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tures fhall they be fed on the mountains of Ifrael. I myfelf will feed my fheep, and I will make them lie down, faith the Lord God. I will feek what was loft, I will bring back what was ftrayed; I will bind up the wounds of fuch as were hurt, and ftrengthen fuch as were weak; fuch as are fat and ftrong I will keep, and I will feed a them with judgment, faith the Lord Almighty.

GRADUAL. P. 83. Caft an eye upon us, O God our Protector, look down upon thy fervants. V. O Lord God of armies, hear the prayers of thy fervants.

TRACT. Pf. 102. Deal not with us, O Lord, according to our fins, nor reward us according to our iniquities. V. P. 78. Remember not, O Lord, our paft offences; let thy mercy foon overtake us, for we are become exceeding poor. V. Help us, O God our Saviour, and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us, and for the fake of thy own name pardon us our fins.

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GOSPEL. Matt. xxv. 3F.

T that time: Jefus faid to his difciples: When the Son of Man fhall come in his majefty, and all the Angels with him, then fhall he fit on the throne of his glory: and all nations fhall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a fhepherd feparateth the sheep from the goats: and he fhall place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left. Then fhall the King fay to them on his right hand: Come you bleffed of my Father, take poffeffion of the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world: for I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you entertained me; naked, and you clothed me; fick,

• Expl, I will govern them with juftice. ↳ Here all kneel down.

and you vifited me; I was in prifon, and you came to fee me. Then fhall the righteous answer him, faying: Lord, when did we fee thee hungry, and fed thee? Or thirfty, and gave thee drink? And when did we fee thee a ftranger, and entertained thee? Or naked, and clothed thee? Or when did we fee thee fick or in prison, and visited thee? And the King fhall anfwer, and fay to them: Amen, I fay to you, inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it to me. Then he shall say to them also on his left hand: Depart from me, you curfed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the Devil and his Angels: for I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat; I was thirfty, and ye gave not to drink; I was a ftranger, and you entertained me not; naked, and you clothed me not; I was fick and in prison, and you vifited me not. Then fhall they also anfwer him, faying: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or fick, or in prifon, and did not affift thee? Then he fhall answer them, faying: Amen, I fay to you, inafmuch as you did it not to one of the leaft of thefe, you did it not to me. And these fhall go into everafting punishment; but the righteous into everlafting life.

OFFERTORY. Pf. 118. I will lift up my eyes, and confider thy wonders, O Lord, that thou may'ft teach me thy law: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

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Anctify, O Lord, the offerings we have made, and cleanse us from the ftains of our fins. Thro'.

COMMUNION. Matt. 25. Amen, I fay to you: What you have done to one of the leaft of mine, you have done to me: come you bleffed of my Father, take poffeffion of the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.

POSTCOMMUNION.

Salutaris.

Eing filled, O Lord, by the participation of thy faving myfteries, we humbly befeech thee, that as we rejoice in the tafte thereof, we may be renewed by their effects. Thro',

The PRAYER over the people.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God. PRAYER. Abfolve.

Loofen, thee, the

of our fins and mercifully turn away from us, whatever we deserve for them. Thro'.

The COMMEMORATION at VESPERS. Anth. What you have done to one of the leaft of mine, you have done to me, faith the Lord.

Ant. Quod uni ex minimis meis feciftis, mihi feciftis, dicit Dominus.

V. and R. as above, p. 27. PRAYER. Abfolve.

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TUESDAY.

MASS.

INTROIT. Tfuge from generation to gene}

Hou, O Lord, haft been our re

Pf. 89.

ration: thou art from all eternity, and wilt be throughout all ages. Pf. Before the mountains were made, and before the globe of the earth was formed, thou art God from all eternity and throughout all ages. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Refpice.

OOK down, O Lord, on thy children, and

Lguant chat, while we chaftife ourselves by

mortifying the flesh, our minds may be inflamed with the love and defire of thee. Thro'.

LESSON. Ifaias lv. 6, 11.

IN thofe days: Ifaias the Prophet pake, faying: Seek the Lord, while he may be found; call

on him while he is near. Let the wicked man forfake his way, and the unjust man his defigns, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he is full of mercy to forgive: for my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways my ways, faith the Lord. Forafinuch as the heavens are above the earth, fo are my ways from your ways, and my thoughts from your thoughts. And as the rain and the fnow fall down from heaven, and return thither no more, but foak the earth, and water it, and make it bring forth, and afford feed to the fower, and bread to him that eateth: fo fhall my word be, that shall go out of my mouth: it shall not return to me empty; but it shall accomplish whatsoever I pleafe, and it fhall profper in those things, for which I fent it, faith the Lord Almighty. GRADUAL. P. 140. Let my prayer afcend like incenfe in thy fight, O Lord. V. And let the lifting up my hands be to thee like the evening facrifice. GOSPEL. Matt. xxi. 10, 17.

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T that time: When Jefus was come into Jerufalem, all the city was in an uproar, faying: Who is this? And the people faid: This is Jefus the Prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. And fefus went into the temple of God, and caft out all that fold and bought in the temple; and he overthrew the bankers tables, and the feats of those that fold doves; faying to them: It is written: My house fhall be called the house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple: and he healed them And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things he did, and the children crying out in the temple, and faying: Hofanna to the fon of David: they were moved with indignation, and faid to him: Doft thou hear what these fay? And Jefus faid to them, Yes. Have you never read': Out of the mouths of babes and fucklings thou hast

drawn perfect praise? And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania, and remained there. OFFERTORY. Pf. 30. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped: I have faid: Thou art my God, my life is in thy hands.

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E appeafed, O Lord, with the offerings we have made, and defend us from all danger. Thro'.

COMMUNION. P. 4. When I called on thee, thou didst hear me, O my juft God: thou didst affift me in tribulation: have mercy on me, O God, and graciously hear my prayer.

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POSTCOMMUNION. Quæfumus. E beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we may one day receive the effects of that falvation, of which we have received the pledge in thefe mysteries. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

PRAYER. Afcendant.

AY our prayers, O Lord, afcend to thee, and deliver thy Church from all wickedness.

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Thro'.

The COMMEMORATION at VESPERS. Anth. For it is written, that my house is the houfe of prayer for all nations: but you have made it a den of thieves. And he taught every day in the temple.

V. and R. as p. 27.

Ant. Scriptum eft enim, quia domus mea domus orationis eft cunctis gentibus: vos autem feciftis illam fpeluncam latronum. Et erat quotide docens in templo. PRAYER. Afcendant.

EMBER-WEDNESDAY.

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Pf. 24.

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Emember, O Lord, the many inftances of thy compaffion a nd mer

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