6 ist
[The ostom
it.
taste
? Many mothers there be, after all the pains of travail, give their own little ones to strangers to
who
us then, dearly beloved breth ren, take good heed to our selves, as unto the holders of so great
But so would not He, but feed Own Blood, and maketh us to grow up in His Own substance. nurse.
eth us with His
word
springeth to our lips, or we feel anger taking possession of us, or the sting of any other sinful passion, let us call to mind of What we have been 1
VOL.
I.
John
to gaze because of the
shepherd
Homily of St John Chryscontinued. ]
foul
It,
who can show forth all His praise?" Where is the shepherd (Ps. cv. 2.) which feedeth his flock with his own blood ? Nay, why should I say,
of Christ.
any
neither dare
upon
"
and February. )
and when
That whereon the Angels
look,
blinding glory that shineth therefrom, upon This we feed, with This we be come one, and are made one body of Who can Christ, and one flesh. utter the mighty acts of the LORD ?
JET
mercies,
?
steadfastly
thereof, but let faith assure thee be yond all doubt thou art partaking of
the
to
Sixth Responsory. 1
I
am
that
fathers did eat vi.
Bread of
manna
in
life.
Your
the wilder-
48-511
2 F 2
THE VOTIVE
882 ness,
and
man may
am
I
the
the
is
down
cometh
heaven, that a and not die. Verse.
This
dead.
are
Which
Bread
eat thereof,
;
Answer. This is the Bread Which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. This is the Bread Which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
THIRD NOCTURN. First Antiphon. I will go unto the Altar of God ; * I will feed on Christ, is
Renewer of my youth.
the
Judge me,
O
God, &c.,
(P. 105.)
and with honey out of the Rock
wheat, l hath
satisfied us.
He
St Cyril, iv.
(Book
Pope
on John,
[of Alex ch.
17.)
My Flesh and drinketh My Blood," saith the Lord, dwelleth in Me, and I in him." If a man take two pieces of wax and melt them, and pour the one into the "
that
eateth
"
so they necessarily mingle he that receiveth the Body and Blood of the Lord doth become so joined with the Lord that he is to be found in Christ and Christ in him. Another comparison thou wilt find in Matthew. The Lord there saith The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, [till the whole was leavened,]" (xiii. 33,) be little leaven cause, as Paul saith, leaveneth the whole lump." (Gal. v. So also doth a little of this 9.) Blessing draw the whole man unto Itself, and fill him with Its grace and thus doth Christ dwell in us, and other,
;
also,
:
"
:
Sing aloud unto God, &c.,
Ps. Ixxx. (p.
Homily by andria.]
"a
Second Antiphon. The Lord hath fed us * with the finest of the
He
:
Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. And so on.
if
eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever.
xlii.
that time: JESUS said unto the multitudes of the Jews My
Bread
living
any man
Ps.
AT
from
Which came down from heaven
Which
OFFICES.
we
in Christ.
140.)
Third Antiphon.
It
is
Thine
at
* that we do feed on for Whom our heart and our Christ,
Altar,
O
flesh crieth out.
Ps.
(In
Lord,
Ixxxiii.
How
Thou
2
out of the earth
lovely
are
Thy
A T
142.)
bringest forth food !
And
Answer.
is
taken from the Holy
Gospel according
tabernacles, &c., (p. Verse.
January and February.}
The Lesson
wine
that
maketh
glad the heart of man.
that time multitudes
to
Flesh is is drink indeed.
:
And
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (vi. 56.) 1
i
Cor. x.
4.
"
.
so on.
Homily by St Austin, Bishop
[of
(ijth Tract on John.}
We
(In December.}
56.)
:
have heard from the Gospel Lord which follow [those that formed the subject of my] earlier discourse. To your ears and understandings we owe a disthe words of the
The Lesson
(vi.
JESUS said unto the of the Jews My meat indeed, and My Blood
Hippo.]
Seventh Lesson.
John
2
Ps.
ciii.
14, 15,
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. on these also, and to-day it becometh very well, for it is upon course
that Body of the Lord, Which He professeth Himself that He "will give for the life of the "that a world,"
man may
eat thereof
He
made
hath
giveth, and He saith
manifest
Seventh Responsory. eateth My Flesh and Blood, dwelleth in Me, in him. that
My
drinketh
and
I
2
die."
how He
What is His Gift, where He that eateth My Flesh
What
nation
is there so so nigh unto our God is to us ?
who hath gods
great,
LORD
them, as the
Answer.
"
:
He
1
Verse.
and not
883
Dwelleth
in
Me, and
and drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in Me and I in him." The sign to show whether a man hath or hath not eaten that Flesh and drunk that
him.
Blood, is whether or not he dwelleth in Christ and Christ in him, whether or not he is a guest of Christ and Christ of his, whether or not he so cleaveth unto Christ, that Christ be not parted from him.
[The Homily on John, by St
I
in
Eighth Lesson, (hi December.} Cyril
contimied. ]
AS
we would win
for ourselves, if
if we would that everlasting the Giver of immortality should dwell life
in
;
us
let
us,
run freely
to
receive
Blessing, and let us beware that the devil succeed not in laying a stumbling-block in our way, in the shape of a mistaken reverence. Thou this
(In March.}
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
is
Gospel according
to
John
56.)
(vi.
that time
JESUS said unto the L multitudes of the Jews My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood :
:
is
we know well, how Whosoever shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup of the Lord unworthily eateth and rightly sayest, and that it is written
And
drink indeed.
so on.
St Austin,
Homily by
Bishop [of
(27/7^ Tract on John.}
Hippo.]
Blood,
is
we should dwell
that
Him, and He
in
We
us.
.
in
dwell in
Him when we are His members, and He dwelleth in us when we are His temple. But the bond whereby we are made His members is one ness and what is the cause of one whence "The
shed
is
love
abroad
Holy Ghost, (Rom.
us."
And
?
Ask
it ?
of
God,"
in
saith
our hearts
Which v.
love of God, the Apostle.
is
myself
and
find
myself
ask
thee,
who
John
unworthy. these
citest
me, who shall ever be found worthy ? When wilt thou be such an one as may be worthy to be offered to Christ ? If by sin thou art un worthy, and thou ceasest not to sin, "Who (for, as the Psalmist hath it, can understand his errors Ps. xviii. 13,) then shalt thou for ever lack this to
?"
means
of
(In
life
and
sanctification.
January and Tract
1
Febrtiary.}
on John,
7th continued. ] Austin
[The
"THIS
unto to
vi. 57.
I
by St
"is
by the
given
5.) i
he,
.
And
;
but love
.
drinketh damnation to himself." (i Cor. xi. 27, 29.) I therefore examine
words
I have said, my brethren, that what the Lord hath set before us, in eating of His Flesh and drinking of His
ness
"
:
A T
be
hath He taught, and warned words of deep meaning,
us, by in His 2
Body Deut.
as
iv. 7.
members whose
THE VOTIVE
884
Head
He, eating His Flesh, and Oneness. alway to His Many of His disciples when they had heard this went back, and walked no more with Him"- for they understood not by "Flesh" any flesh other than such as they them selves were made of. The Apostle saith, (and very true it is): "To be is
cleaving "
.
carnally viii.
Flesh
6.) to
"Whoso
eternal
.
minded is death." (Rom. The Lord giveth us His eat, and to understand it
Where He
death.
is
carnally
.
My
eateth
Flesh
.
.
saith .
* With the bread of life understanding hath the Lord fed him. Answer. So he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Verse.
and
and
is
written:
Answer.
"
(In March.}
CO
"it
is
by St
the spirit that quickenthe spirit that maketh
It is
eth."
the limbs, nor is the quicken ing power of the spirit shed through any limbs but such as remain in lively
union with the body whose the spirit is. The spirit that thou hast in thee, O man, and whereby thou art a man, doth that spirit shed life through any limb cut off from thy flesh ? By "
spirit,"
I
mean
The
soul.
So he that eateth Me, live by Me.
continued. ]
"Many ,
counsel thee to
and
to live carefully and holily, and so a Blessing to receive that Blessing
which, believe me, doth banish, not death only, but all diseases likewise. For when Christ dwelleth in us, He the law of death in our stilleth members, which warreth against the law of our mind, (Rom. vii. 23,) He to He giveth strength godliness, turneth to calm the turbulent surg ing of our mind, He cureth them which are sick, He raiseth up them
which are
fallen,
Shepherd,
Which
the
He
sheep,
Good
and, like the
giveth His life for prevaileth that the
sheep perish not.
soul
quickeneth no limb but such as re main attached to the body. Cut one off, and the soul quickeneth it no more, for it is separate from the oneness of thy body.
I
betake thee to godly thoughts,
:
John,
Holy
[The Homily on John, by St Cyril
(not His enemies)
27th Tract on Austin continued. ]
the
(In December.}
hath
when they heard this, said This an hard saying who can hear it ?
[The
to
Ninth Lesson.
"
is
and
Son,
even he shall
stand this His Flesh carnally, as did they of whom it of His disciples"
the
to
Ghost.
:
we must not under
"
life
OFFICES.
(In January
and February.}
on 7th Austin continued. ]
[The
Tract
1
John,
by
St
TF
His disciples took His words an hard saying, how did His enemies take them ? And, neverthe for
Eighth Responsory.
thus
less, 1
As
Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, even he shall live
if
by Me.
and
the
living
i
John
vi.
58.
all
them.
it
behoved
men were
A
not
Divine
to
to
speak them understand
mystery ought
make
to
us thoughtful, not to repel us yet, when the Lord JESUS Christ
;
2
Ecclus. xv.
3.
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. spoke thus in mystery, many of His disciples went back and walked no
more with Him. They believed not He was speaking of some great thing, and darkly announcing in these that
words a bounty. They understood but as they pleased, even after the
manner
of men, that JESUS was able, JESUS meant, to give that Flesh wherewith the Word is clothed on, as it were, in slices, to them that or
that
on Him. And they said This is an hard saying who can hear it?" believe
LAUDS. * First Antiphon. Wisdom hath builded her house, * she hath mingled her wine, she hath also furnished her
table.
Second Antiphon. 2 Thou feddest Thine Own people * with Angels food, and didst send them bread from heaven.
Third Antiphon. His bread shall be
shall yield royal dainties. 3 4 The Fourth Antiphon. Priests be holy * for the offerings [of the LORD] made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer, [therefore they shall be holy.]
shall
(In March.
)
27th Tract on Austin contimied. ]
[The
HTHESE
things love oneness
John,
we may
say, that
I
and dread
by St
Christ,
is no longer a member of and the Spirit of Christ no
longer
quickeneth
he
man,"
saith
him.
"
;
To him that Fifth Antiphon. overcometh will I give of the hidden * manna, and will give him a new name. 5
division.
In sooth, there is nothing which a Christian ought so much to dread, as to be cut off from the Body of Christ. If he be cut off from the Body of
any
Out of Christ * and He
fat,
:
"
Christ,
885
Now,
the Apostle,
if
"have
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His." (Rom. viii. 9.) is the Spirit that "It quickeneth the flesh profiteth nothing the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life."
Chapter,
(i
Cor.
xi.
23.)
have received of "DRETHREN, the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord JESUS, the same night in which He I
was betrayed, took bread, and, when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said this is Take, eat My :
;
Body, Which shall be given for you this do in remembrance of Me.
:
;
:
"
Spirit this
?
It
and is
what meaneth
"
life
to
be taken
spiritually.
Hast thou taken it spiritually ? Then the words the Lord spake, unto thee they are spirit and they are life. Hast thou taken it carnally ? Then the words of the Lord are still indeed but not for thee. spirit and life The Hymn, God, &c.," is
"We
said.
1
Prov.
3
Adapted from Jacob
6
praise Thee,
O
HP HE Word
of God proceeding forth, Yet leaving not the Father s side, And going to His work on earth, Had reached at length life s eventide.
be given His Blood athirst Himself, the very Bread of heaven, He gave to His disciples first.
By a
To
disciple to
rivals for
;
He
gave Himself in either kind His Precious Flesh His Precious Blood Of flesh and blood is man combined, And He of man would be the Food. ;
;
~
ix. i, 2.
Hymn
s
by St Thomas
Wisd.
4 Lev. xxi. 6. blessing on Asher. Gen. xlix. 20. Hymnal Aquinas ; translation extracted from the "
xvi. 30. 5
Apoc.
Noted."
ii.
17.
THE VOTIVE
886
man s Fellow-man was He His Meat, while sitting at the Board
In Birth,
Chapter at the end.
;
(
i
Cor.
xi.
27.)
;
He died, his Ransomer to be; He reigns, to be his Great Reward.
O
OFFICES.
shall
eat
this
Bread, or drink this Cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord.
Saving Victim, slain to bless openest heaven s bright gates to all The attacks of many a foe oppress Give strength in strife, and help in fall. !
Who
;
To God,
TERCE.
the Three in One, ascend
All thanks
and praise
evermore
for
Thou Antiphon. feddest, (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
;
He grant the life that shall not end, Upon the heavenly country s shore.
&c.
Chapter from Lauds.
Amen. Verse.
He maketh
peace
in
Short Responsory.
thy
borders.
And
Answer.
thee
filleth
He gave them of the bread of heaven Answer. He gave them of the bread of heaven.
with
the finest of the wheat.
Antiphon at 1
1
am
the
Song of Zacharias. Which came
the living Bread
*
down from heaven
:
if
did eat Angels bread. of heaven. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
of this Bread he shall live for ever.
Prayer throughout the
C\ GOD, Who Sacrament whereby to show
Office.
The bread
Answer.
He
forth
of the wheat.
ourselves
the
thy Suffering
God
fruit
Who
of
He
Verse.
Answer. the rock did
fed
And He
and
of the
them with the
finest
with honey out of satisfy them.
Out of Christ, Antiphon. (Third Antiphon at Lauds.}
&c.
Holy Ghost, one God,
Amen. Chapter,
T7OR
PRIME.
Wisdom,
&c.
(First
Antiphon at Lauds.}
The Psalms are as on Feast Days. In the Short Responsory, instead of "Thou That sittest, &c.," is said, Verse.
them
SEXT.
Thy
livest
the Father, in the
world without end.
Antiphon.
gave
bread of heaven.
Redeeming Work. reignest with unity of the
Answer.
under a wonderful hast left unto us
Death, grant unto us, we beseech Thee, so reverently to handle the Sacred Mysteries of Thy Body and Thy Blood that we may alway feel within
Man
Verse.
any man eat
Thou That wast born
as often as ye eat this Bread,
and drink the Lord s death
John
till
Cup, ye do show come.
He
He
fed
them with the
finest of the
wheat.
Answer. finest of the
1
this
Short Responsory.
of
the Virgin Mary.
(i Cor. xi. 26.)
vi.
51.
He
fed
wheat.
them with the
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS Verse.
rock did
And with honey He satisfy them. The
Answer. the
to
finest of the wheat.
Glory be to the
Verse.
and
out of the
and
Son,
Father, the Holy
to
CHRIST.
887
death till He come, do get grace abundantly to our souls, and do take pledge of the glory which shall here after be revealed in us. 2 1
Ghost.
He
Answer.
them with the
fed
Thou
Verse.
forth
bringest
that
maketh Semi-double.
glad the heart of man.
All
NONE.
To
Antiphon. cometh, &c. Lauds. )
on
as
him
will
take
the
call
upon the
at
First Antiphon. I * and cup of salvation,
Name
LORD.
of the
Ps. cxv.
bringest forth food out of the
earth.
I
bringest forth food
believed,
c.,
185.)
(p.
Second Antiphon. With them that I was When peaceable. spoke unto them they fought against
hate peace * I
Thou
the
FIRST VESPERS.
over-
that
Antiphon
(Fifth
Short Responsory.
Answer.
except
Sundays,
following.
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Thou
tfje
Sesus
for
ffifjrtst,
And wine
Answer.
of
of our ILorfc
passion
food
out of the earth. .
Honour
in
ffice
finest of the wheat.
me
without a cause.
out of the earth.
And wine
Verse.
maketh glad
that
the heart of man.
Out of the
Answer. Verse.
and
to
Ps. 1
(p.
earth.
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Third Antiphon. me * from the
serve
Ps.
Ghost.
Thou
Answer.
bringest forth food
out of the earth.
peace
in
thy
borders.
And
Answer.
filleth
thee with the
distress,
&c.,
O LORD,
pre
evil
man.
Deliver me,
cxxxix.
&c.,
(p.
198.)
Keep me from
Fourth Antiphon.
He maketh
Verse.
my
In
cxix.
86.)
the snare * which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
finest of the wheat.
Ps.
&c.,
SECOND VESPERS. All as
the
First,
cry unto Thee,
on my I looked Fifth Antiphon. was but there and hand beheld, right
no man that would know me.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Holy exceedingly is the Virgin. * wherein we the Lord, of Supper feed
I
I99-)
*
except the fol
lowing.
do
LORD,
cxl.
(p.
on
Christ, 1
i
Cor.
do xi. 26.
show
His
Ps.
&c.,
cxli.
(p.
I
cried unto the
200.)
Chapter from Lauds. 2
Rom.
viii. 18.
LORD,
THE VOTIVE
888
OFFICES. Ah me
Hymn. 1 the price of heaven All sin that price exceeds
gLOOD
is
;
;
O
come
to be forgiven, bleeds,
He
My
Saviour bleeds Bleeds
His Soul
!
still
He He
bleeds,
My
Saviour bleeds
;
great needs
when He
bleeds
Bleeds
my
for
fled
is
Yet
dead
is
;
!
!
!
!
Under
His Blood
My
the olive boughs,
He He
Falling like ruby beads,
The Blood drops from His Brows,
He
Saviour bleeds Bleeds fierce
drink
my
;
;
fill
;
bleeds,
Saviour bleeds Bleeds
!
!
O
scourges
sweet
What
Precious Blood still pleads In front of Pilate s hall
O
!
precious Blood
;
He
love,
Saviour bleeds Bleeds
Saviour bleeds Bleeds
!
bleeds,
My
bleeds,
My
!
what love it breeds Ransom, Reward, and Food,
fall,
The
He
me
lets
!
!
While the
still
flowing
My
bleeds,
My
is
thirsty soul It feeds
!
!
!
!
2
Verse.
Beneath the thorny crown The crimson fountain speeds See how it trickles down,
He
He
Saviour bleeds Bleeds
He was
offered
up because
it.
Answer.
;
And
with His stripes
we
are healed.
bleeds,
My
willed
!
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed 3 O all ye that pass by behold, and see if there be any sorrow
!
Virgin.
Bearing the fatal wood His band of Saints He leads, Marking the way with Blood,
He
bleeds,
My
Saviour bleeds
Bleeds
like
!
unto
my
sorrow.
Prayer as at Lauds.
!
!
At
On
Hymn
Calvary His shame With Blood still intercedes His open Wounds proclaim
Compline the is
said thus
last verse
of the
:
;
He
Lord JESU,
My Saviour bleeds Bleeds
!
!
He
hangs upon the there for
Hangs
He He
my
misdeeds
Saviour bleeds Bleeds !
me
MATTINS. ;
;
Invitatory.
bleeds, !
Thee
tree,
sheds His Blood for
My
slain for us, to
Eternal praise be given, With Father, Spirit, One and Three, Here as it is in heaven.
bleeds,
was
*
crucified,
Who
Christ our King
Him
O come
!
let
us worship.
The two beautiful and popular Hymns by the late Dr Faber which are here inserted Vespers and Mattins are not translations of the Hymns Meerentes oculi and Aspice tnfamz, but, whether the ideas were suggested by the Latin or whether it be an accidental coincidence, they agree with the sense of the Latin so closely, that they might fairly be Paraphrases or imitations, and this consideration induces the Translator to insert them. Absolute translations have been executed by the late Rev. E. Caswall and the Rev. Dr Wallace. See Appendix. 2 at
Isa.
liii.
7, 5.
3
Lam<
j.
I2<
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS Hymn.
COME
{~\
take
and mourn with me awhile
Mary
See,
O
1
calls us to her side
Ps.
Ah
!
JESUS, our Love,
;
crucified
is
!
Ps.
His Hands, His Feet are nailed
fast
do the heathen, &c.,
Second Antiphon. They be in creased * that trouble me many are they that rise up against me.
tears to shed for
soldiers scoff
;
How
Why
ii.
(P- 4-)
Him, and Jews deride ? look how patiently He hangs
While
together against the against His Anointed.
;
!
Have we no
889
counsel
LORD and !
;
come, and let us mourn with her JESUS, our Love, is crucified
CHRIST.
His blessed Tongue with thirst is tied His failing Eyes are dim with Blood JESUS, our Love, is crucified
LORD, how
iii.
creased, &c.,
;
(p.
are
they in
5.)
;
*
Third Antiphon. They part garments among them and cast upon my vesture.
;
!
;
His Mother cannot reach His Face She stands in helplessness beside
Her
heart
;
Ps.
;
is martyred with her Son JESUS, our Love, is crucified
s
And
He
JESUS, our Love,
is
With mindful
love to
JESUS, our Love, break,
O
Mary
and
self-love
;
on
First Lesson.
The Lesson
;
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
!
A A
Romans
/^OD
:
sinners,
love of
GOD
!
O
sin of
man
!
is
tried
;
;
or He, our Love,
is
crucified
!
JESUS
FIRST NOCTURN.
that,
Christ
died
love toward
we were
while for
By Dr Faber
Christ,
by
Whom
us.
yet
Much
as before
we have now
For (17.) by one man s offence, death reigned by one, much more they which receive received the atonement.
First Antiphon. The kings of the earth set themselves, * and the rulers 1
in
then, being now justified by His Blood, we shall be saved from wrath For if, when we were through Him. enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord
!
In this dread act your strength And victory remains with love P
8.)
more
;
;
crucified
is
(v.
commendeth His
us,
!
broken heart, a fount of tears, Ask, and it will not be denied broken heart love s cradle is JESUS, our Love,
O
crucified
is
we
itsed.
guilty pride
drop by drop
thee,
JESUS, our Love,
with His stripes
!
the Cross, the Blood from out that Side
Fall gently
And
ture according to the Season; but if there should be none such, the following
Come, take thy stand beneath let
up because
The Lessons are taken from Scrip
;
are
His Pilate and His Judas were JESUS, our Love, is crucified
And
offered
it.
!
break, hard heart of mine
Thy weak
willed
Answer.
s face
crucified
is
God, &c.,
are healed.
!
Death came, and JESUS meekly bowed His failing Eyes He strove to guide
O
He
:
crucified
He was
Verse.
spoke, seven words of love,
For mercy on the souls of men
my
God,
48.)
(P.
three hours His silence cried
all
My
xxi.
;
!
Seven times
my lots
if
;
two verses are omitted.
THE VOTIVE
890
OFFICES.
shall
righteousness,
reign
in
life
through JESUS Christ.
And thou didst betray unto the chief Priests, and lead unto the judgment-hall of Pilate.
Answer.
abundance of grace, and bounty, and
Me Me
First Responsory. 1
I
saith
had planted thee a noble vine, the Lord, and thou hast brought
forth unto for
Third Lesson,
Me
thou hast
grapes exceeding
bitter,
made ready a Cross
for
thy Saviour. 2
Verse.
O My
I
done unto thee
I
wearied thee
people, what have
and wherein have
?
Testify against Me. For thou hast made
Answer.
?
ready a Cross for thy Saviour.
Second Lesson.
