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CONTENTS
Select Prayers ............................................................................ 3
Trinitarian Formulae (Prayer Endings)..................................... 7
Asperges.................................................................................... 9
Fourth (LÆtare) Sunday of Lent.................................11
Monday, March 15..........................................................59
• Did You Know? The Vesting Prayers..............................66
• Catholic Culture: O Fruitful Garden..............................68
Tuesday, March 16..........................................................69
• Living Tradition: The Angelic Salutation........................75
Wednesday, March 17....................................................78
Thursday, March 18.......................................................90
• Feast & Feria: Saint Joseph (March 19)...........................97
Friday, March 19............................................................99
Saturday, March 20.....................................................106
• Feast & Feria: Passion Sunday (March 20)....................113
Index of Meditations............................................................ 115
Source Credits...................................................................... 117

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SELECT PRAYERS
In nómine Patris, et Fílii,
et Spíritus Sancti.
Amen.
SIGN OF THE CROSS
In the Name of the
Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Pater noster, qui es
in cælis, sanctificétur
nomen tuum. Advéniat
regnum tuum. Fiat volúntas
tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidiánum
da nobis hódie, et dimítte
nobis débita nostra sicut et
nos dimíttimus debitóribus
nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in
tentatiónem, sed libera nos a
malo. Amen.
OUR FATHER
O
ur Father, who art in
heaven, hallowed be
Thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who
trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. Amen.

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Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dóminus tecum.
Benedícta tu in muliéribus,
et benedíctus fructus ventris
tui, Jesus. Sancta María,
Mater Dei, ora pro nobis
peccatóribus, nunc, et in
hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
Glória Patri, et Filio,
et Spíritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et
nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula
saéculorum. Amen.
HAIL MARY
GLORY BE
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst
women, and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy
Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now, and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to
the Holy Ghost. As it was in
the beginning, is now, and
will be forever. Amen.
GUARDIAN ANGEL PRAYER
ngele Déi, qui cústos es
méi,
Me tíbi commíssum pietáte
supérna;
(Hódie, Hac nócte) illúmina,
custódi, rége, et gubérna.
Amen.
A
ngel of God,
my guardian dear,
To whom His love commits
me here;
Ever this (day, night) be at my
side,
To light and guard, to rule
and guide.
Amen.

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SEASONAL ANTIPHON
V. Dignáre me laudáre te, Vírgo sacráta,
R. Da míhi virtútem cóntra hóstes túos.
Hail, O Queen of Heav’n enthron’d
Hail, by angels Mistress own’d
Root of Jesse, Gate of morn
Whence the world’s true light was born.
Glorious Virgin, joy to thee
Loveliest whom in Heaven they see
Fairest thou, where all are fair!
Plead with Christ our sins to spare.
V. Permit me to praise thee, O sacred Virgin,
R. Give me strength against thine enemies.

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ACT OF FAITH
my God! I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three
O divine Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost;
I believe that Thy divine Son became man and died for our
sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I
believe these and all the truths which the holy Catholic Church
teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, Who canst neither
deceive nor be deceived. Amen.
ACT OF HOPE
my God! relying on Thy infinite goodness and promises, I
O hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of Thy grace,
and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord
and my Redeemer. Amen.
ACT OF LOVE
my God! I love Thee above all things, with my whole
O heart and soul, because Thou art all good and deserving
of all love. I love my neighbour as myself for the love of Thee. I
forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I
have injured. Amen.
ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
M
y Jesus, I believe that Thou art present in the Blessed
Sacrament. I love Thee above all things and I desire Thee
in my soul. Since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally, come
at least spiritually into my heart. As though Thou wert already
there, I embrace Thee and unite myself wholly to Thee; permit
not that I should ever be separated from Thee. Amen.

Trinitarian Formulae i 7
TRINITARIAN
FORMULAE
It is common to find only the initial words of the
following concluding prayers noted in ritual texts,
as indicated by the underlined portions below:
For prayers to God the Father, without
mention of another divine Person
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum
Christum, Fílium tuum:
qui tecum vivit et regnat in
unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee in
the unity of the Holy Ghost,
God, world without end.
Amen.
For prayers to God the Father, including
mention of the Holy Ghost
Per Dóminum nostrum
Jesum Christum, Fílium
tuum: qui tecum vivit et
regnat in unitáte ejúsdem
Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per
ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Through our Lord Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee in
the unity of the same Holy
Ghost, God, world without
end. Amen.

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For prayers to God the Father, mentioning
Christ at the beginning or middle
Per eúmdem Dóminum
nostrum Jesum Christum,
Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit
et regnat in unitáte Spíritus
Sancti, Deus, per ómnia
sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Through the same our Lord
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who
liveth and reigneth with Thee
in the unity of the same Holy
Ghost, God, world without
end. Amen.
For prayers to God the Father, mentioning
Christ at the end
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in
unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
For prayers to God the Son
Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo
Patre, in unitáte Spíritus
Sancti, Deus, per ómnia
sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Who with Thee liveth and
reigneth in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world
without end. Amen.
Who livest and reignest with
God the Father in the unity of
the Holy Ghost, God, world
without end. Amen.
For praying Psalms in the Divine Office, and
various other prayers
V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et
Spirítui Sancto.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et
nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula
sæculórum. Amen.
V. Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.

Asperges i 9
ASPERGES
The Sprinkling of Holy Water
A -sper-
ges me, * Dó- mí- ne, hyssó - po, et mundá- bor. lavá-
bis me, et su-per ni-vem de- albá- bor. Ps. 50. Mi- se-ré-re
me- i, De- us, * se-cundum magnam mi- se- ri- cór- di- am tu-
am.
Gló- ri- a Patri et Fí- li- o, et Spi-rí-tu- i Sancto: * Sic-ut e-rat in
princí-pi- o, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcu-la sæcu- ló-rum. A- men.
* Ant. Aspérges me, Dómine ...
On returning to the foot of the Altar, the priest sings:
V. Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam.
R. Et salutáre tuum da nobis.
V. Dómine exáudi oratiónem meam.
R. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
V. Dóminus vobíscum.
R. Et cum spíritu tuo.

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Orémus. Exáudi nos, Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens,
ætérne Deus, et míttere dignéris sanctum Angelum tuum de
cælis, qui custódiat, fóveat, prótegat, vísitet atque deféndat
omnes habitántes in hoc habitáculo. Per Christum Dóminum
nostrum. R. Amen.
T
hou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall
be cleansed; Thou shalt wash me, and I shall become
whiter than snow.
Ps. 50. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great
mercy.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
* Ant. Thou shalt sprinkle me...
On returning to the foot of the Altar, the priest sings:
V. Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy.
R. And grant us Thy salvation.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come before Thee.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray. Hear us, O holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting
God, and vouchsafe to send Thy holy Angel from heaven, to
guard, cherish, protect, visit and defend all that are assembled
in this place: through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

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Fourth (LÆtare)
Sunday of Lent
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2021
MORNING DEVOTION
Ant. O Lord, Thou art mighty to save us; with
a strong hand deliver us, O our God.
Dan 3:52–57
Blessed art Thou, O Lord the God of our
fathers: and worthy to be praised, and
glorified, and exalted above all forever:
And blessed is the holy name of Thy glory:
and worthy to be praised, and exalted above
all in all ages.
Blessed art Thou in the holy temple of Thy
glory: and exceedingly to be praised, and
exceeding glorious forever.
Blessed art Thou on the throne of Thy
kingdom, and exceedingly to be praised, and
exalted above all forever.

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Blessed art Thou, that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon
the cherubims: and worthy to be praised and exalted above all
forever.
Blessed art Thou in the firmament of heaven: and worthy of
praise, and glorious forever.
All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt Him
above all forever.
Canticle: Benedictus (see p 118)
Ant. When Jesus lifted up His eyes, and saw a great company
come unto Him, He saith unto Philip: Whence shall we buy
bread that these may eat? And this He said to prove him; for He
Himself knew what He would do.
Holy Mass
Sunday Mass is often preceded by
the Asperges, see p. 9
Stand as the priest processes in, making
the Sign of the Cross with the priest.
In nómine Patris, et Fílii,
et Spíritus Sancti.
Amen.
PRAYERS AT THE
FOOT OF THE ALTAR
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. Amen.

