THE ROMAN BREVIARY THE ROMAN BREVIARY REFORMED BY ORDER OF THE HOLY OECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF TRENT; PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF POPE ST PIUS V. ; AND REVISED BY CLEMENT VIII., URBAN VIII., AND LEO XIII. TOGETHER WITH THE OFFICES SINCE GRANTED AND THE MARTYROLOGY TRANSLATED OUT OF LATIN INTO ENGLISH BY JOHN, MARQUESS OF BUTE, K.T. A NEW EDITION FOR USE IN ENGLAND IN FOUR VOLS. VOL. III. SUMMER WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON M C M V 1 1 1 CONTENTS THE PIE ... . . See vol. i. p. xix TWO EASY TABLES .... ix THE KALENDAR ... . XIX PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS . xxxiii THE PSALTER MATTINS SUNDAY .... . . I MONDAY ..... . 73 TUESDAY . . .92 WEDNESDAY . . . . Io8 THURSDAY . .... . . . .123 FRIDAY . . .140 SATURDAY ..... .157 LAUDS SUNDAY ........ . 22 MONDAY ........... . 87 TUESDAY ... .... .105 WEDNESDAY . . ....... . I 2O THURSDAY ... .... .137 FRIDAY ... ...<.. . 153 SATURDAY . 171 TWO EASY TABLES. j x TWO EASY TABLES, COMPILED FROM THE PIE. And in which it can be seen at a glance what is to be done ( I ) W hen the Second Vespers of one Office fall on the same evening with the First Vespers of another Office. (2) When t<wo Offices fall on the same day. To use these Tables, find the little square in which lines drawn from the designations of the two Offices meet at right angles, and then look what direction is given underneath the Table, with the number inscribed in the square. For instance, in Table A a Double of the Second Class meets a Semi-double in a square containing the numeral 4. And 4 gives the Rule " all of the former, 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 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. Dec. 8. Lady Day. March 25. VOL. III. a 2 TWO EASY TABLES. The Assumption, Aug. I 5. The Birthday of St John the Baptist. June 24. St Joseph. March 19. SS. Peter and Paul. June 29. All Saints. Nov. I. St Thomas of Canterbury. 1 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. 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 3. Candlemas Day. Feb. 2. The Visitation. July 2. The Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Sept. 8. The Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary. Michaelmas Day. Sept. 29. The Patronage of St Joseph. The 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. March 12. St Edward. Oct. 13. 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. Nov. 9. 1 Regarding the rank of this Feast, see note under his day. TWO EASY TABLES. xi 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. May 8. St Gabriel. March 18. St Raphael. Oct. 24. The Guardian Angels. Oct. 2. The Beheading of the Baptist. Aug. 29. St Peter s Chair at Rome. Jan. 18. St Peter s Chair at Antioch. Feb. 22. 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. Nov. 18. St John before the Latin Gate. May 6. St Barnabas. June 1 1 . The Blessed John and his companions. May 4. St Bede the Venerable. May 27. St Alban. June 22. Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury. July 7. The Holy Relics (second Sunday in July). St Ursula. Oct. 21. St Edmund the Martyr. Nov. 20. St Benedict. March 21. St Dominic. Aug. 4. St Francis. Oct. 4. St Patrick. March 17. St Francis Xavier. Dec. 3. 1 Sundays of the First Class. The First Sunday of Advent. The First 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. xii TWO EASY 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 ofthe Lord our Shepherd. 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 Blessed John Fisher. The 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. The Ascension. Whitsun Day. Corpus Christi. The Immaculate Conception. Lady Day. The Assumption. The Birthday of St John the Baptist. St Joseph. TWO EASY TABLES. xiii SS. Peter and Paul. All Saints. St Thomas of Canterbury. St George. St Augustine of Canterbury. The Dedication of the Particular Church. The Patron or Titular. The principal Patron or Patrons of the district or diocese. II. Doubles of the Second Class. The Circumcision. The Most Holy Trinity. Candlemas Day. The Visitation. The 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. Greater Doubles. The Transfiguration. The 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. The Blessed John and his Companions. St Bede the Venerable. St Alban. The Holy Relics. St Ursula. St Edmund the Martyr. St Patrick. St Francis Xavier. IV. Doubles. The Birthday (or day kept as such) of each Saint. x iv TWO EASY TABLES. LIST OF SECONDARY FEASTS. I. Doubles of the First Class. The Most Sacred Heart of JESUS. II. 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 Feasts). 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. St Peter s Chair at Rome. St Peter s Chair at Antioch. St Peter s Chains. The Conversion of St Paul. The Commemoration of St Paul. St John before the Latin Gate. 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 Blessed Virgin. Her Motherhood. Her Purity. Her Patronage. The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin. The Blessed Virgin styled Help of Christians. Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury. All other Feasts of our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Saints not provided for in these lists. TWO EASY TABLES. XV TABLE A. If the Second Vespers of An Higher Sunday (i.e., of the First or Second Class) ..... 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 An Ordinary Sunday .... 4 3 4 4 3 3 i i i o A Double of the First Class . 2 4 2 4 4 4 6 4 6 4 A Double of the Second Class 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 6 3 4 A Patron or Titular .... 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 6 4 A Greater Double .... 4 4 4 4 4 6 i 3 i 4 A Double 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 i 4 A Semi-double ..... 4 3 4 5 3 3 i i i 5 An Octave-day ..... 4 5 4 4 5 3 i 3 i 4 A Day within an Octave 3 4 3 3 3 i i 5 i . All of the latter, nothing of the former. -K t 2. All of the former, nothing of the latter. ^ 3 ^* > > ^* ** ^ ^ ^* E / ^1 /, hrl "" 3. All of the latter, but with a Com C 5 o c g c c c 3 SV memoration of the former. 1 FT cr 3 cr cr p" ~ B- 4. All of the former, but with a Com rr c c /* o memoration of the latter. P o~ cf H ? 3 5. All of the former till the Chapter, ex S3 (D c w n> clusive ; then of the latter, from the C p SP !?. 2 rt Chapter, inclusive, but with a Com r, * 9 3 p memoration of the former. ^ p- n 13 6. All of the more important, but with n 1 ^ a Commemoration of the less C/l en $* important ; if equal, Vespers of the g, latter from the Chapter inclusive. rt At the First Vespers of the Octave-days of the Ascension and of Corpus Christi and of other Primary Feasts of our Lord, the whole Service is of the Octave. If a Double Feast have occupied the day, it is only commemorated, xvi TWO EASY TABLES. unless it be of the First or Second Class, in which case the Service is of it, with a Commemoration of 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 it be of the First or Second Class, the Patron, Titular, or Dedication 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 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 ; 5, Ordinary Sunday ; 6, Day within the Octave of Corpus Christi ; 7, Semi-double ; 8, Day within an Octave, reduced to the form of Simple ; 9, Greater Week-day or Eve; 10, Simple. TTABLE B. TWO EASY TABLES. XVll TABLE B. If A Double of the First Class 6 416 6 4 6 6 2 2 2 8 4 4 I A Double of the Second Class . 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 2 2 8 i 4 i I A Greater Double Q ! , 4 A Double of a Doctor 4 4 4 4 i 4 o O I I 4 i I A Double 3 3 3 A Day within an Octave . 4 4 4 3 3 7 3 3 3 5 5 3 3 An Octave-dav 3 4 3 3 A Semi-double 4 4 4 7 3 4 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 A Simple .... 3 3 o 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 A Greater Week-day 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 o o o An Eve ..... 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 o o o i . The former is transferred, and the latter observed. 3 j* J** J* M J* >** i- 1 * (J* ^ * K> l> 1> P 2. The former is observed, and the latter transferred. 3. The latter is observed, and the former commemorated. w 9 Greater We I pT CO fD 3 1 cr i Octave-da; p Er 5 Double. o c cr ST S, Greater Do Double of t Double of t i Ordinary Sunday of t Cfl cL P v; c fl> cn P n J I-* p p ~ . 4. The former is observed, and c cr o Ej S O ro the latter commemorated. 3 O r, n O n n <r. f X n | p 5. The former is altogether omitted, and the latter P -1 o B^ n n ET -EL n & observed. cr, CO P Ul en 6. The former is observed, and en the latter altogether omitted. 7. The more important is ob served, and the less im portant commemorated. 8. The more important is ob served, and the less im portant transferred. VOL. III. xviii TWO EASY TABLES. Note. A Double of any sort, even the Patron, Titular, or Dedication Feast of the particular Church, if it fall on Dec. 24, Whitsun Eve, Jan. i or 13, Ash Wednesday, Holy, Easter, or Whitsun Weeks, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi Day, March 25, Aug. 15, Dec. 8, Midsummer Day, March 19, June 29, or 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 Feasts of the First Class, and that with Commemoration of the Octave. Other Feasts of Nine Lessons are permanently fixed 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 commemorated as prescribed by the Pie. The 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, or 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 Patron or Titular, the Feast of the Patron or Titular alone is observed. If the other Feast be a Double or Semi-double, it is permanently fixed on the first free day and kept as a Semi-double. If it is a Double of the First or Second Class, it is similarly transferred and kept as on its own day. 2 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, Eves, and Rogation Monday, at Lauds only. But if an Eve fall in Advent or 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. 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. KALENDAR. x ix KALENDAR. JANUARY. 1. Circumcision of our Lord. Double of the Second Class. 2. Octave of St Stephen. Double. Commemoration of the Octaves of St Thomas of Canterbury, of St John, and of the Holy Innocents. 3. Octave of St John, Apostle and Evangelist. Double. Commemoration of St Thomas of Canterbury, and of the Octave of the Holy Innocents. 4. Octave of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs. Double. Commemoration of St Thomas of Canterbury. 5. Octave of St Thomas of Canterbury, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Eve of the Epiphany and of St Telesphorus, Pope of Rome, Martyr. 6. EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD. Double of the First Class. 7. Within the Octave of the Epiphany. 8. Within the Octave. 9. Within the Octave. 10. Within the Octave. 1 1 . Within the Octave. Commemoration of St Hyginus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. 12. Within the Octave. * Lord s Day within the Octave of the Epiphany. [_The Finding of the Child JESUS in the Temple. Greater Double. General Appendix.] 13. Octave of the Epiphany. Double. * Second Lord s Day after the Epiphany. Feast of the Most Holy Name of JESUS. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. 14. Hilary, Bishop [of Poitiers,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of St Felix, Priest and Martyr, i 5. Paul, the First Hermit. Double. Commemoration of St Maurus, Abbat. 1 6. Marcellus, Pope and Martyr. Semi-double. 17. Antony, Abbat. Double. 1 8. The Chair of St Peter at Rome. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Paul and of St Prisca, Virgin and Martyr. 19. Wolstan, Bishop [of Worcester,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Maris, Audifax, Abachum, and Martha, Martyrs. * Third Lord s Day after the Epiphany. [The Feast of the Holy Home, JESUS, Mary, and Joseph. Greater Double. Gen. App.] 20. Fabian and Sebastian, Martyrs. Double. 2 1 . Agnes, Virgin and Martyr. Double. 22. Vincent and Anastasius. Semi-double. 23. Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Joseph. Greater Double. Com memoration of St Joseph and of Emerentiana, Virgin and Martyr. 24. Timothy, Bishop [of Ephesus,] Martyr. Double. XX KALENDAR. 25. Conversion of St Paul. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter. 26. Polycarp, Bishop [of Smyrna,] Martyr. Double. 27. John Chrysostom, Patriarch [of Constantinople,] Confessor and Doctor of the Church. Double. 28. Raymond of Penafuerte, Confessor. Semi- Doubled Commemoration of St Agnes for the second time. 29. Francis de Sales, Bishop [of Geneva,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 30. Martina, Virgin and Martyr. Semi-Double. \_Double in the Province of Westminster.] 3 1 . Peter Nolasco, Confessor. Double. * Friday after Septuagesima Sunday, Prayer of our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane. Greater Double. * Friday after Sexagesima Sunday, Sufferings of our Lord. Greater Double. FEBRUARY. 1. Ignatius, Bishop [of Antioch,] Martyr. Double. 2. Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. 3. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of Blase, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, Martyr. 