HT HE RE FORE,
as by the offence judgment came upon all condemnation, even so, by
of one
men
to
the righteousness of One,
came upon
[the gift]
men
unto justification For as by one man s dis of life. obedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous. Then, the law entered that the offence might abound but where sin abounded grace did much more abound, that, as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reign, through righte ousness, unto eternal life, by JESUS Christ our Lord. all
HAT
shall
(vi.
)
we say then
we continue in sin, may abound ? God forbid
Shall
?
that grace ;
how
shall
are dead to sin, live any Know ye not that longer therein ? so many of us as were baptized into
we,
that
JESUS Christ were baptized into His death ? For we are buried with Him by baptism into death, that, like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also may walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resur rection
man
;
is
body of
knowing
this,
crucified with sin
that our old
Him,
that the
might be destroyed, that
we should not serve
henceforth
For he that
sin.
dead is freed from sin. we be dead with Christ,
Now, if we believe with Him.
is
we
that
shall
also
live
;
Second Responsory. I brought thee forth out of Egypt behind thee I caused Pharaoh to drown in the Red Sea, and before thee I went in the pillar of the cloud.
Third Responsory. scourged Egypt in her first-born thy sake, and thou when thou hadst scourged Me, didst deliver Me [to be crucified,] Me Who as a lamb before his shearer was dumb, and 3 opened not My Mouth. I
for
Verse.
;
And
thou didst betray and lead judgment-hall of Pilate. chief Priests, Verse.
O My
I
done unto thee
I
wearied thee. 1
Cf. Jer.
ii.
Me Me
unto the unto the
what have and wherein have Testify against Me. people,
?
21.
I I
O My
done unto thee wearied
thee
people, what have ?
and wherein have
?
against
Testify
Me. Answer.
And thou, when thou hadst scourged Me, didst deliver Me Me Who as a [to be crucified]. lamb before his shearer was dumb, and opened not My mouth. Verse. Glory be to the Father, 3
Isa.
liii.
7.
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS and
the
to
and
Son,
the
to
Holy
Ghost. before
his
a lamb dumb, and
as
was Mouth.
shearer
My
opened not
a model of love.
it,
SECOND NOCTURN. First Antiphon. Mine enemies * evil of me When shall he die,
and
:
name
his
Ps.
?
perish
Blessed
xl.
sidereth, &c.,
he that con-
is
(p. 94.)
Second Antiphon. Strangers are risen up * against me, and oppressors seek after Ps.
my
soul.
Save me,
liii.
Name,
me down
their
God, by Thy
&c., (p. 36.)
Third Antiphon. tread
O
*
Mine
all
are
thoughts
His patience was
The ploughers ploughed upon His back they made long their ;
furrows.
(Ps.
stretched
upon
enemies
the day long
against
;
me
cxxviii.
the
He was
3.)
Cross
such one might have told all His Bones. xxi. That (Ps. 18.) tower of strength which keepeth Israel was broken through upon every side, for they pierced His Hands and His Feet. He was brought as a wise
speak
891
singular.
Me Who
Answer.
CHRIST.
in
that
the
to
sheep
slaughter.
But as
a
lamb before his shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth. (Is. liii. He uttered no murmur against 7.) the Father, who had sent Him, against mankind for whom He was paying what He had never taken, nor even against His own people who were repaying Him so much evil for
much
so
good.
all
Fourth Responsory.
for
evil.
smote the kings of Canaan for sake, and gave thee a kingly sceptre, and thou didst put on My Head a crown of thorns, and smite I
Ps. (p.
1
Iv.
Be merciful unto me,
&c.,
10.)
Verse.
l
God spared
Own
not His
Son.
Me
upon the Head with a reed. O My people, what have I done unto thee ? and wherein have I wearied thee ? Testify against Me. Answer. And thou didst put on My Head a crown of thorns, and Verse.
Answer. for us
thy
Him up
But delivered
all.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson mons of
taken from
is
St
Bernard,
Ser
the
Abbat
smite
Me
upon the Head with a
[of
(For Wednesday in Holy Week, on the Passion of the
Fifth Lesson.
Clairvaux.J
Lord.
AND
^^
)
"DRETHREN,
it
is
reed.
well to contem-
that
if
thou
wilt
look well see
He did it, thou wilt He is not only meek
how how
but even
In His humiliation
plate these things, in especial in the Passion of the Lord, namely,
lowly of heart.
what He did
(Actsviii. 33.) And He answered never a word to all the blasphemies, and to
?
how He
did
it ?
and
why He did it ? In what He did we see a model of patience, in the way in which He did it, a model of low liness,
and
in
the reason
why He 1
did
Rom.
His
all
judgment
was
taken
away."
the false witness that was brought
against Him. nor comeliness, viii.
"
32.
He hath no form and when we shall
"
THE VOTIVE
892
Him
see
there
is
no beauty that we
should desire Him.
and
rejected
of
He
men
;
and acquainted
sorrows
is
despised a man of with grief;
OFFICES. measure, and rising Greater love,"
all
(John xv. this, that
and He hid as it were His face from us He was despised and we esteemed
his
Him
love
;
He
hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten not.
Surely
;
of God, and afflicted." (Isa. liii. 3, 4.) O the depth and the height, O the lowliness and the loftiness, despised and rejected of men, but the glory of Angels, than Him there is none
and none lowlier. He was smeared with spitting, sodden with reproaches, condemned to a death of shame, numbered with the trans loftier
And hath this very lowli gressors. ness carried to such a measure, yea beyond all measure, no merit in itself? As His patience was singular so was His lowliness wonderful. There is nothing like either of them.
man
no man than
down his life for But Thou Thyself, O
Thou than
all
He,
lay
Thyself hadst
Thou
for
this,
greater didst lay
down Thy
life for Thine enemies. were enemies we were re conciled by Thy death to the Father and to Thee. (Rom. v. 10.) What other love then hath there ever been or can there ever be to be likened unto this love ? Scarcely for a But righteous man will one Thou didst suffer the just for the un
When we
"
die."
Thou
just.
didst
O Thou Who
die for
our
sins.
come to justify sinners freely to make slaves into brethren, bondsmen into co-heirs, and didst
exiles into kings.
Sixth Responsory. thee up with a strong hand, and thou didst lift Me up upon the gibbet of the Cross, and thereon I
led thee through the
wilderness for forty years, and gave thee manna to eat, and thou didst buffet Me and
scourge Me.
O My
people, what have I done unto thee ? and wherein have I wearied thee ? Testify against Me. Answer. And thou didst buffet Me and scourge Me. Verse.
"hath
13,)
a
friends."
Lord,
I
Fifth Responsory. I
above saith
"
things.
lifted
stretched forth My hands unto an 1 unbelieving and gainsaying people.
O My
Verse.
done unto thee wearied thee
?
what have and wherein have Testify against Me. people,
?
I I
Answer. And thou didst lift Me up upon the gibbet of the Cross, and thereon I stretched forth My hands unto an unbelieving and gainsaying people. Verse.
Sixth Lesson.
1DUT
what
did
it,
He
did,
and how He
are alike gloriously set
by the reason why He did it, God for His great namely, His love. love wherewith He loved us (Eph. ii. His Own Son 4) spared not (Rom. viii. 32.) Neither did the Son spare Himself, great indeed was that forth
love,
passing
all
Glory be to the Father, and
and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And thereon I stretched forth My hands unto an unbelieving and gainsaying people. to the Son,
comprehension and 1
Rom.
THIRD NOCTURN. First Antiphon. As for the sons of men, * their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp
sword. x. 21.
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS Ps. 1
(p.
Be
Ivi.
merciful unto me, &c.,
10.)
Second Antiphon. They bend their * even bitter words, that they
bow,
may
shoot in secret at the perfect.
Ps.
Ixiii.
Hear my
O
voice,
God,
should be refreshing and pleasant they brought Him one which was harmful and bitter, and so turned into wickedness what was a seeming act of kindness to give to Him that asked of them was a seeming act of but the Scriptures cannot wherein (Ps. Ixviii. 22) Christ is
kindness, lie
Third Antiphon. I am as a man that hath no strength, * lying nerve less among the dead.
O LORD God
Ixxxvii.
of
made
to
He became Even
the
obedient unto
death of the
Seventh Responsory.
gave thee to drink out of the rock the waters of salvation, and thou didst give Me gall and vinegar to drink.
O My
Verse.
Seventh Lesson.
I
I
taken from the Holy Gospel according to John (xix. 28.)
A T
is
that time
wearied thee
:
Homily by St (Bk.
Pope of Alex Comment, on John. ]
Cyril,
xii.
brutality
of
the
Jews
Answer. And thou didst give gall and vinegar to drink.
at the last
moment
the
Eighth Lesson
Me
;
;
Most
(xxxvi.)
JESUS therefore had "\YHEN ceived the vinegar,
It
is
"It
is
against
He
re
said
:
And He bowed His
finished.
Head and gave up
had
already outraged Christ to the full cruelty had nothing left to desire
and now
?
JESUS, knowing that
:
things were now accom plished, that the Scripture might be I thirst. And so on. fulfilled, saith
The
?
what have and wherein have Testify against Me. people,
done unto thee
all
andria.
also
I
Cross.
The Lesson
me
gave
"They
meat, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink."
my
death.
Answer.
say,
my
for
gall
salvation, &c., (p. 145.) Verse.
393
;
&c., (p. 114.)
Ps.
CHRIST.
the
finished."
God was
to inflict torture
ghost."
Jewish outrage
finished
was
;
the
finished.
power
What
had the
Holy Flesh of Christ suffereth a pain That springing naturally from Itself. Flesh, fevered by many and divers Great pain hath tortures, felt thirst. the property of producing strong thirst, since by some natural law
Jews left unattempted, or Did any pain cruelty left undone ? or insult remain uninflicted ? Rightly did He say: is finished." But He was come to be the Lord of the dead as well as of the quick, and the hour was now calling Him to go and
which
preach
I cannot explain, it drieth up as by heat the liquids of the body and as it were setteth on fire the inward
As therefore Christ had willed parts. to undergo other sufferings, so was He He asked pleased to undergo this. therefore
to drink, but they
utterly destitute of
stead of giving
were so
humanity that in a drink which
Him
"It
to
the
imprisoned spirits in He accepted even death for our sakes and bore in His Own Flesh that suffering common to all our nature, albeit that as God the netherworld.
He and (i
naturally life in Himself, in that He might plunder hell, being become as the Scripture
is
order
Cor. xv.
20) hath
it
(Apoc.
i.
5),
THE VOTIVE
8 94
"The first fruits of them that slept, and the first begotten of the dead," might gift our nature with return to
life.
Eighth Responsory. I opened the Red Sea before thee, and thou didst open with a spear the Side of thy Saviour, Who redeemed the world by His Blood. Verse. O My people what have I done unto thee ? and wherein have I wearied thee ? Testify against Me. Answer. And thou didst open !
with a spear the Side of thy Saviour,
Who
redeemed the World
by His
Blood.
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Who redeemed the world by His Blood. Verse.
to the Son,
bowed His
the Evangelist useth these words so also the words gave up the ghost are an expression which this that ;
often use of
die
;
them that depart and nevertheless to me it seemeth that the Evangelist useth these words
He gave up the ghost in something more than their ordinary sense of mere death, because the Lord gave up His soul into the Hands of God the
Father
a
with
commendation, Thine hands I saying, commend my Spirit," the which is the foundation and spring of our main hope. "
"We
;
a lamb to the
as
was
and
dumb,
and
not
opened
I
my
mouth. * Third Antiphon. They pierced my hands and my feet * they have ;
told all
my
bones.
4 I Fourth Antiphon. looked for * I found none they me also for gave gall meat, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to
comforters and
;
drink.
When JESUS had Fifth Antiphon. received the vinegar, * He said It is :
and
finished
He bowed
praise Thee,
Chapter.
(Phil. let
jgRETHREN, which
His Head,
ii.
5.)
mind be
this
was
you,
also
in
in
Christ
JESUS, Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be but emptied Him equal with God Him the form self, and took upon of a servant, and was found in the ;
He humbled Him and became obedient unto death,
likeness of men. self
even the death of the Cross.
ffymn.
Q ERWHELMED Upon
in
5
depth of woe,
Hangs the Redeemer of mankind With racking anguish torn. See
how
the nails those Hands Feet so tender rend
And
O
;
See down His Face, and Neck, and Breast His Sacred Blood descend
said.
!
2
1
Ps. Ixxii. 14.
5
Another hymn from the Proprium of the arch-diocese of Freiburs
Rev. E. Caswall.
slaughter,
the tree of scorn
Father, into
The Hymn, God, &c.," is
l
All the day Antiphon. long have I been plagued, * and chastened every morning. 2 Second Antiphon. I gat me to the mountain of myrrh, * and to the hill of frankincense I was brought
When
Head."
the strength of the body is gone and the soul which keepeth the body together is also gone, the heads of the dying fall, and it is to describe
we
LAUDS. First
and gave up the ghost.
Ninth Lesson. ""LIE
OFFICES.
Cant.
iv.
6
;
Isa.
liii.
7.
3
*
Ps. xxi. 17, 18.
;
ps
.
i
xv jjj
2I>
22i
translation bv the late
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS Hark His
!
with what awful cry pierced His Mother
it
cry,
And whelmed
her soul in night.
Earth hears, and to
Rocks wildly
Tombs quake
The
heart
s
to
burst
and
;
its
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Thy
base
fro
;
seas,
mountains
rivers,
Amen.
;
vail is rent in two.
All the
Antiphon.
The sun withdraws his light The midday heavens grow pale The moon, the stars, the universe Their Maker s death bewail.
day long,
;
Psalms as on Feast-Day s. The
man
Shall
alone be mute?
thus
Come, youth and hoary hairs, Come, rich and poor, come, all mankind,
fall before His Cross, shed for us His Blood died, the Victim of pure make us sons of God.
JESU,
Hymn
of the
said
is
Lord JESUS,
slain for us, to
Thee,
Eternal praise be given,
With Father, Spirit, One and Three, Here as it is in heaven.
Come,
To
last verse
:
bathe those Feet in tears.
Who Who
c.,
(First Antiphon at Lauds.}
;
And
895
the example of His Patience and also be made partakers of His resurrec tion. Through our Lord JESUS Christ,
Spirit takes Its flight.
That
CHRIST.
!
all
So love,
Chapter at the end.
praise to Thee,
Our joy and endless
rest
also at Terce, Sext,
O
:
Be Thou our Guide while pilgrims here.
Our Crown amid Verse.
the blest.
He was wounded
for
our
transgressions.
Answer.
He was
land
of the
bruised for our
iniquities.
of the
transgression smite Him.
of
cut off out
living
my
Instead of Verse, is said : &c.,"
:
Thou
the
for
did
people
"
8.)
His genera
He was
For
?
liii.
(Isa.
declare
shall
tion
Amen.
and None.
that
I
s it-
test,
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. But when they came to JESUS, and saw that He was dead already, they brake not His Legs, but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His Side, and forthwith came thereout Blood and Water.
Thou That wast pleased
Verse.
to
suffer for us.
TERCE. Antiphon.
I
gat me, &c., (Second
Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter from Lauds.
Prayer
throughout the Office.
A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, Who didst send our Saviour to
Short Responsory.
He was
offered
take upon Him our flesh, and to en dure the Cross, that all mankind should follow the example of His great humility, mercifully grant that
willed
we who worship
are healed.
Sufferings,
may
of His worthily both follow in
memory
He was
Answer. cause
up
because
He
it.
He
willed
Verse.
Answer.
And
offered
up be
it.
with His stripes
Because
He
willed
it.
we
THE VOTIVE
896
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. He was offered up be Answer. cause He willed it.
OFFICES. Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
Verse.
to the Son,
to the Son,
God spared
Verse.
to the
Holy Ghost.
He became
obedient unto
death.
Own
not His
Son.
and
Answer.
He was wounded
Verse.
for
our
transgressions.
Him up
But delivered
Answer. for us all.
He was
Answer.
bruised for our
iniquities.
SEXT.
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphon. They pierced, (Third Antiphon at Lauds.}
&c. All as the
First, except the follow
ing.
Chapter.
\\7HAT
(Zech.
xiii.
6.)
wounds
are these
hands ? Then he shall answer Those with which I was wounded in
my
bruised for our
Antiphon at the Song of
Son. us
He was
Answer.
the Blessed
* Virgin. Joseph took down the Body of JESUS, and wrapt It in linen, and
Short Responsory.
But delivered
our
iniquities.
friends.
God spared not His Own Son. Answer. God spared not His Own Verse.
for
transgressions.
:
the house of
He was wounded
Verse.
in thine
Him up
for
all.
His Own Son. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. God spared not His Own
Answer.
laid in
in
It
stone.
a sepulchre that was hewn In that day there was a
great mourning, and the women sitting over against the sepulchre, mourned, as one mourneth for the death of the firstborn.
Verse.
Son.
He became
Verse.
Honour
in
fltce
of
tfje
maculate Conception of
Firgin JHarg,
death.
Even
Answer.
tfye
obedient unto
for
the death of the
Cross.
Semi-double.
NONE. Antiphon.
When
JESUS, &c., (Fifth
AH
from
He became obedient unto death. He became obedient unto
Answer.
Even
the
death
of
the
Cross.
Unto 1
death.
Cf.
Luke
xxiii.
Office
for
Antiphons, Chapter, Verse and and Prayer from Lauds.
53
;
Matth.
An
swer,
Antiphon at the Song
death.
Answer.
Common
FIRST VESPERS.
Short Responsory.
Verse.
the
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 552,] except the following.
Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Virgin.
blessed,
* for
done
me
xxvii.
to
of the Blessed
All generations shall call
He That
is
great things.
60; Zech.
xii. TO,
IT.
me
mighty hath
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. COMPLINE.
2
Verse.
The last verse of the Hymn in honour of the Incarnation.
is
altered
girdeth
me
It
897
Almighty God That
is
with strength.
And
Answer.
maketh
my way
perfect.
Lessons from Scripture according to
MATTINS. Let us
Invitatory. less
*
of the stain
tell
Conception of the Virgin Mary us worship Christ, her Son, and
the Season; but if there are none such, the following are read.
:
let
First Lesson.
her Lord and ours.
The Lesson Genesis
Hymn.^
IDLEST
Guardian of
all
man forgiven Almighty God
Pure Mother of
Thou hope
serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said
!
!
and joy of Heaven
of earth,
!
Fair Lily, found among the thorns Most beauteous Dove with wings of gold Rod from whose tender root upsprang !
That healing Flower long since
Thou Tower, Thou Star, Our course
foretold
!
Thine be the
o er a treacherous deep
by which we
light
We
;
!
sweep, a path to
O
JESU, born of Virgin bright
Immortal glory be
we
to
Thee
the
woman
First Responsory.
Amen.
Lord,
is
man sin entered into the whom all have sinned. Fear
world, in
Mary,
how
4 The Lord hath delivered from death, yea, the Lord
Verse.
ex
Who
Second Antiphon. The Lord hath * His tabernacle in the sun. Third Antiphon. Even in her Con * did receive a
thy soul
was thy stay. Fear Answer.
Mary
blessing
from the Lord, and mercy from the God of her salvation. 1
Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall.
3
Rom.
v.
12
;
Luke
i.
30.
not,
Mary,
for thou
hast found grace with God.
set
ception
found grace
for thou hast
with God.
* in all the hast made a worthy Thee earth, tabernacle in the Virgin Mary. cellent
evil.
By one
not,
O Thy Name
shall not surely die. in the day
:
!
FIRST NOCTURN. First Antiphon.
Ye
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall and ye shall be as gods,
be opened
3
eternally.
:
;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost
neither shall ye touch it, the serpent said unto
And
ye die.
knowing good and
and day.
life
it,
lest
For God doth know that
;
Open
not eat of
;
steer.
Scatter the mists that round us hang, Keep far the fatal shoals away And while through darkling waves
unto the woman, Why hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? And the woman said unto the serpent, may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall
!
against the dragon proof! to storm-toss d voyagers dear
lies
i.)
PHE
virgin souls!
Portal of bliss to
taken from the Book of
is
(iii.
Second Lesson.
A ND ]
the
woman saw
was good
was pleasant 2
4
that the tree
for food,
to the eyes,
Ps. xvii. 33. Cf. Ps. Iv. 13
;
and that it and a tree
xvii. 21.
THE VOTIVE
898
and she took of the and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig-leaves together and made them to be desired
fruit
:
thereof,
OFFICES.
will
put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed she shall bruise thy head, and :
thou shalt bruise her heel.
;
selves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day
;
Adam and
and
his wife hid themselves
from the presence of the LORD God, amidst the trees of the garden.
Second Responsory. 1
Come
unto
me,
all
ye
be
that
and I will declare what God hath done for my soul. 2 As Verse. the Lord liveth, by me He hath fulfilled His mercy. Answer. And I will declare what God hath done for my soul. desirous
of me,
A ND
the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him Where art thou ? And he said I heard Thy voice in the garden and :
:
:
I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself. And He said Who told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof :
commanded thee that thou shouldest eat ? And Adam said The woman whom Thou gavest me to I
not
and
:
me
a crown of grace.
Answer. Honey and milk are under her tongue. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Honey and milk are under her tongue.
SECOND NOCTURN. First Antiphon. Grace is poured her Conception, * and she is fairer than the daughters of men.
Second Antiphon. God hath holpen her right early, * the Most High hath hallowed His tabernacle. Third Antiphon. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O City of God * the Lord hath laid thy foundation in the holy mountains.
;
4
Verse.
By
this
I
know
that
Thou
favourest me.
Answer.
Because mine enemy can
not triumph over me.
did eat.
said unto the
thou
of the tree,
And the LORD God woman Wherefore hast done this ? And she said The
I
My beloved is white like snow in Lebanon, her lips drop as the honey comb. Honey and milk are under her tongue. Verse. Come from Lebanon, My Spouse, thou shalt be crowned with
into
Third Lesson.
be with me, she gave
Third Responsory. 3
:
serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the Because thou hast done this, serpent thou art cursed above all cattle, and :
above every beast of the field upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life I ;
:
1
3
Fourth Lesson.
:
Ecclus. xxiv. 26 Cant. v. 10 iv. ;
;
Ps. Ixv. 16.
n,
8.
The Lesson
is taken from the matic Bull of Pope Pius IX.
/^OD
^
Dog
His ways unspeakable. mercy and truth His Will is Almighty Power and His Wisdom reacheth mightily from one end another, and sweetly ordereth all is
are
;
;
2 *
Judith Ps.
xiii.
xl. 12.
18.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. things. all fall
(Wisd. viii. foresaw
eternity of man
i.)
He
the
sorrowful
from
by the transgression of and, in His mysterious pur pose, He decreed, before the worlds were, that the Word should be made flesh, to the end that man, who had
Adam,
been seduced by the fraud of the might not perish, but that as
devil, in the
first
Adam
all
might be made
all
xv. 22.)
And
die,
alive.
in
Christ
(i
Cor.
most fitting, that this most worship ful Mother should be made bright with ated the
the
of time. And (Gal. iv. 4.) woman He loved with so great a that He allowed His Will to be
fulness
freely
wrought
of uncontamin-
conquer escaping alto
gether the stain of original sin, for she was that Mother to whom the Eternal Father was willing to give the Co-Eternal and Co-Equal Onlybegotten Son of His love, to be her
Son
also.
to this end, the Eternal
Creator from the beginning, and be ages, chose and ordained a woman to be the Mother of His Onlybegotten Son, of whom He should take flesh and be born, in the blessed
love
brightness
holiness, and should old serpent by
Fifth Responsory.
fore all
this
890
in her.
