Of water mix'd with saving blood, Which, gushing from the Saviour's side, Drown'd our offences in the tide. The mystery we now unfold, Which David's faithful verse foretold Of our Lord's kingdom; whilst we see God ruling nations from a tree. O lovely tree, whose branches wore The royal purple of his gore! How glorious does thy body shine, Supporting members so divine! The world's bless'd balance thou wast made, Thy happy beam its purchase weigh'd, And bore his limbs, who snatched away Devouring hell's expected prey. Hail Cross, our hope! on thee we call, Who keep this mournful festival; Grant to the just increase of grace, And ev'ry sinner's crimes efface. Blest Trinity, we praises sing To thee, from whom all graces spring, Celestial crowns on those bestow. Mucrone diro, criminum Ut nos lavaret sordibus, Manavit unda et sanguine. Impleta sunt, quæ concinit David fideli carmine, Dicendo nationibus ; Regnavit a ligno Deus. Arbor decora et fulgida, Ornata Regis purpura ! Tam sancta membra tan- Pretium pependit sæculi, Crux, ave spes unica Hoc passionis tempore! Piis adauge gratiam, Reisque dele crimina. Te, fons salutis Trinitas, Collaudet omnis spiritus : Quibus crucis victoriam Who conquer by the cross Largiris, adde præmium. below. Amen. Amen. V. and R. as above, p 296. Anth. Your Father Abraham earnestly desired to see my day; he saw it and rejoiced. H Ant. Abraham Pater vester exultavit ut videret diem meum; vidit, et gavi sus est. PRAYER. Collect at Mass, p. 297. MONDAY. MASS. INTROIT. Ps. 55. AVE mercy on me, O Lord, for man hath trodden me under-foot; he hath assaulted and persecuted me the whole day long. Ps. My enemies have trampled me under-foot the whole day long and the number of those that asault me is very great. Have mercy, &c. to Ps. COLLECT. Sanctifica. Sanctify, O Lord, we beseech thee, our fasts, and mercifully grant us the pardon of all our sins. Thro'. I LESSON. Jonas iii. 1. 10. N those days: The word of the Lord came to the Prophet Jonas the second time, saying: Arise, and go to Ninive, the great city: and preach in it the preaching I bid thee. And Jonas arose, and went to Ninive, according to the word of the Lord. Now Ninive was a large city, of three days' journey. And Jonas began to enter into the city one day's journey; and he cried out and said: Yet forty days, and Ninive shall be destroyed. And the people of Ninive believed in God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest even to the least. For the word came to the King of Ninive; and he arose from his throne, and casting off his robe, he put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he ordered a proclamation to be made and published in Ninive, by order of the King and his Nobles, saying; Let neither man nor beast, oxen nor sheep, taste any thing; let them not feed nor drink water. And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry out with all their might to the Lord; and let them turn every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands. Who knoweth but God may turn and pardon us, and lay aside the fury of his anger, so that we may 1 not perish? And God saw their works, that they had forsaken their evil ways; and our Lord God took compassion on his people. GRAD. Ps. 53. O God, hear my prayer; and hearken to to the words of my mouth. V. Save me, O God, by thy name, and rescue me by thy might. TRACT. Deal not, &c. as above. p. 212. GOSPEL. John vii. 32. 39. A T that time; The rulers and Pharisees sent officers to apprehend Jesus. Jesus therefore said to them: Yet am I a little time with you; and then I go to him that sent me. You shall seek me, and you shall not find me; and where I am, thither you cannot come. Then said the Jews among themselves; Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to those, who are dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? What is the meaning of what he said: You shall seek me, and shall not find me : and, where I am, thither you cannot come? And on the last day, being the greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up, and cried out aloud, saying; If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. He that believeth in me, as saith the scripture, out of his belly shall rivers of living water flow. And this he spoke of the spirit, which they that believed in him, were to receive. OFFERT. Ps. 6. Turu to me, O Lord, and rescue my soul; save me for thy mercy's sake. SECRET. Grant us, O Lord our God, that this sacrifice of our salvation may both cleanse us from our sins, and appease thy Majesty. Thro'. COMM. Ps. 23. The Lord of armies is himself the King of glory. POSTCOMM. Sacramenti. May the participation, O Lord, we beseech thee, of this saving sacrifice both cleanse us, and heal us. Thro'. Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God. PRAYER. Da, quæsumus. Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, to thy people health both of body and mind, that being constant in the practice of good work, they may always be safe under thy protection. Thro.' The COMMEMORATION at VESPERS. Anth. If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink; and living waters Ant. Si quis sitit, veniat ad me et bibat; et de ventre ejus fluent aquæ vivæ, shall flow out of his heart, dicit Dominus. saith the Lord. V. and R. as p. 296. PRAYER. Da, quæsumus, WAT as above. TUESDAY. MASS. INTROIT. Psalm 26. AIT for the Lord, act manfully, let thy heart be comforted, and wait for the Lord. Ps. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? COLLECT. Nostra tibi. May our fast, O Lord, we beseech thee, be acceptable to thee, and, having purified us from sin, make us worthy of thy grace, and procure us everlasting remedies. Thro'. of Bab LESSON. Dan. xiv. 27. N those days: The people of Babylon gathered tohim: Deliver up to us Daniel, who hath destroyed Bel, and killed the Dragon; otherwise we will destroy thee and thy family. The King therefore seeing, that they pressed with violence on him. Being obliged by force, delivered Daniel up to them. And they cast him into the den of lions, where he was six days. Now in the den there were seyen lions, and they every day gave them two carcasses and two sheep, which were not given them then, that they might devour Daniel. And there was in Judea a prophet called Habacuc, who had made broth, and, having broken bread in a dish, was going into the field to carry it to the reapers. And the Angel of the Lord said to Habacue: Carry the dinner thou hast provided to Daniel in Babylon, who is in the lions' den. And Habacuc said: Lord, I never saw Babylon, neither know I the den. Then the Angel of the Lord took him by the crown of his head, and carrying him by the hair, with the force of his spirit placed him in Babylon over the den. And Habacuc cried out aloud, saying: O Daniel, servant of God, take the dinner God hath sent thee. And Daniel said: Thou hast remembered me, O God, and hast not abandoned those that love thee. And Daniel arose and eat. And the Angel of the Lord immediately carried Habacuc back to his own place. Then the King came on the seventh day to bewail Daniel; and coming to the den, he looked in, and behold, Daniel was sitting in the midst of the lion cried out with a loud voice, saying: Lord the God of Daniel. And he to den of lions. But those, who had bee intended destruction, he cast into the d devoured in a moment before his face said: Let all the people of the whole e of Daniel, for it is he who saveth, and wonders, and hath delivered Dan den. GRAD. Ps. 42. Judge my caus deliver me from the wicked and de Send forth thy light and thy truth; f me on and brought me up to thy holy GOSPEL. John vii. 1. T that time: Jesus went into Gali not go into Judea, because the J him. Now the Jewish feast of the ta hand; and his brethren said to him: D go to Judea, that thy disciples also ma thou performest. For no one doth any when he hath a mind to be known in p fore thou performest these things, shev world. For neither did his brethren Jesus therefore saith to them: My time but your time is always ready. The w you; but it hateth me, because 1 bear it, that its works are evil. Go you up but I am not now going to this festival; not yet fully come. Having said this, lee. But when his brethren were gone he also to the feast, not openly, but, secret. Then the Jews looked for hin day, and said: Where is he? and there muring among the people about him. He is a good man. Others said: No; the people. But nobody spoke openly fear of the Jews. OFFERT. Ps. 9. Let all, who kno Lord, hope in thee; for thou forsakest seek thee. Sing to the Lord, who dwelle he hath not forgot the prayer of the poor SECRET. The sacrifices we bring to thee, O Lord, are such tokens of tem that we cannot despair of thy eternal pro |