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Joining his hands, the priest recites the Antiphon:
Priest. Introíbo ad altáre
Dei.
Server. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat
juventútem meam.
Priest. I will go in to the altar
of God.
Server. To God who giveth
joy to my youth.
Alternating with the server, the priest recites Psalm 42:1-5.
P. Júdica me, Deus, et discérne
causam meam de gente
non sancta: ab hómine
iníquo et dolóso érue me.
S. Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo
mea: quare me repulísti,
et quare tristis incédo, dum
afflígit me inimícus?
P. Emítte lucem tuam et
veritátem tuam: ipsa me deduxérunt,
et adduxérunt in
montem sanctum tuum et in
tabernácula tua.
S. Et introíbo ad altáre
Dei: ad Deum, qui lætíficat
juventútem meam.
P. Confitébor tibi in cíthara,
Deus, Deus meus:
P. Judge me, O God, and distinguish
my cause from the
nation that is not holy; deliver
me from the unjust and deceitful
man.
S. For Thou art, God, my
strength: why hast Thou cast
me off? and why do I go sorrowful
whilst the enemy afflicteth
me?
P. Send forth Thy light and
Thy truth: they have conducted
me and brought me unto
Thy holy hill, and into Thy
tabernacles.
S. And I will go in to the altar
of God: to God Who giveth
joy to my youth.
P. To Thee, O God, my God, I
will give praise upon the harp:

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quare tristis es, ánima mea,
et quare contúrbas me?
S. Spera in Deo, quóniam
adhuc confitébor illi: salutáre
vultus mei, et Deus meus.
P. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et
Spirítui Sancto.
S. Sicut erat in princípio, et
nunc, et semper: et in sæcula
sæculórum. Amen.
why art thou sad, O my soul,
and why dost thou disquiet
me?
S. Hope in God, for I will still
give praise to Him, the salvation
of my countenance and
my God.
P. Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
S. As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
P. Introíbo ad altáre Dei. P. I will go in to the altar of
God.
S. Ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem
meam.
S. To God, Who giveth joy to
my youth.
The priest makes the Sign of the Cross
and begins the Confiteor:
P. Adjutórium nostrum in
nómine Dómini.
S. Qui fecit cœlum et terram.
P. Our help is in the name
of the Lord.
S. Who made heaven and
earth.
Bowing, the priest says the Confiteor,
after which the server responds:

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S. Misereátur tui omnípotens
Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis
tuis, perdúcat te ad vitam
ætérnam.
P. Amen. P. Amen.
S. May almighty God have
mercy on thee and, having forgiven
thee thy sins, bring thee
to life everlasting.
The server bows and says the Confiteor:
Confíteor Deo omnipoténti,
beátæ Maríæ
semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli
Archángelo, beáto
Joánni Baptístæ, sanctis
Apóstolis Petro et Paulo,
ómnibus Sanctis, et tibi,
pater: quia peccávi nimis
cogitatióne, verbo et opere:
[Now strike your breast three
times, saying:] mea culpa, mea
culpa, mea máxima culpa.
Ideo precor beátam Maríam
semper Vírginem, beátum
Michaélem Archángelum,
beátum Joánnem Baptístam,
sanctos Apóstolos Petrum
et Paulum, omnes Sanctos,
et te, pater, orare pro me ad
Dóminum, Deum nostrum.
CONFITEOR
confess to almighty
I God, to blessed Mary ever
virgin, to blessed Michael the
archangel, to blessed John the
Baptist, to the holy apostles Peter
and Paul, to all the saints,
and to thee, Father, that I have
sinned exceedingly in thought,
word, and deed: [Now strike
your breast three times, saying:]
through my fault, through my
fault, through my most grievous
fault. Therefore I beseech
the blessed Mary ever virgin,
blessed Michael the archangel,
blessed John the Baptist, the
holy apostles Peter and Paul,
all the saints, and thee, Father,
to pray to the Lord our God
for me.

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P. Misereátur vestri omnípotens
Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis
vestris, perdúcat vos ad
vitam ætérnam.
S. Amen. S. Amen.
P. Indulgéntiam, absolutionem
et remissiónem peccatórum
nostrórum tríbuat
nobis omnípotens et miséricors
Dóminus.
S. Amen. S. Amen.
P. Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis
nos.
S. Et plebs tua lætábitur in
te.
P. Osténde nobis, Dómine,
misericórdiam tuam.
Bowing, the priest continues:
P. May almighty God have
mercy on you and, having forgiven
you your sins, bring you
to life everlasting.
P. May the almighty and merciful
Lord grant us pardon,
absolution, and remission of
our sins.
P. Thou wilt turn again, O
God, and quicken us.
S. And Thy people will rejoice
in Thee.
P. Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy.
S. Et salutáre tuum da nobis. S. And grant us Thy salvation.
P. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem
meam.
S. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
P. O Lord, hear my prayer.
S. And let my cry come unto
Thee.
P. Dóminus vobíscum. P. The Lord be with you.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo. S. And with thy spirit.
P. Orémus. P. Let us pray.

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Ascending to the altar, the priest says silently:
Aufer a nobis, quæsumus,
Dómine, iniquitátes
nostras: ut ad Sancta
sanctórum puris mereámur
méntibus introíre. Per Christum,
Dóminum nostrum.
Amen.
Orámus te, Dómine, per
mérita Sanctórum tuórum,
quorum relíquiæ hic sunt,
et ómnium Sanctórum: ut
indulgére dignéris ómnia
peccáta mea. Amen.
Take away from us our
iniquities, we beseech
Thee, O Lord; that, being
made pure in heart we may be
worthy to enter into the Holy
of Holies. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
We beseech Thee, O Lord,
by the merits of those of Thy
saints whose relics are here,
and of all the saints, that Thou
wouldst vouchsafe to pardon
me all my sins. Amen.
INTROIT Is 66:10, 11; Ps 121:1
Lætáre, Jerúsalem: et convéntum
fácite, omnes
qui dilígitis eam: gaudéte
cum lætítia, qui in tristítia
fuístis: ut exsultétis, et
satiémini ab ubéribus consolatiónis
vestræ. Lætátus
sum in his, quæ dicta sunt
mihi: in domum Dómini
íbimus. Glória Patri.
Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and
come together all you that
love her; rejoice with joy,
you that have been in sorrow:
that you may exult and
be filled from the breasts of
your consolation. I rejoiced
at the things that were said
to me: we shall go into the
house of the Lord. Glory be.

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Moving to the center of the altar, the priest
recites the Kyrie alternately with the server:
KYRIE
P. KÝRIE, eléison. P. LORD, have mercy on us.
S. Kýrie, eléison. S. Lord, have mercy on us.
P. Kýrie, eléison. P. Lord, have mercy on us.
S. Christe, eléison. S. Christ, have mercy on us.
P. Christe, eléison. P. Christ, have mercy on us.
S. Christe, eléison. S. Christ, have mercy on us.
P. Kýrie, eléison. P. Lord, have mercy on us.
S. Kýrie, eléison. S. Lord, have mercy on us.
P. Kýrie, eléison. P. Lord, have mercy on us.
The Gloria is omitted.
P. Dóminus vobíscum. P. The Lord be with you.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo. S. And with thy spirit.
P. Orémus. P. Let us pray.

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Collect
Concéde, quæsumus, omnípotens
Deus: ut, qui ex
mérito nostræ actiónis
afflígimur, tuæ grátiæ consolatióne
respirémus. Per
Dóminum.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O
almighty God, that we, who
justly suffer for our deeds,
may be relieved by the consolation
of Thy grace. Through
our Lord.
S. Amen. S. Amen.
The Epistle Gal 4:22-31
Fratres: Scriptum est:
Quóniam Abraham duos
fílios hábuit: unum de ancílla,
et unum de líbera.
Sed qui de ancílla, secúndum
carnem natus est:
qui autem de líbera, per
repromissiónem: quæ sunt
per allegoríam dicta. Hæc
enim sunt duo testaménta.
Unum quidem in monte
Sina, in servitútem génerans:
Sina enim mons est
in Arábia, qui conjúnctus
est ei, quæ nunc est Jerúsalem,
et servit cum fíliis
suis. Illa autem, quæ sursum
est Jerúsalem,
Brethren: It is written that
Abraham had two sons; the
one by a bond-woman, and
the other by a free-woman.
But he who was of the
bond-woman was born according
to the flesh; but he
of the free-woman was by
promise. Which things are
said by an allegory. For these
are the two testaments: the
one from Mount Sina, engendering
unto bondage,
which is Agar: for Sina is a
mountain in Arabia, which
hath affinity to that Jerusalem
which now is, and is in
bondage with her children:
but that Jerusalem

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líbera est, quæ est mater
nostra. Scriptum est enim:
Lætáre, stérilis, quæ non
paris: erúmpe et clama,
quæ non párturis: quia
multi fílii desértæ, magis
quam ejus, quæ habet
virum.
Nos autem, fratres, secúndum
Isaac promissiónis
fílii sumus. Sed quómodo
tunc is, qui secúndum carnem
natus fúerat, persequebátur
eum, qui secúndum
spíritum: ita et nunc.
Sed quid dicit Scriptúra?
Ejice ancíllam et fílium
ejus: non enim heres erit
fílius ancíllæ cum fílio
líberæ. Itaque, fratres, non
sumus ancíllæ fílii, sed
líberæ: qua libertáte Christus
nos liberávit.
which is above is free, which
is our mother. For it is written,
Rejoice, thou barren that
bearest not; break forth and
cry, thou that travailest not;
for many are the children of
the desolate, more than of
her that hath a husband.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac
was, are the children of promise.
But as then he that was
born according to the flesh
persecuted him that was after
the spirit, so also it is now.
But what saith the Scripture?
Cast out the bond-woman
and her son; for the son of
the bond-woman shall not
be heir with the son of the
free-woman. So then, brethren,
we are not the children
of the bond-woman, but
of the free; by the freedom
wherewith Christ hath made
us free.
S. Deo grátias. S. Thanks be to God.

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Gradual Ps 121:1, 7
Lætátus sum in his, quæ
dicta sunt mihi: in domum
Dómini íbimus. Fiat pax in
virtúte tua: et abundántia
in túrribus tuis.
I rejoiced at the things that
were said to me: We shall go
into the house of the Lord.
Let peace be in thy strength,
and abundance in thy towers.
The Tract is said in place of the Alleuia:
Tract Ps 124:1, 2
Qui confídunt in Dómino,
sicut mons Sion: non commovébitur
in ætérnum,
qui hábitat in Jerúsalem.
Montes in circúitu ejus: et
Dóminus in circúitu pópuli
sui, ex hoc nunc et usque
in sæculum.
They that trust in the Lord
shall be as Mount Sion: he
shall not be moved forever
that dwelleth in Jerusalem.
Mountains are round about
it: so the Lord is round about
His people, from henceforth
now and forever.