(
i
Thess.
iv. 3.
)
2
No
defiled thing can fall into her the brightness of the everlast ing light, and the unspotted mirror of the power of God.
she
;
is
Verse.
than
the
For she is more beautiful sun, and being compared
with the light, she
Answer.
Fourth Responsory. I came out of the mouth Most High, the first-begotten I
made
is
found before
it.
the brightness of the everlasting light, and the unspotted mirror of the power of God.
1
every creature.
She
of the before
the unfading-
When
light to arise in the heavens.
is
Sixth Lesson.
HTHE
free
Catholic Church, which, through the perpetual teaching of the Holy Ghost, is the pillar and ground of the truth, (i Tim. iii. 15,) hath always held the original inno cence of this most exalted Virgin to be bound up with her wonderful holi and her mighty dignity of ness, Mother of God. This doctrine she hath felt herself to hold by the gift of God, and as part of that faith once delivered from heaven unto the Saints, (Jude 3,) and as time hath gone on, she hath continually explained, put This belief is forth, and upheld it. found strong in the earliest times, and rooted as it were in the hearts
and only Himself can we under stand to excel her. Verily, this was
s faithful people by the care and study of holy Bishops it hath been taught in all parts of the Catholic world and the Church herself pointed
there were no depths I was conceived. Verse. For the Lord hath created
me
in righteousness, and hath held mine hand, and hath kept me. Answer. When there were no depths I was conceived.
Fifth Lesson.
He bestowed upon ^THEREFORE, out of the treasure of the her,
Divinity, such a wealth of gifts of grace as He hath bestowed upon
none of the Angels the
Saints.
and
He made
none of her always
from any the slightest pollution of sin, so fair and so upright that no other of His works are like to
her,
1
I.e.,
Wisdom.
Ecclus. xxiv.
5.
6; Prov.
of Christ
;
;
viii.
24.
~
Wisd.
vii.
25, 26, 29.
THE VOTIVE
900
it when she allowed the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary to be held as a feast, for exciting the piety and devotion of her children. In the case
to
of the Saints the Church celebrateth
only the day of their being made per fect at death, [but of her Divine Lord, of His Blessed Mother, and of St John the Baptist she venerated the birth in the also, as of those sanctified womb.] When [therefore] she [goeth further and] maketh the case of the Blessed Virgin an exception to all others besides that of Christ, keeping holiday in honour of her conception [as well as of her birth,] it is manifest that she regardeth that Conception
OFFICES.
Second Antiphon. Rejoice ye all in LORD * and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. Third Antiphon. The LORD hath * the made known His salvation glory of His Mother hath He openly the
:
:
showed
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
AT
Verse.
The Lord hath
Answer. And upon her crown of twelve stars.
head
a
And
tion.
s
house of
name was
so on.
)
When
this blessed Angel was sent most pure virgin what did he In what words did he break happy news of Redemption ?
to the
say
?
the
Hail, thou that art full of grace, 5 the Lord is with thee." [Now this word "Hail" is in the original "
"Chaire,"
which
being
interpreted
signifieth "Rejoice."] The messenger of joy in his first word biddeth her
He knew
rejoice.
was
well
that
his
a
message of good tidings of great joy to men, (Luke message
THIRD NOCTURN.
ii.
Holiness and Antiphon. * de beauty are in her Conception clare her glory among all people. First
:
1
of the
Joseph,
and the Virgin
Homily by St Sophronius, Patriarch 4 (On the Annuncia
clothed her
with the garments of salvation, and hath covered her with the robe of righteousness, yea, as a bride He hath adorned her with jewels. Answer. And upon her head a crown of twelve stars. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
a
[of Jerusalem.]
twelve stars. 2
God, unto
named Nazareth, to espoused to a man whose
of Galilee,
David, Mary.
:
from
sent
name was
There appeared a great wonder heaven a Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of
The Angel Gabriel
that time:
was
a Virgin
1
made my
Seventh Lesson.
city
in
Lord,
foes to rejoice over me.
cept only Christ
Sixth Respojisory.
O
extol Thee,
hast lifted me up. Answer. And hast not
Thou
^
s,
3 I will
Verse.
for
as altogether singular, wonderful, and different to all other conceptions, ex
namely, as holy.
in the sight of the heathen.
i
o,
)
yea,
to
all
message of healing
He knew
creatures,
well that his
a message of
God
a
to all sicknesses.
s
message was
light to
a dark
2 Cf. Isa. Ixi. 10. 3 Ps. xxix. z. Apoc. xii. i. 4 An eminent opponent of the Monothelite heretics. Elected to the Patriarchal throne, A.D. 634. Died March n, 639 or 644. 5 The above sentence is inserted to give meaning to the rest of the Homily, which
was written
in
Greek.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. world. He knew well that it pro claimed the end of error. He knew well that it blunted the sting of death. He knew well that it broke the power
He knew
of corruption.
brought victory over
well that
it
He knew
hell.
well that it told of salvation to all the fallen children of Adam, groaning
and opened
rejoicing,
his
with sounds of gladness. the name of joy the tidings of good, which for a joy unto all people, should believe.
message
Therefore herald were to be
made he
!
A
garden enclosed
mysterious treasury dis pensing unspeakable joy! Rejoice, O most blessed fountain overflowing with unfailing joy Rejoice, O store house of God, filled with the ever lasting joy of eternity Rejoice, O !
fair
love,
my
dove,
O
Answer.
my
me,
God
my
is
remainest a virgin Re wonder, who, after all won ders, art still the most wonderful
my
sister,
my
thy perfumes
!
Eighth Responsory,
God s proclamation
soul doth magnify the
Lord mighty hath done to things, and holy is His
He That great
all
blessed.
Answer. For He That is mighty hath done to me great things, and holy is His name. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost. For He That is mighty to me great things, and His name.
to the Son,
Answer. hath done is
fitting that
of joy should
Ninth Lesson.
open with the accents of gladness.
And
this
is
reason
the
why
O
the
nameth joy first, because he knew the coming fruits of his mess converse with age, and that his the Virgin was to bring joy to the whole world. Can we find any joy or any brightness like the joy and angel
the brightness of that salutation ad dressed to the Blessed Mother of
gladness ? Rejoice, more than heavenly that nourishest joy
O !
;
is
P or, behold, from hence generations shall call me
Verse.
holy
was
it
!
O
forth
Eighth Lesson. of a truth,
!
joice,
sister,
are a garden of delights.
A ND,
of life-giving Mother of that after
child-birth
me
undefiled.
Mary,
Rejoice,
name.
sealed. O Mary, thy perfumes are a garden of delights. to
fruit
O Maiden Rejoice, O thou
joy!
My
tain
Open
bearing
tree,
whosoever
spouse, a garden enclosed, a foun
Verse.
O
Rejoice,
to
Seventh Responsory. 1
of the joy of
full
Lady,
that Rejoice, O thou bringest a joy that passeth not away
for
my
O !
!
under that yoke of malediction which on them when they were thrust out of Eden, and banished from that happy home. Therefore, when he began to speak, he spoke in tones of fell
Rejoice, salvation
QOI
mother of joy Rejoice, O thou the highest
in
!
1
Cant.
shall worthily set forth thy ? shall make bold
glory
Who
Who will say what thou art ? hold himself able to tell of all thy Thou art the exalta splendour ? tion of humanity thou art made much higher than the Angels thy brightness hath thrown the bright ness of the Archangels into shadow thou lookest down upon the lofty seats of the Thrones thou makest the height of the Lordships to seem to
;
;
;
;
iv. 12, v. 2.
THE VOTIVE
902
thy rank taketh precedence before the rank of the Principalities ; com pared with thee the Powers are weak
low
;
ness ; thou art a Mighty one mightier than all the Mighty thine earthly eyes see further than the contemplation of the Sera the Cherubim can reach phim have six wings, but thy flight in a word, thou is nobler than their s hast far excelled every other work of
OFFICES.
Verse. Maiden Mother of God, thy stainless conception Answer. Was a message of joy to the whole world.
;
;
;
God
thou wast far purer than any and thou hast con other creature ceived the Creator of all creatures,
Antiphon at
the
The Lord God
:
put enmity between thee and the woman, * and between thy seed and her seed she shall bruise thy head. will
I
;
;
Prayer.
;
Him Him
womb,
C\ GOD, Who didst cause that a ^^ virgin should be conceived with
praise Thee,
out sin, to the end that she might be made a meet dwelling-place for Thy dear Son O God, Who through the precious death of the Same Thy Son foreseen by Thee, didst keep her clean from all stain, hear us, we beseech Thee, and grant that by her
and forth thou hast been brought chosen, out of all that He has made, carried
in
thy
;
be His mother.
to
Song of Zacharias.
said unto the serpent
;
The Hymn, God, &c.," is
"We
O
said.
LAUDS. First Antiphon. l Thou art all fair, * there is no Mary, spot of original
O
sin in thee.
* 2 Second Antiphon. Thy raiment white as snow, and thy countenance as the sun. is
Third Antiphon.
3
Thou
art
exaltation of Jerusalem, * the great glory of Israel,
the
prayers,
we
also
who
are
presently
be made pure, and so with her attain unto Thee. Through the Same our Lord JESUS defiled,
may
finally
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
thou art thou art
the great rejoicing of our nation. Fourth Antiphon. 3 O Virgin Mary, * blessed art thou of the Most High God, above all the women upon the
PRIME. Antiphon.
Thou
art all fair,
&c.,
(First Antiphon at Lauds.}
In the Short Responsory, instead of
earth.
Fifth
4
Antiphon.
*
Draw
us, run after
undefiled, we will thee in the odour of thy perfumes.
Maiden
"
Thou That
world,"
art
to
come
the
into
said:
is
Thou That wast born
Verse.
of
the Virgin Mary.
Chapter.
(Prov.
viii.
22.)
HTHE Lord possessed me in the beginning of His ways, before I was ordained His works of old. from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
were no depths i
Cf. Cant.
iv. 7.
I
When
there
was conceived. 2
Cf.
Matth.
xvii. 2.
Chapter at the end.
(Apoc.
xii.
I.
T HERE
/
appeared a great wonder heaven a Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown >
in
:
of twelve stars. Judith xv. 10
;
xiii.
23.
4
Cf. Cant.
i.
3, 4.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. TERCE.
Verse.
and
Antiphon. Thy raiment, (Second Antiphon at Lauds.}
&c.,
to
Glory be the
Answer.
By I
Thou
will
It
Almighty God That girdeth
is
with strength.
Answer.
And
And
maketh
my
way
That girdeth me
Answer.
with
strength.
Glory be
Verse.
the
to
Lord,
made my
hast not
Draw
Antiphon.
us,
&c.,
(Fifth
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
the
to
and
Son,
to
Father, the Holy
Ghost.
Short Responsory. I
Answer. girdeth
O
up.
Antiphon at Lauds.}
perfect.
and
me
NONE.
with strength.
Verse.
that
foes to rejoice over me.
Almighty God That
It is
me
girdeth
know
I
extol Thee,
hast lifted
Answer.
me
this
favourest me.
Verse.
for
Short Responsory.
Father, the Holy
to
Ghost.
Thou
Chapter from Lauds.
the
to
and
Son,
903
It is
me
Verse.
Almighty God That
with strength.
By
this
Thou
that
favourest me.
Answer. shall not
extol
enemy
triumph over me.
me will
I
for
Lord,
up. extol
Thee,
O
Thou hast lifted me up. And hast not made my foes
Lord, for Verse.
mine
Because
O
Thee,
lifted
Answer.
know
I
will
Thou hast
to rejoice over
Answer.
me.
Thou
hast lifted
me
up.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse.
SEXT.
Thou
art the exaltation Antiphon. of Jerusalem, &c., (Third Antiphon at
Lauds. ) Chapter.
xliv. 2.)
(Ezek.
gate shall be shut, it shall be opened, and no man shall enter in by it because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by
Answer. Lord, for
will
I
Thou
extol
Thee,
hast lifted
me
O
up.
Verse. Maiden Mother of God, thy stainless conception Answer. Was a message of joy to the whole world.
not
SECOND VESPERS.
;
it,
therefore
Prince
;
it
be shut for the
shall
the Prince,
He
shall sit in
All as
the
First,
except
the fol
lowing.
it.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
O holy Mary, be thou an Virgin. help to the helpless, a strength to the
Short Responsory.
By
this
me. Answer.
Thou
I
know
By
that this
Thou I
favourest
know
that
favourest me.
Because mine enemy not triumph over me. Answer. Thou favourest me. Verse.
a comfort to the sorrowful pray for the people, plead for the fearful,
;
make intercession for all clergy, women vowed to God may all that keep the memory of thine holy and ;
shall
stainless conception, of thine assistance.
feel
the might
General NOTE.
The Offices contained in this Appendix are said in certain dioceses only ; full directions are given in the diocesan Ordo Recitandi for the year.
NOVEMBER
SECOND NOCTURN.
29.
In the Diocese of Plymouth,
Fourth Lesson.
&>c.
Cutpert ittame, Double.
All from the Common Office for Feasts of One Martyr, (p. 482,) except the following.
Prayer throughout.
Q the
GOD, Who among
our seminaries
didst
all
the students of
run the path of saving of souls, mercifully grant unto us that we may be so enkindled with love of souls even as he was, that like him we may be ready to lay down our suffering
for
to
the
lives for others.
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
without end.
At
First
Amen. Vespers
Maine was bcrn Barnstaple in Devonshire. In his youth he was brought up outside the Church, and became a heretical minister. After he had passed several
years at St John s who College at Oxford, some friends had before left Oxford in order to avoid heresy, and among whom was
Blessed Edmund Campion, that afterward was a martyr persuaded the
choose Thy blessed servant Cuthbert to be
first
PUTHBERT near
Commemoration
him to yield himself to the Catholic Church and to pass over to the There he de seminary at Doway. voted himself to the study of theology, and took the degree of Bachelor he was ordained Priest, and in the year ;
76 he was sent into England along the Blessed John Payne, who also was afterward a martyr, by William Allen, of illustrious memory, i
5
with
the President of the College. Each of them prepared himself for the
establishing of souls by the healthgiving exercises of holy Ignatius.
of St Saturninus.
Fifth Lesson.
TLTE went
MATTINS.
Lessons from Scripture according ,the Season..
VOL.
I.
into Cornwall
the salvation of souls
FIRST NOCTURN. to
to left
see
to
among
the heretics, and took up his abode in the house of a most godly Catholic,
named Francis
Tregian, whose steward 2
G
GENERAL APPENDIX.
906
he was supposed by outsiders to be. But he had only worked for one year when he fell into the hands of the heretics.
The
sheriff
came with a
body of armed men to the house of Master Tregian and broke into it. Blessed Cuthbert was then in the garden, whence he could easily have escaped, but he came in and himself
on the second night
his cell
became
with light, so that the prisoners who were near it marvelled. He was drawn on an hurdle to the place of execution when he arrived at the gallows he knelt down and prayed for the help of God, and thereafter went up the ladder, and when the filled
;
noose was round his neck was fain
opened to the sheriff the door of his chamber. The sheriff and his com pany seized him and opened the breast of his clothes, where they found hung round his neck a waxen image of the Lamb of God; this they seized and called him a traitor and a rebel. He was brought to Launceston, where he was confined in a dark and foul prison, where he was not only most cruelly loaded with fetters, but even chained to his bed, and where no one was allowed to come near him. But when the adversary offered him his choice, either to swear that the Queen was the head of the English
to speak to the people, but the justices hindered him. While he was com mending his spirit into the hands of
Church, or to undergo execution at the hands of the common hangman, he kissed the Holy Bible and said that the Queen never had been, was not, and never would be the head of the English Church.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Lord
the example of the was turned off the ladder, and when he had hung a little while the rope was cut, his inner parts were taken out, and he was quartered. Thus did he give up his soul to the
the
after
Saviour, he
Chief Shepherd, being the first martyr the Papal students. Gregory the XHIth first permitted the same honours to be paid to him as are given to martyrs, and Leo XIII. confirmed the same.
among
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (x.
340
A T ^^
Sixth Lesson.
that time JESUS said unto His disciples Think not that am come to send peace on earth came not to send peace, but a :
:
A FTER
about three months Cuth bert was convicted by a jury
and condemned for
having
to
death, ostensibly
in his possession
a Papal
Bull, blessed beads, and waxen figures of the Lamb of God, but in reality because he was a Catholic priest. He
remained
prison until the arrival of the royal warrant for his execution. Three days before his death a servant in
warned him to make ready for the He thanked him heartily for his information, and thenceforth gave end.
himself up wholly to the consideration of things heavenly. After midnight
I I
:
And
sword.
so on.
Homily by St
Hilary,
Bishop [of
Poitiers.]
For I am come to set a man at What variance against his father."] variance is this ? Among the fore most commandments of the law we ["
Honour thy
father and thy (Ex. xx. 12); and the Lord Himself also saith, Peace I leave "
read,
mother,"
"
with you,
(John
xiv.
My
peace I give unto 27) j but here it is
you,"
said,
THE BLESSED EDMUND CAMPION AND HIS COMPANIONS. came not
"
I
For
sword.
man
send peace, but a to set a
to
am come
I
variance
at
against his father,
and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man s foes be they of his own house hold." Therefore henceforth public set before the authority will be shall
of
failure
where
natural
hatred,
duty,
everywhere
daughter.
A SWORD
weapons,
power of law, and
judgment,
Him,
and
to rise again with Him, and so followeth after the Lord, in the
mystery of the ness of
faith to
Blesseti
3Tfje
live
in
new
spirit.
DECEMBER
pton, antr
t|)e
i.
(Ebtmurti
ffiam=
priests,
fjfe
JHartgrs Societg of Sesusu
of
the sharpest of all the symbol of the of the sternness of
tfje
Double.
is
it is
of
the
punishment
of evil-doers. In the prophets the preaching of the new gospel is often times likened unto the sword.
We
remember
that the Word of God is the sword of the Spirit, (Eph. vi. 17,) and this sword is sent upon earth, that is to say, the preaching of the Word of God entereth into the hearts of men. And there is sore variance
one house, and a
man s
foes
are
own household, for through Word of God he will rejoice in
they of his the
24,)
who
Companions, Eighth Lesson.
in
and he is unworthy of taketh not up his Cross whereon to suffer with Him, to die with Him, to be buried with v.
(Gal.
Christ
every war,
and the sword of the Lord cutting fiercely between the father and the son, between the mother and the
907
newness of spirit to remain separate from others both within and without, both in soul and in body.
All from the Common
Many
Martyrs,
(p.
498),
Office
for
except
the
following.
Prayer throughout.
Q ^^
LORD
JESUS Christ, Who hast honoured Thy blessed servants Edmund, and Thy Priests, his Com panions, with a likeness to Thine own sufferings by betrayal and a death of shame, grant unto us
for their sakes, at their prayers, the grace stead fastly to bear Thy Cross, and to attain
and
unto a crown of everlasting glory. Who and reignestwith God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. livest
FIRST NOCTURN.
Ninth Lesson.
T_JE
proceedeth then in the same course of commandments and
Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
for after that He that all the things which
of understanding;
had taught are left,
dearest
He
in
said,
this
world must
moreover,
"And
be he
that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me," for
they that are Christ s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts," "
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
T7DMUND London,
Campion was born studied
arts
at
in
the
University of Oxford, and afterwards at the English College at Doway, and lastly joined the Society
divinity
GENERAL APPENDIX.
908
He was sent back of Jesus at Rome. to his native country by command of the
Pontiff Gregory XIII., Robert Persons, of the
Supreme with
along-
While they lay together concealed
in
the hiding-hole of the house at Lyford, before they were revealed by the
they confessed to one another, laid upon the other the same
traitor,
same Society, and there, by the ex ample of his life, the power of his teaching, and the skill of his acts, turned all men s minds on him those
upon St John the Baptist, and to repeat thrice the words of the Lord,
of the Catholics, that they might hear him and preserve him, and those of
journey,
:
his enemies, that they
might destroy him. He fought the Catholic fight not by his voice only, but by his and while his famous writings also ;
pamphlet, entitled Ten Reasons, was being printed at Stonor, he preached the Word of God in the country round about. After he had laboured for one year in the Lord s vineyard in England, he was taken, along with the blessed
Thomas Ford and many
others^ in the
and each
penance, that
is
to say, to call thrice
be
done. During their blessed William Filby, who had come to see them, was united to them at Henley for chains and To make a mark of them, death. their feet were fastened together under their horses bellies, and their hands tied behind their backs. Upon Ed mund s head was fastened a placard as upon the head of a traitor, the
Thy
will
which
the
he bore patiently,
insult
after
Thus were the example of the Lord. they brought, amidst the insults of the
house of a Catholic named Edward
people, to the
Yates, at Lyford, in the present diocese of Portsmouth they having all been betrayed by a most wicked
they were most grievously entreated.
Tower
of London,
where
;
who had that day been present the blessed Edmund said Mass
Sixth Lesson.
wretch
when
and preached. On his way to Lon don he passed a night at Abingdon, the birthplace of Holy Edmund Rich, once Archbishop of Canterbury, and many came from the University of Oxford, not many miles distant, and treated him with great reverence, all chained and guarded as he was. Fifth Lesson.
^PHOMAS
Ford was a native of Devonshire, and the companion of the blessed Edmund Campion, both at the University of Oxford and at the English college at Doway. He finished more than five years
had
ministry, with
no small
profit to souls
INTO
the
same prison
cast also other
there were
priests,
so
that
they had passed some months under punishment, while they were interrogated concerning the authority of the Roman Pontiff, the places where after
they had said Mass, and the persons whom they had reconciled to the Church, the blessed martyrs were placed at the bar to the number of
and were unjustly condemned to death for treason, ostensibly for hav ing conspire d against the Queen, but in reality because they were Catholic These ten were all con priests. demned to death together in the ten,
month did not
of all
November 1581, but they
Edmund surfer together. of his companions
Campion and two
the persecution,
England, during the very height of when he was arrested
received the crown of a glorious death upon -the ist day of December, and
the same Lyford, along with blessed father, and taken to: London.
Thomas Ford and two others upon the 28th day of the month of- May
in
.at
THE HOLY HOUSE OF LORETO. and the remaining four upon day of the same month. They were drawn to the. place of execution upon an hurdle, and after they had hung for a little while, the rope was cut, and they were cast down in full life and feeling upon the ground, where their hearts and other inner parts were torn out, and their heads and limbs cut off, to be afterwards set up above the gates of the city. Nor was even this all, since they were wronged even in their fame by the false accusation of treason, whereas these most innocent martyrs had done following, the 30th
nothing but refused to deny their faith in the Vicar of Christ upon earth. Gregory XIII. first sanctioned the honours paid to them, and Leo XIII. hath confirmed the same.
THIRD NOCTURN.
909
FIRST VESPERS. Antipho?is,
Chapter,
and Prayer
from Lauds.
Hymn. (A 553-)
Hail, thou Star of Ocean,
This
Verse.
is
the house of
God
stoutly builded.
Answer.
Well founded upon a sure
rock.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed !The Most High hath hal lowed His tabernacle for this is the house of God, whereon His Name shall be called, whereof it is written Virgin.
;
:
My Name
shall
be there, saith the
Lord.
A Commemoration is made of the Week-day and of St Melchiades, (p. 643,) but not of the Immaculate Con ception.
Lessons
from Luke
xxi. 9,
Homily of St Gregory,
At Compline
with the
Hymn
(p. 505.)
the last verse of the honour of the
altered in
is
Incarnation.
DECEMBER
6.
MATTINS.