4. Andrew Corsini, Bishop [of Fiesole,] Confessor. Double. 5. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr. Double. 6. Titus, Archbishop [of Gortyna in Crete,] Confessor. Double. Commem oration of St Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr. 7. Romuald, Abbat. Double. 8. John de la Mata, Confessor. Double. 9. Cyril, Pope of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of St Apollonia, Virgin and Martyr. [The Twenty-six Holy Martyrs who suffered in Japan. Double. Gen. App.] 10. Scholastica, Virgin. Double. 11. Gilbert [of Sempringham,] Confessor. Semi-double. 12. Benedict Biscop, Abbat, Confessor. Double. 13. The Seven Founders of the Servite Order, Confessors. Double. [Kentigern, Bishop [of Glasgow,] Confessor. Double. Gen. App.] 1 4. Valentine, Priest and Martyr. [Thomas Plumtree and his Companions, Martyrs. Greater Double. Gen. App.] i 5. Faustinus and Jovita, Martyrs. 1 6. 17. [The Flight of our Lord JESUS Christ into Egypt. Greater Double. Gen. App.] 1 8. Simeon, Bishop [of Jerusalem,] Martyr. 19. 1 See vol. i. p. 723. KALENDAR. XXI 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 Church. Double. Commemoration of the Eve. 24. Matthias, Apostle. Double of the Second Class. 25. 26. Ethelbert, King of Kent, Confessor. Double. 27. [Margaret of Cortona, Penitent. Semi-double. Gen. App.] 28. 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 Friday in Lent, Coronation of our Lord with Thorns. Greater 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 . David, Archbishop [of Caerleon,] Confessor. Double. 2. Chad, Bishop [of Lichfield,] Confessor. Double. 3. Aelred, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double. 4. Casimir, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of St Lucius, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. 6! 7. Thomas of Aquino, Confessor, and Doctor of -the Church. Double. Com memoration of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs. 8. Felix, Bishop [of Dunwich,] Confessor. Double. 9. Frances of Rome, Widow. Double. 10. The Forty Martyrs. Semi-double. 11. John of God, Confessor. Double. 12. Gregory [_the Great,~\ Pope of Rome, Doctor of the Church, and Apostle of England. Double of the Second Class. J 3- 14. T 5- 16. 17. Patrick, Archbishop [of Armagh,] Confessor. Greater Double. I 8. The Archangel Gabriel. Greater Double. 19. JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the First Class. xxii KALENDAR. 20. Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,] Confessor. Double. [In the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle this Feast has an Octave. See Gen. App.] 2 i . Benedict, Abbat and Confessor. Greater Double. 22. Cyril, Bishop [of Jerusalem,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. [Edward, King of England, Martyr. Double. Gen. App.] 2 3- 24. 25. ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the First Class. 26. [The Penitent Thief. Double. Gen. App.] 27. John of Damascus, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 28. John of Capistrano, Confessor. Semi-double. 29. 30. 31. * Friday in Passion Week, Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. APRIL. i. 2. Francis of Paola, Confessor. Double. 3. Richard, Bishop [of Chichester,] Confessor. Double. 4. Isidore, Archbishop [of Seville,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 5. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor. Double. 6. 7- 8. 9- 10. ii. Leo the Great, Pope of Rome, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 12. 13. Hermenegild, Martyr. Semi-double. 14. Justin, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of SS. Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus, Martyrs. *5- 16. 17. Stephen Harding, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of St Anicete, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. 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. KALENDAR. xxiii 23. GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON OF ENGLAND. Double of the First Class. 24. Faithful of Sigmaringen, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St George and of St Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury. 25. Mark, Evangelist. Double of the Second Class. 26. Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes of Rome, and Martyrs. Semi-double. Com memoration of the Octave of St George. [The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Good Counsel. Greater Double. 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. 29. Peter, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St George. 30. Octave of St George, Martyr. Double. * Third Lord s Day after Easter, Patronage of St Joseph. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. [In some dioceses this Feast has an Octave. See Gen. App.] MAY. 1 . Philip 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 of the Lord our Shepherd. Greater Double. Gen. App.] 2. Athanasius, Pope of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 3. Finding of the Holy Cross. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of SS. Alexander, Eventius, and Theodulus, Martyrs, and Juvenal, Bishop of Narni, Confessor. 4. John, Cardinal Bishop of Rochester, Thomas More, and their companions, Martyrs. Greater Double. 5. Katharine of Sienna, Virgin. Double. 6. John, Apostle and Evangelist, before the Latin Gate. Greater Double. 7. Stanislaw, Bishop [of Crakow,] Martyr. Double. 8. Manifestation of the Archangel St Michael. Greater Double. 9. Gregory of Nazianzus, Patriarch [of Constantinople,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 10. Antonine, Archbishop [of Florence,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs. 11. Pius V., Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. [John Rochester and James Walworth and their Companions, Martyrs. Double. Gen. App.] 12. Nereus, Achilles, the Virgin Domitilla, and Pancras, Martyrs. Semi-double. [Lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. Gen. App.] 13. Walburg, Virgin. Double. 14. Monica, Widow. Double. Commemoration of St Boniface, Martyr. xxiv KALENDAR. i 5. [Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, Confessor. Double. Gen. App.] [The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled Mother of Grace. Greater Double. Gen. App.] 1 6. Simon Stock, Confessor. Double. 17. Paschal Baylon, Confessor. Double. 1 8. Venantius, Martyr. Double. 19. Dunstan, Archbishop [of Canterbury,] Confessor. Double. Commemora tion of St Pudentiana, Virgin. 20. Bernardine of Sienna. Semi-double. t 2 1 . Peter Celestine, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. 22. Ubald, Bishop [of Gubbio,] Confessor. Semi- double. 23. John Baptist de Rossi, Confessor. Double. 2 4 . The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled " Help of Christians." Greater Double. [In the dioceses of Shrewsbury and Westminster, Double of the First Class, with an Octave. Gen. App.] 25. Aldhelm, Bishop [of Sherborne,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Urban, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. 26. AUGUSTINE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, CONFESSOR, APOSTLE OF ENGLAND. Double of the First Class. 27. Bede the Venerable, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Augustine and of St John I., Pope of Rome, and Martyr. 28. Gregory VII., Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Augustine. [The Blessed Margaret Pole, Countess [of Salisbury,] Martyr. Double. Gen. App.] 29. Eleutherius, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Augustine. 30. John of Nepomuc, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Augustine and of St Felix, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. 31. Angela Merici, Virgin. Double. Commemorations of the Octave of St Augustine and of St Petronilla, Virgin. * Third Lord s Day after Pentecost, the Most Sacred Heart of JESUS. Double of the First Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. JUNE. 1. Within the Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury. 2. Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury. Double. Commemoration of SS. Marcellinus, Peter, and Elmo, Martyrs. 3. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, Virgin. Double. 4. Francis Caracciolo, Confessor. Double. 5. Boniface, Archbishop [of Maintz,] Martyr. Double. [In the diocese of Plymouth, a Double of the First Class, with an Octave. Gen. App.] 6. Norbert, Archbishop [of Magdeburg,] Confessor. Double. 7- KALENDAR. XXV 8. William, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Double. 9. Primus and Felician, Martyrs. \_In the diocese of Portsmouth, Translation of St Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Greater Double. Gen. App.J 10. Margaret, Queen of Scots, Widow. Double. i I . Barnabas, Apostle. Greater Double. 12. John of San Fagondez. Double. Commemoration of SS. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, Martyrs. 13. Anthony of Padua, Confessor. Double. 14. Basil the Great, Archbishop [of Csesarea-in-Pontus,] Confessor and Doctor of the Church. Double. 15. Philip Neri, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Martyrs. 1 6. 17. Botolph, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double. [Lord s Day before the birth of St John the Baptist, the Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Perpetual Succour. Greater Double. Gen. App.J 1 8. Mark and Marcellian, Martyrs. 19. Juliana de Falconieri, Virgin. Double. 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 Rochester, Martyr. Greater Double. Gen. App.] 23. Etheldreda, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of Midsummer Eve. 24. BIRTH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST. Double of the First Class. 25. William, Abbat, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St John. 26. John and Paul, Martyrs. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St John. 27. Within the Octave of the Birth of St John. 28. Leo II., Pope of Rome, and Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Octave of St John, and of the Eve of the Apostles. 29. PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES. Double of the First Class. [Commemoration of all the Holy Apostles. Gen. App.J 30. Commemoration of St Paul. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter, and of the Octave of St John. JULY. * First Lord s Day in July, the Most Precious Blood of our Lord JESUS Christ. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. Octave of the Birth of St John the Baptist. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of SS. Peter and Paul. xxvi KALENDAR. 2. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. Com memoration of SS. Processus and Martinian, Martyrs. 3. Within the Octave of the Apostles. 4. Within the Octave of the Apostles. 5. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Apostles. 6. Octave of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Double. [First Free Day after July 6, the Blessed Thomas More, Martyr. Greater Double. Gen. App.] 7. Translation of Thomas, Archbishop [of Canterbury], Martyr. Greater Double. * Second Lord s Day in July, the Holy Relics. Greater Double. Com memoration of the Sunday. 8. Isabel, Queen of Portugal, Widow. Semi-double. 9. Willibald, Bishop of Eichstad, Confessor. Double. 10. The Seven Brethren and the Holy Virgins Rufina and Secunda, all Martyrs. Semi- double. 11. Cyril, Bishop of Moravia, and Methodius, Bishop of KiefF, Confessors. Double. Commemoration of St Pius I., Pope and Martyr. 12. John Gualberto, Abbat [of Passignano,] Double. Commemoration of SS. Nabor and Felix, Martyrs. 13. Anaclete, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Semi-double. 14. " Buona- ventura," [Cardinal] Bishop [of Albano,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 15. Swithun, Bishop [of Winchester,] Confessor. Double. [The Division of the Apostles. Double. Gen. App.] [Third Sunday in July, Commemoration of All the Holy Bishops of Rome. Double. Gen. App.] 1 6. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Mount Carmel. Greater Double. [In the diocese of Salford, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.] 17. Osmund, Bishop [of Salisbury,] Confessor. Double. 1 8. Camillus de Lelli, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Symphorosa and her Seven Sons, Martyrs. 19. Vincent de Paul, Confessor. Double. 20. Jerome Miani, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Margaret, Virgin and Martyr. 21. Henry II., Emperor of the Romans, Confessor. Semi-double. Commem oration of St Praxedes, Virgin. 22. Mary Magdalen. Double. 23. Apollinaris, Bishop [of Ravenna,] Martyr. Double. Commemoration of St Liborius, Bishop of Mans, Confessor. 24. Alexis, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Eve of St James, and of St Christina, Virgin and Martyr. 25. James, Apostle. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of St Chris topher, Martyr. 26. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. [/ the diocese of Leeds, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.] 27. Pantaleon, Martyr. 28. Nazarius, Celsus, and Victor, Martyrs, and Innocent, Pope of Rome, and Confessor. Semi-double. KALENDAR. xxvii 29. Martha, Virgin. Semi-double. Commemoration of SS. Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix, Martyrs. 30. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs. 31. Ignatius, Confessor. Double. AUGUST. 1. The Chains of St Peter. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Holy Machabees, Martyrs. 2. 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. 3. Finding of the body of St Stephen, the First Martyr. Semi-double. 4. Dominick, Confessor. Greater Double. 5. Dedication of St Mary s of the Snows. Greater Double. 6. Transfiguration of our Lord. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Xystus, Pope of Rome, and SS. Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs. 7. Gae tan, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Donatus, Bishop of Arezzo, Martyr. 8. Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus, Martyrs. Semi-double. 9. Oswald, King of the Northumbrians, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Eve of St Lawrence, and of St Romanus, Martyr. 1 o. Lawrence, Martyr. Double of the Second Class. 11. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of SS. Tiburtius and Susanna. 12. Clare, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Lawrence. 13. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of SS. Hippolytus and Cassian, Martyrs. 14. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of the Eve of the Assumption, and of St Eusebius, Confessor. 1 5. ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the First Class. * The Lord s Day within the Octave of the Assumption, St Joachim, Con fessor, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. 1 6. Hyacinth, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the two Octaves. 17. Octave of St Lawrence. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption. 1 8. Helen, Empress of the Romans, Widow. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption, and of St Agapitus, Martyr. 19. Within the Octave of the Assumption. 20. Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption. 21. Jeanne Frances Fremiot de Chantal, Widow. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption. 22. Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double. Com memoration of SS. Timothy, Hippolytus, and Symphorian, Martyrs. xxviii KALENDAR. * The Lord s Day after the Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. [Office of the Most Pure Heart of the Blessed Virgin. Greater Double. Vol. in., Gen. App., p. 1028 ; vol. iv., Gen. App., p. 916.] 23. Philip Benizzi, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Eve of St Bartholomew. 24. Bartholomew, Apostle. Double of the Second Class. 25. Louis IX., King of France, Confessor. Semi-double. 26. Zephyrinus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. 27. Joseph Casalanz, Confessor. Double. 28. Austin, Bishop [of Hippo,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of St Hermes, Martyr. 29. Beheading of St John the Baptist. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Sabina, Martyr. 30. Rose of Lima, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of SS. Felix and him that joined him, Martyrs. 31. Aidan, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,] Confessor. Double. SEPTEMBER. 1. Raymond the Unborn, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Giles, Abbat, and of the Twelve Holy Brethren, Martyrs. 2. Stephen, King of Hungary, Confessor. Semi-double. 4. [Translation of St Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne] and Confessor. Greater Double in the diocese of Hex ham. Gen. App.] 5. Lawrence de Giustiniani, Patriarch of Venice, Confessor. Semi-double. 6. 8. Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. Commem oration of St Adrian, Martyr. * The Lord s Day within the Octave, The Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday. 9. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Commemoration of St Gorgonius, Martyr. 10. Nicolas of Tolentino. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. 11. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Commemoration of SS. Protus and Hyacinth, Martyrs. 12. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. 13. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. 14. Uplifting of the Holy Cross. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. i 5. Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Double. Commemoration of St Nicomede, Martyr. * Third Lord s Day in this Month, The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday. KALENDAR. xxix 1 6. Cornelius, Pope of Rome, and Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyrs. Semi-double. Commemoration of SS. Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminian, Martyrs. 17. Marking of the Body of St Francis with the marks of Our Lord. Double. 1 8. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor. Double. 19. Januarius, Bishop [of Benevento,] and his Companions, Martyrs. Double. 20. Eustace, Agapitus, Theopistus, and Theopista, Martyrs. Double. Com memoration of the Eve of St Matthew. 21. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. Double of the Second Class. 22. Thomas of Villanueva, Archbishop [of Valencia,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Maurice and his Companions, Martyrs. 23. Linus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Semi-double. Commemoration of St Thecla, Virgin and Martyr. 24. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled " of Ransom." Greater Double. 25. Ninian, Bishop [of Galloway,] Confessor. Double. 26. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs. 27. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs. Semi-double. 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 ALL ANGELS. Double of the First Class. Gen. App.] 30. Jerome, Priest, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Com memoration of St Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury. OCTOBER. * First Lord s Day in the Month, The Holy Rosary of the Blessed J 7 irgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday. 1 . Remy, Bishop of Rheims, Confessor. Simple or Semi-double at will. 2. The Guardian Angels. Greater Double. 3. Thomas, Bishop of Hereford, Confessor. Double. 4. Francis, Confessor. Greater Double. 5. Placidus and his Companions, Martyrs. 6. Bruno, Confessor. Double. 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. 8. Bridget, Princess of Nericia, Widow. Double. 9. Denys, Bishop of Paris, Rusticus, and Eleutherius, Martyrs. Semi-double. 10. Paulinus, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Double. 11. Francis Borgia, Confessor. Semi-double. 12. Wilfred, Archbishop [of York,] Confessor. Double. 13. Ednvard, King of England, Confessor. Double of the Second Class. XXX KALENDAR. 14. Kallistus, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Edward. * Third Lord s Day in the Month, Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday. 1 5. Theresa, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Edward. 16. Within the Octave of St Edward. 17. ladwiga, Widow. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Edward. 1 8. Luke, Evangelist. Double of the Second Class. 19. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Edward. [In the diocese of Shrewsbury, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.] 20. Octave of St Edward. Double. 21. Ursula and her Companions, Virgins and Martyrs. Greater Double. Com memoration of St Hilarion, Abbat. * Fourth Lord s Day in the Month, Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday. 22. John of Kenty, Confessor. Double. 23. Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer. Greater Double. 24. The Archangel Raphael. Greater Double. 25. John of Beverley, Archbishop [of York,] Confessor. Double. Commem oration of SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, Martyrs. 26. Evaristus, Pope of Rome, Martyr. 27. Eve of SS. Simon and Jude. 28. Simon and Jude, Apostles. Double of the Second Class. 29. 3- 1. Eve of All Saints. NOVEMBER. 1. FEAST OF ALL THE SAINTS. Double of the First Class. 2. Within the Octave of All Saints. Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed. 3. Winefrid, Virgin and Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of All Saints. 4. Charles, [Cardinal] Archbishop [of Milan,] Confessor. Double. Com memoration of the Octave of All Saints, and of Saints Vitalis and Agricola, Martyrs. 5. Within the Octave of All Saints. 6. Within the Octave of All Saints. 7. Within the Octave of All Saints. 8. Octave of All Saints. Double. Commemoration of the Four Crowned Martyrs. 9. Dedication of the Cathedral Church of Our Most Holy Saviour. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Theodore, Martyr. KALENDAR. xxxi 10. Andrew Avellino, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Tryphon, Respicius, and the Virgin Nympha, Martyrs, and of St Justus, Bishop of Rochester, Confessor. 11. Martin, Bishop [of Tours,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Mennas, Martyr. 12. Martin, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Semi-double. 13. Diego, Confessor. Semi-double. 14. Erconwald, Bishop of London, Confessor. Double. [Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Martyr. Greater Double. Gen. ^ App.] 15. Gertrude, Virgin. Double. 1 6. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. [In the diocese of Portsmouth, EDMUND OF CANTERBURY. Double of the First Class. Gen. App.] 17. Hew, Bishop of Lincoln, Confessor. Double. I 8. Dedication of the Churches of SS. Peter and Paul. Greater Double. 19. Elizabeth, Widow. Double. Commemoration of St Pontian, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. 20. Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr. Greater Double. 21. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double. 22. Cecily, Virgin and Martyr. Double. 23. Clement, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of St Felicity, Martyr. 24. John of the Cross, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Chrysogonus, Martyr. 25. Katharine, Virgin and Martyr. Double. 26. Sylvester, Abbat, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Peter, Pope of Alexandria, Martyr. 27. Gregory, the Wonder-worker, Bishop [of Neo-Caesarea in Pontus,] Con fessor. Double. 28. Jehoshaphat, Archbishop of Polotsk, Martyr. Double. 29. Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Eve of St Andrew, if out of Advent, and of St Saturninus, Martyr. [Cuthbert Maine, Martyr. Double. Gen. App.] 30. Andrew, Apostle. Double of the Second Class. DECEMBER. 1. Felix de Valois, Confessor. Double. [Edmund Campion and his Companions, Martyrs. Double. Gen. App.] 2. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr. Semi-double. 3. Francis Xavier, Confessor. Double. 1 4. Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop [of Ravenna,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of St Barbara, Virgin and Martyr. 1 Since raised to the rank of a Greater Double. xxxii KALENDAR. 5. Brian, Bishop [of Dorchester,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Saba, Abbat. 6. Nicolas, Archbishop [of Myra,] Confessor. Double. [In diocese of Liverpool, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.] 7. Ambrose, Bishop [of Milan,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. 8. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the First Class. 9. Within the Octave of the Conception. 10. Within the Octave of the Conception. Commemoration of St Melchiades, Pope of Rome, Martyr. [Translation of the Holy House of Loreto. Greater Double. Gen. App.] 1 1 . Damasus, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Conception. 12. Within the Octave of the Conception. 13. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Conception. 14. Within the Octave of the Conception. 15. Octave of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. Double. 1 6. Eusebius, Bishop [of Vercelli,] Martyr. Semi-double. 17. [8. The Blessed Virgin Mary looking shortly to be delivered. Greater Double. 19. 20. Eve of St Thomas. 2 1 . Thomas, Apostle. Double of the Second Class. 22. 2 3- 24. Christmas Eve. 25. BIRTHDAY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Double of the First Class. 26. Stephen, the First Martyr. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Octave of Christmas. 27. John, Apostle and Evangelist. Double of the Second Class. Commemora 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. THOMAS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, MARTYR. Double of the First Class. 1 Commemoration of the Octaves of Christmas, [of St Stephen, of St John, and of the Innocents.] 30. Office of the 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. 31. Silvester, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octaves of Christmas, of St Thomas of Canterbury, of St Stephen, of St John, and of the Innocents. 1 See the note to the Office in the Breviary. PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS. XXxiii PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS. A PRAYER BEFORE A SERVICE. O Lord, open Thou my mouth that I may bless Thy Holy Name. Cleanse my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts ; enlighten my under standing ; kindle my affections, that I may pray to, and praise Thee with attention and devotion ; and may worthily be heard before the presence of Thy 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. A PRAYER AFTER A SERVICE. In respect of which Pope Leo X. has granted to all persons e who after saying the 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 glorious Mary, always a Virgin, and to the holiness of all the Saints be ascribed everlasting praise, honour, and glory, by all creatures, and to us be granted the forgiveness of all our sins, world without end. Amen. Verse. Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary which bore the Son of the Eternal Father. Answer. And blessed be the paps which gave suck to Christ our Lord. Then are said the Lord s Prayer and the Angelic Salutation. SUMMARY OF THE ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS PRONOUNCED AT MATTINS. In the First Nocturn, and on Monday and Thursday. Absolution. Graciously hear, O Lord JESUS Christ, the prayers of Thy servants, and have mercy upon us: Who livest and reignest with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. First Blessing. May the Eternal Father bless us With an eternal blessing. Amen. Second Blessing. May the Son, the Sole-begotten, Mercifully bless and keep us. Amen. xxxiv PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS. Third Blessing. May the grace of God the Spirit All our heart and mind enlighten. Amen. In the Second Nocturn, and on Tuesday and Friday. Absolution. May His loving-kindness and mercy help us, Who liveth and reigneth with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. Fourth Blessing. God the Father Omnipotent, Be to us merciful and clement. Amen. Fifth Blessing. May Christ to all His people give, For ever in His sight to live. Amen. 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 the Almighty and merciful Lord loose us from the bonds of our sins. Amen. Seventh Blessing. May the Gospel s holy lection Be our safety and protection. Amen. Eighth Blessing. God s most mighty strength alway Be His people s staff and stay. Amen. For Feasts of Saints. He (or she or they) whose feast-day we are keeping, Be 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. XXXV Ninth Blessing. May He that is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. Amen. Or, if another Gospel and Homily are to be begun, May the Gospel s glorious word Cleansing to our souls afford. On days of Three Lessons the Absolution and Blessings are as above, according to the Week-day, with the following exceptions : First Blessing on Wednesday or Saturday, (not the Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin,) if the First Lesson be not Gospel with Homily, May His blessing be upon us Who doth live and reign for ever. Whenever the First Lesson is Gospel with Homily, the Blessings are from the Third Nocturn. If the Office be of a Saint or Saints, the Blessings are : First Blessing. May His blessing be upon us Who doth live and reign for ever. Second Blessing. He (or she or they) whose feast-day we are keeping, Be our Advocate (or Advocates) with God. Third Blessing. May He that is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. Amen. The Absolution and Blessings in the Simple Office of the Blessed Virgin for Saturdays are peculiar to that Office, and are given in their own place. OR, BOOK OF PSALMS, DIVIDED ACCORDING TO THE DAYS OF THE WEEK, TOGETHER WITH THE ORDINARY OFFICE FOR THE DIFFERENT SEASONS. MATTINS, 1 OR MORNING PRAYER. FOR THE LORD S DAY, SUNDAY. Before Mattins, and every other Hour, except Lauds and Compline, there is said inaudibly* 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 forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation , ,. l > but deliver us from evil. Amen. TTAIL, Mary, full of grace; II The Lord is with th , , , blessed art 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. At the beginning of Mattins and Pri " 1 ^ and .. at . thc d / 7 CQ t l e \ is then said inaudibly the Apostles 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 any hour after the sun has begun to decline, and an ordinary practice is to do so late in the 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 formula were concealed from the unbaptized until very shortly before their baptism. Now, all were allowed to be present; at the Office, of which these formulas 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 appendix to the Lord s Prayer, follows the same rule with it. The Lord s Prayer is said aloud during the Canon of the Mass, because only the faithful were then present. VOL. III. A THE PSALTER. I 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, dead, and buried : He descended into hell : the third day He rose again from the dead : He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty : from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I be lieve in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, the Resurrection of the body, and the Life everlasting. Amen. Then is said aloud : Versed ^ O LORD, open Thou my lips. Answer. And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise. Verse? ^ Make haste, O God, to deliver 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 out end. Amen, Alleluia. 4 From Sepluagesima Sunday to Maundy Thursday instead of Alleluia is said: Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of heaven. Then is said Psalm xciv. with the Invitatory. The Invitatory here given is said from the Octave of the Epiph any to Septuagesima Sunday, and from the Octave of Pentecost to Ad vent Sunday. Invitatory. Let us worship the Lord, for * He is our Maker. Repetition. Let us worship the Lord, for * He is our Maker. Psalm XCIV. 5 [Vulgate and LXX., "A song of praise by David."] OCOME, let us sing unto the LORD, let us make a joyful noise to the God of our Salva tion : let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms. Let us worship the Lord, for He is our Maker. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods : for the Lord will not cast off His people : for in His hand are all the ends of the earth ; and the heights of the hills are His also. He is our Maker. For the sea is His, and He made it : and His hands formed the dry land : 6 O come, let us worship and fall down ; let us cry unto the 1 Ps. 1. 17. 2 Ps. Ixix. 2. 3 The Greek original of this Doxology does not contain the words, " As it was in the beginning" (inserted against the Arians), but runs thus : " Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, both now, and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen." 4 Or rather, " Hal lu-YAH," " Praise-ye-the- Eternal," a Hebrew phrase which occurs repeatedly in the Bible. The sound of these words causes the Church such joy that she denies herself their use during her penitential season. But in order not to remit the praise of God, she substitutes for the Hebrew phrase a short rhyming Latin one, of similar meaning. 5 This Psalm is not given in the original from the Vulgate, but from some other Latin translation. 6 Here it is usual to kneel till the *. SUNDAY AT MATTINS. LORD our Maker. * For He is the Lord our God ; and we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Let us worship the Lord, for He is our Maker. To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart; as in "the Provocation," and as in the day of " Temptation " in the wilderness : when your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My works. 1 He is our Maker. Forty years long was I grieved with that generation 2 and said, It is a people that do alway err in their heart, and they have not known My ways : unto whom I sware in My wrath that they should not enter into My rest. Let us worship the Lord, for He is our Maker. 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. He is our Maker. Let us worship the Lord, for He is our Maker. The following Hymn is the?i said, from the Octave of the Epiphany to the First Sunday in Lent, and from the first Sunday of October to Advent. HYMN. 3 the Blessed Three in One Began the earth and skies ; To-day a Conqueror, God the Son, Did from the grave arise ; We too will wake, and, in despite Of sloth and languor, all unite, As Psalmists bid, through the dim night Waiting with wistful eyes. So may He hear, and heed each vow, And prayer to Him addrest ; And grant an instant cleansing now, A future glorious rest. So may He plentifully shower, On all who hymn His love and power, In this most still and sacred hour, His sweetest gifts and best. 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 Of fire now lit within. 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, And life-creating Paraclete, The Everlasting King. Amen. Instead of the foregoing the follow ing Hymn is said from the Octave of Pentecost to the first Sunday of Oc tober. 1 The occasion here referred to is that described in Exodus xvii. 1-7. The children of Israel while travelling through the desert became rebellious from want of water. It was given them from the smitten rock. Then is added : " And he [Moses] called the name of 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 among us, or not ? " 2 Namely, that particular generation which had come out of Egypt. The next clauses relate to that 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 it." 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 verse added. Translation by the late Card. Newman. THE PSALTER. HYMN. 1 T ET us arise and watch by night, And meditate always ; And chant as in our Maker s sight United hymns of praise. So singing with the saints in bliss, With them we may attain Life everlasting after this, And heaven for earthly pain. Grant this, O Father, Only Son, And Spirit, God of grace, To whom all worship shall be done In every time and place. Amen. When the Invitatories, Hymns, 6r*c. t are different from the above they are given in the Office to which they be long. FIRST NOCTURN, OR WATCH OF THE NIGHT. Antiphon for Advent. Behold, there cometh the King. Antiphon for the rest of the year. Serve the LORD. Antiphon for Paschal time. Al leluia. Psalm I. BLESSED is the man that walk- eth not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, * nor sitteth in the seat of the scoffers : But his delight is in the Law of the LORD ; * and in His Law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree 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. Not so are the ungodly, not so : * but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away from the face of the earth. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment : * nor sin ners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous : * but the way of the ungodly shall perish. 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. This Doxology is said at the end of every Psalm unless special directions are given to the contrary. Psalm II. [In Acts iv. 25, 26, the authorship of this Psalm is attributed to David.] WHY do the heathen rage, * and the peoples devise a vain thing? The kings of the earth set them selves, and the rulers take counsel together * against the LORD, and against His Anointed. Let us break their bands asun der : * and cast away their yoke from us. He That sitteth in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn : * and the Lord shall have them in de rision. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath : * and plague them in His sore displeasure. Yet hath He set me for King upon His holy hill of Zion * to de clare His decree. 1 Also ascribed to Pope St. Gregory the Great, although somewhat altered. Translation by the late Card. Newman. SUNDAY AT MATTINS. 5 The LORD hath said unto me : * Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ask of Me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheri tance, * and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, * and shalt dash them in pieces like a potter s vessel. Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings ; * be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 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 denly, * blessed are all they that put their trust in Him. Psalm III. [Intituled "A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son." See the his tory in 2 Kings (Sam.) xv., xvi., xviii.] ORD, how are they increased *-* that trouble me ? * many are they that rise up against me. Many there be that say of my soul : * There is no help for him in his God. 1 But Thou, O LORD, art a shield for me, * my glory, and the Lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the LORD with my voice : * and He heard me out of His holy hill. 2 I laid me down and slept ; * I awaked, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about : * arise, O LORD, save me, O my God. For Thou hast smitten all them that fought against me without a cause 3 : * Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD : * and Thy blessing is upon Thy people. 2 Psalm VI. [Intituled "A Psalm of David." The title also contains directions, probably musi cal, the meaning of which is now uncertain.] LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger : * neither chasten me in Thine hot dis pleasure. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak : * O LORD, heal me, for my bones are shaken. My soul also is sore vexed : * but Thou, O LORD, how long ? Return, 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 grave who shall give Thee thanks ? I am weary with my groaning, every night I wash my bed : * I water my couch with my tears. Mine eye is grown dim because of grief : * I am waxen old because of all mine enemies. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity : * for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. The LORD hath heard my suppli cation : * the LORD hath received my prayer. 1 Here occur in the Hebrew the letters SLH, or "Selah." The meaning of this is un certain. Gesenius thinks "it 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 continued. " 2 SLH, again. 3 But the Hebrew reads, not, "without a cause," but, "on the jaw-bone." THE PSALTER. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed : * let them return and be ashamed suddenly. Antiphon for Advent. Behold, there cometh the King, even the Most High, with great power, to save the nations. Alleluia. Antiphon for the rest of the year. 1 Serve the LORD with fear, and re joice with trembling before Him. In Paschal ti7ne there is only one Antiphon to the whole Noctnrn. Second Antiphon for Advent. Strengthen ye. Second Antiphon for the rest of the year. God is a righteous judge. Psalm VII. [Intituled "An Hymn of David, which he sang unto the LORD concerning the words of Gush 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.] LORD my God, in Thee do I take refuge : * 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 God, if I have done this, * if there be iniquity in mine hands ; If I have requited with evil them that requited me [with good], * may I then flee empty before mine enemies. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it, yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, * and lay mine honour in the dust. 2 1 Ps. ii. ii. Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger : * and lift up Thyself against the borders of mine enemies. And awake for me, O Lord my God, according to the decree that Thou hast made : * so shall the congregation of the people com pass Thee about. For their sakes, therefore, return Thou on high : * the LORD judgeth the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, * and according to mine integrity that is in me. let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, and es tablish the just; * God trieth the hearts and reins. Mine help is righteous, coming from the Lord, * Who 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 struments of death, * He hath 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 mischief shall return upon his own head : * and his iniquity shall come down upon his own pate. 1 will praise the LORD according to His righteousness : * and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. 2 SLH. SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm VIII. [Intituled "A Psalm of David." It has also a title which seems to show that it was a song for the vintage.] OLORD, our Lord, * how ex cellent is Thy Name in all the earth! For Thy glory is exalted * above the heavens. 1 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. When I consider Thine heavens, the work of Thy fingers : * the moon and the stars which Thou hast or dained : What is man, that Thou art mind ful of him ? * or the son of man, that Thou visitest him ? 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 hast put all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea. LORD, our Lord, * how excel lent is Thy Name in all the earth ! Psalm IX. [Intituled "A Psalm of David." It has also a superscription the meaning of which is not now certain. The Targum connects it with the slaying of Goliath.] T WILL praise Thee, O LORD, with mine whole heart : * I will show forth all Thy marvellous works. 1 will be glad and rejoice in Thee : * I will sing praise to Thy Name, O Thou Most High. When mine enemies are turned back, * they shall fall and perish at Thy presence. For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause : * Thou satest in the throne judging right. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and the wicked are perished : * Thou hast put out their name for ever, even for ever and ever. The swords of the enemy have failed utterly : * and their cities Thou hast destroyed. Their memorial is perished with a crash : * and the LORD endureth for ever. He hath prepared His throne for judgment : * and He shall judge the world in righteousness, He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. The LORD also is a refuge for the poor : * a refuge in times of trouble. And let them that know Thy name put their trust in Thee : * for Thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee. Sing praises to the LORD, Who dwelleth in Zion : * declare among the people His doings. For when He maketh inquisition for blood He remembereth them : * He forgetteth not the cry of the afflicted. Have mercy upon me, O LORD : * consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them thaj. hate me. Thou That liftesOne up from the gates of death : * that I may show forth all Thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion ! I will rejoice in Thy salvation : * 1 This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning those who cried Hosannah on Palm Sunday, Matthew xxi. 16. THE PSALTER. the heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, is their own foot taken. The LORD is known when He executeth judgment : * the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. 1 The wicked shall be turned into hell : * all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten : * the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. Arise, O LORD, let not man pre vail : * let the heathen be judged in Thy sight. Put Thou a master over them, O LORD : * let the nations know them selves to be but men. 2 Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD, * why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble ? The wicked in his pride doth per secute the poor : * they are taken in the devices that they have im agined. For the wicked is praised accord ing to his soul s desire : * and the unrighteous is deemed blessed. The wicked provoketh the LORD : * in the greatness of his scornful indignation he doth not care. God is not before his eyes : * his ways are always grievous. Thy judgments are far out of his sight : * he hath dominion over his enemies. He hath said in his heart : * I shall not be moved unto generation and generation, yea, I shall never be in adversity. His mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud : * under his tongue is mischief and sorrow. He sitteth in the lurking-places with the rich : in the secret places * 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 lieth in wait to catch the poor : * to catch the poor when he draweth him [after him]. In his snare doth he bring him down : * yet shall he himself totter and fall down, when he hath mas tered the poor. He hath said in his heart : God hath forgotten : * He turneth away His face so that He shall never see it. Arise, O LORD, O God, lift up Thine hand : * forget not the afflicted. Wherefore doth the wicked pro voke God? * for he hath said in his heart : He will not require it. Thou seest it, for Thou beholdest labour and sorrow : * to deliver 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 wicked and the evil man : * his 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. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, * that man may magnify himself no more upon earth. 1 Here occurs : " Instrumental music SLH." This is a strong argument in favour of Gesenius opinion, see p. 5, note I. 3 SLH. Here, according to the present Hebrew text, ends Ps. ix. SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm X. [Intituled " Of David." There is also a superscription perhaps musical, but now of uncertain meaning.] TN the LORD put I my trust; -* how say ye to my soul, * Flee as a bird to the mountain ? For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrows in the quiver, * that they 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 is in heaven. His eyes behold the poor : * His eyelids try the children of men. The LORD trieth the righteous and the wicked : * but he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul. Upon the wicked He shall rain snares : * fire, and brimstone, and an horrible tempest, this shall be the portion of their cup. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness : * His countenance doth behold uprightness. Antiphon for Advent. 1 Strengthen ye the weak hands : be strong ; say : Behold, our God will come, and save us, Alleluia. Antiphon for the rest of the year. 2 God is a righteous judge, strong, and patient : is He not provoked every day? Third Antiphon for Advent. Re joice, all ye. Third Antiphon for the rest of the year. Thou shalt keep us. Psalm XI. [Intituled "A Psalm of David," with some other words, of meaning now uncertain, as before.] 1 Isa. xxxv. 3, 4. VOL. III. TTELP, LORD, for the godly -*- J- man ceaseth : * for the truth faileth from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour : * with flattering lips, with a double heart, do they speak. The LORD shall cut off all flat tering lips, * 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 ? For the oppression of the poor, and the sighing of the needy, * now will I arise, saith the LORD. I will set him in safety : * I will deal faithfully with him. The words of the LORD are pure words : * silver tried in a furnace, purged of dross, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep us, O LORD, and preserve us * from this generation for ever. The wicked walk on every side : * the increase of men is according to Thy secret counsel. Psalm XII. [This Psalm has the same title as the last.] TTOW long wilt Thou forget ** me, O LORD? for ever? * How long hidest Thou Thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, * 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 sleep of death : * lest mine enemy say : I have prevailed against him. 2 Ps. vii. 12. A 2 10 THE PSALTER. Those that trouble me will re joice if I am moved : * but I have trusted in Thy mercy. Mine heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation ; I will sing unto the LORD because He hath dealt bountifully with me : * and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. Psalm XIII. [Same title as Psalm x.] THE fool hath said in his heart : * There is no God. They are corrupt, and have be come abominable in their works : * 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. They are all gone aside, they are altogether become unprofitable : i 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 bitterness : * their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace they have not known : * there is no fear of God before their eyes. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, * who eat up my people as they would eat bread ? They call not upon the LORD : * there were they in great fear, where no fear was ; For the Lord is in the generation of the righteous : ye have shamed the counsel of the poor : * because the LORD is his hope. O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion ! * when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad. Psalm XIV. [Intituled "A Psalm of David."] LORD, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle ? * who shall dwell in Thine holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, * and worketh righteousness. He that speaketh the truth in his heart, * he that deceiveth not with his tongue. He that hath not done evil to his neighbour, * nor taken up a reproach against his neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is despised : * but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth him not, * he that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the in nocent. He that doeth these things, * shall never be moved. Antiphon for Advent. 2 Rejoice, all ye, and be glad : for, behold, the Lord will come with vengeance, He will bring a recompense : He will come and save us. Antiphon for the rest of the year. 3 Thou shalt keep us, O LORD, and preserve us. 1 The next three verses are not in the Hebrew, although found in the Vulgate and the LXX., which are supported by Rom. iii. 13-18. 2 Isa. xxxv. 4. 3 Ps. xi. 8. SUNDAY AT MATTINS. II Antiphon for Paschal time. Al leluia. * The stone was rolled away, Alleluia, from the door of the sepul chre. Alleluia, alleluia. Then is said a Verse and Answer. In Advent. Verse. 2 Out of Zion, the Per fection of beauty. Answer. Our God shall come manifestly. During the rest of the year. Verse. 3 I have remembered Thy name, O LORD, in the night. Answer. And have kept Thy law. /;/ Lent. Verse. 4 He hath delivered me from the snare of the fowler. Answer. And from the noisome pestilence. hi Passion time. Verse. 5 O God, deliver my soul from the sword. Answer. And my darling from the power of the dog. In Paschal time. Verse. The Lord is risen from the grave, Alleluia. Answer. Who hung for us upon the tree, Alleluia. Then is said the Lords Prayer. Father (inaudibly\ 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 forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. (Aloud.) Verse. And lead us not into temptation. Answer. But deliver us from evil. The?i this Absolution. /^RACIOUSLY hear, O Lord ^^ Jesus Christ, the prayers of Thy servants, and have mercy upon us : Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Ansiver. Amen. Then the reader says : 6 Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. First Blessing. May the Eternal Father bless us With an everlasting blessing. Answer. Amen. Then is read the First 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 First Responsory, after -ivhich the reader says : Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. Second Blessing. May the Son the Sole-begotten In His mercy bless and help us. Answer. Amen. 3 Ps. cxviii. 