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The server transfers the Missal to the
Gospel side, as the priest says:
Munda cor meum, ac
labia mea, omnípotens
Deus, qui labia Isaíæ
Prophétæ cálculo mundásti
igníto: ita me tua grata miseratióne
dignáre mundáre, ut
sanctum Evangélium tuum
digne váleam nuntiáre. Per
Christum, Dóminum nostrum.
Amen.
Jube, Dómine, benedícere.
Dóminus sit in corde meo
et in lábiis meis: ut digne
et competénter annúntiem
Evangélium suum. Amen.
P. Dóminus vobíscum.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo.
Cleanse my heart and my
lips, O almighty God,
who didst cleanse with a
burning coal the lips of the
prophet Isaias; and vouchsafe
in Thy loving kindness so to
purify me that I may be enabled
worthily to announce
Thy holy Gospel. Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to bless
me. The Lord be in my heart
and on my lips, that I may
worthily and becomingly announce
His Gospel. Amen.
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
At Solemn High Mass, the deacon is here blessed
by the priest and proceeds to sing the Gospel.

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Gospel Jn 6:1–15
P. Sequéntia sancti Evangélii
secúndum Joánnem.
P. Continuation of the Holy
Gospel according to John.
S. Glória tibi, Dómine. S. Glory be to Thee, O
Lord.
In illo témpore: Abiit Jesus
trans mare Galilææ, quod
est Tiberíadis: et sequebátur
eum multitúdo magna,
quia vidébant signa quæ
faciébat super his qui infirmabántur.
Súbiit ergo in
montem Jesus: et ibi sedébat
cum discípulis suis. Erat
autem próximum Pascha,
dies festus Judæórum. Cum
sublevásset ergo óculos Jesus
et vidísset quia multitúdo
máxima venit ad eum,
dixit ad Philíppum: Unde
emémus panes, ut mandúcent
hi? Hoc autem dicébat
tentans eum: ipse enim
sciébat quid esset factúrus.
Respóndit ei Philíppus:
Ducentórum denariórum
panes non suffíciunt eis,
ut unusquísque módicum
quid accípiat.
At that time, Jesus went over
the sea of Galilee, which
is that of Tiberias; and a
great multitude followed
Him, because they saw the
miracles which He did on
them that were diseased. Jesus
therefore went up into
a mountain, and there He
sat with His disciples. Now
the Pasch, the festival day of
the Jews, was near at hand.
When Jesus therefore had
lifted up His eyes, and seen
that a very great multitude
cometh to Him, He said
to Philip, Whence shall we
buy bread that these may
eat? And this He said to try
him; for He Himself knew
what He would do. Philip
answered, Two hundred
pennyworth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that every
one may take a little.

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Dicit ei unus ex discípulis
ejus, Andréas frater Simónis
Petri: Est puer unus hic,
qui habet quinque panes
hordeáceos et duos pisces:
sed hæc quid sunt inter tantos?
Dixit ergo Jesus: Fácite
hómines discúmbere. Erat
autem fœnum multum
in loco. Discbuérunt ergo
viri, número quasi quinque
míllia. Accépit ergo Jesus
panes, et cum grátias egísset,
distríbuit discuméntibus:
simíliter et ex píscibus quantum
volébant. Ut autem
impléti sunt, dixit discípulis
suis: Collígite quæ superavérunt
fragménta, ne
péreant. Collegérunt ergo,
et implevérunt duódecim
cóphinos fragmentórum ex
quinque pánibus hordeáceis,
quæ superfuérunt his
qui manducáverant. Illi
ergo hómines cum vidíssent
quod Jesus fécerat signum,
dicébant:
One of His disciples, Andrew,
the brother of Simon
Peter, saith to Him, There
is a boy here that hath five
barley loaves and two fishes;
but what are these among
so many?
Then Jesus said, Make the
men sit down. Now there
was much grass in the place.
The men therefore sat down,
in number about five thousand.
And Jesus took the
loaves; and when He had
given thanks, He distributed
to them that were set
down. In like manner also
of the fishes, as much as
they would. And when they
were filled, He said to His
disciples, Gather up the fragments
that remain, lest they
be lost. They gathered up
therefore, and filled twelve
baskets with the fragments
of the five barley loaves,
which remained over and
above to them that had eaten.
Now those men, when
they had seen what a miracle
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Quia hic est vere Prophéta,
qui ventúrus est in mundum.
Jesus ergo, cum cognovísset
quia ventúri essent
ut ráperent eum et fácerent
eum regem, fugit íterum in
montem ipse solus.
This is of a truth the Prophet
that is to come into the
world. Jesus therefore, when
He knew that they would
come to take Him by force
and make Him king, fled
again into the mountain
Himself alone.
The priest kisses the Gospel as the server says:
S. Laus tibi, Christe.
P. Per Evangélica dicta,
deleántur nostra delícta.
S. Praise be to Thee, O Christ.
P. May our sins be blotted out
by the words of the Gospel.
The priest moves the missal to the center of the altar.
The homily is given, if there is to be preaching.
Credo in unum Deum,
Patrem omnipoténtem,
factórem cœli et terræ, visibílium
ómnium et invisibílium.
Et in unum
CREED
believe in one God, the
I Father almighty, maker
of heaven and earth, and of
all things visible and invisible.
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Dóminum Jesum Christum,
Fílium Dei unigénitum. Et
ex Patre natum ante ómnia
sæcula. Deum de Deo, lumen
de lúmine, Deum verum
de Deo vero. Génitum,
non factum, consubstantiálem
Patri: per quem ómnia
facta sunt. Qui propter nos
hómines et propter nostram
salútem descéndit de cœlis.
[Genuflect] Et incarnátus est
de Spíritu Sancto ex María
Vírgine: ET HOMO FAC-
TUS EST. Crucifíxus étiam
pro nobis: sub Póntio Piláto
passus, et sepúltus est. Et resurréxit
tértia die, secúndum
Scriptúras. Et ascéndit in
cœlum: sedet ad déxteram
Patris. Et íterum ventúrus
est cum glória judicáre vivos
et mórtuos: cujus regni
non erit finis. Et in Spíritum
Sanctum, Dóminum
et vivificántem: qui ex Patre
Filióque procédit. Qui cum
Patre et Fílio simul adorátur
et conglorificátur: qui
locútus est per prophétas. Et
unam sanctam cathólicam et
apostólicam Ecclésiam. Con-
Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten
Son of God, born of the
Father before all ages. God of
God, light of light, true God
of true God; begotten, not
made; consubstantial with the
Father, by whom all things
were made. Who for us men,
and for our salvation, came
down from heaven, [Genuflect]
and was incarnate by the Holy
Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
AND WAS MADE MAN. He
was crucified also for us, suffered
under Pontius Pilate, and
was buried. And the third day
He arose again, according to
the Scriptures, and ascended
into heaven. He sitteth at the
right hand of the Father: And
He shall come again with glory,
to judge the living and the
dead: and His kingdom shall
have no end. And in the Holy
Ghost, the Lord and Giver of
life, who proceedeth from the
Father and the Son, Who, together
with the Father and the
Son, is adored and glorified:
Who spoke by the prophets.
And one holy, catholic, and
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fíteor unum baptísma in
remissiónem peccatórum.
Et exspécto resurrectiónem
mortuórum. Et vitam
ventúri sæculi. Amen.
baptism for the remission of
sins, and I expect the resurrection
of the dead, and the life
of the world to come. Amen.
The priest kisses the altar, then turns
to the people and says:
P. Dóminus vobíscum. P. The Lord be with you.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo. S. And with thy spirit.
P. Orémus. P. Let us pray.
Offertory Ps 134:3, 6
Laudáte Dóminum, quia
benígnus est: psállite nómini
ejus, quóniam suávis est:
ómnia quæcúmque vóluit,
fecit in cælo et in terra.
Praise ye the Lord, for He is
good: sing ye to His name,
for He is sweet: whatsoever
He pleased He hath done in
heaven and in earth.
Uncovering the chalice, the priest continues:
Súscipe, sancte Pater, omnipotens
ætérne Deus,
hanc immaculátam hóstiam,
quam ego indígnus fámulus
tuus óffero tibi Deo meo vivo
et vero, pro innumerabílibus
peccátis,
Receive, O Holy Father,
almighty and eternal
God, this spotless host, which
I, Thine unworthy servant, offer
unto Thee, my living and
true God, for my countless
sins,

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et offensiónibus, et neglegéntiis
meis, et pro ómnibus
circumstántibus, sed et pro
ómnibus fidélibus christiánis
vivis atque defúnctis: ut mihi,
et illis profíciat ad salútem in
vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Deus, qui humánæ substántiæ
dignitátem mirabíliter
condidísti, et mirabílius reformásti:
da nobis per hujus
aquæ et vini mystérium, ejus
divinitátis esse consórtes,
qui humanitátis nostræ fíeri
dignátus est párticeps, Jesus
Christus, Fílius tuus, Dóminus
noster: Qui tecum vivit
et regnat in unitáte Spíritus
Sancti Deus: per ómnia sæcula
sæculórum. Amen.
Offérimus tibi, Dómine,
cálicem salutáris, tuam deprecántes
cleméntiam: ut in
conspéctu divínæ majestátis
tuæ, pro nostra et totíus mundi
salute, cum odóre suavitátis
ascéndat. Amen.
trespasses, and omissions;
likewise for all here present,
and for all faithful Christians,
whether living or dead, that it
may avail both me and them
to salvation, unto life everlasting.
Amen.
O God, Who in creating man
didst exalt his nature very
wonderfully and yet more
wonderfully didst establish
it anew: by the mystery signified
in the mingling of this
water and wine, grant us to
have part in the Godhead of
Him Who hath vouchsafed
to share our manhood, Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord,
Who liveth and reigneth with
Thee in the unity of the Holy
Ghost, God; world without
end. Amen.
We offer unto Thee, O
Lord, the chalice of salvation,
beseeching Thy clemency that
it may ascend as a sweet odor
before Thy divine majesty,
for our own salvation, and
for that of the whole world.
Amen.