In the Diocese of Liverpool.
The Saviour of the conceived by the Holy Ghost in the house of the Virgin. * O Invitatory.
was
world
St
litcfjolag of
fHgra,
come
(Seep. 627.)
Double of the First Class with an
let
(p.
The Lessons of the First Nocturn are taken from
Timothy
iii.
I,
translation of
10.
;
3
Mary, vii.
10; 3 Kings
His tabernacle, and He Him bridegroom coming out of his chamber. 3 Third Antiphon. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or who shall stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart. 4 set
self is as a
The Psalms are as upon Feasts of Ps. xlv. 5 Jer. Cf. Ps. xviii. 5.
FIRST NOCTURN.
He
tlje
Greater Double.
1
Heavenly
First Antiphon. Thou hast set Thy glory above the heavens. 2 Second Antiphon. In the sun hath
of Horeto.
the Blessed Virgin
City,
588.)
&c., (p.
516.)
DECEMBER
Blessed
Hymn. Salem,
Octave.
us worship Him.
viii.
20, &c.
2
Ps. viii. 2. 4 Ps. xxiii. 3, 4.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
9io
l Verse. This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. Answer. And it shall be called the
smoke,
perfumed
frankincense
First Lesson. the
3rd flee
AND
Israel
before
enemies be
their
shall
and
spread forth his hand towards heaven, and he said But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? for if the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot con tain Thee, how much less this house that I have builded Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy serv :
!
Thee, if they pray in this place, and repent and confess Thy Name, and turn from their sins because of their affliction then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sins of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, and teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon Thy land which Thou hast given to Thy
O Lord Hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee to-day, that Thine and
Thy people
cause they have sinned against Thee, shall repent and confess Thy Name, and come and pray and make supplication unto Thee in this house ; then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which Thou gavest unto their fathers. If heaven be shut up, and there be no rain because they have sinned against
Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the presence of the congregation of Israel, and
my God
and
myrrh
Second Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from Book of Kings (viii. 22.)
ant,
with
3
Answer. And about her it was as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, and lilies of the valleys.
court of the Lord.
all
?
to his supplication,
!
;
eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the house of which Thou hast said, My Name shall be there that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant maketh unto Thee in this place that Thou mayest hearken to ;
people for an inheritance.
;
the supplication of Thy servant and of Thy people Israel whensoever they
Second Responsory.
Who
pray in this place. Then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and when Thou nearest, forgive. shall
is this
that
cometh up
like
the
rising dawn, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, terrible as a fenced camp set in battle array ?
All beautiful
Verse.
First Responsory.
thou,
O
and
daughter of Sion,
lovely art
fair as
the
saw her when, fair like a dove, she winged her flight above the rivers
moon, clear as the sun. Answer. Terrible as a fenced camp
of waters. The priceless savour of her perfumes hung heavy in her gar ments. And about her it was as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, and lilies of the valleys. 2
set in battle array.
I
Verse.
Who
is
this
that
Third Lesson.
T F a man
cometh
out of the wilderness like a pillar of 1
Gen.
forth "
xxviii.
17 arid
cf. 19.
Ecclus.
his 1.
shall
own
his
8.
know
heart,
hands
in
the plague of
and
shall spread
this
house, then
Cant.
iii.
6.
THE HOLY HOUSE OF LORETO. hear Thou
and
place, to
every
heaven Thy dwellingand do, and give
in
forgive,
man
according to his ways,
Thou seest his heart, even Thou only, knowest as
of
(for
Thou,
the hearts
the children of men,) that they may fear Thee all the days that they live in the land which Thou gavest all
unto our fathers. Moreover, concern ing a stranger that is of Thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country
Thy Name
for
blessed thee for ever
and ever. Second Antiphon.
stretched-out arm,)
Third Antiphon. That man was born in her, and the Highest Himself hath established her. Verse. Lord, I have beauty of Thine house.
come and hear Thou
Thee, that
Thy
great
Name,
when he
shall
therefore
pray
this
in
all
The Lesson mons of
this that cometh up like the comely as Jerusalem ? The daughters of Sion saw her, and called her blessed the queens also, and they is
sun, this
subjects,
And
about her
it
was as the
flower of roses in the spring of the year, and lilies of the valleys. The daughters of Sion Answer.
saw
her,
and
called her blessed
;
the
also, and they praised her. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
queens
to the Son,
and
to the
and Holy Ghost.
The daughters of Sion Answer. saw her, and called her blessed the queens also, and they praised her. ;
Grace First Antiphon. into thy lips, therefore i
[of
divers
lii.)
unto us from the bosom of the Father, He builded Himself an house, even His mother the Virgin Mary, and therein He hewed out seven pillars. 2 And what is signified by His hewing out in her seven pillars, but that He made her ready to be by faith and works a meet dwelling-place for Him Of the component elements of self? the
number
number
seven, the
relateth
to
number number
of the
faith,
four to
because
it
three
is
the
Holy Trinity, and the good works, because
number of the cardinal vir In the blessed Mary, God the Son alone was present by the taking of manhood unto God, but that the it
is
the
tues.
Holy Trinity was present in her, was I say, by His Majesty, is by the messenger from heaven,
present, attested
who, when he revealed the hidden Hail, thou mystery unto her, said that art full of grace, the Lord is with The Holy Ghost and anon, thee "
:
"
;
shall is
poured God hath
Ps. xxv. 8.
on
(Sermons
"
SECOND NOCTURN.
the Ser
Abbat
Bernard,
That Wisdom which was of God, and which was God, came
;
praised her.
taken from
is
St
Clairvaux.]
people of the earth
Third Responsory.
Verse.
the
Fourth Lesson.
in
may learn to fear Thy Name as do Thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house is called by Thy Name.
Who
loved
And the place where Answer. Thine honour dvvelleth. 1
heaven the place of Thy dwelling, and do according to all for the which the stranger calleth to
The Most High
hath hallowed His tabernacle.
and of Thy strong hand, and of Thy
place,
for ever
yea,
:
sake, (for they shall
s
hear everywhere of
shall
911
thee, and the shall overshadow
come upon
power
thee." of the Highest Behold, here thou hast the Lord, thou
2
Cf. Prov.
ix.
i.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
912
hast the power of the Highest, thou hast the Holy Ghost. Thou hast God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.
her further to wit of the mysteries from heaven, she diligently asked of him how she should conceive and bring forth, seeing that she knew not a man and herein she was undoubt ;
edly prudent.
Fourth Responsory.
How dreadful
is
this place
!
Surely Fifth Responsory.
none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. Verse. This is the house of God stoutly builded, well founded upon a
the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills and all nations shall
sure rock.
flow unto
this
is
Answer. Surely this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Fifth Lesson.
The Lord
s
house
established in
is
;
to
Thee,
it,
O
Verse.
and
shall say
:
Glory be
Lord.
They
shall doubtless
come
again with rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them. Answer. And all nations shall flow unto it, and shall say Glory be to Thee, O Lord. :
T
T
is
right, then, to see
whether she
possessed also the four cardinal virtues as the four remaining pillars.
Let us
then
see
first
but how could possessed fortitude this virtue be lacking to one who cast ;
away the pomps of the world, and despised the pleasures of the flesh with the resolution to live in virginity for God alone ? Unless I am widely mistaken, this virgin was the of 10)
woman
whom Solomon :
said (Prov. xxxi. can find a virtuous woman?
Who
above the rarest That she was temper clearer than light from
for her price is far
merchandise. ate
and
the
communing
just
is
of the angel with her,
and her answers unto him,
for
when
the angel so reverently saluted her, Hail, thou that art full of saying, "
grace, the Lord
is with thee," she was not lifted up like one who should be blessed for so singular a privilege of grace, but was silent and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be and in this was she not ;
temperate
?
And when
Sixth Lesson.
whether she
the angel gave
C\F
justice she gave an eminent proof when she confessed her self to be the handmaid of the Lord. And what the confession of the just is,
is
attested
by
him who
said,
shall give Surely the righteous thanks unto Thy Name" (Ps. cxxxix. The blessed Virgin Mary then 14.) showed fortitude in her intention, tem perance in her silence, prudence in her questioning, and justice in her "
confession.
These,
then,
were the
pillars of works which, added to the three pillars of
four
when faith
whereof we have spoken, formed the seven pillars which the heavenly
Wisdom hewed out in her when He builded her as His house, even that heavenly wisdom which so filled her mind, that from the fullness of her mind her body became fruitful. (Thus l The very home of far St Bernard."} the Virgin, hallowed by the mysteries
Natalis domus ; but this must be understood of a place of family residence, since a plenary indulgence is granted to the Church of St Anne at Jerusalem, on the special ground that it stands on the site of the house of Joachim, where the blessed Virgin was conceived and born. 1
THE HOLY HOUSE OF LORETO. of God, was carried by the ministry of angels, in the time of holy Celestine V., out of the dominions of the un first into Dalmatia, and believers, then into the country of Loreto, in the province of Picenum and that it
Lord a new song, for the Lord hath done marvellous things. Alleluia. Verse.
Holiness
Answer.
For
;
same house wherein the Word was made Flesh and dwelt
among
not only by Papal documents, and by the famous veneration of the whole world, but also by an unceasing number of won drous works of power, and by the grant of gifts from heaven. By these is
us,
attested,
things Innocent XII. was moved in order to stir up the memory of the faithful to a more fervent honouring of the most loving of mothers, to
command
O
ever,
Lord.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
AT
that time The Angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city :
of Galilee,
named Nazareth, to a virgin a man whose name was
to
espoused
Joseph, of the house of David the virgin s name was Mary.
Mass and
Homily by
Who
St Bernard,
(\st on Ltike
Clairvaux.]
office.
Sixth Responsory.
Mine house shall be called the house of prayer, saith the Lord. Therein he that asketh receiveth, he that seeketh findeth, and to it shall be opened.
him
that
knocketh
Ask and ye
Verse.
seek and ye shall
this
is
And
Answer.
to
the
Son,
receive,
him to
and
that knocketh
the to
Father,
the
Holy
Ghost.
And
Answer. shall
to
him
so worshipful
virgin,
by an angel, and so
is
ennobled by mother
hood, and whose motherhood halloweth her virginity ? Dost thou hear that she is a virgin ? dost thou hear that she is lowly ? Virginity is praiseworthy, but lowliness is
more
is
needful.
advised, lowliness
is
Virginity
commanded.
that knocketh
Seventh Responsory.
Grace
THIRD NOCTURN. First Antiphon.
Bring sacrifices and come into His courts O worship the Lord in His holy temple. Second Antiphon. All the people saw His glory. Third Antiphon. O sing unto the ;
i.
[of
26.)
lowliness exalteth the virginity, and the virginity adorneth the lowliness. But of what worship is she worthy,
be opened.
VOL.
Abbat i.
lowly as to be espoused to a car penter ? Lovely is this mingling of virginity and lowliness, neither doth that so little please God, wherein the
whose lowliness
shall
find.
shall be opened. Verse. Glory be to
And
so on.
as to be saluted
and
and
;
that the translation of her
holy house, held by an annual festival throughout all the province of Picen um, should be kept with a special
it
becometh Thine
house.
the very
is
it
913
is
poured into thy
lips,
God hath blessed thee Verse. Thy garments
fore
myrrh,
and
aloes,
and
there
for ever.
smell cassia
of out
of the ivory palaces, whereby kings among thine honourable women have made thee glad.
daughters
God
Answer. Therefore blessed thee for ever. 2
G
2
hath
GENERAL APPENDIX. (2.nd on the same.}
Eighth Lesson,
HPHE -*
she of whom the Apostle saith careth for vii. 34) that she Cor. (i the things of the Lord, that she may as
"
A
in
body and
in
spirit."
not found newly nor per chance, but chosen from everlasting, foreknown by the Most High, and made ready for Himself, guarded by virgin
by patriarchs, fore by prophets, or to say it in short, she whom God Himself would seem to have foretold (Gen. iii. 15) when
angels, prefigured told
He
her
?
the
"
be holy both
unto
said
the
"
serpent,
I
Whither came he
thee."
Angel Gabriel was sent from God ... to a virgin a virgin in body, a virgin in mind, a virgin in profession, a virgin such "
unto
in
conjecture that he came into sanctuary of her modest bed I
chamber, where perchance she, when she had shut her door, was praying in secret. to her Father Who is It
(Matth. vi. 6.) angels to stand
is
use
the
of
them that pray, and to delight in them whom they see lifting up pure hands in prayer
God
:
for
beside
they rejoice to offer up unto a sweet savour the burnt-
offering of holy earnestness, and how well-pleasing in the sight of the Most
High were the prayers of Mary is shown by the action of the Angel who came in unto her and so reverently saluted her.
will
put enmity between thee and the and if thou yet doubtest woman whether He spake of Mary, hearken She shall bruise to what followeth, For whom was this vic thy head."
LAUDS.
"
;
"
tory reserved but for
First Antiphon. Holiness becometh Thine house, O Lord, for ever. Thine house Second Antiphon. shall be called the house of prayer therein he that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Third Antiphon. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will ;
Mary?
Eighth Responsory.
O Virgin Mary, Mother of God, blessed art thou that didst believe the Lord, for there hath been a per formance of those things which were Behold told thee from the Lord. thou art exalted over choirs of angels,
seek
Thy
good.
O Lord God, Fourth Antiphon. Thou hast lifted up my dwelling from the earth. 1
plead for us with the Lord our God. Verse. Hail, Mary, full of grace,
I will glorify the Fifth Antiphon. house of my glory, and I will make
Lord is with thee. Answer. Plead for us with the Lord our God. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Plead for us with the Answer. Lord our God.
the place of
the
Ninth Lesson, "
($rd on the same.}
A ND the Angel ^^ her, and said
came
in
Hail, thou that of grace, the Lord is with :
art
full
unto
1
Ecclus.
Chapter.
T
N
13.
feet glorious. 2
(Ecclus. xxiv.
all
these
I
will
abide
in
me He
sought
1
1.)
rest,
and
I
the inheritance of
So the Creator of
the Lord.
gave (and
all
things
commandment, and said, that made me rested in my a
tabernacle), [and He said, Dwell thou Jacob, and inherit in Israel, and
in
strike
thy
roots
people.] 2
Ij,
my
Is. lx. 13.
amid
my
chosen
THE HOLY HOUSE OF LORETO. Hymn.
Christ
We
Verse.
made
is
foundation, &c., (p.
the sure
We
TERCE.
594.)
will
go
His
into
tabernacle.
Answer.
will
worship
Thine house shall be Antiphon. called the house of prayer, &c., (Second Antiphon at Lauds. )
His
in
Chapter from Lauds.
footprints.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people; and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Short Responsory.
1
This is the house of God and the gate of heaven. Answer. This is the house of God and the gate of heaven.
And
Verse.
GOD, Who
in
Thy mercy
didst
hallow the house of the Blessed
Virgin Mary by the incarnation of Thy Word, and hast wondrously given unto the same a resting-place in the midst of
Thy Church,
grant us the grace to be cut off from the tents of wicked
and made worthy to dwell in Thine holy house. Through the same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the ness,
unity of the Holy Ghost, one world without end. Amen.
cause this Office is reckoned as being of the Blessed Virgin.
PRIME. Antiphon. Holiness becometh Thine house, &c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
Short Responsory.
Thou
that wast born of the Virgin Mary.
Chapter at the end.
And the gate of heaven. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Answer. Verse.
Ghost.
Answer.
God and
This is the house the gate of heaven.
Verse. Lord, I have beauty of Thine house.
(Ecclus. xxiv.
1
9.
JN
;
Apoc.
of the
where
SEXT.
Because of the house Antiphon. of the Lord, &c., (Third Antiphon at Lauds. ) Chapter.
(Ecclus. xxiv. 15.)
so was
y^NDand was was
I established in Sion, likewise in the holy city
and in Jerusalem power, and I took root among the honourable people, even in the portion of my God as His own in I
given to rest
;
my
heritance and mine abiding was in the full assembly of the saints. ;
Short Responsory.
)
the broad ways I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aromatic balm I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh.
loved
Answer. And the place Thine honour dwelleth.
God,
Commemorations are made of the Week-day and of St Melchiades, but not of the Immaculate Conception, be
In the
shall be called the
it
court of the Lord.
Prayer.
Q
915
Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thine house.
Answer. Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thine house. xxi. 3.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
916 And
Verse.
the place where Thine
honour dwelleth. Answer. The
Thine
of
beauty
surely this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate
of heaven.
house.
Glory be
Verse.
and
the
to
Commemorations are made of St Damasus and of the Week-day, but not
the
to
and
Son,
Father, the Holy
to
of the Immaculate Conception.
Ghost.
Answer.
Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thine house. Verse. Holiness becometh Thine house, O Lord.
Answer.
For
DECEMBER
13.
In the Diocese of Liverpool.
ever.
Octave of
f
of
(tttcijofae
NONE.
Common
All from the Antiphon.
I
will glorify the
house,
Antiphon at Lauds.}
&c., (Fifth
Office,
with
Lessons of the First Nocturn from Scripture according to the Season.
Chapter as at end of Prime.
Short Responsory.
Suntrag
Holiness becometh Thine house,
O
ctabe
fottljnt tlje
of
3ptpljan5.
tfje
Lord.
Holiness becometh Thine Lord.
Answer. house,
O
Verse.
Answer.
For ever. Thine house,
in
O
tlje
Greater Double.
the
to
tfje
Lord.
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
and
Jinking of
All as on Sundays except the fol
Ghost.
Holiness becometh Thine Lord. house, Verse. This is none other than the house of God and the gate of
Answer.
lowing.
FIRST VESPERS.
O
Antiphons,
Chapter,
heaven.
And
Answer.
it
shall
Last Psalm,
be called the
Lord,
court of the Lord.
&c.,"
SECOND VESPERS.
As
This
is
the
Lord
s
house
Well founded upon
O
praise
the
86.)
1
Who
truly seek Thee, and who then Find Thee with gladness and delight.
a
sure rock.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed How dreadful is this place Virgin. :
1
1
r\ JESUS, Teacher of all hearts, Thou fillest all with sweetest light
stoutly builded.
Answer.
"
cxvi.,
(p.
Hymn.
the First, except the following.
Verse.
and Prayer
from Lauds.
Bethink Thee of that joy supreme, Which to Thy Virgin Mother s heart, And to the heart of her dear Spouse,
Thou
didst so lovingly impart.
Translation by Archbishop Bagshawe, (Breviary
Hymns, No.
54.)
THE FINDING OF THE CHILD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE. No
tongue of ours can ever
Our minds
What
grief
The
O
to
know
and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same.
tell,
are all too weak,
doth pierce their loving hearts,
while their only Son they seek.
Son, by Thy dear parents lost, dost Thou make their joys abound,
How When,
sitting in the
Then is made a Commemoration The Antiphon is of the Epiphany. that proper to that particular day
Temple, Thou
Art with the Doctors teaching found. to us wanderers on earth, Error hath caused calamity, Make us to seek Thee as we
within the Octave.
If,
And
ought,
MATTINS.
to rejoice in finding Thee.
Who art revealed O JESUS, glory
to anxious ones, be to Thee,
Hymns
Invitatory. the temple
in
*
doctors.
With Father and with Holy Ghost, Ever throughout Eternity. Amen.
The
917
The Child JESUS the
in
sat
midst of the
O come
us worship
let
Him.
Hymn
at all the Hottrs e7id
as at Vespers.
in this manner.
Behold I have given Him a witness to the peoples. Answer. A leader and commander Verse.
FIRST NOCTURN.
J
for
to the nations.
Antiphon at
the
Song of the Blessed
The Child JESUS tarried Jerusalem, and His parents not of it, supposing Him to
knew
Psalm
in
have been sought
in the
company, and they their kinsfolk and
Him among
acquaintance.
Commemoration of the Sunday.
why hast Thou Thy father and
Antiphon. Son, thus dealt with us ?
have sought Thee sorrowing. How that ye sought Me ? Wist ye not that I must be about My Father s
Thy
Who out of the mouth of hast ordained praise.
Virgin.
behind
O God, Thou Antiphon. glory above the heavens,
First hast set
&c.,
O
viii.
Thy Son
Lord our Ruler,
(p. 7.)
Second Antiphon. The words of Lord are righteous altogether, sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb. the
Psalm clare,
"
xviii.
&c.,"
The heavens de
(p. 17.)
I
Third Antiphon.
is it
business. Verse.
The Kings
of Tarshish and
of the isles shall bring presents. Answer. The Kings of Arabia and
Saba
2
Grace
is
astonished and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth.
Psalm xxiii. The earth Lord s, &c., (p. 46.) "
shall offer gifts.
Prayer.
T ORD, we beseech Thy people which 1
Is. lv. 4.
call
Behold
Verse.
mercifully to receive the prayers of
Thee,
upon Thee
:
poured
into the lips of the Child JESUS, there fore all they that heard Him were
I
is
have given
the
Him
for a witness to the people.
Answer.
mander
A compound
A
leader
and
a
to the nations.
of Ps. xliv. 3,
Luke
ii.
47,
and
iv. 22.
com
GENERAL APPENDIX.
9i8 First Lesson.
observe
the
of
feast
weeks of the
of wheat harvest, and the feast when the time of year cometh first-fruits
The Lesson is taken from Exodus (xxiii. 14.)
the book of
round
PHE
Lord spake unto Moses, saying Three times shall ye keep :
a Feast unto Me in the year. Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread. Thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month of the green ears, 1 when thou earnest out from Egypt thou shalt :
not appear before me empty. And the feast of harvest, the first - fruits of thy labours whatsoever thou hast sown in the field. And the feast of the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in all thy fruits out of the field. Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord
Thy God.
for the in-gathering of all things.
Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the Lord Al mighty, the God of Israel.
Second Responsory.
The Child JESUS tarried behind in Jerusalem, and His parents knew not of it, but they, supposing Him to have been in the company, went a day s journey
;
and they sought Him among and acquaintance.
their kinsfolk Verse.
I
about the the broad
whom my Answer.
among
will
city
rise
now,
in the streets
;
ways
I
and go and in
seek
Him
sought
Him
will
soul loveth.
And
they
their kinsfolk
and acquaint
ance. 3
First Responsory.
Third Lesson. JESUS parents went every year the
Feast of the Passover, to
commandment which had commanded in the law the
2
Three times
at
fulfil
Lord of Moses. the
the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Thy God, in the place which He Verse.
in
shall choose.
Book
the
of
A T
the same time the Lord spake unto Moses [saying] Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which He shall choose In the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. They shall not ap but pear before the Lord empty every man shall give as he is able :
:
Answer. To fulfil the command ment which the Lord had commanded in the
The Lesson is taken from Deuteronomy (xvi. 16.)
law of Moses.
;
Second Lesson,
PHE
(xxxiv. 1
1
8
.
)
of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I feast
commanded thee, month of green month
in the
the ears, for in of the spring-time thou earnest
Novorum, a
translation of the just formed in the ear.
corn is 3 Deut,
xvi. 16.
Third Responsory.
time of the
out from Egypt, (22,) and thou shalt 1
according to the blessing of the Lord God which He hath given him.
his
And when JESUS parents found Him not, they returned back again to Jerusalem seeking Him.
Hebrew Abib,
the
name 8
given to the month, because the
Cant.
iii.
2.
THE FINDING OF THE CHILD JESUS l
Verse.
Whither
my
is
beloved
we may seek Him with
gone, that thee?
Answer.
back
turned
They
to
Jerusalem seeking Him. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. Seeking Him.
SECOND NOCTURN.
THE TEMPLE.
