The Offertory. Ps. 118.

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of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. I shall not die, but live: and declare the works of the Lord.

The Secret.

7E beseech Thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God, that He make this our sacrifice accepted of Thee, who showed His disciples how to do this which we do, in remembrance of Him, Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord, who liveth, &c.

Preface of the Cross.

T is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God. Because thou hast established the salvation of mankind upon the wood of the Cross; that, whence death arose, thence also life might rise again: and that he who by a tree had conquered, by this Tree might likewise be overcome; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore with Angels and Archangels, &c.

In Cathedral Churches, where the Blessing of the Oils takes place, the Oil of the Sick is blessed just before the Our Father, and the Chrism and the Oil of Catechumens after the general Communion.

The Agnus Dei is said, but the Pax is not given. On this day two Hosts are consecrated, one of which is consumed by the Celebrant, and the other reserved for the Mass of Good Friday in which no consecration takes place. The reserved Host is placed in a Chalice, and after Mass, is carried processionally to the chapel, or other place, in which it is to be kept until the morrow.

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The Communion. St. John 13.

HE Lord Jesus, after he had supped with His disciples, washed their feet, and said to them, Know ye what I, your Lord and Master, have done to you? I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

The Post-Communion. TOURISHED and refreshed by this life-giving food, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that what we strive after in this the time of our immortal life, we may attain by thy gift of life. Through Christ, &c.

The Ite Missa est is said, and is followed by St. John's Gospel.

After Mass, the Chalice containing the reserved Host is carried in procession to the place prepared for its reception, and during the Procession the following Hymn is sung:

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Pange lingua.

[OW, my tongue, the mystery telling

Of the glorious Body, sing,

And the Blood, all price excelling,

Which the Gentiles' Lord and King, In a Virgin's womb once dwelling, Shed for this world's ransoming! Given for us, and condescending To be born for us below,

He with men in converse blending, Dwelt, the seed of truth to sow, Till He closed with wondrous ending His most patient life of woe.

That last night, at supper lying, 'Mid the Twelve, His chosen band, Jesus, with the law complying,

Keeps the Feast its rites demand; Then, more precious food supplying Gives Himself with His own hand.

Word-made-Flesh, true bread He maketh

By His word His Flesh to be;
Wine His Blood; which whoso taketh
Must from carnal thoughts be free:
Faith alone, though sight forsaketh,
Shows true hearts the mystery.

Therefore we, before Him bending,
This great Sacrament revere;
Types and shadows have their ending,
For the newer rite is here;
Faith, our outward sense befriending,
Makes our inward vision clear.

Glory let us give and blessing

To the Father and the Son, Honor, might, and praise addressing, While eternal ages run ;

Ever too His love confessing,
Who from Both, with Both is One.
Amen.

On arrival at the place prepared, the Chalice containing the Blessed Sacrament is censed, and placed in the tabernacle. The Procession then returns, and Vespers is said in Choir

VESPERS

On this and the following day, after the Our Father and Hail Mary have been said silently, Vespers begins immediately with the first Antiphon, said without inflection.

Antiphon. I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord.

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Psalm 116. 10. Credidi, propter quod locutus

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BELIEVED, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled : * I said in my haste, All men are liars. What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me?

I will receive the cup of salvation, * and call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people. * Right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, * and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the sight of all his people, * in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

Antiphon. I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.

Antiphon. My soul hath long dwelt among them: that are enemies unto peace. I labor for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof: they make them ready to battle.

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Psalm 120. Ad Dominum.

WHEN I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord; * and he heard

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue ?* even mighty and sharp arrows with hot burning coals.

Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech,* and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!

My soul hath long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace.

I labor for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.