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In spíritu humilitátis et in
ánimo contríto suscipiámur a
te, Dómine: et sic fiat sacrifícium
nostrum in conspéctu tuo
hódie, ut pláceat tibi, Dómine
Deus.
Veni, sanctificátor omnípotens
ætérne Deus: et bene
dic hoc sacrifícium, tuo sancto
nómini præparátum.
Humbled in mind, and contrite
of heart, may we find favor
with Thee, O Lord; and
may the sacrifice we this day
offer up be well pleasing to
Thee, Who art our Lord and
our God.
Come, Thou, the Sanctifier,
God, almighty and everlasting:
bless this sacrifice which is
prepared for the glory of Thy
holy name.
At High Mass or Solemn Mass, the altar
and sacrificial gifts are incensed.
Per intercessiónem beáti
Michaélis Archángeli,
stantis a dextris altáris incénsi,
et ómnium electórum
suórum, incénsum istud
dignétur Dóminus bene
dicere, et in odórem suavitátis
accípere. Per Christum Dóminum
nostrum. Amen.
Incensum istud a te benedíctum
ascéndat ad te, Dómine:
et descéndat super nos misericórdia
tua.
The incense is first blessed:
By the intercession of
blessed Michael the
archangel, who standeth at
the right hand of the altar of
incense, and of all His elect,
may the Lord vouchsafe to
bless this incense, and to
receive it for an odor of sweetness.
Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
May this incense, blessed by
Thee, ascend before Thee, O
Lord, and may Thy mercy descend
upon us.

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Dirigatur, Dómine, orátio
mea, sicut incénsum in conspéctu
tuo: elevátio mánuum
meárum sacrifícium
vespertínum. Pone, Dómine,
custódiam ori meo, et óstium
circumstántiæ lábiis meis. Ut
non declínet cor meum in
verbo malítiæ, ad excusándas
excusatiónes in peccátis.
Let my prayer be directed, O
Lord, as incense in Thy sight,
the lifting up of my hands
as an evening sacrifice. Set
a watch, O Lord, before my
mouth: and a door round
about my lips: that my heart
may not incline to evil words:
to make excuses in sins.
The priest gives the thurible to the deacon, saying:
Accéndat in nobis Dóminus
ignem sui amóris, et flamma
ætérnæ caritátis. Amen.
May the Lord enkindle in us
the fire of His love and the
flame of everlasting charity.
Amen.
The priest washes his fingers, praying Psalm 25:6-12.
Lavábo inter innocéntes
manus meas: et circúmdabo
altáre tuum Dómine:
Ut áudiam vocem laudis, et
enárrem univérsa mirabília
tua. Dómine, diléxi decórem
domus tuæ et locum habitatiónis
glóriæ tuæ. Ne perdas
cum ímpiis, Deus, ánimam
meam, et cum viris sánguinum
vitam meam: In quorum
LAVABO
will wash my hands
I among the innocent,
and will compass Thine altar,
O Lord. That I may hear
the voice of praise, and tell
of all Thy wondrous works.
I have loved, O Lord, the
beauty of Thy house and the
place where Thy glory dwelleth.
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mánibus iniquitátes sunt: déxtera
eórum repléta est munéribus.
Ego autem in innocéntia
mea ingréssus sum: rédime me
et miserére mei. Pes meus stetit
in dirécto: in ecclésiis benedícam
te, Dómine. Glória
Patri.
my life with men of blood. In
whose hands are iniquities:
their right hand is filled with
gifts. But as for me, I have
walked in my innocence; redeem
me, and have mercy on
me. My foot hath stood in the
right way; in the churches I
will bless Thee, O Lord. Glory
be.
Súscipe, sancta Trinitas,
hanc oblatiónem, quam
tibi offérimus ob memóriam
passiónis, resurrectiónis,
et ascensiónis Jesu Christi,
Dómini nostri: et in honórem
beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis,
et beáti Joannis Baptistæ, et
sanctórum Apostolórum Petri
et Pauli, et istórum et ómnium
Sanctórum: ut illis profíciat
ad honórem, nobis autem
ad salútem: et illi pro nobis intercédere
dignéntur in cœlis,
quorum memóriam ágimus in
terris. Per eúmdem Christum,
Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Bowing down, the priest says:
Receive, O holy Trinity,
this oblation offered
up by us to Thee in memory
of the passion, resurrection,
and ascension of Our Lord
Jesus Christ, and in honor of
blessed Mary, ever a virgin,
of blessed John the Baptist,
of the holy apostles Peter and
Paul, of these, and of all the
saints, that it may be available
to their honor and to our salvation;
and may they whose
memory we celebrate on earth
vouchsafe to intercede for us
in heaven. Through the same
Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Kissing the altar, the priest turns to address the people:
P. Oráte, fratres: ut meum ac
vestrum sacrifícium acceptábile
fiat apud Deum Patrem
omnipoténtem.
S. Suscípiat Dóminus sacrifícium
de mánibus tuis ad
laudem et glóriam nominis
sui, ad utilitátem quoque nostram,
totiúsque Ecclésiæ suæ
sanctæ.
P. Amen.
P. Brethren, pray that my
sacrifice and yours may be
acceptable to God the Father
almighty.
S. May the Lord receive this
sacrifice at thy hands, to the
praise and glory of His name,
to our own benefit, and to
that of all His Holy Church.
P. Amen.
Secret
Sacrifíciis præséntibus,
Dómine, quæsumus, inténde
placátus: ut et devotióni
nostræ profíciant,
et salúti. Per Dóminum nostrum.
We beseech Thee, O Lord,
look favorably upon the
sacrifices here before Thee,
that they may profit us
both for devotion and for
salvation. Through our
Lord.

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P. Dóminus vobíscum.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo.
P. Sursum corda.
S. Habémus ad Dóminum.
P. Grátias agámus Dómino,
Deo nostro.
S. Dignum et justum est.
The priest begins the Preface:
PREFACE
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
P. Lift up your hearts.
S. We have lifted them up
unto the Lord.
P. Let us give thanks to the
Lord our God.
S. It is meet and just.
Preface for Lent
Vere dignum et justum
est, æquum et
salutáre, nos tibi semper,
et ubíque grátias ágere:
Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens,
ætérne Deus:
Qui corporáli jejúnio vítia
cómprimis, mentem
élevas, virtútem largíris,
et præmia: per Christum
Dóminum nostrum. Per
quem majestátem tuam
laudant Ángeli,
It is truly meet and
just, right and profitable,
for us, at all times,
and in all places, to give
thanks to Thee, O Lord,
the holy One, the Father
almighty, the everlasting
God: Who on those who
chastise their bodies by
fasting dost bestow the restraining
of evil passions,
uplifting of heart, and the
enjoying of virtue with its
reward. Through Christ
our Lord. Through Whom
the angels praise,

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adórant Dominatiónes,
tremunt Potestátes. Cœli,
cœlorúmque Virtútes, ac
beáta Séraphim, sócia exsultatióne
concélebrant. Cum
quibus et nostras voces,
ut admítti júbeas, deprecámur,
súpplici confessióne
dicéntes:
the dominations adore, the
powers, trembling with awe,
worship Thy majesty: which
the heavens, and the forces
of heaven, together with the
blessed seraphim, joyfully
do magnify. And do Thou
command that it be permitted
to our lowliness to join
with them in confessing
Thee and unceasingly to
repeat:
The faithful kneel for the Sanctus and remain
kneeling until after Communion.
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,
Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cœli et terra
glória tua. Hosánna in excélsis.
Benedíctus, qui venit in
nómine Dómini. Hosánna in
excélsis.
SANCTUS
Holy, holy, holy, Lord
God of hosts. The heavens
and the earth are full of
Thy glory. Hosanna in the
highest. Blessed is He who
cometh in the name of the
Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

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CANON OF THE MASS
The priest raises and joins his hands,
then bows over the altar to say:
Te igitur, clementíssime
Pater, per Jesum
Christum, Fílium
tuum, Dóminum nostrum,
súpplices rogámus, ac pétimus,
uti accepta habeas et benedícas,
hæc dona, hæc múnera,
hæc sancta sacrifícia illibáta,
in primis, quæ tibi offérimus
pro Ecclésia tua sancta cathólica:
quam pacificáre, custodíre,
adunáre et régere dignéris toto
orbe terrárum: una cum fámulo
tuo Papa nostro et Antístite
nostro et ómnibus orthodóxis,
atque cathólicæ et apostólicae
fídei cultóribus.
Wherefore, we humbly
pray and beseech
Thee, most merciful
Father, through Jesus Christ
Thy Son, Our Lord, to receive
and to bless these gifts, these
presents, these holy unspotted
sacrifices, which we offer
up to Thee, in the first place,
for Thy holy Catholic Church,
that it may please Thee to grant
her peace, to guard, unite, and
guide her, throughout the
world; as also for Thy servant
N., our Pope, and N., our Bishop,
and for all who are orthodox
in belief and who profess
the catholic and apostolic faith.