IN
919
her to the heart. Scarcely did she give sleep to her eyes or rest unto her feet until she found Him in the temple at Jerusalem, sitting in the midst of
the
When
doctors.
saw
she
His
gracious countenance, she rejoiced with great joy and gladness unspeak able, and albeit she spake little, as becometh a virgin, yet did she utter modestly a word of great prudence and of great wisdom, saying Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us." "
:
First Antiphon. They saw, and so they marvelled at the understanding
and answers of the Child JESUS. Ps. xlvii.
Great
the
is
Then doth she ness
LORD,
&c.,
(P. 98.)
been
of the
forth the
set
great
bitter
had
trouble that
her heart, and the carefulness of that wise search which they had Be made, when she saith further hold Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing." Herein doth the Blessed Virgin, albeit most wise, claim to have given a thought to the Heart of God Himself, speech to His mouth, and action to His Body. In her first words we note the sweetness of her kindly address to Him, where she calleth Him Son. Right was it that the good Son JESUS should be gently addressed. For even as every good Son is the joy and gladness of his in
"
Second Antiphon. The God of gods, even the LORD, hath spoken, and all they that heard Him were astonished at His answers. Ps.
xlix.
The God
of gods, &c.,
100.)
(p.
Third Antiphon. Blessed for ever be the Name of the LORD unto whom
God His Father hath
given judgment
and righteousness. Ps. Ixxi.
Give the king, &c.,
(p.
126.) Verse.
And
all
they
that
heard
:
mother, so was JESUS the joy gladness of His virgin mother.
and
Him
were astonished. Answer. At His understanding and
answers.
Fourth Responsory. After
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Ser mons of St Buona-ventura," [Car "
dinal] Bishop [of Albano.] on the Sunday within the
(First
Octave
of the Epiphany..)
Cant.
;
not
let
Him
go.
Answer.
In the temple sitting in
the midst of the doctors.
is greatly loved is not lost when without great grief; therefore the Blessed Virgin lost the bodily presence of that tenderly loved and only Son, whom she loved above all things, a manifold grief struck a
three days JESUS parents found Him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors. 2 Verse. I found Him whom my soul loveth I held Him and would
vi.
i.
Fifth Lesson.
Y
father
Thee
we note trouble
and
I
the bitterness that 2
have sought Here do
sorrowing."
had been
Cant.
iii.
4.
of the at
deep
her heart.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
920
Surely, O Glorious Virgin, I marvel that thine heart was troubled, that thou didst feel bitterness and
not
should indeed have mar thou hadst not sorrowed when thou hadst lost the bodily pres ence of that, thy well-beloved Son, I
grief.
velled
if
presence which
that
filled
thy soul
with so many comforts. Her Son was to the Glorious Virgin in this world the cause of many sorrows, many
and many
trials,
now say
She sorrowed
fold.
We may
afflictions.
was three
that her sorrow first
for the loss
the Child JESUS was with Joseph along with the men, and Joseph thought that He was with Mary For this along with the women. custom had been introduced for re spectability s sake, and for a safe
Hence it is mani guard of chastity. that she was not to blame for losing Him from carelessness, but she was very careful and diligent in seeking Him from the uprightness of her conscience, from the broadness of her love, and from the surety of her fest
confidence.
of the
She presence of her Son. suffered again when she beheld the She suffered sufferings of the Lord. once more in sharing His grief over the blindness of the Jews. Fifth Responsory.
They found JESUS
in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and
asking them questions. Verse.
l
When
the ear heard him, and when the eye
Sixth Responsory. they that heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers, and when they saw Him they were amazed. 2 Verse. The voice of the Lord is the voice of the Lord is powerful full of majesty. All
;
And when
Answer.
they saw
Him
they were amazed.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
then it blest him saw him, it gave witness to him. Answer. Both hearing them, and asking them questions.
and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. And when they saw Him they were amazed.
Sixth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN.
;
HTHY the
and I have sought Thus doth she set forth
father
Thee.
carefulness
of her wise
search,
for although the
Blessed Virgin had not lost Him through carelessness, she was careful in seeking Him.
According to the commentators it was the custom of the Jews in pro cessions, and upon journeys, when they went up to the Temple, and while they were there, that men and
women
should be separated children were not subject to this rule, but sometimes went with their fathers and sometimes with their mothers.
Hence
;
the mother 1
Mary thought Job
xxix. ii.
that
to the Son,
First Antiphon.
When
the doctors
wisdom that came forth out of the mouth of JESUS they were confounded they knew not, in the
Temple heard
the
;
neither did they understand, and they walked on in darkness. Ps. Ixxxi.
God
standeth, &c., (p.
141.)
Second Antiphon. The Lord hath known His salvation His righteousness hath He openly shown
made
;
in the sight of the heathen, by of His Son.
Ps. xcvii.
O
sing unto the
&c., (p. 157-) 2
Ps. xxvni. 4.
means LORD,
THE FINDING OF THE CHILD JESUS Third
The Lord reignAntiphon. eth in the midst of His Let Temple. the people praise His great and terrible Name,
for
Ps.
it is
holy.
The LORD
xcviii.
&c., (p.
reigneth,
IS 8.)
Behold Thy father and
The Lesson
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (ii. 42.)
after
JESUS was twelve years old they went up to Jerusalem, the custom of the Feast, and
when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the Child JESUS tarried behind in Jerusalem. And so on. Homily by
St Ambrose, Bishop [of
(Bk.
Milan.]
ii.
on Luke
have sought
Verse. 1Q my Son, the Light of our eyes, the Comfort of our life.
Answer. Behold Thy father and have sought Thee sorrowing.
We
touching His Manhood, was filled with wisdom and grace from God, was not careless of the parents of the same Manhood, and, after three days, was pleased to be found in the
thereby foreshadowing that, days of His victorious Passion, He That had been reckoned with the dead, would present Himself, living, to our faith, in His heavenly Kingship and Divine Majesty. :
after the three
Eighth Lesson. it that ye sought Me?" Christ hath two Generations ;
is
one from His Father, another from His mother. That from His Father is His Eternal Generation as God
and Son; that from His mother is whereby He came to work for us and minister to us. Those acts, therefore, of His, which are above nature, beyond His age, and different to His custom, proceedeth not from the strength of His Manhood, but from the power of His Godhead. On another occasion His mother moveth Him to work a miracle here He that
answereth her, because she treateth that which was of the Godhead, as though it had been of the Manhood.
Eighth Responsory. JESUS said unto His parents How is it that ye sought Me ? Wist ye not that I must be about My Father s :
business
?
2 Serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do that which pleaseth Him. Answer. Wist ye not that I must be about My Father s business ? Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
and to the Holy Ghost. Wist ye not that I must
to the Son,
Answer. be about
My
Father
s
business
?
Ninth Lesson? Seventh Responsory.
Thou
hast
S
thus
dealt with
(^)N ^ He
occasion
this
His mother said unto JESUS, Son,
why
us
?
it
is
was twelve years on the other He had already
said old,
that
but
disciples.
bit x 2 Tobit xiv I0 s b rve that the Ninth Lesson is not of the !? Sunday but of the Feast, because the Gospel * off the Feast and of the Sunday are the same. *
4>
I
;
ii.)
read that when He was twelve years old the Lord began to dispute. The number of His years was the same as the number of the Apostles whom He afterwards sent forth to He Who, as preach the Faith.
Temple
I
Thee sorrowing.
Verse. JESUS increased in wisdom and stature. Answer. And in favour with God and man.
Seventh Lesson.
THE TEMPLE.
IN
-
-
GENERAL APPENDIX.
922
His mother had seen His wonders on the earlier occasion, -and
from her Son
had
on the mightier
to call
nature for a work of power. 1 "And He came to Nazareth, and was sub No wonder that ject unto them." the great Teacher should practise.
And
we marvel how He
shall
Who
was subject
to His mother, was about Father s business ? His sub jection to His mother proceeded, not from weakness, but from dutiful
His
affection.
The Hymn, God,
&c.,"
praise Thee,
"We
O
is said.
First Antiphon. JESUS parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. Second Antiphon. And as they returned, the Child JESUS tarried be hind in Jerusalem and His parents ;
of
And when
Third Antiphon.
they
found not JESUS, they returned back again to Jerusalem, seeking Him. And after three days they found Him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. Fourth Antiphon. And His mother saith unto Him, Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us ? Behold Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing. Fifth Antiphon. down with them, and
And JESUS went came to Nazareth,
rich Fount,
JESUS, By which Thou
guidest hearts aright,
And dost the proud And teachest with
disciple judge,
We
sing a
hymn
celestial light.
of praise, that Thou,
Coming Thy Father s work Midst Doctors Yet teachest
O
in the
(Is. Iv.
TJT O, every one that
to do,
a Child,
sittest as
too.
Temple
admirable kind of school While JESUS doth the Doctors teach, !
Hearing and humbly questioning, They wonder at His prudent speech.
O
Master, mercifully grant,
Then doth all error flee away, Then shall the Spouse, with footsteps
And
all
sure,
her servants, follow Thee,
Along the royal road
secure.
Then, from the true believers land, All treacherous teachers shall they drive,
In health our souls shall
Who art revealed O JESUS, glory
Faith, live
and
thrive.
to anxious ones,
be to Thee,
With Father and with Holy Ghost, Ever throughout Eternity. Amen. 3
Verse.
Ye
children of Zion rejoice
Lord your God. Answer. For He hath given you a
in the
teacher of righteousness.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Son, us ?
why Thy
hast
Thou
father
and
thus dealt with I
have sought
Thee sorrowing. How is it that ye sought Me ? Wist ye not that I must
and was subject unto them.
be about
i.)
thirsteth,
come
ye to the waters, and he that
hath no money, make haste, buy and eat yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without purse. ;
wisdom the
And, on the true and only
it.
Chapter.
of
That no weak man to teach may dare, Unless from Heaven Thou dost first With wondrous light his heart prepare.
LAUDS.
knew not
Hymn?
learnt
My
Father
s
business
Prayer throughout the
?
Office.
C\ GOD, Who
^
Son
wast pleased that lowly childhood of Thy should be glorified by wisdom the
1 In the Breviary the passage has got Translated directly from the works of the Saint. corrupted, even to the substitution of a negative for an affirmative ("ne" for 2 3 Translation by Archbishop Bagshawe, (Breviary Hymns, No. 55.) Joel ii. 23. "ut.")
THE FINDING OF THE CHILD JESUS from heaven, grant unto us
to be so with the spirit of wisdom that may walk before Thee in lowliness
filled
we
Through
unfeigned.
Same
the
THE TEMPLE.
IN the
among
923
and I will be judgement, and won
elders,
found sharp
in
derful in the presence of the mighty.
our
Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, Who and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
TERCE.
liveth
world without end.
Chapter as at Lauds.
Amen.
The following Commemoration the Sunday.
Short Responsory.
is
made of
Worship God. Alleluia. Answer. All ye His Angels. Alle Verse.
This day is the Church Antiphon. joined unto the Heavenly Bridegroom, since Christ hath washed away her
Jordan
;
the wise
men
hasten
with gifts to the marriage supper of the King and they that sit at meat
Him
Alleluia,
Behold I have given Him a witness to the peoples. Alleluia,
Alleluia.
A
Verse.
leader and a
commander
to the nations.
Answer. to
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Glory be to the
Verse.
and Prayer as at First Vespers, then of Epiphany.
have given
Answer. for
luia.
the Octave of the
I
for a witness to the peoples. Alleluia.
acquaintance.
sins in
Behold
Verse.
Antiphon. The Child JESUS tarried behind in Jerusalem, and His parents knew not of it, supposing Him to have been in the company, and they sought Him among their kinsfolk and
the
Son,
and
Father, the Holy
to
Ghost.
Behold I have given Him a witness to the peoples. Alleluia,
Answer. for
Alleluia.
All
Verse.
they that heard
were astonished. Answer. At
and answers.
Him
Alleluia.
His
understanding
Alleluia.
;
make merry with together turned into wine. Alleluia. All
Verse.
water SEXT.
they from Saba
come. Alleluia. Answer. They shall and incense. Alleluia.
shall
bring
gold
And when
Antiphon. they found not JESUS, &c., (Third Antiphon at Lauds. ) Chapter.
(Acts
iii.
PRIME.
22.)
1V/TOSES Antiphon.
JESUS parents, (First Antiphon at Lauds.} In the Short Responsory
God
raise
up unto you of your breth
in
unto you.
the Temple.
Short Responsory. Chapter at the end.
(Wisd.
Wisdom sake pORglory before the though
I
am
viii.
shall
s
I
young,
and
:
ren, like unto me ; Him shall ye hear in all things, whatsoever He shall say
is said,
Thou That wast found
Verse.
A
&c.,
truly said unto the fathers Prophet shall the Lord your
10.)
have
multitude,
honour
Verse. All they that heard Him were astonished. Alleluia, Alleluia. Answer. All they that heard Him were astonished. Alleluia, Alleluia.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
924
At His understanding and
Verse.
answers.
Antiphon. in
holiday
Answer.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Jesus increased in wisdom
Verse.
This day a star led the three
ders.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. All they that heard him were astonished. Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse.
and stature. Alleluia, Alleluia. Answer. And in favour with God and man. Alleluia.
wise
This day we keep as honour of Three Won
men
to the manger this day at the marriage, water was made wine this day was Christ, for our salvation, ;
;
to
pleased Jordan.
be baptised of John
in
Alleluia.
they from Saba shall
All
Verse.
come.
Alleluia.
Answer. They shall bring gold and incense. Alleluia.
NONE.
And Jesus went down Antiphon. with them, &c. ($th Antiphon at
irfc
after tfje
Suntrag
Lauds. )
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Sols Some.
Short Responsory.
,
Verse. Jesus increased in wisdom and stature. Alleluia, Alleluia. Answer. Jesus increased in wis dom and stature. Alleluia, Alleluia.
And
Verse.
and man. Answer. Verse.
and
Answer.
to the
God
and Holy Ghost.
Jesus increased in wis
stature.
Ye
Verse.
favour with
Alleluia, Alleluia. Glory be to the Father,
to the Son,
dom and
in
Greater Double.
FIRST VESPERS.
Psalms as in
Lord your God. Alleluia. Answer. For he hath given you a
in the
teacher of righteousness.
of the
Christ.
Second Antiphon.
The Angel
2
of
the Lord appeared to Joseph in sleep, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy
her
SECOND VESPERS.
Feasts
First Antiphon. And Jacob 1 begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born JESUS, Who is called the
That Which
wife, for
Alleluia.
the
Blessed Virgin.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
children of Zion rejoice
Sesug,
anU
is
is
conceived in
of the Holy Ghost.
Third Antiphon. And the shep herds came with haste and they found Mary, and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. 3 Fourth Antiphon. When the wise ;
All
as
the
First,
the
except
following :
Antiphon at
the Song of the Blessed The Child JESUS increased wisdom and stature before God
Virgin. in
and man.
A Commemoration of the Sunday made; then of the Octave. 1
Matth.
i.
16.
2
Matth.
i.
20.
3
is
Luke
men were come into the house, they found the young Child, with Mary His mother. 4 His father and Fifth Antiphon. mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of Him. 5 ii.
16.
4
Matth.
i.
n.
5
Luke
ii.
33.
THE HOLY HOME, Chapter.
(Luke
ii.
51.)
Prayer.
ND
JESUS went down with Mary and Joseph, and came to Naz areth, and was subject unto them. /\
Q O
of mortals, Blest Light of saints above,
JESUS, on Whose boyhood smiled with kindly love
with
s
gracious
name
A ;
Abraham, and to them of low degree
;
Q
for ever
and
ever.
prayer
ALMIGHTY
hand
Majesty, to help and defend us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
Thy
Son,
Who
liveth
and reigneth with
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
At Compline the
Flesh.
Alleluia.
dwelt
exalt
necessities stretch forth the right
of
;
While endless ages run.
And
unto
to
and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and
JESUS, to Thee be glory, The Maiden- Mother s Son, With Father and with Spirit,
Answer.
spake seed,
Prayer.
;
The Word was made
the
Answer. And let there descend upon us Thy mercy.
Your home was as a garden,
Verse.
made of
Let the evening ascend unto Thee, O Lord.
the twilight air We, lingering here before you, Pour out our heartfelt prayer.
Made glad with fairest flowers May life thus blossom sweetly In every home of ours.
He his
Verse.
s cry.
all
as
Israel,
sun, returned to evening,
Dusks
is
God hath holpen His
Antiphon.
for the nation s healing, Jesse s lineage high, Behold the suppliants kneeling,
The
everlasting
and reignest
the Father, in the unity of
Commemoration
servant
Of
hear the sinner
its
Sunday.
Born
O
in
livest
Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Amen.
And thou of all men chosen To guard the Virgin s fame, To whom God s Son refused not father
God
Who
the
Mary, highly graced,
A
Who, when
Christ,
subject to Mary and to Joseph, didst sanctify the life of home with virtues which cannot be
admitted to a share
;
Whose breast gave milk to JESUS, Whose arms thy God embraced
JESUS
Thou wast
blessedness.
thou whose bosom nursed Him,
O
Q
LORD
uttered, grant that we, by the assist ance of both, may be instructed by the example of this Holy Home, and
Hymn. HIGHEST Hope
Home
O
925
among
a?id other Hours, at end of the Hymn, is said: JESUS, to Thee be glory, The Maiden-Mother s Son, &c.
us.
MATTINS.
Alleluia.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Blessed are they that dwell Virgin. in Thine house, O Lord they shall be ever praising Thee. 1
Invitatory. Christ the Son of God, obedient to Mary and Joseph, * O come, let us worship.
;
1
Ps, Ixxxiii.
Ps. xciv., (p. 2.) 5.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
926
Hymn.
JESUS, Mary, Joseph, help us, Ye who bore our toilsome days Ye who bore with pain and hardship, ;
RIGHTLY
gleam the sacred temples, Where a thousand torches shine, Garlanded about the altars, Lo the fairest blossoms twine. Smoking censers send their perfume To the throne of Love Divine. "D
Hear the wretchedness Aid us
we
praise the Sole-Begotten s
Royal ancestry with song? Shall we tell His glory, chanting All the honoured names that throng David s line^and their achievements All the storied ages long?
let us now be mindful Of the lowly village cot, Of the Galilean hillside Where He chose the poor man Rather let our hymns remember How He lived, by men forgot.
us the pride of living, If the light of fortune shine,
Teach us in whatever chances Not to vaunt and not repine. While we beg for your protection, Look on us with eyes benign. Thine be
glory, thine be power, JESUS, while the ages run, Thou Whose life is our instruction, Till the tasks of earth are done,
s lot.
!
pilgrim,
Many pains gone o er His Head, And delivered out of danger, Shares His foster-father
s
bread.
FIRST NOCTURN. First Ajitiphon. When His parents in the Child JESUS, then Simeon took Him up in his arms, and blessed God. 1
brought
Second Antiphon. When they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their
Joseph trains Him, Joseph teaches All his lore of humble skill JESUS grows from boy to manhood ;
Hidden
;
Reigning with the Sovran Father, And the Spirit, Three in One.
Home, from Nile s far distant margin, Lo He travels, angel-led, little
;
Take from
Rather
Hastening, a
that prays our need drives forward,
Struggling on by thorny ways
!
Shall
whom
own
2 city Nazareth.
Third Antiphon. And the Child grew, and waxed strong [in spirit,] filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon Him. 3 :
years, secluded, still in his labour,
Helping Joseph
Prenticed by His eager
will.
Though He was rich, yet He became poor. Answer. That we through His 4 poverty might become rich. Verse.
for our sakes
"
Let the sweat of
Thus He
When
saith,
bedew
toil
"against
Me,"
the day
a sweat of blood shall
trickle,
Dyeing earth with ruddy spray
Thus
for
humankind
Fullest penalty to
s
:
First Lesson.
transgressions
pay."
The Lesson
is taken from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the Colossians (iii. 12-16.)
Near her gracious Boy the Mother Sits and looks -with loving eye ;
Sits the wife beside her
Glad
Happy As
to if
husband,
know that he is nigh, may console them
OUT
she
the hours of
work go by. 1
3
Luke Luke
.of
ii.
27, 28.
ii.
40.
on, therefore, as the elect of
God, holy and beloved, bowels mercy, kindness, humbleness, meek-
Luke
4
2 Cor.
ii.
39.
viii. 9.
THE HOLY HOME. ness, long-suffering: forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any even as the Lord hath forgiven And above all you, so also do ye. these things put on which is ;
charity,
bond of perfectness
the
and
;
let
the
;
in you richly, in wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace all
i
Afterwards did He show Himself upon earth and conversed with men. 1
hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob His servant. 2 Answer. And conversed with men.
Third Responsory. In
made
ye do all
in
all
things
in
the
Name
Lord
Answer. merciful.
your own husbands, as
to the Son,
the Lord.
be
it
is
fit
Verse.
Husbands, love your wives,
bitter against them. Children, obey your parents in all for this is well pleasing unto things the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be dis
Heb.
iii.
v. 8.
38. 5.
He
might
be
Glory be to the Father,
arid
When Joseph Antiphon. he took the young Child and His mother by night, and departed First
into Egypt. 8
Second Antiphon. The Angel of Lord appeared to Joseph in Egypt, in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and go into the land of
Blessed are they that dwell in Thine 4 house, O Lord. Verse. They will be ever praising Thee. Answer. In Thine house, O Lord. Ps. Ixxxiii.
That
arose,
Second Responsory.
Baruch
be
He
SECOND NOCTURN.
couraged.
1
to
merciful.
:
7
Him
and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. That He might be
in
not
4
behoved
Verse. Though He was the Son of God, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered. 7
word
JESUS Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. Wives submit yourselves unto
and"
it
unto His brethren, that
like
might be merciful. 6
Second Lesson* or deed, do
for
:
with thanksgiving.
He
the
things
the wrong which he hath and there is no respect of persons with God. (iv. i.) Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Con tinue in prayer, and watch in the same
done
First Responsory.
of
all
your according to the flesh, not with eye-service, as menpleasers, but in singleness of heart, Whatsoever ye do, do fearing God.
ceive
your hearts to the Lord.
R
in
obey gERVANTS, masters
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men, knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ. For he that doeth wrong shall re
word of Christ dwell
Verse.
Third Lesson.^
it
peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body and be ye thankful. Let the
in
927
2
Baruch
5
Col.
8
iii.
Matth.
the
Israel. 9 iii.
37.
22-25 ii.
14.
3
Col.
6
Heb.
9
Matth.
I
iii. ii.
17-21. 17. 20.
ii.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
928
Third Antiphon. And he came and dwelt at Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by :
the
He
prophets,
shall
be called a
thou
and
be,
Answer. me.
Nazarene. 1 will
teach
us
will
walk
in
A
His ways.
And we
Answer. His paths. 2
xxxvi.
ye subject unto the Lord and entreat Him. Christ, by doing of the
will
Father, fulfilled the
and therefore He is the fulfil ment of the law, and the fulness of ;
For, seeing that He loved the Father, He gave all His affection And to the fulfilling of His will.
mercy.
