Behold a Virgin shall conceive, and bring forth a Son: and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

Ecce Virgo concipiet, et pariet Filium: et vocabitur nomen ejus Emmanuel.

POSTCOMMUNION. Salutaris.

BEING filled, O Lord, by the participation of thy

saving mysteries, we humbly beseech thee, that as we rejoice in the taste thereof, we may be renewed by their effects. Thro'.

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INTROIT. HOU art at hand, O Lord, and all thy Ps. cxviii. ways are truth: in the beginning I knew from thy law, that thou art for ever. Ps. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. V. Glory.

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COLLECT. Excita, quæsumus.

XERT, O Lord, we beseech thee, thy power and come: that they who trust in thy goodness, may speedily be delivered from all adversity. Who livest. LESSON. Is. xi. 1, 5.

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HUS saith the Lord God: There shall come forth a sucker from the root of Jesse, and a flower shall spring from his root. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him; the spirit of wisdom and of understanding; the spirit of counsel and of fortitude; the spirit of knowledge and of godliness, and he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, neither shall he condemn according to the hearing of the ears; but he shall judge the poor according to justice, and defend the meek of the earth according to equity; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked; and justice shall be the girdle of his loins; and faith the girdle of his reins.

GRADUAL. Ps. 84. Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy, and grant us thy salvation. V. Thou hast blessed, O Lord, thy land; thou hast brought back the captive children of Jacob.

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GOSPEL. Luke i. 39, 47.

T that time: Mary rising up, went in haste to the hilly country to a city of Juda; and going into the house of Zacharias, saluted Elizabeth. And it came to pass, as soon as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leapt in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost; and she cried out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And how happened this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant leapt for joy in my womb. And blessed art thou, that hast believed; for the things that have been told thee from the Lord, shall be accomplished. And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord; and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

OFFERTORY. Ps. 84. Turning to us, O God, thou wilt restore us to life, and thy people shall rejoice in thee. Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy, and grant us thy salvation.

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prayers, cleanse us, we beseech thee, by these heavenly mysteries, and mercifully hear us. Thro'. COMMUNION. Zach. 14. Behold the Lord will come, and all his saints with him; and in that day there shall be a great light.

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POSTCOMMUNION. Tui nos.

AY the receiving, O Lord, of thy sacrament give us a new life, that by putting aside the old man, it may bring us to the participation of this saving mystery. Thro'.

INTROIT.

Ps. lxxix.

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shall be saved. Ps. Thou who rulest Israel, hearken;

who leadest Joseph as a sheep. V. Glory.

After the Kyrie eleison, is said:

Let us pray, Let us kneel down. R. Stand up again. 1. COLLECT. Deus, qui conspicis. God, who seest us afflicted through our own wicka edness; mercifully grant, that by thy coming, we

may be comforted. Who livest.

I. LESSON. Isaias, xix, 20, 22.

TN th N those days: They shall cry unto the Lord from the face of the oppressor, and he shall send them a saviour and a defender to deliver them. And the Lord shall be known by Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall worship him with sacrifices and oblations; and they shall make vows to the Lord, and perform them. And the Lord shall strike Egypt with a scourge, and shall heal it; and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall be pacified towards them, and the Lord our God shall heal them.

GRADUAL, Ps. 18. His setting out is from one extremity of the heavens, and his course is to the other. V. The heavens publish the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the works of his hands.

Let us pray. Let us kneel down. R. Stand up again. II. COLLECT. Concede, quæsumus.

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RANT, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who groan under the old captivity of sin, may be freed by the new birth of thy only son, which we are preparing for. Who liveth.

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II, LESSON. Isaias xxxv. 1, 7.

HUS saith the Lord: The desert and solitary land shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice and flourish like the lily. It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise; the glory of Libanus is given to it, the beauty of Carmel and of Saron; they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God. Encourage the hands that are weakened, and strengthen the knees that are feeble. Say to the fainthearted: Take couragė and fear not: behold our God will come and revenge our cause according to justice : God himself will come and save us. Then shall be opened the eyes of the blind, and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as the hart, and the tongue of those that are dumb, shall be loosened: for waters spring out of the desert, and streams in the wilderness. And that which was dry land, shall become as a pool, and the thirsty ground as fountains of water, saith the Lord Almighty.

GRADUAL. Ps. 18. He hath placed his tent in the sun, and is like a bridegroom coming out of his nuptial chamber. V. His setting out is from one extremity of the heavens, and his course is to the other.

Let us pray. Let us kneel down, R. Stand up again. III. COLLECT. Indignos nos.

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MOMFORT us, O Lord, thy unworthy servants, who lie dejected under the horror of our crimes, by the coming of thy only Son. Who liveth.

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ITI. LESSON. Isaias xl. 9. 11.

HUS saith the Lord: Get up on a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, who bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift up thy voice, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God. Behold the Lord God shall come with power, and his arm shall rule; behold his recompence is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock as a shepherd; and the Lord our God in his arms shall gather the lambs, and carry them in his bosom..

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GRADUAL. Ps. 79, Lord God of Hosts bring us back: shew thy face, and we shall be saved. V. Exert thy power, O Lord, and come to save us.

Let us pray. Let us kneel down. R. Stand up again. IV. COLLECT. Præsta, quæsumus.

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RANT, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the approaching solemnity of thy son's birth may afford us the remedies of this present life, and obtain for us the rewards of eternal bappiness. Thro' the same.

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IV. LESSON. Isaias xlv. 1, 9.

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to Cyrus my aanointed one, whom I have taken by the right hand, to subdue nations before his face, to put kings to flight; and I will open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut. I will go before thee; and I will humble the great ones of the earth; I will dash in pieces the gates of brass, and I will break asunder the bars of iron. And I will give thee hidden treasures, and riches concealed in secret places; that thou mayst know that I am the Lord, who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel.

For the sake of Jacob my servant, and of Israel my chosen one, I have called thee by thy name, I have made thee resemble my annointedt, and thou hast not known me. I am the Lord, and there is none else; there is no other God besides me; I have girded on thy arms, and thou hast not known me; that both those in the east, and those in the west may know there is no other God besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other: "tis I that form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I, the Lord, do all these things. Send down dew, O you heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down the righteous one; let the earth be opened and bring forth a Saviour; and let righteousness arise at the same time; I am the Lord that created him.

GRADUAL. Psalm 79. Exert, O Lord, thy power, and come to save us. V. Hearken, O Ruler of Israel, who leadest Joseph like a sheep; thou who sittest on the Cherubim, shew thyself to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasse.

Let us pray. Let us kneel down. R. Stand up again.) V. COLLECT. Preces populi.

MERCIFULLY hear, O Lord, we beseech thee, the

thy people, that we, who are justly afAicted for our sins, may receive comfort from thy kind visit. Who livest!!

V. LESSON. Dan. iii. 49.

IN those days: The Angel of the Lord went down with Azarias and his companions into the furnace, and he drove the flame of the fire from out of the furnace, and he made the midst of the furnace as a breeze of wind with dews. But the flame spread all above the furnace nine and forty cubits; and it broke forth and burnt those of the Chaldees, the servants of the king, whom it found near the furnace, who had kindled it : and the fire touched not Azarias and his companions; it troubled them not, neither did it do them any hurt. Then those three, as with one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying:

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