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Meménto, Dómine, famulórum
famularúmque tuarum
N. et N. et ómnium circumstántium,
quorum tibi fides
cógnita est et nota devótio, pro
quibus tibi offérimus: vel qui
tibi ófferunt hoc sacrifícium
laudis, pro se suísque ómnibus:
pro redemptióne animárum
suárum, pro spe salútis et incolumitátis
suæ: tibíque reddunt
vota sua ætérno Deo, vivo et
vero.
Communicántes, et memóriam
venerántes, in primis
gloriósæ semper Vírginis
Maríæ, Genetrícis Dei et
Dómini nostri Jesu Christi:
sed * et beati Joseph,
ejusdem Virginis Sponsi,
et beatórum Apostolórum
ac Mártyrum tuórum, Petri
et Pauli, Andréæ, Jacóbi,
Joánnis, Thomæ, Jacóbi,
Philíppi, Bartholomæi, Matthæi,
Simónis et Thaddæi:
Lini, Cleti, Cleméntis, Xysti,
Cornélii, Cypriáni, Lauréntii,
Chrysógoni, Joánnis et
Pauli, Cosmæ et Damiáni: et
ómnium Sanctórum tuórum;
quorum méritis precibúsque
Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy
servants, N. and N., and of all
here present, whose faith and
devotion are known to Thee,
for whom we offer, or who offer
up to Thee, this sacrifice
of praise, for themselves, their
families, and their friends, for
the salvation of their souls and
the health and welfare they
hope for, and who now pay
their vows to Thee, God eternal,
living, and true.
Having communion with
and venerating the memory,
first, of the glorious Mary,
ever a virgin, mother of Jesus
Christ, our God and our
Lord: likewise of * blessed
Joseph, spouse of the same
Virgin, Thy blessed apostles
and martyrs, Peter and
Paul, Andrew, James, John,
Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Simon,
and Thaddeus; of Linus,
Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius,
Cyprian, Lawrence,
Chrysogonus, John and Paul,
Cosmas and Damian, and of
all Thy saints: for the sake of
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concédas, ut in ómnibus protectiónis
tuæ muniámur auxílio.
Per eúmdem Christum,
Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
we may be defended by the
help of Thy protection.
Through the same Christ, our
Lord. Amen.
PRAYERS OF CONSECRATION
Hanc igitur oblatiónem
servitutis nostræ, sed
et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ, quæsumus,
Dómine, ut placátus
accípias: diésque nostros in
tua pace dispónas, atque ab
ætérna damnatióne nos éripi,
et in electórum tuórum júbeas
grege numerári. Per Christum,
Dóminum nostrum.
Amen.
Quam oblatiónem tu, Deus,
in ómnibus, quæsumus, bene
díctam, adscríp tam, ra
tam, rationábilem, acceptabilémque
fácere dignéris: ut
nobis Cor pus, et San
guis fiat dilectíssimi Fílii tui,
Dómini nostri Jesu Christi.
Wherefore, we beseech
Thee, O Lord,
graciously to receive this oblation
which we Thy servants,
and with us Thy whole family,
offer up to Thee: dispose our
days in Thy peace; command
that we be saved from eternal
damnation, and numbered
among the flock of Thine
elect. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
And do Thou, O God, vouchsafe
in all respects, to bless ,
consecrate , and approve
this our oblation, to perfect it
and to render it well-pleasing
to Thyself, so that it may become
for us the body and
blood of Thy most beloved
Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Qui prídie quam paterétur,
accépit panem in sanctas
ac venerábiles manus suas,
elevátis óculis in cœlum ad te
Deum, Patrem suum omnipoténtem,
tibi grátias agens,
bene dixit, fregit, dedítque
discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite,
et manducáte ex hoc
omnes.
Hoc Est Enim
Corpus Meum
Who, the day before He suffered,
took bread into His
holy and venerable hands,
and having lifted up His eyes
to heaven, to Thee, God,
His almighty Father, giving
thanks to Thee, blessed it
, broke it and gave it to His
disciples, saying: Take ye and
eat ye all of this:
For this is
My Body
The priest kneels before the Body of Christ; rising,
he elevates the Sacred Host for the adoration of
all. Say devoutly: “My Lord and My God.”
Símili modo postquam
cœnátum est, accípiens
et hunc præclárum Cálicem
in sanctas ac venerábiles manus
suas: item tibi grátias
agens, bene dixit, dedítque
discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite,
et bíbite ex eo omnes.
In like manner, after He
had supped, taking also
into His holy and venerable
hands this goodly chalice
again giving thanks to Thee,
He blessed it and gave it to
His disciples, saying: Take ye
and drink ye all of this:

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Hic est enim calix
sanguinis mei, novi et
Æterni testamenti:
mysterium fidei:
qui pro vobis et pro
multis effundetur in
remissionem peccatorum.
Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis,
in mei memóriam faciétis.
For this is the chalice of
my blood, of the new and
everlasting testament,
the mystery of faith,
which for you and for
many shall be shed unto
the remission of sins.
As often as ye shall do these
things, ye shall do them in
memory of Me.
The priest kneels before the Precious Blood; rising,
he elevates the Chalice for the adoration of all.
Unde et mémores,
Dómine, nos servi
tui, sed et plebs tua sancta,
ejusdem Christi Fílii tui,
Dómini nostri, tam beátæ
passiónis, nec non et ab ínferis
resurrectiónis, sed et in
cœlos gloriósæ ascensiónis:
offérimus præcláræ majestáti
tuæ de tuis donis ac datis,
hóstiam puram, hóstiam
sanctam, hóstiam immaculátam,
Panem sanctum
vitæ ætérnæ, et Calicem
salútis perpétuæ.
Wherefore, O Lord,
we, Thy servants, as
also Thy holy people, calling
to mind the blessed passion of
the same Christ, Thy Son, our
Lord, His Resurrection from
the grave, and His glorious ascension
into heaven, offer up
to Thy most excellent majesty
of Thine own gifts bestowed
upon us, a victim which is
pure, a victim which is holy,
a victim which is stainless,
the holy bread of life everlasting,
and the chalice of
eternal salvation.

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Supra quæ propítio ac seréno
vultu respícere dignéris:
et accépta habére, sicúti
accépta habére dignátus es
múnera púeri tui justi Abel,
et sacrifícium Patriárchæ
nostri Abrahæ: et quod tibi
óbtulit summus sacérdos
tuus Melchísedech, sanctum
sacrifícium, immaculátam
hóstiam.
Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens
Deus: jube hæc
perférri per manus sancti
Angeli tui in sublíme altáre
tuum, in conspéctu divínæ
majestátis tuæ: ut, quotquot
ex hac altáris participatióne
sacrosánctum Fílii tui Cor
pus, et Sán guinem
sumpsérimus, omni benedictióne
cœlésti et grátia repleámur.
Per eúmdem Christum,
Dóminum nostrum.
Amen.
Vouchsafe to look upon
them with a gracious and
tranquil countenance, and to
accept them, even as Thou
wast pleased to accept the
offerings of Thy just servant
Abel, and the sacrifice of
Abraham, our patriarch, and
that which Melchisedech,
Thy high priest, offered up to
Thee, a holy sacrifice, a victim
without blemish.
We humbly beseech Thee, almighty
God, to command that
these our offerings be borne
by the hands of Thy holy angel
to Thine altar on high, in
the presence of Thy divine
Majesty; that as many of us as
shall receive the most sacred
Body and Blood of Thy Son
by partaking thereof from this
altar may be filled with every
heavenly blessing and grace:
Through the same Christ our
Lord. Amen.
The priest intercedes for the Church
Suffering and Church Militant:

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Meménto étiam, Dómine,
famulórum famularúmque
tuárum N. et N., qui nos
præcessérunt cum signo fídei,
et dórmiunt in somno pacis.
Ipsis, Dómine, et ómnibus in
Christo quiescéntibus locum
refrigérii, lucis, et pacis, ut indúlgeas,
deprecámur. Per eúmdem
Christum, Dóminum
nostrum. Amen.
Nobis quoque peccatóribus
fámulis tuis, de multitúdine
miseratiónum tuárum sperántibus,
partem áliquam et
societátem donáre dignéris,
cum tuis sanctis Apóstolis
et Martýribus: cum Joánne,
Stéphano, Matthía, Bárnaba,
Ignátio, Alexándro,
Marcellíno, Petro, Felicitáte,
Perpétua, Agatha, Lúcia, Agnéte,
Cæcília, Anastásia, et
ómnibus Sanctis tuis: intra
quorum nos consórtium, non
æstimátor mériti, sed véniæ,
quæsumus, largítor admítte.
Per Christum, Dóminum
nostrum.
Be mindful also, O Lord,
of Thy servants N. and
N., who have gone before
us with the sign of faith and
who sleep the sleep of peace.
To these, O Lord, and to all
who rest in Christ, grant, we
beseech Thee, a place of refreshment,
light, and peace.
Through the same Christ our
Lord. Amen.
To us sinners, also, Thy servants,
who put our trust in
the multitude of Thy mercies,
vouchsafe to grant some part
and fellowship with Thy holy
apostles and martyrs; with
John, Stephen, Matthias,
Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander,
Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas,
Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy,
Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia,
and with all Thy saints. Into
their company do Thou, we
beseech Thee, admit us, not
weighing our merits, but freely
pardoning our offenses:
Through Christ our Lord.
Reverencing the Sacred Host and
Chalice, the priest continues:

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FINAL DOXOLOGY
AND MINOR ELEVATION
Per quem hæc ómnia,
Dómine, semper bona creas,
sancti ficas, viví ficas,
bene dícis et præstas nobis.
Per Ip sum, et cum Ip so,
et in Ip so, est tibi Deo
Patri Onmipotenti, in
unitáte Spíritus Sancti,
omnis honor, et glória.
By Whom, O Lord, Thou
dost always create, sanctify
, quicken , bless , and
bestow upon us all these good
things.
Through Him , and with
Him , and in Him , is
to thee, God the Father
Almighty, in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, all
honor and glory.
Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. World without end.
S. Amen. S. Amen.
PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION
Orémus: Præcéptis salutáribus
móniti, et divína institutióne
formáti audémus dícere:
Pater noster, qui es in cælis,
sanctificétur nomen
tuum. Advéniat regnum tuum.
Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo
et in terra. Panem nostrum
quotidiánum da nobis hódie, et
dimítte nobis débita nostra sicut
et nos dimíttimus debitóribus
nostris. Et ne nos indúcas
in tentatiónem.
Let us pray. Admonished by
salutary precepts, and following
divine directions, we presume
to say:
Our Father, who art in
heaven, hallowed be Thy
name; Thy kingdom come; Thy
will be done on earth as it is in
heaven; give us this day our daily
bread; and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who
trespass against us, and lead us
not into temptation.