He was
subject to His parents Mary on account of His
then
Joseph and duty to them, not of His necessity. Therefore He took upon Him to along with us.
suffer
He made Him, He He
subject,
subject, is
In
obedient,
He
S a man, therefore, He learned obedience by the things which suffered, that He might be made
that
He was
in that
;
to whom the first legacy of his dis obedience had before been the source of death. His subjection is a lesson in human virtue, not a diminution of the Divine power. For will those who declare that the Son is less than
salvation
to
Adam by
the
us,
the
and
Father,
because
God,
He
declare
Him Him as
to
unequal
is
subject also that
to
He
For we
And He
:
was subject
to
The
them.
that such dutifulness
less
is
He was
His mother, because subject to His mother ? read of Joseph and Mary than
truth
is
5
brings no loss to any one of us, but rather gain for through it the Lord JESUS has poured ;
faith
and grace
may make faith,
into us
us also,
subject to
in
God
that
all,
the
spirit
He of
the Father.
did that which belongeth
not
subject,
His
but,
The
us.
in
For,
things subject unto that which belonged
all
did
unto Himself; unto
thinketh upon
in the flesh and that by bequeathing to us His obedience, He might become the Author of eternal
Fourth Lesson.
the
The Lord
perfect
Sermon by St Ambrose, Bishop [of (An Exposition of Psalms Milan.]
law
be well with
Fifth Lesson.
The Lord
Verse.
~DE
shall
it
thee.
soul,
the
not
He
divinity
the
;
saith,
the
power of
He
soul, therefore, in His soul lowly;
is
soul
God. was these
things, then, He took upon Him, not to the laying aside of His power, but to teach us His doctrine.
Fifth Responsory. 6
The
have holes, and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of Man hath not where to lay foxes
;
His head. Verse. I am poor, and in toil from my youth up. 7 Answer. But the Son of Man hath not where to lay His head.
Fourth Responsory. But I am poor and needy. The Lord thinketh upon me. 3 4 For Verse. thou shalt eat of the labour of thine hands. 1
Matth.
5
Pietas.
ii.
23.
Happy 2
Isa.
6
Matth.
ii.
shalt
Sixth Lesson.
T ASTLY,
3
3. viii.
20.
(Ps. Ixv.)
we consider the matter, humility had been lost in the Garden of Eden, and therefore came if
Ps. xxxix. 18.
4 7
Ps. cxxvii. 2. Ps. Ixxxvii. 16.
THE HOLY HOME. from heaven.
In the Garden of Eden arose disobedience. Obedience came down on that account with the Saviour.
Verse. I am poor, and in toil from my youth up. Answer. And when I was lifted up, then was I brought down and
The flesh was puffed up so that the subjection of meekness could not be found on
came
troubled.
The Lord JESUS
earth.
and
first emptied Himself, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, and taking upon Himself the form of a servant, was found in the likeness of a
Seventh Lesson.
He
though
The Lesson
taken from the Holy
Luke
to
(ii.
42,
43-)
A ND
when JESUS was twelve
years they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And old,
:
because Christ as a poor despised redeemed the world because Christ by His humil ity overthrew the devil.
man
is
Gospel according
man, and humbled Himself, becom ing obedient unto death. Let Him, I am a youth and therefore, say despised
929 6
;
when
and
they had they returned,
as
;
fulfilled
the
days,
Child
the
JESUS and Jerusalem
behind in His parents knew not of
tarried
;
it.
And
so on.
Sixth Respo7isory. 1
Who, being
Homily by St Bernard, Abbat [of (From the ist Homily on the words, The Angel was
the form of God, emptied Himself, and took the form of a servant.
He
2
Verse.
and
in
became
Clairvaux.]
"
sent.")
humbled
obedient
Himself, even unto
And
He was subject to them. was subject ? and to whom ? God to men God, I repeat, to Whom
Who
death.
Answer.
And
took the form of a
;
servant.
the angels are subject,
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
and
to
Ghost.
to
Answer.
And
took the form of a
servant.
THIRD NOCTURN. 3
First Antiphon.
The
parents of JESUS went up every year to Jeru salem to the feast of the Passover. 4 Second A?itiphon. As they re turned, the Child JESUS tarried be hind at Jerusalem and His parents ;
knew not
of
it.
Third Antiphon.
5
And when
they
found not JESUS, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking Him. 1
Phil.
4
Luke
ii. ii.
6, 7.
43.
2 Phil. 5
Luke
Whom
princi
palities and powers obey, was subject to Mary ; and not only to Mary, but
also
Joseph
for
Mary
s
sake.
Marvel, therefore, both at God and man, and choose that which gives greater wonder, whether it be the most loving condescension of the Son, or the exceeding great dignity of His parents. Both amaze us, both are marvellous. That God
should obey parallel,
man is lowliness without man should rule over
that
God, an elevation beyond comparison. In praise of virgins it is sung of them alone, that they follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. Of what
praise do you judge that who goeth before Him ? ii.
ii.
8.
45.
3 6
man worthy
Luke ii. 41. Ps. Ixxxviii. 16.
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930
Seventh Responsory. 1 King that Verily Thou art a hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. Verse. Thou teachest man know
ledge.
God
Answer.
of
Israel,
the
Benediction. s
and
to
stay.
earth, to be to submit.
to
subject
The
;
learn,
learn,
O O
Evangelist,
speaking of thy Creator, says: "And He was subject to them." Doubtless to
Mary and Joseph. Shame on you, the God abaseth Himself, proud ashes and dost thou exalt thyself? God sub jects Himself to men, and dost thou, !
eager to lord it over men, set thyself over thy Creator ? For as often soever as I desire pre-eminency over men, so For often do I strive to excel God.
Him
was said
it
And He was
:
If thou disdainest, subject to them. O man, to follow the example of man, at least thou canst follow thy Creator
of virginity, at least the most safe road of If any turn aside from this
path
If thou canst not, perchance, follow Him whithersoever He goeth, deign at least to follow Him in that to which He hath lowered Himself for the sake of thee.
straight way, though they be virgins, they do not follow the Lamb, if the
truth be told, whithersoever He goeth. The humble man, though stained with
followeth the
sin,
followeth
by one man s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made 2 .
He came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them. Verse.
1
Isa. xlv. 15 3 Luke ii. 46.
.
;
rex instead otdeus.
the virgin,
;
;
whithersoever
but neither
He
goeth.
The former cannot attain to the of the Lamb, for He is without
purity
spot the latter deigns not to descend to
Who
His meekness,
;
was dumb, not
shearer, but before the Yet the sinner who fol murderer. loweth in humility hath chosen a more
before
the
saving way than the proud man who followeth in virginity, for the humble
man
maketh
cleansed
proud
of
man
s
satisfaction, his impurity,
chastity
is
and but
is
the
stained
by
his pride.
The Hymn,
"We
praise Thee,
&c.,"
(p. 21,) is said.
LAUDS.
Eighth Responsory.
As
Lamb
though proud, followeth
without dishonour.
righteous
the
transferred,
God by
humility. ;
Holy
Ninth Lesson.
lofty
obey
the
to
T F thou canst not enter upon the
Eighth Lesson.
T EARN, O man,
and
Answer. So by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
follow
of
Son,
most mighty strength alway
Be His people s staff and Answer. Amen.
dust,
the
Ghost.
If the Feast be following is read:
Saviour.
God
Answer. So by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
3 After three days in the temple, sit found JESUS they ting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them
First Antiphon.
questions.
Second A ntiphon. 2
4
Rom. Luke
4
And
v. 19. ii.
48.
the mother
THE HOLY HOME. of JESUS said unto Him, Son, hast Thou thus dealt with us ? hold, Thy father and I have
why Be
sought
Thee sorrowing.
1 Third Antiphon. JESUS went down with them, and came to Nazar eth, and was subject unto them. Fourth Antiphon. 2 And ESUS m . J creased in wisdom and age, and in favour with God and man.
3
Fifth Antiphon.
Whence hath
And
Man
this
and these mighty works the carpenter s Son ? Chapter.
(Luke
they said,
this
wisdom,
Is not this
?
ii.
51.)
came down with Mary came to Naz
^^NDandJESUS
Joseph, and
areth,
and was subject unto them.
931
So may we fare may love unite Our hearts in one throughout the years, To soothe our homes with calm delight, ;
And
mingle sweetness
JESUS, for ever unto Thee,
The Maiden-Mother With Father and with
s
loving Son,
Spirit,
4 I Verse. will cause all thy child ren to be taught of the Lord. Answer. And great shall be the peace of thy children.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. of Thine house us, O Lord, and
Let the example hold shine upon
Thou guide our
do
way
The
infant
Church
A
of alien race,
sun, who with his golden light Travels the lands that lie below, Has never seen a fairer sight,
home has
earth to show.
made of
the
;
Verse.
court,
How blithely Mary plays her A mother s duty to fulfil.
The Lord
reigneth.
He
is
clothed with majesty.
Answer. The Lord is clothed with and hath girded Himself
strength, ;
with power.
part,
Prayer as at First Vespers.
there with love no less
To halve the And grace that With
is
:
With what glad hand and eager heart The Child performs the father s will
is
Commemoration
When JESUS was come A?itiphon. down from the mountain, behold, there came a leper, and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. And JESUS
virtue s sacred fane,
Glad nuncios of the heavenly Again returning and again.
Joseph
Vespers.
put forth His hand, and touched him, I will be thou clean. saying
Hither the angels oft resort
To honour
the
august abode, s
The
holier
into
Sunday.
dwelling-place Before she sought the world s highroad.
Nor
feet
of peace.
Prayer as at First
HAPPY guest O Nazareth s
be
All glory while the ages run.
Hymn.
Q
in life s tears.
burdens of
PRIME.
his wife,
gives all holiness, thousand links binds life to
In the Short Responsory, instead of
life.
the Verse, Like streams that
join, their love outflows
To gulf itself in JESUS sea, And JESUS on the twain bestows The guerdon of their charity. 1
Luke
3
Matth.
ii.
"
Thou That
&c.,"
Thou That wast born
Verse.
2
54, 55.
sittest,
said :
the Virgin Mary.
51.
viii.
is
4
Luke ii. 52. Isa. liv. 12, 13.
of
GENERAL APPENDIX.
932
NONE.
TERCE. Chapter.
Chapter.
AND
JESUS went down with Mary and Joseph, and came to Naz and was subject unto them.
"^^
areth,
T T
(Philip,
ii.
7.)
K
emptied Himself, and took the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man, and found in fashion of a man.
Short Responsory.
For our sakes He became poor, though He was rich. Answer. For our sakes He became poor, though He was rich. That through His poverty Verse.
we might become rich. Answer. Though He was
I
am
poor,
And when
was
there
and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. For our sakes He became poor, though He was rich. l Verse. The Lord will teach us
troubled.
His ways.
Ghost.
.
Answer.
And we
will
walk
in
His
paths.
AS
I
was
I
brought
in
toil
lifted up,
down
I am poor, and Answer. from my youth up.
19.)
one man s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be
by
my
and
From my youth up. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy
Verse. v.
from
Verse.
to
(Romans
toil
Answer.
SEXT. Chapter.
in
I Answer. am poor, and from my youth up.
Verse.
to the Son,
and
youth up.
rich.
Glory be to the Father, and
Verse.
Short Responsory.
will
I
cause
all
be taught of the Lord. Answer. And great
in
toil
thy children shall
be the
peace of thy children.
"^^
made
SECOND VESPERS.
righteous.
Antiphon as at Lauds. Psalms as at Feasts of the Blessed
Short Responsory.
The Lord will teach us His ways. Answer. The Lord will teach us His ways. And we will walk in His Verse.
Virgin.
Verse
paths.
His ways. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. The Lord will teach us His ways. I am poor and in toil from Verse.
troubled.
at
First
and Answer
as at Lauds.
sayings in her heart.
Then
made a Commemoration of
is
the Sunday.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin.
ii.
3.
Lord,
make me
canst said,
Isa.
as
Virgin.
my
youth up. Answer. And when I was lifted up, then was I brought down and
Hymn
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed But Mary kept all those
Answer. Verse.
and
Chapter Vespers.
I
will
;
if
Thou
clean.
wilt,
Thou
And JESUS
be thou clean.
THE TWENTY-SIX HOLY MARTYRS WHO SUFFERED l
Verse.
Let
my
O
prayer,
Lord, be
set forth
IN JAPAN.
933
Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall
the hymn A spice, infami, (Hymns and Poems, p. 36):
of
Answer.
As incense before Thee.
&c.,
Prayer as before. where
gEE! after Office in
Memory of the Sufirings of
our Lord JESUS (See ante pp. 442
and 888,
foot
of
Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall the hymn Marentes oculi,
(Hymns and Poems,
35):
p.
let
And
!
how
See
!
how
draw nigh :
How, bound with cruel cord, Christ to the scourge is given
And
;
they smite with buffets rude of awful majesty
That Head divine
ruffians
Against the
Th
All Holy, as a minister of ill, Betwixt two thieves they place ; deed Oh, unjust! yet such the cruel will
Of
lift
their hands,
of
King
Eye
;
His wearied Head
And
He
bends; one loud cry
rich in merits, forth with
His
Spirit sends.
heart more hard than weep At this thy sin it was That wrought His death; of ments deep
!
not
to
all
these tor
art the cause.
honour,
Praise,
unaw d
iron
;
Thou ;
and
kings
glory
be
through
endless
time
Lord of
Heaven.
To
Who
Hear it ye people, hear Our good and gracious God, !
Israel s race.
Oh
the multitude, staves,
:
pierce with a thousand
pangs Those Hands so good.
us
;
See
own Blood
of glory
Pale grows His Face, and fixed His languid
.
fill
With swords and
God
the
&c.,
sit and weep, our hearts with woe Pondering the shame, and torments deep, Which God from wicked men did undergo.
JsjOW
shame
!
Christ.
notes.)
in
hangs, All bathed in His See how the nails
!
th
everlasting
God
;
washed away our deadly In His own Blood.
Silent beneath the lash severe, Stands with His sacred Shoulders drench d
FEBRUARY
sins of crime
9.
in Blood.
O
scene for tears
The
A
torment new
With
!
but
golg JSar=
now
sinful race contrive
all their
His Brow, force the jagged thorns they ;
deep
fofa
tgrg
in
Double.
Then roughly dragged
to death, Christ on the Cross is slain And, as He dies, with parting Breath, Into His Father s Hands gives back His Soul again. ;
All from
Many
the
Common
Office
for
Martyrs, (p. 498,) except the
following.
Prayer throughout.
To Him who so much bore, To gain for sinners grace, From
in
Japan.
drive.
Be
suffer^
Q
LORD
JESUS, Christ, Who didst dedicate the first-fruits of the faith among the people of Japan in
praise and glory evermore the whole universal race. 1
Pe. cxl. 2.
-
GENERAL APPENDIX.
934
the blood of Thine holy martyrs Peter
times threatened to invade the Philip pine Islands, and His Most Catholic Majesty the King of Spain deemed
Baptist, Paul, and their companions, so that they were conformed to Thy likeness through the death of the
who
that
we,
God
the Father, in the
send some religious men of nation into Japan to treat of peace with Taicosama on his royal behalf. For this purpose he made well
his
this
day keep their festival, may be stirred up by their ensample. Who livest and cross,
grant
reignest with unity of the
choice of the Friar Peter Baptist, a Priest of the Barefooted Order of Friars Minor of St Francis of the Stricter Observance, and a man emi nent for his holiness and teaching, and with him he sent some com These panions of the same Order. men were authorised by the Apostolic See to spread the Catholic faith in the Indies and in China, and they
Holy Ghost, one God,
world without end.
to
own
Amen.
First Vespers are of St John de la till the Chapter exclusive, then
Mata
of the Martyrs, with Commemorations, first of the Second Vespers of St John de la Mata, and then of St Apollonia.
Antiphon, Verse and Answer from the Common Office for a Virgin and Mar God, Who amidst tyr, and Prayer, the wondrous, &c.," (p. 573.)
undertook their mission from the King of Spain with the intention of making it an occasion to preach the Gospel
"O
those people. They came to Japan, and when they had happily performed the mission wherewith they were charged, they called other com
among MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN.
panions to their
Lessons from Scripture according to
In Lent from Rom.
the Season. (P>
selves
to
work
aid, and set them for the increase of
viii.,
religion.
4990 Fifth Lesson.
SECOND NOCTURN,
TpOR
and praying.
empire of Japan, on the easternmost side of Asia, had lain long in darkness and in the
shadow of death, when upon light
it
many
Holy Francis Xavier, the great apostle of the Indies, there preached and founded so Christ crucified, illustrious a church that the times
They founded many
of the faithful in the path of
the priests of the false gods,
betook themselves to the
and they Emperor,
and persuaded him that the safety of his empire demanded that he should expel from its coasts the Christian religion, which was springing up on all sides. The Emperor was stricken with this groundless fear, and forth
seemed there
again to have appeared upon earth. Neither did this same church lack martyrs to dedicate in their blood Towards the first-fruits of its faith. the close of the aforesaid century,
Taicosama, Emperor of Japan, several
by
watching,
salvation, and led countless numbers to the faith. These things stirred up
tion.
Apostles
toiled
lieved the sufferings of the poor and sick with wondrous love, confirmed
the
of Catholic truth shone in the century of man s redemp
first
they
fasting,
hospitals, convents, and churches in divers places. They re
sixteenth
of the
years
Christian
"PHE
for
three
preaching,
Fourth Lesson.
with ,
commanded
arrested,
the
Friars
and sentenced them
to
be
to the
THE TWENTY-SIX HOLY MARTYRS .WHO SUFFERED cross.
Besides Peter Baptist and his companions, there were arrested Paul Miki and two other Japanese five
members of fifteen
the Society of Jesus, and
Japanese members of the Third
Order of St Francis, of whom some ministered in catechising and others in holy offices.
To whom were added
two more that ministered their
chains,
twenty-six in
so
that
to
them
there
in
were
all.
Sixth Lesson.
FTER
long suffering, the extreme
point of the
left
ears of these
brave soldiers of Christ was cut off in a public After square at Meaco. this they were carried in carts with their hands tied behind their backs, first
through the streets of that capital city, and then through those of other cities, in order that their shame might be spread abroad as widely as possible to the terror of others. They were thus borne at mid-winter over some six hundred miles, with a crier going before them, and bearing the sentence of their condemnation to the cross
for having
preached the law of Christ which the Emperor had forbidden. It is meet to be recorded that during
their journey the parents of the young Japanese Anthony, one of the mem bers of the Third Order, met him and
strove
him
by tenderness and
tears to get
break his truth with Christ. Them he constantly withstood, and declared that he despised all earthly
and
to
transitory
things,
and
claim the faith of Christ, and like the them was Paul Miki, who from the glorious pulpit of the cross preached the Christian religion to the multitude that stood around, and openly bade himself rejoice that he
was dying upon the cross even as the Lord Christ died at the same age as he. At last two lances were thrust through the body of each of them from beneath the ribs on the one side to the shoulder upon the other side, and thus they gave up their triumph
God
spirits to heaven. to glorify the
Congregation of Sacred Rites decreed it might at any time proceed
that
with
their
canonisation. Meanwhile Pontiff Urban VIII., on receiving this decree, gave leave to say and celebrate every year an office and mass of these martyrs as among the blessed. At length the Provid ence of God brought it to that the
Supreme
pass
the
Pontiff Pius IX. carried out the matter, and upon the holy day of Pentecost, in the year 1862,
Supreme
when he was surrounded by and
all parts of the Catholic world to protect the rights of the Church and of the Apostolic See, he enrolled the names of these martyrs among those of the Saints.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke vi. 1 7, with the homily of St Ambrose, (p. 511.) The last is omitted to make room for the Ninth Lesson, which is that for St
To though upon another Calvary. they were fastened and then
the
up.
They ceased
not to pro
a great
mass of Cardinals and Bishops, who had come together from illustrious
commemorated at Lauds.
lifted
pleased of his
champions by signs and wonders, and when these had been duly proved, the
nal, and he gave to them his garment wherewith he was clothed. At length they came to Nangasaki, where crosses had been made ready at a hill as
these
It
victory
would
cleave only to Christ, Who had pro mised him things heavenly and eter
935
chiefest of
ant TV
IN JAPAN.
Apollonia,
(p.
She
758.)
is
also
Vespers are of St Scholastica from Chapter inclusive, but with a
Commemoration of
the
Holy Martyrs.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
936
FEBRUARY
was sprung of the royal stock of the While he Picts in North Britain. was still a lad, he was given over to
13.
St lUnttgern, Bishop
[of
ffilasgoto,] Confessor*
the monastery of Culross, under the teaching of the holy Bishop and
Double.
Abbat Serf, and made wondrous headway in the study not only of
All from the Common Office for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 515,) except the following.
by he
of
light
true
the
to
faith
the
of heaven, things of those parts,
faithful
that
following
faithfully
which
by
him
for their bishop.
Fifth Lesson,
AWHEN
FIRST NOCTURN.
apostolic
with
Lessons
Ecclus.
from
xliv.
i,
(p.
529.)
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson. T7"ENTIGERN, whom the Scots on account of the innocency of his life and the sweetness of called
ways
Munghum, 1 which dearly beloved,
being interpreted
he had been raised
to the
dignity of shepherd, he forth with shed around the bright rays of grace,
like
a
candle
set
By his words upon a candlestick. and his example he so shaped the flock committed unto him that many of them were so kindled
MATTINS.
is
the
the fame of his holiness, duly chose
barbarous nations, beseech Thee, that we
we
preached and taught may in the end obtain unto that light of eternal glory where he now liveth.
his
until
moved
before
shine
to
grant,
mean whereby
a
as
the
3
at Glasgow in Scotland, where he led an hard life in con stant prayer, and meditation upon
r\ GOD, Who didst use Thy ^^ blessed Confessor and Bishop Kentigern
God and place
Prayer throughout,
make
but also of the things of the science of the saints. 2 Hence he withdrew into a solitary
letters,
the
love
of
Jesus
Christ
as
keep nothing of their own, but to serve God with one heart and one mind like the first disciples of to
the Apostles. Kentigern himself re laxed nothing of his first way of life. his use every day, besides It was
other works of godliness and penance, and to repeat the whole psalter every year, after the example of he passed in the desert Christ, of of the fast time the whole ;
The quaint word these Lessons. Mynghu, popularly corrupted into Mungo, and the nasal mutation cu Welsh the ngh being the c of the which signifies "my dear undergoing He was not a Pict, but a Briton. after my, in modern Welsh vy. 2 The boat containing Kentigern and his mother was washed ashore at Culross very soon The Serf in question was not an Abbat, and it is very improbable that he after his birth. was a Bishop. The monastery was not founded for hundreds of years afterwards. 3 It is difficult to understand what is meant by the solitary place, since he seems to have been attracted to Glasgow by the fact that there was there already a burying-ground which had been consecrated by Ninian. The word Scotland at that time would have meant Ireland, and.it was not until a good many centuries later that it would have been held to includfe 1 It
is
Munghum
difficult is
to
evidently
guess "
:
Strathclyde.
,
who can have compiled
meant
to represent
ST KENTIGERN. days, cut off altogether the conversation of men.
937
from
forty
THIRD NOCTURN. Seventh Lesson.
Sixth Lesson.
/^OD ^ Jr
The Lesson
many and great miracles, and thus this holy bishop, mighty in word and
is taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (xxv.
confirmed his preaching with
work, preserved his flock un hurt from the Pelagian heresy which in
all
round about.
And
in
his
crept vast diocese, wherethrough he trav elled many times on foot, he almost
14.)
A T
that time
JESUS spake unto
:
His disciples
this
parable
:
A
travelling into a far country, called his own servants, and de livered unto them his goods. And
man,
abolished the worship of false gods,
and brought a countless multitude of heathen into the Church of Christ. 1 With this, nevertheless, he was not content, but sent meet churchmen to preach the gospel
in
the
Homily by St Jerome, Bethlehem.]