55. 1 Mark xvi. 3. 2 Ps. xlix. 2. * Ps. xc. 3. 5 Ps. xxi. 20. 6 Some persons bound to say the Office, when reciting alone, are accustomed to substi tute for this the words, " Command Thy blessing, O Lord ! " 12 THE PSALTER. Then is read the Second 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 Second Responsory, after which the reader says : Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. Third Blessing, May the grace of God the Spirit All our heart and mind enlighten. Answer. Amen. Then is read the Third 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 Third Responsory. SECOND NOCTURN, OR WATCH OF THE NIGHT. Antiphon for Advent. Rejoice greatly. Antiphon for the rest of the year. Thou hast no need. Antiphon for Paschal time. Al leluia. Psalm XV. [Intituled a work "of David," but the specifically descriptive word is not now of certain meaning.] PRESERVE me, O Lord, for in Thee do I put my trust : * I have said unto the LORD : Thou art my God, for Thou hast no need of my goods. To the Saints that are in His land, * He hath made all my will admirable. Their sorrows are multiplied, * that hasten after [a strange god]. 1 Zech. ix. 9. In their assemblies for blood- shedding will I have no part : * nor mention their names with my lips. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup : Thou art He That shalt restore mine inheritance unto me. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places : * yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the LORD, Who hath given me counsel : * my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. I have set the LORD always be fore my face : * because He is at my right hand, I shall never be moved. Therefore mine heart is glad, and my tongue rejoiceth : * my flesh also shall rest in hope, For Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell : * neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast shown me the path of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy in Thy presence : * at Thy right hand there are pleasures for ever more. Antiphon for Advent. l Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Jerusalem : behold, thy King cometh into thee, O Zion ; fear not, for thy salvation cometh quickly. Antiphon for the rest of the year. 2 Thou hast no need of my goods, in Thee do I put my trust, preserve me, O Lord. In Paschal time there is only one Antiphon to the whole Nocturn. Second Antiphon for Advent. Christ our King. Second Antiphon for the rest of the year. By the words. - Ps. xv. i, 2. SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm XVI. [Intituled "A Prayer of David."] HEAR my right, O LORD, * attend unto my cry. Give ear unto my prayer, * that goeth not out of feigned lips. Let my sentence come forth from Thy presence : * let Thine eyes be hold the things that are equal. Thou hast proved mine heart, and visited it by night : Thou hast tried me with fire, and found no wickedness in me. That my mouth may not speak concerning the works of men : * by the words of Thy lips I have kept me to strait paths. Hold up my goings 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 marvellous loving- kindness, * O Thou That savest them which put their trust in Thee ! From those that rise up against Thy right hand keep me, * as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings, * from the face of the wicked that oppress me. Mine enemies compass my soul round about, they are inclosed in their own fat : * with their mouth they speak proudly. They that drave me out have now compassed me : * they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth. They have lain in wait for me, as a lion that is ready for his prey : * and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 1 John i. 36. Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, and cast him down : * deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword from them that hate Thine hand. O LORD, part them in their life from the precious things of the earth : * their belly is filled with Thine hidden treasure. They have children to the full : * and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness : * I shall be satis fied when Thy glory shall appear. Antiphon for Advent. Christ our King cometh, l Whom John preached, saying ; Behold the Lamb That should come ! Antiphon for the rest of the year. 2 By the words of Thy lips I have kept me to strait paths. Third Antiphon for Advent. Be hold, I come. Third Antiphon for the rest of the year. I will love Thee. When this Antiphon is tised the Psalm begins with the words, "O LORD, my strength." 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 the hand of Saul : and he said : " It is found also, with a few slight differences, in 2 Kings (Sam.) xxii.] I WILL love Thee, O LORD, my strength : * the LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my Deliverer. My God, mine Helper, * in Whom I trust. 2 Ps. xvi. 4, THE PSALTER. My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, * and my refuge. I called upon the LORD with praises, * and am saved from mine enemies. The sorrows of death compassed me : * and the floods of wicked ness made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about : * the snares of death came upon me. In my distress I called upon the LORD, * and cried unto my God. And He heard my voice out of His holy temple : * and my cry came before Him, even into His ears. The earth shook and trembled : * the foundations of the hills moved and quaked, because He was wroth. There went up a smoke in His wrath, and fire burst forth before His presence : * coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down : * and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon the Cherubim l and did fly : * yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind. And He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion round about Him : * dark waters, thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness that was be fore Him, the thick clouds passed, * hailstones and coals of fire. The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest uttered His voice : * hailstones and coals of fire. Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them : * He shot out many lightnings and discomfited them. And the fountains of waters were seen, * and the foundations of the world were discovered. At Thy rebuke, O LORD, * at the blast of the breath of Thy wrath ! He sent from above, and took me; * and drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from the strong est of mine enemies, and from them which hated me : * for they were too strong for me. They came upon me in the day of my calamity, * but the LORD was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place : * He delivered me be cause He delighted in me. And the LORD shall reward me according to my righteousness, * and according to the cleanness of mine hands shall He recompense me. For I have kept the ways of the LORD, * and have not wickedly de parted from my GOD. 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 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 holy, * and with the innocent Thou shalt be innocent. And with the pure Thou shalt be 1 Of these creatures, frequently mentioned in connection with the Divine manifestation, an elaborate account will be found in Ezekiel i. (First Sunday of November), and more shortly in Apoc. iv. (Tuesday in Third Week after Easter). SUNDAY AT MATTINS. pure, * and with the contentious Thou shalt be contentious. For Thou wilt save the afflicted people, * and bring down high looks. For Thou lightest my lamp, O LORD : * my God, enlighten my darkness ! For by Thee shall I be delivered from temptation, * and by my God shall I leap over a wall. As for my God, His way is per fect ; the word of the LORD is tried in the fire : * He is a buckler to all those that trust in Him. For who is God save the LORD ? * or who is God save our God? It is God that girdeth me with strength, * and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds feet, * and setteth me upon mine high places. He teacheth my hands to war, * and maketh mine arms like a bow of brass. Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation : * and Thy right hand hath holden me up. Thy correction also hath made me great : * and Thy chastening it is that shall teach me. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, * and my feet have not slipped. I will pursue mine enemies and overtake them : * neither will I turn again till they be consumed. I will wound them that they shall not be able to rise : * they shall fall under my feet. Thou hast girded me also with strength unto the .battle, * and hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. And hast made mine enemies to turn their back toward me, * and hast destroyed them that hate me. They cried, but there was none to save them, even unto the LORD, * but He answered them not. And I will beat them small, as the dust before the wind : * I will cast them out as the dirt in the streets. Thou shalt deliver me from the gainsayings of the people : * Thou shalt make me the head of the heathen. A people whom I knew not have served me : * as soon as they heard of me they obeyed me. The strangers feigned obedience unto me : * the strangers were wearied out, and stumbled in their paths. The LORD liveth, and blessed be my God : * and let the God of my salvation be exalted ! 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 wicked man. Therefore will I give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the heathen, * and sing praises unto Thy name. Great deliverance giveth He to His king, and showeth mercy to His Anointed, to David, * and to his seed for evermore. Antiphon for Advent. l Behold, I come quickly, saith the Lord, and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Apoc. xxii. 12. 16 THE PSALTER. Antiphon for the rest of the year. 1 I will love Thee, O LORD, my strength. Antiphon for Paschal time. Al leluia. 2 Woman, whom seekest thou ? Alleluia. The Living among the dead ? Alleluia. Alleluia. Then is said a Verse and Answer. In Advent. Verse. 3 Send forth the Lamb, O Lord, the ruler of the land. Ansiver. From the "Rock" of the wilderness unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. During the rest of the year. Verse. 4 For Thou lightest my candle, O LORD. Ansiver. My God, enlighten my darkness. In Lent. Verse. 5 He shall cover thee with His wings. Answer. And under His feathers shalt thou trust. In Passion time. Verse. 6 O Lord, save me from the lion s mouth. Answer. And mine affliction from the horns of the unicorns. In Paschal time. Verse. 7 The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia. Answer. And hath appeared unto Simon, Alleluia. Then is said the Lord s Prayer. Father (inaudibly), Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. O Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. (Aloud.) Verse. And lead us not into temptation. Answer. But deliver us from evil. Then this Absolution. 1X/TAY His loving-kindness and ^*^ His mercy help us, Who liveth and reigneth with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Answer. Amen. Then the reader says : Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. Fourth Blessing. God the Father the Almighty, Show on us His grace and mercy. Answer. Amen. Then is read the Fourth 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 Fourth Responsory, after which the reader says : Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. Fifth Blessing. May Christ to all His people give, For ever in His sight to live. Answer. Amen. 1 Ps. xvii. 2. 3 Isa. xvi. i. 4 Ps. xvii. 29. The 2 John xx. 15. Rock " is the town of Petra in the wilderness. 5 Ps. xc. 3. 6 Ps. xxi. 22. 