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S. Sed líbera nos a malo. S. But deliver us from evil.
P. Amen. P. Amen.
Líbera nos, quæsumus,
Dómine, ab ómnibus malis,
prætéritis, præséntibus et futúris:
et intercedénte beáta et
gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei
Genitríce María, cum beátis
Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo,
atque Andréa, et ómnibus
Sanctis, da propítius pacem
in diébus nostris: ut, ope misericórdiæ
tuæ adjúti, et a peccáto
simus semper líberi et ab
omni perturbatióne secúri.
Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum
Jesum Christum, Fílium
tuum. Qui tecum vivit et regnat
in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus.
Deliver us, we beseech Thee,
O Lord, from all evils, past,
present, and to come: and by
the intercession of the blessed
and glorious Mary, ever a
virgin, Mother of God, and of
Thy holy apostles, Peter and
Paul, of Andrew, and of all the
saints, graciously grant peace in
our days, that through the help
of Thy bountiful mercy we may
always be free from sin and secure
from all disturbance.
Through the same Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, our Lord,
Who liveth and reigneth with
Thee in the unity of the Holy
Ghost, God.
P. Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. P. World without end.
S. Amen. S. Amen.
P. Pax Domini sit semper
vobis cum.
P. May the peace of the Lord
be always with you.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo. S. And with Thy spirit.

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The priest places a particle of the Sacred
Host into the Chalice, saying:
HÆc commíxtio, et consecrátio
Córporis et
Sánguinis Dómini nostri
Jesu Christi, fiat accipiéntibus
nobis in vitam ætérnam.
Amen.
May this commingling and
consecrating of the Body
and Blood of our Lord Jesus
Christ avail us who receive it
unto life everlasting. Amen.
Striking his breast three times, the priest says:
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta
mundi: miserére
nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta
mundi: miserére nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta
mundi: dona nobis pacem.
Lamb of God, who takest
away the sins of the
world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takest
away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takest
away the sins of the world,
grant us peace.

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Dómine Jesu Christe, qui
dixísti Apóstolis tuis: Pacem
relínquo vobis, pacem meam
do vobis: ne respícias peccáta
mea, sed fidem Ecclésiæ
tuæ; eámque secúndum voluntátem
tuam pacificáre et
coadunáre dignéris: Qui vivis
et regnas Deus per ómnia
sæcula sæculórum. Amen.
Dómine Jesu Christe, Fili Dei
vivi, qui ex voluntáte Patris,
cooperánte Spíritu Sancto,
per mortem tuam mundum
vivificásti: líbera me per hoc
sacrosánctum Corpus et Sánguinem
tuum ab ómnibus iniquitátibus
meis, et univérsis
malis: et fac me tuis semper
inhærére mandátis, et a te
numquam separári permíttas:
Qui cum eódem Deo Patre et
Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas
Deus in sæcula sæculórum.
Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ who
didst say to Thine apostles:
Peace I leave you, My peace
I give you: look not upon my
sins, but upon the faith of
Thy Church, and vouchsafe
to grant her peace and unity
according to Thy will: Who
livest and reignest God, world
without end. Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of
the living God, Who, according
to the will of the Father,
through the co-operation of
the Holy Ghost, hast by Thy
death given life to the world:
deliver me by this Thy most
sacred Body and Blood, from
all my iniquities and from
every evil; make me always
cleave to Thy commandments,
and never suffer me
to be separated from Thee,
Who with the same God, the
Father and the Holy Ghost,
livest and reignest God, world
without end. Amen.

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Percéptio Córporis tui,
Dómine Jesu Christe, quod
ego indígnus súmere præsúmo,
non mihi provéniat in
judícium et condemnatiónem:
sed pro tua pietáte prosit
mihi ad tutaméntum mentis
et córporis, et ad medélam
percipiéndam: Qui vivis et
regnas cum Deo Patre in
unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus,
per ómnia sæcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Let not the partaking of Thy
Body, O Lord Jesus Christ,
which I, all unworthy, presume
to receive, turn to my
judgment and condemnation;
but through Thy loving
kindness may it be to me a
safeguard and remedy for
soul and body; Who, with
God the Father, in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, livest and
reignest, God, world without
end. Amen.
PRAYERS FOR COMMUNION
Panem cœléstem accipiam,
et nomen Dómini
invocábo.
will take the Bread of
I heaven, and will call
upon the name of the Lord.
The priest strikes his breast as he repeats three times:
DÓmine, non sum dignus, ut
intres sub tectum meum: sed
tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur
ánima mea.
Lord, I am not worthy that
Thou shouldst enter under
my roof; but only say the
word, and my soul shall be
healed.

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Making the Sign of the Cross with the Host, the priest says:
Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu
Christi custódiat ánimam meam
in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
May the Body of our Lord Jesus
Christ keep my soul unto
life everlasting. Amen.
After reverently receiving the Host, the
priest purifies the paten, saying:
Quid retríbuam Dómino pro
ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi?
Cálicem salutáris accípiam,
et nomen Dómini invocábo.
Laudans invocábo Dóminum,
et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
What shall I render unto the
Lord for all the things that He
hath rendered unto me? I will
take the chalice of salvation
and will call upon the name
of the Lord. With high praises
will I call upon the Lord,
and I shall be saved from all
mine enemies.
Making the Sign of the Cross with
the Chalice, the priest says:
Sanguis Dómini nostri Jesu
Christi custódiat ánimam
meam in vitam ætérnam.
Amen.
May the Blood of our Lord
Jesus Christ keep my soul
unto life everlasting. Amen.

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As the priest reverently consumes all the Precious
Blood, the server customarily repeats the Confiteor:
Confíteor Deo omnipoténti,
beátæ Maríæ semper
Vírgini, beáto Michaéli
Archángelo, beáto Joánni
Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis
Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis,
et tibi, pater: quia peccávi
nimis cogitatióne, verbo et
opere: [Now strike your breast
three times, saying:] mea culpa,
mea culpa, mea máxima
culpa. Ideo precor beátam
Maríam semper Vírginem,
beátum Michaélem Archángelum,
beátum Joánnem
Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos
Petrum et Paulum, omnes
Sanctos, et te, pater, orare pro
me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum.
P. Misereátur vestri omnípotens
Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis
vestris, perdúcat vos ad
vitam ætérnam.
S. Amen. S. Amen.
confess to almighty
I God, to blessed Mary
ever virgin, to blessed Michael
the archangel, to blessed John
the Baptist, to the holy apostles
Peter and Paul, to all the
saints, and to thee, Father,
that I have sinned exceedingly
in thought, word, and
deed: [Now strike your breast
three times, saying:] through
my fault, through my fault,
through my most grievous
fault. Therefore I beseech
the blessed Mary ever virgin,
blessed Michael the archangel,
blessed John the Baptist,
the holy apostles Peter and
Paul, all the saints, and thee,
Father, to pray to the Lord
our God for me.
P. May almighty God have
mercy on you and, having forgiven
you your sins, bring you
to life everlasting.

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P. Indulgéntiam, absolutionem
et remissiónem peccatórum
vestrorum tríbuat vobis
omnípotens et miséricors
Dóminus.
S. Amen. S. Amen.
P. May the almighty and merciful
Lord grant us pardon,
absolution, and remission of
our sins.
Genuflecting to the altar, the priest turns to
show the Sacred Host to the people, saying:
Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce, qui
tollit peccáta mundi.
Behold the Lamb of God,
behold Him who taketh away
the sins of the world.
Sriking the breast three times, all confess:
Dómine, non sum dignus,
ut intres sub tectum meum,
sed tantum dic verbo, et
sanábitur ánima mea.
Lord, I am not worthy that
Thou shouldst enter under
my roof; but only say the
word, and my soul shall be
healed.
Only baptized and practicing Catholics in the state of grace
present themselves for Holy Communion.
Communicants kneel at the altar rail and receive
the Sacred Host on the tongue, as the priest says:
Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu
Christi custódiat ánimam
tuam in vitam ætérnam.
Amen.
May the Body of our Lord
Jesus Christ preserve thy soul
unto life everlasting. Amen.