By
northern
parts of Scotland, in the Orkneys, in Norway, and in Iceland. He lacked
not the merit of suffering hardship for Christ s sake. He was driven into exile by a wicked tyrant, and betook himself to Wales, where he dwelt for a while with holy Bishop David, and then founded at the confluence of the Elwy and the Clwyd a famous monas tery, where he trained up holy Asaph as his disciple. There was a story that once upon a time, when holy
Colum, the Abbat of lona, saw Kentigern, he said unto his monk, I see a pillar of fire coming down upon this holy bishop like a golden crown, and
the light of the glory of heaven shin He went to our ing upon him. fatherland, which is in heaven, full of
far
man
this
and
first
[at
Matth.
into
travelling
and
country
Priest
on
iv.
(Bk.
calling
a his
unto them can hardly doubt but signified, who, after that He was risen again from the dead, ascended hence in triumph to the Father but before doing called so, together His Apostles, and committed to them the preach ing of the Gospel, more to one servants
delivering
his goods, we that Christ is
;
and
less
to
not arbitrarily,
another,
but to every
man
to his
"according
even
as
the had fed you Apostle (i Cor. iii. 2) for with milk and not with meat hitherto ye were not able to bear it, several
ability,"
:
saith
"I
;
neither yet
now
are ye able. And at the end he J
hence we find that
the beginning of the seventh century. His body was buried in the Cathedral
that had received five talents, and had therewith gained five talents more and he that had received two talents, and had gained two other
church of Glasgow, where
was held
talents beside them, each received the
times the great honour until when the fury of the Calvinistic heresy exterminated Catholic belief from Scotland. 2
same reward, because consideration was had not to the amount of their gain, but to the amount of their
days and beloved of God and men,
in
it
at
;
earnest
effort.
This last sentence would appear to be an effort of pure imagination. No one would conclude from the above that the body of Kentigern remains absolutely undisturbed in Glasgow Cathedral to the present day, which is the case. The last amazing statement needs no remark. 1
VOL.
2
H
GENERAL APPENDIX.
938 Eighth Lesson. "D
Y
the five talents, the two talents, and the one talent, we may
understand the different graces which are given to each or, by the five talents, we may understand the five senses in full by the two, under
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man [the things which God hath prepared ii.
:
;
standing and work and by the one, the gift of reason whereby men are "Then he separated from beasts.
them that love Him]" (i Cor. For what more can be given
for
9.)
unto the faithful servant than to be with his Lord, and to behold his Lord s joy ?
;
that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents." By the use
of his
bodily senses he obtained a knowledge of heavenly things, by argument from creation he recog nised the existence of a Creator, by
bodily things he rose to the apprecia tion of things
by things by things "
And
which are not bodily,
seen fleeting
likewise
ceived
to
to
he
things things that
in
any case at Vespers
FEBRUARY Efje BlessetJ anti
tree
are is
but shadows beforehand toward that blessed life to come.
Greater Double.
following.
Prayer throughout.
O
At
long between the Ascension of our Saviour and His coming again, but if the Apostles will be called upon to give an account of their stewardship, and will rise again with the fear of the is
God,
very
judge before Him, what are we behoven to do ? And be it remarked that whatsoever we have now, howso ever great, and however much it may seem to us, is nevertheless little and
Who
year by year, &c., (p.
508.)
is
time
the Common Office for Martyrs, (p. 498,) except the
All from
Many
Ninth Lesson.
HTHE
Pum*
Companions,
JSartgrs*
re
two,
leading
made
14.
Efjomas
ftts
is
Valetitine.
eternal.
had
that that intelligence and that work which have to deal with this present
which
and
a Commemoration of St
unseen,
he also gained other two." That which he had been taught in the law he made double through the Gospel, and understood
life
In Lent the Ninth Lesson is of the In this case also a Com Homily. memoration is made of the Week-Day at Lauds, and at Second Vespers,
in
First Vespers a Commemoration
made
in Lent of the Week-Day, and any case of St Valentine.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons
from Romans
viii.
12,
(p.
499-)
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson. Plumtree was a Priest honourable for his life and
"THOMAS
in comparison with those things which are to come. "Enter thou,
who, teaching, during the short restoration of the Catholic religion
He, into the joy of Thy Lord," and receive those things which Eye
in the city of
scanty saith
"
offered
often publicly Sacrifice of the
Durham,
up the holy
jj
THE BLESSED THOMAS PLUMTREE AND Mass and preached
to
the
When
people.
he was arrested by the Queen s officers he steadfastly refused to con form himself to the rites of the
HIS COMPANIONS.
his soul, and said with a loud and We Praise Thee, O gladsome voice, God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord." He was taken to execution "
and as a warning to others he was hanged at Durham, and so gained the crown of a glorious mar
gave up
tyrdom upon the 4th day of February
eyes raised heavenwards.
heretics,
along with the blessed William Lacy,
mounted the
cheerfully
ordained Priest at the English College at Do way. After he was in the cart about to be hanged he was offered his life if he would renounce the
Roman
and acknowledge the be the head of the English
Pontiff to
Queen
Church. Certainly, said he, I will not deny the authority of the Pope in order to save my life, for I should surely thereby gain the loss of
my
soul.
The
cart
therefore
was taken away from under him, and he resigned his holy soul into the hands of his Creator upon the 30th day of May.
Fifth Lesson.
TT PON the
22nd day of August, in same year, there suffered
the
When York, Richard Kirkman. he was asked by the judge if he had ever said Mass in England, he an swered that he had done so in at
Northumberland, when sentence of death was pronounced upon him for being a Priest from the Seminary of Rheims and for having induced sub of the Queen to embrace the Catholic religion. This lowly servant of Christ deemed himself unworthy of so lofty a call, and prayed the
jects
and
ladder,
blessed spirit with his
his
in the year 1570. Twelve years later there suffered in London for the same
Catholic faith, Luke Kirby, who is said to have been born within the Bishopric of Durham, and have been
939
Sixth Lesson.
R ICHARD
was born
Thirkill
1
at
the
in
county of Durham, and was already of ripe years when he was ordained Priest at Rheims. From often thinking how Coniscliffe,
extraordinary a gift should offer up unto for
his
own
salvation
was, that he
it
God
of
all
every day
and
salvation,
the
for
people,
the the
Precious Blood of Christ, he early conceived the desire to offer his own blood for Christ in return. After four years he was arrested at York, and with great boldness he professed him self to be a Priest, and while he lay in prison he laboured to prepare for a godly death his fellow-prisoners who were under capital sentence for their crimes, and to exhort the Catholics steadfastness. When he himself
to
received knelt joy,
the
sentence
down and "This
is
death
of
he
cried out with great the day which the
Lord hath made,
let
us
rejoice
and
be glad in He suffered upon the 29th day of May in the year 1583. Pope Leo XIII. approved that the honours due to the blessed should be paid to these illustrious martyrs. it."
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Luke xxi. Homily of St Gregory, (p.
9,
with the
505.)
judge to reconsider the matter, since such a death was worthy of an holy Then he could no longer martyr.
In Lent the Ninth Lesson is omitted, or read as one with the Eighth, and the Ninth Lesson is the Homily of the
restrain
Week-Day.
the outbursts
of the joy of
GENERAL APPENDIX.
940
At Lauds made
a
Commemoration
is
Lent of the Week-Day, and in any case of St Valentine; and at Second Vespers in Lent of the WeekDay, and in any case of SS. Faustimis in
and Jovita.
To Thy poor servants gracious be, And make their troubles Thy concern, And those, whom sin has exiles made, To their true country make return. JESUS, to Thee be glory given,
Whom erst the Virgin Mother bore, With Father and with Holy Ghost, Through endless ages evermore. Amen.
FEBRUARY
17.
Joseph arose and took the and His mother by
Verse. JFltflfjt
ur
of
iLorti
Child
young
Cljrfet into
night.
And
Answer.
departed into Egypt.
Greater Double.
All
on
as
Sundays,
the
except
following.
Psalms are
the
same as in
the Office
The last verse of the Blessed Virgin. of the Hymns at all the little hours is altered in honour of the Incarnation,
and the same
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Behold the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him. Virgin.
made at the Short Responsory at Prime as in her alteration is
:
Office.
MATTINS.
FIRST VESPERS. Antiphons, from Lauds.
Chapter,
and Prayer
Invitatory.
JESUS Christ
come Hymn.^-
The
born, they
tell
O
the king.
First Antiphon. Child and
until she sees
Joseph took the His mother by night, and departed into Egypt. Second Antiphon. And was there until the death of Herod [that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called My
in safety placed.
Son.]
dooms
the Child to death, Tossed in his soul by passion s waves tyrant
*
FIRST NOCTURN.
;
is
Egypt.
as at First Vespers.
mighty King of glory dread, Promised from Abraham s line to spring, The kings bear witness now has come
That He
into
us worship Him.
let
Hymn
HTHE
The Lord our Saviour fled
young
;
warned by Heaven, from the sword Her Child the Virgin Mother saves.
But,
;
To
distant lands in
Egypt realms She bears away her Child in haste,
Nor does she rest Her Infant Son
Ah Mother Wounded Lightly
And
all
s
bravest of the brave, at heart by love most pure, troubles thou dost bear, !
flight s 1
2
discomforts dost endure.
Third Antiphon.
Verse.
2
Answer.
Translation by Archbishop Bagshawe, (Breviary
Exodus
xxxix. 2.
The Lord was
with Joseph in Egypt.
Out of Egypt,
Have
I
called
Hymns, No.
50.)
My
Son.
THE FLIGHT OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST INTO EGYPT. First Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book of
Hosea
the Prophet
(xi.
i.)
A
S the morning passeth away, so hath the King of Israel passed For Israel was a child, and I away. loved him, and called my son out of As they called them, so they Egypt. went from them they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense unto graven images and I was as a foster father unto Ephraim, I carried them in my arms, and they knew not that I healed them. I will draw them with cords of Adam, with bands of love, and I will be unto them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws and I turned aside unto him that he might eat. He shall not return unto the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. The sword hath begun on ;
;
941
be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it, and I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they shall every one against his brother,
fight
and every one against his neighbour, city against city, kingdom against kingdom, and the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof, and I will destroy the council thereof, and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards, and Egypt will I give over into the hand of cruel lords, and the fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
;
Second Responsory. Christ our
hath
Lamb
that shall come.
and shall consume his chosen ones, and devour the heads thereof, and my people shall linger until I return, and the yoke shall be laid upon them together, and shall
of Him,
not be
shall
his
lifted.
First Responsory.
Thus Egypt thee,
;
(Gen.
I
and
:
will I
again. Verse. Joseph arose and took the young Child and His mother by night. Answer. And I will also bring thee up again.
Second Lesson.
The Lesson
is
taken from the Book
of the Prophet (Isaiah xix.
I.)
I) EH OLD the Lord shall ride upon a swift cloud and shall come into Egypt and the idols of Egypt shall ;
1
John
mouths
i.
29.
The kings
at him, all
shall shut their nations shall serve
him.
And John hath testified He is the Lamb that
Answer.
that
come.
Third Lesson.
xlvi. 3, 4.)
Lord Go down into go down thither with will also bring thee up
saith the
2
Verse.
cities,
1 King cometh, and John that He is the Him,
testified of
T
N
(Isaiah xix. 19.)
day there shall be an Altar Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof, to the Lord for a sign, and for a witness unto the Lord of Hosts in the land of Egypt. For they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressor, and He shall send them a Saviour, and a Great One, and He shall deliver them. And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and they shall do sacrifice and oblation and they shall vow vows unto the Lord and perform them. And He shall the Lord shall smite Egypt that
to the
;
;
2 Is.
lii.
5.
GENERAL APPENDIX.
942 and
smite
heal
and
it,
they
Fourth Lesson.
shall
even to the Lord, and He shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them. In that day there shall be an highway out of Egypt to return
And the Assyrians shall Assyria. come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into and the Assyria, shall
serve
shall
Israel
Assyria. be the
Egyptians In that day with
third
the
Egyptians, and with the Assyrians, even a blessing in the midst of the land, whom the Lord of Hosts hath blest, saying, Blessed be Egypt,
My
people.
in peace. 2
I
will
have respect unto fruitful, you shall
to
Chrysostom, Arch bishop [of Constantinople.] (Eighth on Matthew.}
V\fHEREFORE Child Evangelist
That
the
young :
might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying Out of Egypt have I called My Son." But it was also so done in order to proclaim to the whole world a message of good hope. The two places wherein glowed the fire of "
it
:
more
than
in
the
all
were Babylon and the Lord from His
Egypt, and very birth declareth that He will heal these two countries and bring
them
to
better
things.
And
so
bringeth wise men to worship Him, and to the other He Himself goeth with His mother. From the wise men we learn well to give ourselves
To
To
Answer.
visit
you
in peace.
visit
you
in peace.
to study, and from His flight Egypt we learn that trials and
also into
dangers are to be
SECOND NOCTURN. that
men was
Herod when He He was mocked by the wise
and slew
all
they befell Him even from His birth. No sooner was He born than the tyrant broke forth
in
very wroth.
Second Antiphon.
Herod
looked for from
the very beginning,
First Antiphon.
sent forth
the children that were in all the coasts
Bethlehem, and
in
giveth
the
The Egypt. first reason
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and to the Holy
will establish
Ghost.
saw
was
sent into
My
Answer.
and
taken from the Sermons
is
John
showeth that there is no part of the world that may not look to Him for good. From the one He
covenant with you. Verse.
St
rest of the world,
1 Behold, I come from the south, even I the Lord your God to visit you
you, and make you be multiplied and I
of
wickedness,
Third Responsory.
Verse.
The Lesson
whence came flight and and the harmless mother was
fury,
exile,
fain
to
betake
herself to
the
land
of heathens.
thereof.
Third Antiphon. From two years and under, many children did Herod slay for the Lord s sake.
Fourth Responsory.
old
Weep
not,
cometh unto Verse.
In
Rama was
there a voice
heard.
Answer.
shall
mourning. 1
Cf.
Hab.
iii.
3.
Egypt, for thy King and the depths His presence, to
thee, moved at
His people out of the hand of the mighty. Verse. Behold the Lord of Hosts, set
Lamentation and great
be
O
free
THE FLIGHT OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST INTO EGYPT. even
thy power.
God,
To
Answer.
cometh set
with
great
His people
free
hand of the mighty.
out of the
Verse.
shall
They
cry
943
unto
the
Lord from the face of the oppressor and He will send unto them a Saviour. Answer. And the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day.
Fifth Lesson. 11^
ROM
this
things
men.
which befall spiritual-minded Bethink thee that trials befell
not the mother of the but the wise men also.
Child
only,
They were own country She who had never
fain to depart into their
another way. her home was constrained to undertake a long and toilsome journey on account of her wondrous Child, and His mystic birth. Consider another marvel. In Palestine plots are made against Him, but in Egypt He is welcomed and held in safety from those plots. Types and figures were set forth not only in the sons of the Patriarch, but also in the Lord Himself. Those things which He did foreshadowed many things which were afterward to come, as was the case also in regard to the ass and her colt. The Angel which appeared spake not unto Mary, but unto Joseph, Arise and take and what said he ? the young Child and His mother he said not "Thy wife," but His mother, the birth having taken place. left
"
"-
The and
removed and the Angel
trouble of Joseph was his faith satisfied,
speaketh unto him not of his son, or of young Child and of His mother, bidding him flee with them
his wife, but of the into Egypt,
Sixth Lesson.
example thou mayest
learn to bear cheerfully the con stant trials which are one of the main
and he
saith
1DY
this
forth
Fifth Responsory.
be known
and the Egyptians Lord in that day.
could
set
glory and thus obtain
what was held as a glory by
all
her
thought it a great thing and a proud thing that they had returned out of Egypt, whereat the Prophet doth point when he saith
They
people.
:
Did
bring strangers out of Cappadocia and Assyrians out of a pit ? and thus is manifested the glory of the Virgin. Moreover, when the people and the Patriarch went down not
I
into Egypt and came up again, their action was a type of His return, for they went down thither to escape from
the death which was threatening
them
through famine, and He went to escape the death which threatened Him from They went and were delivered plots. He went that from the famine.
He might
sanctify
all
land by
that
His presence. I would have thee bethink Thyself, how amid things lowly are manifested the things which When the Angel pertain unto God. said, "Flee into Egypt," he said not that he would be with them either in their
going down or
up, giving
them
in
their
to wit that
coming
He Who
was with them, albeit a young Child, was that Great One at whose appear ing
all
things should be changed.
Sixth Responsory.
"
shall
she
herself
little
moreover why
For Herod will seek they should flee, the young Child to destroy Him."
The Lord
no
in
for
honour,
the Virgin
is
shall
Hail Mary, how holy and how spot I am too dull less is thy virginity. for thou hast borne to praise thee !
to
Egypt,
know
the
into
upon thy breast Him the heavens cannot contain.
Egypt
Whom
Verse.
Blessed art thou
among
GENERAL APPENDIX.
944 women, and blessed womb.
is
the fruit of thy
the heavens cannot contain.
Glory be
Verse.
to
the
to
and
Son,
the to
birth,
Father, the Holy
For thou hast borne
into
Whom the heavens cannot
contain.
reason resisteth
gainsayeth then,
Ghost.
Answer. Egypt Him
flee into
Egypt."
Virginity offereth no obstacle to His
Answer. For thou hast borne into Egypt upon thy breast Him Whom
and
with His mother and
Him
not.
Him not, What
nature
might what power, what danger should
prevail to make the young Child
Him
flee?
"Take
and His mother and flee into Egypt." It had been more reverent if he had said, "Go into Egypt," so that it might have been a An act of journey and not a flight. free-will and not of compulsion an act of wisdom and not of fear an act at ;
THIRD NOCTURN.
;
First Antiphon. But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in
Egypt. Second Antiphon. Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel.
Third Antiphon. They are dead which sought the young Child s life. Verse. Joseph arose and took the young Child and His mother. Answer. And came into the land
of Israel.
man if not of God but now is command to flee a command from heaven, a command brought by least of
:
there a
an Angel, so that it were as if heaven and not earth had been the first to fear.
Seventh Responsory.
The Virgin Mother that knew not a man, bore but travailed not, from the fountain of her breast the Virgin fed the Saviour blest, when He the Eternal King of Angels was driven into exile.
Soon
Verse.
Seventh Lesson.
riseth in that
modest
shrine the temple of the Lord divine the stainless and unwedded one
;
The Lesson
taken from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (ii. is
I3-)
AT
that time The Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I :
within her
womb
conceived the Son. the fountain of her breast the Virgin fed the Saviour blest, when He the Eternal King of Angels was driven into exile.
From
Answer.
:
bring thee word.
And
so on.
Homily by St Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop [of Ravenna.] (On the Flight of Christ into Egypt.}
What our
is
this
day read hath moved
made
our bowels to tremble, and confounded our hearing. Behold the Angel of the Lord ap peareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, hearts,
"Arise
and take the young
Child
Eighth Lesson. the young Child and His mother and flee into Egypt." Flee into Egypt, flee from thine own
home
to
the
land of strangers,
flee
from the holy places into the midst of the wicked, flee from thy temple unto the shrines of devils, flee from the fatherland of the Saints into the country of idols. Judea is not wide enough, the Lord of the world is straightened for room, the Holy of
THE FLIGHT OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST INTO EGYPT. Holies will not contain the Lord of temple, neither can He find a place amid the multitude of his priests, nor a refuge among all the kinsfolk of Mary and of Joseph, but the
profane Egypt must be called in to God a hiding-place. Thus doth
afford
necessity press, and the Virgin may not consider her modesty, the mother her toil, the woman her shyness, Joseph his fears they must not con sider the weariness of the long journey and the break-up of their home. ;
save
to
made
945
Him Who had He had come to should He have
from death
the world.
and why then from death? If Christ had allowed Himself to be slain as a little child, He would have slain the whole scheme of our salvation. Christ had come to instruct by His teaching, and to strengthen by His example to do Himself those things which He commanded to be done, and to prove die, fled
;
the eyes the possibility of things to the hearing seemed
to
which
impos
He had come to make it known to man that He was God, and sible.
Eighth Responsory. 1
hast thou to do in
the way of Egypt ? Turn again, O Virgin of Israel, turn again unto thine
own
man in ignorance no longer these things would have been lost to us had Christ not fled while yet He was in swaddling bands. to leave
;
And now what
and
all
cities.
How
Verse.
Answer.
The Hymn,
go
?
God,"
Turn again,
turn
Israel,
thou
wilt
long
about sorrowing
unto
again
O
"
We
Thee,
praise
O
is said.
Virgin of
own
thine
LAUDS.
cities.
Glory be to the Father, Son, and to the Holy
Verse.
and
the
to
Ghost.
Answer. Israel,
Turn again,
turn
unto
again
O
Virgin of
own
thine
cities.
hi Lent the following Ninth Lesson omitted or read as one with the Eighth, in order to leave room for
Joseph
a dream.
Second Antiphon. Arise, and take * and His young Child mother, and flee into Egypt. Third Antiphon. Be thou there * until I thee word. the
bring
Fourth Antiphon. For Herod will seek the young Child * to destroy Him. Fifth Antiphon. Joseph arose and took the young Child and His mother by night and departed into Egypt.
is either
the
First Antiphon. Behold the Angel of the Lord * appeareth to in
Homily of the Week-day. Nijith Lesson.
the flight of Christ BRETHREN, was not the effect of fear it
;
was a mystery tion of the
not
a
;
it
freedom of the
confession
Chapter.
was a declara
that
in
It was not the act of weakness as man, but of His He fled in order power as God.
the heart of
to
midst of
danger.
into
His
shall
save
the
life
of
the
world, 1
Jer.
not ii.
18
i.)
the Lord shall ride upon gEHOLD a swift cloud, and shall come
Creator,
He was
(Is. xix.
;
Egypt
;
and the
idols of
Egypt
be moved at His presence, and
xxxi. 21, 22.
it.
Egypt
shall melt in the
GENERAL APPENDIX.
946
meet
Hymn}Thunderer s Only Son, Escaping from the treacherous sword, Leaving the worship of thy gods, Haste, Egypt, safety to afford.
is
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
liveth
Him Herod s cruelty compels, An exile from His home to go, But the hard
To
O
us the
to be called home from this our unto our very fatherland which in heaven. Through the same our
exile
the true
flight of Christ avails
Heavenward way
sweetest Virgin Mother,
to
PRIME.
show.
AntipJwn. Behold the Angel of the Lord, &c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.}
who
Didst through a thousand risks defend Thy sweet Son JESUS, and didst reach Successfully thy journey s end,
Undo
In the Short Responsory.
bonds which Satan s wiles Have woven round us, that we may, Ever thro rough ways and thro plain Our Leader follow and obey.
Thus Thou
the
Chapter at the end.
JESUS, to Thee be glory given, Whom erst the Virgin Mother bore, With Father and with Holy Ghost,
For endless ages evermore.
that wast born of the
Virgin Mary. (Is. xvi. 3.)
bethink
thee
counsel, ^AKE judgment make
of
thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noon hide the outcasts, bewray not day him that wandereth. Let mine out ;
Amen.
;
Verse.
Cry
out
and
shout,
O
Egypt.
One
dwell
casts
Answer.
2
For great
is
the
Holy
of Israel in the midst of them.
:
young Child,
trust in
them Thee, Who by a all
only begotten Son our Redeemer, grant unto us Thy servants at the prayers of the most blessed Mary always a Virgin, and yet mother of the same Thy Son, that we may be delivered from all dangers whether of
1
or of body,
and may be made
and
Arise, &c.,
take
(Seco7id
the
Antiphon
Chapter from Lauds.