7 Luke xxiv. 34. SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Then is read the Fifth 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 Fifth Responsory, after which the reader says : Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. Sixth Blessing. May the Spirit s fire Divine In our inmost being shine. Answer. Amen. Then is read the Sixth 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 Sixth Responsory. THIRD NOCTURN, OR WATCH OF THE NIGHT. Antiphon for Advent. The Angel Gabriel. Antiphon for the rest of the year. There is no speech. Antiphon for Paschal time. Al leluia. Psalm XVIII. [Intituled " A Psalm of David," with the same farther obscure superscription, as in Pss. xii. and xiii.] heavens declare the glory of God, * and the firmament showeth His handy-work. Day unto day uttereth speech, * and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor lan guage, * where their voice is not heard. Their sound is gone out through all the earth : * and their words to the ends of the world. He hath set His tabernacle in the sun : * * which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber. He rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race : * his going forth is from the end of the heaven. And his circuit unto the ends of it : * and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul : * the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart : * the commandment of the LORD is clear, giving light unto the eyes. The fear of the LORD is holy, enduring for ever and ever : * the judgments of the LORD are true, righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold and store of precious stones, * sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Verily, Thy servant keepeth them : 1 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 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, wfio suggests that the " tabernacle " may signify the region below the horizon, into which the sun retires nightly, as into a tent, to sleep, and from which he issues in renewed glory every morning. Targum : In them hath He set splendour as a tabernacle for the sun." 18 THE PSALTER. * in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse Thou me from secret faults : * preserve Thy servant also from the sins of others. If they get not dominion over me, then shall I be undefiled : * and 1 shall be cleansed from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of mine heart, * be acceptable in Thy sight for ever, O LORD mine Helper, * and my Redeemer ! Antiphon for Advent. 1 The An gel Gabriel spake unto Mary, saying : Hail, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women. Antiphon for the rest of the year. 2 There is no speech nor lan guage where their voice is not heard. /;/ Paschal time only one Antiphon is said to the whole Nocturn. Second Antiphon for Advent. Mary said. Second Antiphon for the rest of the year. The LORD. When this Antiphon is used the Psalm begins with the words " Hear thee." Psalm XIX. [This Psalm has the same title as the last.] THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble : * the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee. Send thee help from the sanc tuary, * and strengthen thee out of Zion. Remember all thine offerings, * and accept thy burnt sacrifice. 3 Grant thee according to thine own heart, * and fulfil all thy counsel. We will rejoice in Thy salvation : * and in the name of our God will we exult. The LORD fulfil all thy petitions : * now know I that the LORD saveth His Anointed. He will hear him from His holy heaven, * strong is the salvation of His right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses : * but we will call upon the name of the LORD our God. They are brought down and fal len : * but we are risen, and stand upright. O LORD, save the king : * and hear us in the day when we call upon Thee. Antiphon for Advent. 4 Mary said : What manner of salutation is this? My soul is troubled. Shall I bear the King? And will He not break the seal of my vir ginity ? Antiphon for the rest of the year. 5 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble. Third Antiphon for Advent. The King. Third Antiphon for the rest of the year. The king. When this Antiphon is used the Psalm begins with the words " Shall joy." 1 Luke i. 28. 4 Luke i. 29. 2 Ps. xviii. 4. 5 Ps. xix. 2. SLH. SUNDAY AT MATTINS. Psalm XX. [This Psalm also bears the same title as the xviiith.] king shall joy in Thy strength, O LORD : * and in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice ! Thou hast given him his heart s desire, * and hast not withholden the request of his lips. 1 For Thou hast met him with the blessings of sweetness : * Thou hast set a crown of precious stones upon his head. He asked life of Thee : * and Thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in Thy salva tion : * honour and great majesty shalt Thou lay upon him. For Thou wilt give him to be a blessing for ever : * Thou shalt make him exceeding 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 shall find out all thine enemies : * thy right hand shall find out all those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger : * the 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 thee : * they imagined a device, which they were not able to perform. Therefore shalt thou cast them behind thee : * thou shalt leave their faces lying in thy track. Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in Thine own strength : * we will sing and praise Thy power. Antiphon for Advent. The King, even the Most High, cometh ; there fore let the hearts of men be purified to go forth to meet Him, for, behold, 2 He will come and will not tarry. Antiphon for the rest of the year. 3 The king shall joy in Thy strength, O LORD. Antiphon for Paschal time. Alle luia, Weep not, Mary, Alleluia : the Lord is risen, Alleluia, Alleluia. Then is said a Verse and Answer. In Advent. Verse. 4 The Lord cometh out of His holy place. Answer. He will come and save His people. During the rest of the year. Verse. 5 Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in Thine own strength. Answer. We will sing and praise Thy power. In Lent. Verse. 6 His truth shall be thy shield. Answer. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night. In Passion time. Verse. 7 Take not away my soul with sinners, O God ! Answer. Nor my life with bloody men. 1 SLH. 2 Heb. x. 37. 4 Isa. xxxv. 4 ; Micah i. 3. 5 Ps. xx. 14. 3 Ps, xx, 2. 6 Ps. xc. 5. 7 Ps. xxv. 9. 20 THE PSALTER. In Paschal time. Verse. 1 The disciples were glad, Alleluia. Answer. When they saw the Lord, Alleluia. Then is said the Lord s Prayer. OUR Father (inaudibly\ 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 forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. (Aloud.) Verse. And lead us not into temptation. Answer. But deliver us from evil. Then the Absolution. MAY the Almighty and merci ful Lord loose us from the bonds of our sins. Answer. Amen. Then the reader says : Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. Seventh Blessing. May the Gospel s saving Lord Bless the reading of His word. Answer. Amen. 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, after which the reader says : Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. Eighth Blessing. God s most mighty strength al- way Be His people s staff and stay. Answer. Amen. Then is read the Eighth 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 Eighth Responsory , after which the reader says : Sir, be pleased to give the bless ing. Ninth Blessing. May He That is the Angels King To that high realm His people bring. Answer. Amen. Or, if another Gospel and Homily are to be read: May the Gospel s glorious word Cleansing to our souls afford. Then is read the Ninth Lesson, and at the end the reader says : But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Thanks be to God. Then is said a Ninth Responsory, unless this Hymn, "We praise Thee, O God," be substituted for it. The Hymn "We praise Thee, O God," is said in this place on every Sunday and Feast-day in the year (except the Feast of the Holy hinocents if it fall on a 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 only on Feast-days. From Easter to Pentecost it is said on every day what soever, except only Rogation Monday. ijohn SUNDAY AT MATTINS. 21 praise Thee, O God: we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting. To Thee all Angels cry aloud, the heavens, and all the Powers therein. To Thee Cherubim- and Sera phim 3 continually do cry : Holy, Holy, Holy LORD God of Sabaoth. 4 Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee : The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee : The white-robed army of Mar tyrs praise Thee : The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee : The Father of an infinite Ma jesty : Thine honourable, true and only Son: Also the Holy Ghost, the Com forter. Thou art the King of glory, O Christ ! Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man, Thou didst not abhor the Virgin s womb : When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers : Thou sittesi at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father : We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge : 5 We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants, whom Thou hast re deemed with Thy precious Blood. Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints in glory everlasting. 6 7 O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance. Govern them, and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify Thee ; And we worship Thy name, ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day, to keep us without sin. 8 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us. 9 O LORD, let Thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in Thee. 10 O LORD, in Thee have I trust ed : let me never be confounded. If Lauds be not immediately to follow, Mattins end thus : Verse. Hear my prayer, O LORD. Answer. And let my cry come unto Thee. Let us pray. Then the Prayer for the day ; then Verse. Hear my prayer, O LORD. Answer. And let my cry come unto Thee. Verse. Bless we the Lord. Answer. Thanks be to God. Verse. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Answer. Amen. Then the Lord s Prayer. 1 The authorship of this Hymn, which is prescribed in the Rule of St. Benedict (born A.D. 480, died 543), is uncertain. - See Ezek. i. 3 See Isaiah vi. 2. 4 Hebrew feminine Plural, meaning "hosts," "armies." 5 During this verse it is usual to kneel. 6 Here ends the original Hymn. 7 Ps. xxvii. 9. 8 Ps. cxxii. 3. 9 Ps. xxxii. 22. 10 Ps. xxx. 2. 22 LAUDS, OR THE MORNING PRAISES OF GOD. 1 Suntiag. THE LORD S DAY. Verse. >J Make haste, O God, to deliver me. Ansiver. 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 out end. Amen, Alleluia. From Septuagesima Sunday to Maundy Thursday instead of "Alle luia," is said: Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, O Eternal King of Heaven. Then follow at once the Psalms and Antiphons. From the First Sunday in Advent till the Sunday after the Octave of the Epiphany and from 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 A?itiphons are said, which are given here. Antiphon. Alleluia. Psalm XCII. [The Hebrew and the Targum give no superscription ; but 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., A 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 day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."] THE LORD reigneth, He is clothed with majesty : * the LORD is clothed with strength, where with He hath girded Himself. He hath established the world also, * that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is established of old : * Thou art from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O LORD, * the floods have lifted up their_ voice The floods lift up their waves. * But Mightier than the noise of many waters Than the mighty breakers of the sea * is the LORD on high ! 1 The proper hour for Lauds is the dawn of day. This is reckoned to be about 3 A.M., at which time this Office is said in many Convents. For this purpose it is, in choirs, invari ably (except where it forms part of the same service with the Midnight Mass at Christmas) said immediately after and as one service with Mattins. Hence it follows ist, that it is said late in the afternoon, when Mattins are said at that time, and 2ndly, that the Lord s Prayer and Angelic Salutation are not said at the beginning. This service is constructed on the same general principle as Vespers, and answers to that Office as Prime does to Compline. SUNDAY AT LAUDS. Thy testimonies are very sure : * holiness becometh Thine house, O LORD, for ever ! When there are Five Antiphons the First is repeated, and the Second begun or said through the first time here. Psalm XCIX. [Intituled in the Vulgate and the LXX., " A Psalm of Thanksgiving. "] IV /TAKE a joyful noise unto God, -*-*-*- all ye lands : * serve the LORD with gladness. Come before His presence, * with singing. Know ye that the LORD, He is God : * it is He That hath made us, and not l we ourselves : We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. * Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise : give thanks unto Him,^ Praise His Name. For the LORD is good, His mercy is everlasting : * and His truth endureth to all generations. When there are Five Antiphons the Second is repeated, and the Third begun or said through the first time here. Psalm LXII. [Intituled "A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah." This was 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 wildernesses 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.] GOD, Thou art my God, * early will I seek Thee : My soul thirsteth for Thee, * my flesh longeth for Thee, In a dry and desert land, with out water. * So have I appeared before Thee in the Sanctuary, to see Thy power and Thy glory. Because Thy loving-kindness is better than life, * my lips shall praise Thee. Thus will I bless Thee while I live : * and will lift up mine hands in Thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; * and my mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips. When I remember Thee upon my bed, I meditate upon Thee in the night watches : * because Thou hast been mine help : And in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard after Thee : * Thy right hand upholdeth me. But those that seek my soul to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth : * they shall fall by the sword, they shall be a portion for foxes. But the King shall rejoice in God : every one that sweareth by him shall glory : * for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the Father, &c.," is not said. Psalm LXVI. [Besides a musical superscription, the Hebrew and the Targum give no title ex cept " A Psalm, a Psalm. " But the Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe the authorship to David.] be merciful unto us, and bless us : * cause His face 1 The Hebrew tradition attributes the negative to an eccentric spelling, and translates "and His we are. THE PSALTER. to shine upon us, and be merciful unto us. 1 That Thy way may be known upon earth : * Thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise Thee, O God : * let all the people praise Thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy : * for Thou judgest the people righteously, and govern- est the nations upon earth. 