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Those unable to receive the Eucharist at this Mass
may make a Spiritual Communion (p 6).
After Holy Communion has been distributed,
the priest purifies the sacred vessels, saying:
Quod ore súmpsimus,
Dómine, pura mente
capiámus: et de munere temporáli
fiat nobis remédium
sempitérnum.
ABLUTIONS
Into a pure heart, O Lord,
may we receive the heavenly
food which has passed
our lips; bestowed upon us in
time, may it be the healing of
our souls for eternity.
Corpus tuum, Dómine,
quod sumpsi, et Sanguis,
quem potávi, adhæreat viscéribus
meis: et præsta; ut in
me non remáneat scélerum
mácula, quem pura et sancta
refecérunt sacraménta:
Qui vivis et regnas in sæcula
sæculórum. Amen.
May Thy Body, O Lord,
which I have received, and
Thy Blood which I have
drunk, cleave to mine inmost
parts: and do Thou grant that
no stain of sin remain in me,
whom pure and holy mysteries
have refreshed: Who livest
and reignest, world without
end. Amen.
COMMUNION Ps 121:3, 4
Jerúsalem, quæ ædificátur Jerusalem, which is built
ut cívitas, cujus participátio as a city, which is compact
eius in idípsum: illuc enim together; for thither did
ascendérunt tribus, tribus the tribes go up, the tribes
Dómini, ad confiténdum of the Lord, to praise Thy
nómini tuo, Dómine. name, O Lord.

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The priest kisses the altar, then turns to the people, saying:
P. Dóminus vobíscum.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo.
P. Orémus.
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
P. Let us pray.
POSTCOMMUNION
Da nobis, quæsumus,
miséricors Deus: ut sancta
tua, quibus incessánter explémur,
sincéris tractémus
obséquiis, et fidéli semper
mente sumámus. Per Dóminum
nostrum.
S. Amen. S. Amen.
Grant us, we beseech Thee,
O merciful God, that we
may treat with unfeigned
veneration and ever receive
with heartfelt faith Thy holy
rites which we constantly
celebrate. Through our
Lord.
P. Dóminus vobíscum.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo.
P. Ite, Missa est.
S. Deo grátias.
The priest turns to announce the
completion of Holy Mass:
THE CONCLUSION
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
P. Go, the Mass is ended.
S. Thanks be to God.

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Bowing over the altar, the priest says silently:
Placeát tibi, sancta
Trínitas, obséquium servitútis
meæ: et præsta; ut
sacrifícium, quod óculis
tuæ majestátis indígnus
óbtuli, tibi sit acceptábile,
mihíque et ómnibus, pro
quibus illud óbtuli, sit, te
miseránte, propitiábile. Per
Christum, Dóminum nostrum.
Amen.
May the lowly homage of my service
be pleasing to Thee, O most holy
Trinity: and do Thou grant that
the sacrifice which I, all unworthy,
have offered up in the sight of Thy
majesty, may be acceptable to Thee,
and, because of Thy loving-kindness,
may avail to atone to Thee for myself
and for all those for whom I have
offered it up. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.
He kisses the altar and concludes:
P. Benedícat vos omnípotens
Deus, Pater, et Fílius, et
Spíritus Sanctus.
S. Amen.
P. May almighty God, the Father,
and the Son, and the
Holy Ghost, bless you.
S. Amen.
The priest moves to the Gospel side
and reads the Last Gospel.

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THE LAST GOSPEL
P. Dóminus vobiscum. P. The Lord be with you.
S. Et cum spíritu tuo. S. And with thy spirit.
P. Inítium sancti Evangélii
secúndum Joánnem.
P. The beginning of the holy
Gospel, according to St. John.
S. Glória tibi, Dómine. S. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
In princípio erat Verbum, In the beginning was the
et Verbum erat apud Word, and the Word was
Deum, et Deus erat Verbum. with God, and the Word was
Hoc erat in princípio apud God. The same was in the beginning
with God. All things
Deum. Omnia per ipsum facta
sunt: et sine ipso factum est were made by Him, and without
Him was made nothing
nihil, quod factum est: in ipso
vita erat, et vita erat lux hóminum:
life, and the life was the light
that was made. In Him was
of men:
et lux in ténebris lucet, et
ténebræ eam non comprehendérunt.
Fuit homo missus
a Deo, cui nomen erat Joánnes.
Hic venit in testimónium, ut
testimónium perhibéret de
lúmine, ut omnes créderent
per illum. Non erat ille lux, sed
ut testimónium perhibéret de
lúmine.
and the light shineth in darkness,
and the darkness did
not comprehend it. There was
a man sent from God, whose
name was John. This man
came for a witness, to give testimony
of the light, that all men
might believe through him. He
was not the light, but he was to
give testimony of the light.

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Erat lux vera, quæ illúminat
omnem hóminem veniéntem
in hunc mundum. In mundo
erat, et mundus per ipsum factus
est, et mundus eum non
cognóvit. In própria venit,
et sui eum non recepérunt.
Quotquot autem recepérunt
eum, dedit eis potestátem
fílios Dei fíeri, his, qui credunt
in nómine ejus: qui
non ex sanguínibus, neque
ex voluntáte carnis, neque ex
voluntáte viri, sed ex Deo nati
sunt. [Genuflect] Et Verbum
caro factum est, et habitávit
in nobis: et vídimus glóriam
ejus, glóriam quasi Unigéniti
a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritatis.
That was the true light which
enlighteneth every man that
cometh into this world. He
was in the world, and the
world was made by Him,
and the world knew Him
not. He came unto His own,
and His own received Him
not. But as many as received
Him, to them He gave power
to become the sons of God:
to them that believe in His
name: who are born, not of
blood, nor of the will of the
flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God. [Genuflect] And
the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us, and we
saw His glory, the glory as of
the only-begotten of the Father,
full of grace and truth.
S. Deo grátias. S. Thanks be to God.
PRAYERS AFTER LOW MASS
Now optional, the following prayers
were ordered by Pope Leo XIII:
Ave María, gratia plena,
Dóminus tecum. Benedícta
tu in muliéribus, et
benedíctus fructus ventris tui,
Jesus.
Hail Mary, full of grace;
The Lord is with thee;
Blessed art thou amongst
women, and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

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S. Sancta María, Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatóribus,
nunc, et in hora mortis nostræ.
Amen.
S. Holy Mary, Mother of
God, pray for us sinners, now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
(Said three times)
Salve Regína, Mater misericórdiæ,
vita, dulcédo,
et spes nostra, salve. Ad te
clamámus, éxsules fílii Evæ;
Ad te suspirámus, geméntes
et flentes in hac lacrimárum
valle. Eia ergo, Advocáta nostra,
illos tuos misericórdes
óculos ad nos convérte. Et
Jesum, benedíctum fructum
ventris tui, nobis, post hoc exsílium,
osténde. O clemens, o
pia, o dulcis Virgo María.
P. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei
Génitrix.
S. Ut digni efficiámur
promissiónibus Christi.
Hail, holy Queen, Mother
of Mercy, our life, our
sweetness, and our hope! To
thee do we cry, poor banished
children of Eve, to thee do we
send up our sighs, mourning
and weeping in this valley of
tears. Turn then, most gracious
advocate, thine eyes of
mercy towards us; and after
this our exile, show unto us
the blessed fruit of thy womb,
Jesus. O clement, O loving, O
sweet virgin Mary.
P. Pray for us, O holy Mother
of God.
S. That we may be worthy of
the promises of Christ.

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Orémus. Deus, refúgium
nostrum et virtus, populum
ad te clamántem propítius
réspice; et intercedénte gloriósa
et immaculáta Vírgine
Dei Genitríce María, cum
beáto Joseph, ejus Sponso,
ac beátis Apostólis tuis Petro
et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis,
quas pro conversióne
peccatórum, pro libertáte et
exaltatióne sanctæ Matris
Ecclésiæ, preces effúndimus,
miséricors et benígnus exáudi.
Per eúmdem Christum
Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Sancte Michael Archángele,
defénde nos in prœlio,
contra nequítiam et insídias
diáboli ésto præsídium.
Ímperet illi Deus; súpplices
deprecámur: tuque, prínceps
milítiæ cœléstis, Sátanam
aliósque spíritus malígnos,
qui ad perditiónem animárum
pervagántur in mundo, divína
virtúte in inférnum detrúde.
Amen.
Let us pray. O God, our refuge
and our strength, look
down with favor upon Thy
people who cry to Thee; and
through the intercession of
the glorious and immaculate
Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
of her spouse, blessed Joseph,
of Thy holy apostles Peter and
Paul, and all the saints, mercifully
and graciously hear the
prayers which we pour forth
to Thee for the conversion
of sinners and for the liberty
and exaltation of holy
mother Church. Through the
same Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Michael, the archangel,
defend us in battle,
be our protection against the
malice and snares of the devil.
We humbly beseech God
to command him, and do
thou, O prince of the heavenly
host, by the divine power
thrust into hell Satan and the
other evil spirits who roam
through the world seeking the
ruin of souls. Amen.
P. Cor Jesu sacratíssimum, P. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
S. Miserére nobis. S. Have mercy on us.
(Said three times)

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DAILY MEDITATION
Why did Christ thus try St. Philip?
1. To try his faith and confidence.
2. To teach us to make use of natural and ordinary means before
we have recourse to the supernatural.
3. So that the miracle would be the more striking to the people,
when they were satisfied that the provisions they had
were quite small and insufficient.
4. That we might have confidence in God, Who is a helper in
time of tribulation.
What ceremonies did Our Savior use at this miracle, and why?
1. He first looked up to heaven, to remind us that every good
gift comes from above, and that it is God only Who opens
His hand, and fills all with benediction.
2. He thanked His heavenly Father, to show us that we also
should be careful to thank God for all His benefits. “The
table,” says St. Chrysostom, “which begins and ends with
prayer, shall never know want.”
3. He blessed the bread, that we might learn that it is the blessing
of God which gives success.
Why did Jesus flee after this miracle?
1. To teach us to seek not the admiration and applause of men,
but only the glory of God and the good of our neighbor.
2. To love solitude; that, far from the noise of the world, we
may with more freedom converse with God.
Fr. Leonard Goffine (d. 1719) was a German Premonstratensian monk, author, and
parish priest of notable sanctity.