Short Responsory.
The Lord
Verse.
as
is
The Lord
is
a
bride
as a bride
groom. Verse.
flight into Egypt wast pleased to de liver from the sword of Herod Thine
mind
a
face of the
at Lauds.}
groom. Answer.
Prayer throughout. which
be thou
;
TERCE. Antiphon.
;
the Protector of
thee
spoiler.
Antiphon at the Song of Zach arias. When Herod was dead, behold an Angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel for they are dead which sought the young Child s life.
C\ GOD,
with
them from the
covert to
Coming out of his chamber. As a bridegroom.
Answer. Verse.
Glory be to the Father, and
and
to the Son,
to the
The Lord
Answer.
Holy Ghost. as a bride
is
groom. Verse.
The Lord
shall
come
forth
out of His holy place.
Answer. His people.
Translation by Archbishop Bagshawe, (Breviary
Hymns, No.
He 51.)
shall
come 2
to
Cf. Is.
save
xii. 6.
MARGARET OF CORTONA.
ST
947
SECOND VESPERS. Be
Antiphon.
thou
there,
&c.,
(Third Antiphon at Lauds.}
All as at First Vespers except the Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin.
(Ezek. xxx. 13.)
Chapter.
Lord God: destroy the images, and saith the
cause
the
Memphis
idols
cease
to
and there
;
I
will
I
will
out
of
be
no
shall
more a prince of the land of Egypt, and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
The Lord
The
Lord
come
shall
A
Commemoration
FEBRUARY
to the Son,
The
Answer.
Lord
come
shall
forth out of His holy place. Verse. All the ends of the
earth
The
salvation
of
our
Semi-double.
All from the Common Holy Women not Virgins,
Antiphon.
Joseph arose, &c., (Fifth
MATTINS. FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to (In Lent from Proverbs xxxi. 10, p. 580.)
All the ends of the earth have seen. All the ends of the earth
Answer. have seen
Answer. have seen. Verse.
Answer.
for
580,)
the Season.
Short Responsory.
Verse.
(p.
In the Second Vespers of St EthelCommemoration is made of St Margaret. Prayer from Lauds.
Antiphon at Lauds.} Chapter as at the end of Prime.
The salvation of our God. The ends of the earth
and
to the
Fourth Lesson.
HP HIS
flesh.
us.
Pulciano,
Holy Ghost.
All the ends of the earth
The Lord was made And dwelt among
SECOND NOCTURN.
Margaret who, from the place where she fell asleep, is called Margaret of Cortona, was born at Alviano, in In her Tuscany. younger years she was led astray by the pleasures of the world, and led a vain and wanton life at Monte
Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son,
Office
bert a
NONE.
Verse.
27.
except the following.
have seen Answer. God.
Answer. have seen.
made of St
place.
Glory be to the Father, and and to the Holy Ghost.
Verse.
is
Simeon.
St jTOargaret of Cortona,
people.
Out of His holy
and being warned
;
forth out of His holy place. Verse. He shall come to save His
Answer.
thither,
:
forth
out of His holy place.
Answer.
go
a dream, he turned aside into the and he came and parts of Galilee dwelt in a city which is called Naz in
be called a Nazarene.
come
shall
room
afraid to
areth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet He shall
Short Responsory. Verse.
Joseph heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the of his father Herod, he was
till
she was led by a dog
GENERAL APPENDIX.
948
body of her paramour foully murdered and buried in a hole under a pile of wood. Thenceforth the hand of the Lord was upon her, and being touched with great sorrow for her sins she went She returned out and wept bitterly. to Alviano, put off her hair, and left her head untired, clad herself in a grey garment, and bade farewell to her own misguided ways and to the She lay enticements of the world. to discover the
who had been
upon the ground in the churches with an halter round her neck, and begged the pardon of all whom she had Soon beforetime shocked by her life. after this she went to Cortona, where she sought in sackcloth and ashes to
Whom
she please the majesty of God had offended. After a trial of three years she obtained from the Friars Minor, who were the directors of her life, an habit of the Third Order of St Francis. Henceforth she was oftentimes in an abundance of tears, and such groanings from the
spiritual
depths of her soul that for a long She made time she did not speak. her bed upon the bare ground and used a stock or stone for her pillow thus she was accustomed to pass nights without sleep thinking of the She never again things of heaven. felt any evil desire, and a good spirit strengthened her weak flesh for toil. ;
ment. It was only through the per suasion of her Confessor that she was prevented from marring the comeliness of her face which had once been the source of unclean love, and she took it to heart that the long hardships which she inflicted upon her flesh her bodily beauty unchanged. left
By
and other great works of
these
repentance she purged away the stain of her guilt, and so conquered herself as to keep all her senses untouched by the allurements of the world. Thus was she made worthy often times to have converse with the Lord. Sometimes all her senses left her, and while she appeared as though she were actually dead, she realised her burn ing prayer to be with Christ and with the Virgin, the Mother of Sorrows. It
came
pass that
to
many
resorted
even from distant places, as to a teacher of perfection, and she by that heavenly light which shone in her saw the secrets of hearts and to her,
the consciences of men, and perceived with woe and tears the sins of those
who were
offending
God even
in far-
From the intensity of her off places. love for God and for her neighbour she was of great profit to souls. She obtained health for the sick who betook themselves to her, and de liverance for those that were pos Touched by sessed by evil spirits. a mother s grief she raised her dead son to life by her constant prayers she averted the threatening tempests of war and by works of far-stretching mercy she earned well both of the living and of the dead. ;
Fifth Lesson.
T HIS
valiant
woman, when
the
by crafty and dangerous advances, once and again devil assailed her
his
own
words and remained unconquered.
In
unmasked the enemy through
order to escape the temptation to vain glory wherewith the evil spirit assailed her, she continued to assure herself of her past life with a loud voice in the streets and broad ways, and to declare herself worthy of any punish
;
Sixth Lesson. she was busied with so holy works she laid aside none of the hardness wherewith she treated her body, neither did she suffer herself to relax her gaze upon
AWHILE
many
ST
MARGARET OF CORTONA.
In both kinds of heavenly. she was so wonderful that she seemed to be at once both a Mary and a Martha. At length she be sought the Lord for herself that He would be pleased to call her home out of this vale of tears into our Fatherland above which is in heaven, and her prayer was heard, and it was revealed to her on what day and at what hour she should fall asleep. She was then full of good works and labours and heavenly gifts. Her
949
things
Rome
life
the increase of her honour,
Her
23rd.
day
and
diffusing
lifelike,
which have 1
2
Tim.
feast
of
day of
Pentecost, being the in the year 1728.
i6th
May
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons the
from Matth. xiii. 44, with Homily of St Gregory, (p. 583.) LAUDS.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. gave repentance to the Magdalene of the Seraphic Order, she
When God
recovered herself out of the snare of the devil, 1 and her sins which were
many were
she
for
forgiven,
loved
much. 2
SECOND VESPERS. Antiphon at
am my
incorrupt, uninjured,
not
let
flourished
moved ii.
and Pope
until
remaineth
sweet savour. is It preserved in deep reverence in the church of the Friars Minor which is called after her name. She hath constantly
indulgences for
the Song of the Blessed beloved is mine and I his. I have found Him Whom soul loveth, I held Him and would
body
this
many
Benedict XIII. held a solemn religious ceremony of her canonisation upon the
bodily strength began to give way; for seventeen days she took no food, and strengthened herself only by talk Then she duly re ing with God. ceived the holy sacraments of the
church, and with gladsome face and eyes lifted up to heaven she happily passed away hence to be forever with the Bridegroom upon the 22nd day of February in the year of man s salvation 1297, of her own age the of her conversion the 5oth, and
to grant
25, 26.
by the
miracles
Bishop 2
of
Luke
Virgin.
3
My
Him
go.
In the Dioceses of Newport and Menevia, St David, March i, and in the Diocese of Birmingham, St Chad, March 2, are Doubles of the First Class with Octaves. vii.
47.
3
Cant.
ii.
16
;
iii.
4.
OFFICES PECULIAR TO IRELAND.
950
peculiar The
to
Translator did not live to revise his translation of the following Offices. It differs some places from the fuller Irish Supplement which is now in use ; but in the
in
circumstances it has seemed advisable to insert it as its Author left it, altering only the rubrics indicating the rite of the Office, where the rite has been changed, and making one or perhaps two other adjustments.
NOVEMBER
St
went
27.
Bishop
jTarrell,
[of
Common
Prayer throughout the
Office,
(p.
to
s
"
Grant,
Office,
(p. 524.)
;
the
In Bishoprick of Salzburg. he set before his flock
Office
this
35
&c.,
move men
men might see his light and Pope Stephen the Second named him
that all
515,) except the following.
we beseech Thee,
to
to
Double. the
France
But God would have him Pepin. be as a candle set on a candlestick,
iwrg,] Confessor.
All from
into
hearts with the love of Christ, and stood high in the esteem of King
1
so bright an ensample of wisdom and pastoral care, that all whom he ruled looked upon him as the best
of fathers.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
Fifth Lesson.
A
SECOND NOCTURN. the Proper Offices of the exempt Church and Diocese of Passau. )
(From
Fourth Lesson.
T^ARRELL
was born in Ireland of a noble race, and from a little child, his good dispositions were the wonder of all who knew him. He seemed to care for nothing but to study the Divine Scriptures, and to do works of love and worship. He 1
T
a great expense he built the cathedral of Salzburg from the foundations, and brought thither, with great honour and edification of the people, the reliques of holy Rupert, the first of his predecessors. Concerning the building of this church, we find a miracle mentioned, namely, that the
money
for the
payment of those who
were employed was placed in an open vessel for each man to help himself, but that none of them was ever able to take out of it more than was the just due of his labour.
Latinised, Vergilius.
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P^l
JANUARY
length Farrell was worn with unceasing toil and
out old
St
and having ruled the Church committed to his care, with great praise of godliness and great profit to souls, and sent into Carinthia
aiftert,
age,
that
951
Modestus, so eminent for holiness, he entered into the heavenly mansions, during the reign of the Emperor Karl the Great. His body is kept honourably in the
Bishop
Btsfjop [in JHitn-
ster,]
Confessor.
Double of the First Class with an Octave in the Diocese of Cashel.
Prayer throughout, Grant, we be seech Thee, &c.," (p. 524.) Lessons of the Third Nocturn,
(
6
522.)
Church of Salzburg.
JANUARY THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Matth. xxv. Homily of St Gregory
St 14,
-with
(p.
522.)
the
,
15.
2
Ita, Double.
All from the Common,
DECEMBER
St jHannan, laloe,]
Prayer throughout
IStsfjop [of
Confessor*
(p. 567,) ex
cept the following.
18.
1
Q
GOD, Who
the Office.
didst
adorn Thy
blessed handmaiden Ita with countless gifts grant unto us at her
Greater Double.
;
Prayer throughout, seech Thee,
&c.,"
"
Grant, we be
(p. 524.)
Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p 522.)
JANUARY
St
Jttunctjtn,
2.
prayers,
copy in our lives and actions the ensample of her whom we love and honour. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
&c.,"
Amen.
Bisfjop [of
Double of the First Class in the Diocese of Limerick. Prayer throughout,
the grace
to
Hymn
Htmertcft,] Confessor.
seech Thee,
we beseech Thee,
Grant,
we be
(p. 524.)
Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p.
at both Vespers,
and
at
Mattins.
we the Island gING blessed and Ita,
of Saints, and God s Royal handmaiden, a child of our Kings, and a joy and an help unto Ireland,
She who when
first her lips were open, accents of wisdom
and filled with wondering elders
Spake,
522.)
in
awe her glad and
;
1 Son of King Theodorick, and scholar John IV., in the year 639.
2
Called
"the
Brigid of
Munster."
of St
Molua; consecrated
at
Rome, by Pope
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952 Who, when
she lay in sleep, was seen with flames to be girded,
Sight of terror and dread,
angel descending Spake, and the wonder
till,
lo,
Christ
how
revealed,
s
the
ness of heavenly glory, Like to the bush that burnt and was not consumed upon Horeb. Choir unto choir throughout all the faithful Churches of Ireland, Rank unto rank white-robed, respond, with
and
to
she was yet a
V\/"HILE
she
saintly maiden was glowing, Not with the fires of earth, but with bright
ascriptions of glory, Praise unto Him That begat, the Only-begotten,
Fifth Lesson.
Him
Him That proceeds, and hallows the Saints of His people. Amen.
Praise unto
earnestly
little
maid, her her to
besought
father that he would allow hallow to Christ herself, and all that she had. However, her father had already promised her in marriage to a noble stripling, and declared that he was nowise able to grant her that which she asked. Ita never theless, without any hesitation, and filled with the spirit of prophecy, foretold to them that stood by that
things would shortly turn out other wise. "Let my father have time," said she ; he forbiddeth me now "
FIRST NOCTURN.
be
after
hallowed to he will pray
very
thing,
to
MATTINS.
command him, and he will allow me to go whithersoever I will, that I may serve God." And Christ
Lessons from Scripture according to the Season.
so
of
the sixth age of the Church there flourished in the province Munster in Ireland the holy
Virgin of
spirit
She
Her which
From
birth.
Baptism, with the
she
and
men
she the
pass,
from the churchmen.
Sixth Lesson.
/^\NCE upon
works at once
fame of this monastery passed through the whole island, and drew thither
very
seemed
waters
to *be
of
filled
grace of the Holy Ghost, marvelled to behold such love of God, such guilelessness of life, such lowliness as that which she bore with her everywhere, and such great wonders as those which seemed every day to be wrought at her prayers. all
to
at the
the emphasised derived from her
glorious
and
was
a time the holy Ita, taught by a messenger from heaven, left the land of her fathers, and went to the country of the HyConaill, and there built a monastery, at the foot of mount Luachra. The
in the country of the is now region which in the County of Water-
intensified lustre
and for famous was born of a
a
included
it
the
for
race,
Deasy ford.
illustrious
prophecy,
miracles.
kingly
so
Ita,
came
it
that
Fourth Lesson.
N
will
a while after, persuasion of her father that this blessed virgin re ceived the hallowed veil of virginity
SECOND NOCTURN.
T
and
God, but here to do this my Lord JESUS
me
countless virgins, who sought for graces like Ita s, and, with her, hallowed themselves to Christ. Many Bishops and Abbats asked advice of
and
among them were Fachnan, St Brandan, St Colman, St Mochaemoc, and St Laserian. At length the blessed Virgin sank from weakness, and when
holy
Ita,
numbered
she
St
had given her blessing
to
the
OFFICES PECULIAR TO IRELAND. whole sept of the Hy-Conaill, and been strengthened with the Holy Sacraments, she happily passed away hence to be for ever with the Lord,
upon the isth day of January,
in the
953
business, and so left his monastery, and the care of souls to his brother Fullan, and the priests Cobban and Dicull, and finishing his
made arrangements life
for
as a hermit,
year of salvation 570. Fifth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons
from Matth. Homily of St
the
xxv.
i,
Gregory,
with (p.
had another brother called Ultan, who, after a long trial in a monastery, had gone to live as
JLJE
a hermit to him went Fursey, and dwelt with him a whole year. When
57i.)
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JANUARY
saw the country troubled by an invasion of Gentiles, he took ship for Gaul, and there being honourably
he
16.
St
welcomed by Hlodvius, King of the Franks, and the noble Ercunvald, he
Double.
built a
All from
the
Common
Office,
(p.
Lord,
we
monastery at Lagny-sur-Marne. after he fell ill, and died.
Not long
531,) except the following.
Prayer throughout, beseech Thee,
&c.,"
(p.
"
O
to
the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson
is taken from the Sermons of the Venerable Bede, Priest, [at
J arrow.] Hi.
(English
took his body, and kept it in the porch of the church, which he was building in his own town of Peronne, until such time as the said church should be dedi cated. When this ceremony took place at the end of twenty-seven days, 1
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according
Sixth Lesson.
E RCUNVALD
545.)
Church Hist.,
19.)
and the body was carried
in from the be buried near the altar, was found to be quite perfect.
porch it
Again
to
at
the
end of four
translation thither, to be
had pURSEY of God for
preached the word
any mark of corruption
many
well
years in Ire 1 land, but not being able any longer to endure the riots of the mobs, who
known
!
a
that in
still
without
and
;
that place
hath often been pleased work wonders.
to
it
is
God
cause him
to
broke in upon him, he came into the land of the English, where also he
preached the word of God, and built a monastery. After these things he was fain to withdraw himself from all
years,
chapel having been built east ward of the altar, for its more honour able reception, it was found, on its
little
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons the
from Matth.
Homily of St Jerome,
xix.
(p.
27, with
471.)
Scotia is the word used here and in several other places, to indicate Ireland, as the original of the Scotch race.
home
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JANUARY
St
31.
iEtran, (JHofcoc,) Btsftop [of
JFerns,] anfc Confessor.
clad
1
Prayer throughout, Grant, we be seech Thee, &c., 3J (p. 524.) "
Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p. 522.)
St
iSrtgft,
i.
(iSrtlie,)
,
Firgtn.
Patroness of Srelantu Double of the Second Class.
All from the Common
Office for
Vir
gins, (p. 567,) except the following.
Prayer throughout
the Office.
r\ GOD, Who
year by year dost cause us to rejoice as upon this day, in the feast of Thy blessed hand
maiden
Brigid, mercifully grant us help for her sake, the bright ensample of whose chastity doth still shed its light
Through our Lord
us.
upon
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen. MATTINS.
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons the
from Common.
i
Cor.
vii.
25, as in
SECOND NOCTURN. Fourth Lesson.
T
HE
in
white
raiment pouring holy
upon her head, which thing was a foreshadowing of the godliness and oil
Greater Double.
FEBRUARY
and she was the mother in Christ of many holy maidens. While she was yet a little child, her father saw men
holy virgin Brigid was born of noble and Christian parents in the province of Leinster in Ireland,
holiness of the virgin. As soon as she had attained to the first years of girlhood, she chose Christ her Saviour for her Bridegroom, and clung to Him with so profound a passion of her heart, that she gave away to the poor whatsoever she had. The matchless loveliness of her body brought about her a host of suitors, and lest they should prevail with her to break the in tention of virginity, by which she had given herself over to God, she prayed God to make her unsightly. She was soon heard. One eye swelled, and her whole face became so changed, that she was allowed to send back the messenger of the suitors, and by a solemn vow to keep her virginity for Christ.
Fifth Lesson.
CHE
took with her three maidens,
and went disciple
of
beheld
a
to
St
Bishop Mahew, the T hen he
Patrick.
W
over her head, he clad her in a white tunic and a white mantle, read the sacred prayers, and admitted her to that canonical profession which blessed Patrick had brought into Ireland. At the moment that she bowed down her head to receive the hallowed veil, she chanced to touch the wooden step of the altar with her hand, and the dry wood at once became green, and her eye was healed, and her face became lovely as beforetime. After her example, pillar
of
fire
1 Born at East Breffny, in the year 558; sojourned for some time in Wales; died, 628. Edan, Aedan, or Aidan, is the diminutive of Aodh, or Aedh (translated Hew or Hugh.) Modoc is Aodh with the possessive prefix, mo, my, and the diminutive suffix of endearment.
OFFICES PECULIAR TO IRELAND. so great a multitude of maidens em braced the regular life, that in a little while all Ireland was rilled with houses of nuns, whereof the chief was that one in which Brigid herself ruled, and from which the others hung, as from their head.
Sixth Lesson.
T
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Matth. Homily of St Gregory,
FEBRUARY
anlr
holiness of this virgin is wit nessed by the miracles which
A
protested
that
Bishop
1
Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p.
FEBRUARY
St
17.
St Patrick the Apostle of the Irish. She foretold when he would pass out of this life, and where would be the
place of his sepulchre.
All from the Common
forehand to swathe his body withal. At last she gave up her beautiful soul to her bridegroom Christ, and was the
same grave with blessed
Patrick.
Office,
(p.
Lord,
we
53i.)
Prayer throughout, beseech
Thee,"
(p.
"O
545.)
FIRST NOCTURN. Lessons from Scripture according to the Season, or in Lent from Ecclus. xxxi.
She was there
when he passed away, and gave the linen which she had made ready be
2
Sfifrat.
JFitrtan,
Double.
child,
prophecy, and foretold many things which were yet to come, as though She they were present before her. was bound in a holy friendship to
in
Confessor.
522.)
Broonus was
which forthwith told of its real father, and so delivered the Bishop from that false accusation. She had the spirit of
laid
6.
certain
name
the
with the
Prayer throughout, "Grant, we be seech Thee, &c.," (p. 524.)
the father, but Brigid made the sign of the cross upon the mouth of the
new-born
I,
(p. 571.)
Greater Double.
shameless woman had an .unlawful child, whereof she blind.
xxv.
St JKel, Bfefjop [of
HE
she openly wrought, not only during her life, but also after her course in this world was ended. Very often did she cleanse lepers, and obtain health by her prayers for them that were sick of divers diseases. She opened the eyes of one that was born
955
8,
(p.
542.)
SECOND NOCTURN. Lessons from St Gregory on Job,
(p.
543-)
THIRD NOCTURN. Lessons from Matth. xix. 27, with the Homily of St Jerome, (p. 471.)
1
Said to have been a nephew of St Patrick, being the son of his sister Darerca placed in by St Patrick, by whom it had been founded died in the year 488. of Cluain-Ednech, in the diocese of Lethglean, in Leinster, in the sixth cen He is of the race of Eochaidh Finnfuathairt, of whom was Brigid. tury. (Alban Butler.) He is described as Fintan the generous, chief head of the monks of Ireland, and re St Benedict in his manners and life." sembling Bp. Forbes Kalendars of the Scottish Saints, ;
his see 2
;
Abbat
"
P- 349-
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956
MARCH &t Ciaran, [of
TO.
IRELAND. "
throughout,
5.
(Pran,) Btsfjop
ssorg,] Confessor.
1
to the
Greater Double.
MARCH
Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p.
St Senan,
522.)
MARCH Cataltr,
IStsJjop
just
as
it
stands
i3tsf)op
[of
Seat= 3
Double.
[of 2
Prayer throughout, Grant, we be seech Thee, &c.," (p. 524.) "
Double.
All from the Common
13.
terg Eslanli,] Confessor*
8.
Earento,] Confessor*
515,)
we beseech Thee,
Season.
Prayer throughout, "Grant, we be seech Thee, &c.," (p. 524.)
St
Grant,
unless kept out of Lent, in which case the Lessons of the First Nocturn are from Scripture according&c.,")
Office,
Lessons of the Third Nocturn,
(p.
{Prayer
(p.
522.)
1 Called the first-born of the Saints of Ireland said to have been born in Ossory about the year 352 receiving some imperfect knowledge of Christianity, he went to Rome, and, on his way back, joined company with St Patrick, who was then starting (A.D. 402) founded the See of Ossory at Saigir he withdrew to Cornwall, and there died at the place called from him St Piran s. 2 learned Irish monk, for some time regent of the school of Lismore made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and afterwards settled at Tarento, where he was elected Bishop towards the end of the seventh century. (Alban Butler. ) 3 Born about the year 448, of kingly race travelled a good deal, visiting Rome, Tours, and Menevia (St David s) founded several monasteries in Ireland, and died at Kileochaille. Along with St Ita he is the Patron Saint of the Hy-Conaill. By some he is identified with St Mashenoc, and with the Scotch St Kessog. ;
;
;
;
A
;
;
;
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