Watch by the sick, enrich the poor Come near and bless us when we wake, We lose ourselves in Heaven above. Praise to the FATHER, and the SON, "Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep." 138. AND now the day is past and gone, Holy GOD, we bow to Thee; For all the ills this day hath done Ravening he prowls Thy fold around, Now to the FATHER and the SON On the Holy Eucharist. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." 139. SING we that blest Body broken, Scattering precious seed from Heaven, He had finished its commands; And to them at supper lying Gave Himself with His own hands, Thenceforth unto all the lands. GOD the Word by one word maketh Draw we nigh with heads bowed low, Yield to higher blessings now; HOLY SPIRIT, Thee addressing, One with them, as LORD alone; The Conversion of S. Paul. "The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, and the wild beast of the field devour it. Turn Thee again, Thou GoD of Hosts, look down from heaven, behold, and visit this Vine." 140. 'GAINST what foemen art thou rushing, Saul, what madness drives thee on? Innocents in fury crushing, Children of the sinless One: O, how shortly Shall He make His vengeance known! See him rising Friend to CHRIST, no longer foe. Now into a lamb is turned. CHRIST, Thy power is man's salvation, Makes that sacred cause his own. Praise the FATHER, GOD of Heaven, Praise the SPIRIT, Who prepares us for the sky. "Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST liveth in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of GOD, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me." 141. WHY, SAVIOUR, dost Thou come Descending from the sky? Canst Thou have left Thy heavenly home Or see we drawing near The dreadful day of doom, On milder vengeance bent, Thou camest from above, A shepherd of the flock to rise,- From all the Heavenly host, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, COMMONLY CALLED The Purification of S. Mary the Virgin. "Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me; and the LORD, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in. Behold, He shall come, saith the LORD of Hosts." 142. O SION! open wide thy gates; A Priest and Victim both in one, No more the simple flock shall bleed- For sinners to atone. Conscious of hidden Deity, Her new-born Babe, with two young doves, The hoary Simeon sees at last His LORD so long desired, And hails, with Anna, Israel's Hope, But silent knelt the mother blest, And pondering all things in her heart, Praise to the FATHER and the SON ; Praise to the blessed Three in One, "Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their LORD." 143. SWEET incense breathes around, The coming LORD to greet; And Sion, through her sacred bound, Breathe out her glowing light; These guilty days prolong?— |