2 Let the people praise Thee, O God, let all the people praise Thee. * The earth hath yielded her in crease ; Let God, even our own God, bless us ; let God bless us : * and let all the ends of the earth fear Him. When there are Five Antiphons, the Third is repeated, and the Fourth begun or said through the first time here. Ordinary Antiphon throughout the year. Alleluia, Alleluia. Second Ordinary Antiphon. The king commanded. Antiphon for Paschal time. Al leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia; Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia; Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Second Antiphon for Paschal time. He That delivered. THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN. (Daniel iii. 57.) [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 this strange position Azariah offered a long prayer. " And the king s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with I esin, 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 hurt nor troubled them. Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying " the Hymn, of which that in the text is a cento. The first five verses are omitted.] OALL ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : * praise Him, and exalt Him above all for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : * O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord. O all ye waters that be above the 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. O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord : * O 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 ye ice and snow, bless ye the Lord : * O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord. O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord : * O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord. O let the earth bless the Lord : * let her praise and exalt Him above all for ever ! 1 SLH. The repetition of the words "be merciful unto us" is peculiar to the Latin. 2 SLH. SUNDAY AT LAUDS. O ye mountains and hills, bless ye the Lord : * O all 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 the Lord : * O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord. O let Israel bless the Lord : * let him praise and exalt Him above all for ever ! O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : * O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord. O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord : * O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord. Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord : * praise and exalt Him above all for ever. 1 Bless we the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost : * let us praise and exalt Him above all for ever. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven : * and to be praised, and glorified, and exalted above all for ever. Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the Father, &c.," is not said, nor "Amen" answered. But the other Canticles are treated like ordinary Psalms. When there are Five Antiphons, the Fourth is repeated, and the Fifth begun or said through the first time here. Ordinary Antiphon throughout the year. The king commanded, and the Three Children were cast into the furnace, fearing not the flame of the fire, but saying : Blessed be God! Antiphon for Paschal time. He That delivered the Three Children from the burning fiery furnace, even Christ, is risen from the grave. Alleluia. Third Antiphon. Alleluia. Psalm CXLVIII. [To this Psalm is prefixed "Alleluia." The LXX. connect it with the Prophets Haggai and Zechariah. See Thursday and Friday in the fifth week of November.] JDRAISE ye the LORD from the heavens : * praise Him in the heights. Praise ye 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 Name of the LORD ! For He spake, and they were made 2 : * 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 : Mountains, and all hills, * fruitful trees, and all cedars : Beasts, and all cattle, * creeping things, and flying fowl : Kings of the earth, and all people ; 1 This verse is, of course, a later addition ; more than two verses are omitted, and the last given is one of those omitted at the beginning. 2 Taken from Ps. xxxii. 9. 26 THE PSALTER. * princes, and all judges of the earth : Young men, and maidens, old men, and children : let them praise the Name of the LORD * for His Name alone is exalted ! His glory is above heaven and earth. * 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. [Here "Alleluia."] Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the Father, &c.," is not said. Psalm CXLIX. [Here "Alleluia."] SING unto the LORD a new song : * His praise in the congregation of Saints. Let Israel rejoice in Him That made him : * and let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His Name in the dance : * let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people : * He also will exalt the 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 their mouth : * and a two-edged sword in their hands ; To execute vengeance upon the heathen, * and punishments upon the people ; To bind their kings with chains, * and their nobles with fetters of iron ; To execute upon them the judg ment written : * this honour have all His Saints. [Here "Alleluia."] Here the Doxology, " Glory be to the Father, &c.," is not said. Psalm CL. [Here "Alleluia."] PRAISE the Lord in His sanc tuary ! * praise Him in the firmament of His power ! Praise Him in His mighty acts ! * praise Him according to His ex cellent greatness ! Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet ! * praise Him with the psaltery and harp ! Praise Him with the timbrel and dance ! * praise Him with stringed instruments and organs ! Praise Him upon the loud cym bals, praise Him upon the high- sounding cymbals ! * Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD ! [Here "Alleluia."] Antiphon. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alle luia. (The last of Five Antiphons is, of course, repeated here.} Then follows the Chapter. From the First Sunday in Advent to the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, and from Septuagesima Sunday to the Third Sunday after Pentecost, as also on all Feasts, a special Chapter is given. On the remaining Sundays the Chapter is that given here. CHAPTER. (Apoc. vii. 12.) 13LESSING, and glory, and wis- *-* dom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might be SUNDAY AT LAUDS. unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. Answer. Thanks be to God. This answer is always made after the Chapter. Then follows the Hymn. From the First Sunday in Advent till the Octave of the Epiphany and from the First Sunday in Lent till the Octave of Pen tecost, 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. HYMN. 1 "PRAMER of the earth and sky, - 1 Ruler of the day and night, With a glad variety, Tempering all, and making light ; Gleams upon our dark path 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. Shrill it sounds, the storm relenting Soothes the weary seamen s ears ; Once it wrought a great repenting, In that flood of Peter s tears. Rouse we ; let the blithesome cry Of that bird our hearts awaken ; Chide the slumberers as they lie, And arrest the sin-o ertaken. Hope and health are in his strain, To the fearful and the ailing ; 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 Into penitential grace : Beam on our bewildered mind, Till its dreamy shadows flee ; Stones cry out where Thou hast shined, JESU ! musical with Thee. To the Father and the Son, And the Spirit, Who in heaven Ever witness, Three and One, Praise on earth be ever given. Amen. The following Hymn is said from the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost till the first Sunday of October. HYMN. 2 "DALER have grown the shades of - 1 night, And nearer draws the day, Checkering the sky with streaks of light, Since we began to pray : To pray for mercy when we sin, For cleansing and release, For ghostly safety, and within For everlasting peace. 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. In Advent and from Septuagesima Sunday till the end of Paschal time, as also on all Feasts, a special Verse and Answer are given. Verse. 3 The LORD reigneth, He is clothed with majesty. Answer. The LORD is clothed with strength, and hath girded Him self with power. Then is said the following Song from the Gospel. It has an Antiphon, which is always special, and which is either 1 By St. Ambrose, or at least of the Ambrosian school, except the last verse. Translation by the late Card. Newman. 2 By Pope St. Gregory the Great, but a good deal altered. Translation by the late Card. Newman. 3 p s xc jj j 28 THE PSALTER. begun or said through the first time be fore it, according as the Office is Double or not. THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS. [On the occasion of the circumcision of St. John the Baptist. Luke i. 68-79.] BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel, * for He hath visited and redeemed His people. And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us, * in the house of His servant David : 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 to our fathers, * 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 serve Him without fear, In holiness and righteousness be fore Him * all the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest : * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways : To give knowledge of salvation unto His people, * by the remission of their sins ; Through the tender mercy of our God, * whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, * to guide our feet into the way of peace. The Doxology, "Glory be to the Father, &c.," is said, Antiphon repeated. and then the Then is said : Verse. Hear my prayer, O LORD. Answer. And let my cry come unto Thee. Let us pray. Then follows the Prayer for the day at the end of which is answered: Answer. Amen. Afterwards are made any Commem orations necessary, by the Antiphon for the Song of Zacharias, the Verse and Answer after the Hymn, and the Prayer (preceded by "Let us pray") from the superseded Office which is to be commemorated. After which the following 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 (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 be said upon a week-day, kept as suck, out of Paschal time, they are preceded by the Commemoration 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. O Holy Mary, be 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 inter cession for all women vowed to God ; may all that keep thine holy SUNDAY AT LAUDS. remembrance, feel the might of thine assistance. Verse. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. Answer, That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray. GRANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, unto all Thy servants, that they may continually enjoy soundness both of mind and of body, and by the glorious inter cession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of Thine eternal gladness. From the Octave of the Epiphany to Candlemas, the Antiphon is the same, but the rest is as follows : Verse. After thy delivery thou still remainest a Virgin undenled. Answer. Mother of God, pray for us. Let us pray. OGOD, Who, by the fruitful virginity of the Blessed Mary, hast given unto mankind the rewards of everlasting life ; grant, we beseech Thee, that we may con tinually feel the might of her inter cession, through whom we have worthily received the Author of our life, our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son. II. Commemoration of St. Joseph^ Patron of the Universal Church. (Omitted in his Votive Office^ Antiphon. l JESUS Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph. Verse. 2 The mouth of the right eous speaketh wisdom. Answer. And his tongue talketh judgment. Let us pray. OGOD, Who, in Thine un speakable foreknowledge, didst choose Thy blessed servant Joseph to be the husband of Thine Own most holy Mother; mercifully 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. III. Commemoration of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul. (Omitted in the Votive Office of the Apostles.} Antiphon. 3 These are glorious princes over all the earth, they loved one another in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. Verse. 4 Their sound is gone out through all the earth. Answer. And their words to the ends of the world. Let us pray. OGOD, Whose Right Hand caught the Blessed Pe