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EVENING DEVOTION
Ant. Great are the works of the Lord, sought out according to
all His wills.
Psalm 110
I will praise Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; in the council
of the just, and in the congregation.
Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all
His wills.
His work is praise and magnificence: and His justice continueth
forever and ever.
He hath made a remembrance of His wonderful works, being
a merciful and gracious Lord: He hath given food to them that
fear Him.
He will be mindful forever of His covenant: He will shew forth
to His people the power of His works.
That He may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: the
works of His hands are truth and judgment.
All His commandments are faithful: confirmed forever and
ever, made in truth and equity.
He hath sent redemption to His people: He hath commanded
His covenant forever.
[Bow head] Holy and terrible is His name: the fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom.
A good understanding to all that do it: His praise continueth
forever and ever.
Canticle: Magnificat (see p 120)
Ant. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there He sat with
His disciples.

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MORNING DEVOTION
Ant. Thy wrath is turned away and Thou hast comforted me.
Is 12:1-7
I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord, for Thou wast angry with
me: Thy wrath is turned away, and Thou hast comforted me.
Behold, God is my Saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not
fear:
Because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and He is become
my salvation.
You shall draw waters with joy out of the Saviour’s fountains:
And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon
His name:
Make His works known among the people: remember that His
name is high.
Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath done great things: shew this
forth in all the earth.
Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is He
that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.
Canticle: Benedictus (see p 118)
Ant. Thus saith the Lord: Take these things hence; make not
My Father’s house an house of merchandise.

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INTROIT Ps 53:3, 4, 5
Save me, O God, by Thy name, and in Thy strength deliver me:
O God, hear my prayer, give ear to the words of my mouth. For
strangers have risen up against me: and the mighty have sought
after my soul. Glory be.
COLLECT
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that, keeping the
sacred observances with devotion year by year, we may, both in
body and soul, be pleasing to Thee. Through our Lord.
EPISTLE 3 Kgs 3:16–28
In those days, there came two women that were harlots, to King
Solomon, and stood before him: And one of them said, I beseech
thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house and
I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber; and the
third day after that I was delivered, she also was delivered: and
we were together, and no other person with us in the house,
only we two; and this woman’s child died in the night, for in
her sleep she overlaid him; and rising in the dead time of the
night, she took my child from my side, while I thy handmaid
was asleep, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in
my bosom. And when I rose in the morning to give my child
suck, behold it was dead: but considering him more diligently
when it was clear day, I found that it was not mine which I bore.
And the other woman answered, It is not so as thou sayest, but
thy child is dead and mine is alive. On the contrary, she said,
Thou liest, for my child liveth and thy child is dead: and in this
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one saith, My child is alive, and thy child is dead; and the other
answereth, Nay, but thy child is dead and mine liveth. The king
therefore said, Bring me a sword; and when they had brought a
sword before the king, Divide, said he, the living child in two,
and give half to the one, and half to the other. But the woman
whose child was alive said to the king (for her bowels were
moved upon her child), I beseech thee, my lord, give her the
child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither
mine nor thine, but divide it. The king answered, and said,
Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed; for
she is the mother thereof. And all Israel heard the judgment
which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that
the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
GRADUAL Ps 30:3; 70:1
Be Thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of refuge, to
save me. O God, I have hoped in Thee: O Lord, let me never
be confounded.
TRACT Ps 102:10; 78:8, 9
O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we have committed,
nor according to our iniquities. O Lord, remember not our former
iniquities: let Thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are
become exceeding poor. [Kneel] Help us, O Lord our Saviour:
and for the glory of Thy Name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive
us our sins for Thy name’s sake.
GOSPEL Jn 2:13–25
At that time, the pasch of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went
up to Jerusalem: and He found in the temple them that sold
oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting;
and when He had made as it were a scourge of little cords, He
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and the money of the changers He poured out, and the tables
He overthrew; and to them that sold doves He said, Take these
things hence, and make not the house of My Father a house
of traffic. And His disciples remembered that it was written,
The zeal of Thy house hath eaten Me up. The Jews therefore
answered and said to Him, What sign dost Thou show unto us,
seeing Thou dost these things? Jesus answered and said to them,
Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. The Jews
then said, Six and forty years was this temple in building; and
wilt Thou raise it up in three days? But He spoke of the temple
of His body. When therefore He was risen again from the
dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this and they
believed the Scripture, and the word that Jesus had said. Now
when He was at Jerusalem at the pasch, upon the festival-day,
many believed in His name, seeing His signs which He did. But
Jesus did not trust Himself unto them, for that He knew all
men, and because He needed not that any should give testimony
of man, for He knew what was in man.
OFFERTORY Ps 99:1, 2
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth, serve ye the Lord with gladness:
come in before His presence with exceeding great joy: for
the Lord, He is God.
SECRET
May the sacrifice offered to Thee, O Lord, ever vivify and fortify
us. Through our Lord.
COMMUNION Ps 18:13, 14
From my secret sins cleanse me, O Lord, and from those of
others spare Thy servant.

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POSTCOMMUNION
Having received the sacraments of salvation, O Lord, may we
be profited unto the increase of our everlasting redemption.
Through our Lord.
PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE
Graciously harken to our supplication, we beseech Thee, O
Lord, and grant the help of Thy defense to those to whom Thou
dost give the spirit of prayer. Through our Lord.
DAILY MEDITATION
In the Postcommunion we pray that participation in the divine
Sacrament may intensify in us the work of our redemption,
delivering us from the slavery of our passions, and directing
our feet in the way of eternal salvation. The Blessed Sacrament,
inasmuch as it communicates to us the spirit of Christ crucified,
is to the soul a principle of life and a principle of death.
Of death, because it gives death to sin and to the corrupt part
of our nature; of life, because through it we share in the life of
Christ, a life of perfect holiness, a life wholly in God, for God,
and of God.
The missa, or Prayer of Benediction over the people before
their dismissal, begs the divine clemency that, having granted
us the grace of raising our supplications to God in order to obtain
protection from the dangers that threaten us, we may duly
attain to the salvation for which we pray. The grace of prayer is
one of the highest favours that God imparts to the human soul.
Prayer is indeed the atmosphere in which holiness develops and
flourishes; it enables the Holy Ghost to communicate himself
to the soul and to bind it to Himself with the bonds of love.

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The whole essence of asceticism is contained in this one word
“prayer.” We first pray in order to obtain the help of God’s
grace in our struggles in the path of purification; and, when we
are engaged in the path of meditation, again we have recourse
to prayer. In heaven itself we shall do nothing else but pray, so
we may consider prayer as the beginning of our future state of
blessedness.
Bl. Ildefonso Schuster (+1954) served as abbot of Saint Paul-Outside-the-Walls and
Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan, universally recognized for his scholarship and love of the
Roman Rite. He was beatified in 1996.

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EVENING DEVOTION
Ant. The Lord hath inclined his ear unto me.
Psalm 114
I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.
Because He hath inclined His ear unto me: and in my days I will
call upon Him.
The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell
have found me.
I met with trouble and sorrow: and I called upon the name of
the Lord.
O Lord, deliver my soul. The Lord is merciful and just, and our
God sheweth mercy.
The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and He
delivered me.
Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful
to thee.
For He hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears,
my feet from falling.
I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
Canticle: Magnificat (see p 120)
Ant. Thus saith the Lord: Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up. But He spoke of the temple of His Body.

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DID YOU KNOW?
As part of his preparation for the Holy
Sacrifice, the priest prays several ancient prayers
while vesting. In English, they are:
While he washes his hands: Give strength to my hands, Lord,
to wipe away all stain, so that I may be able to serve Thee in
purity of mind and body.
For the amice: Lord, set the helmet of salvation on my head to
fend off all the assaults of the devil.
For the alb: Purify me, Lord, and cleanse my heart so that,
washed in the Blood of the Lamb, I may enjoy eternal bliss.
For the cincture: Lord, gird me with the cincture of purity and
extinguish my fleshly desires, that the virtue of continence and
chastity may abide within me.
For the maniple: Lord, may I worthily bear the maniple of
tears and sorrow so as to receive the reward of my labor with
rejoicing.
For the stole: Lord, restore the stole of immortality, which I
lost through the collusion of our first parents, and, unworthy
as I am to approach Thy sacred mysteries, may I yet gain
eternal joy.
For the chasuble: O Lord, Who hast said, “My yoke is sweet
and My burden light,” grant that I may so carry it as to merit
Thy grace. Amen.

The Major Vestments
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CATHOLIC CULTURE
O FRUITFUL GARDEN
John Donne
O
f ruitful garden, and yet never till’d!
Box full of treasure, yet by no man fill’d!
O thou which hast made Him that first made thee!
O near of kin to all the Trinity!
O palace, where the King of all, and more,
Went in and out, yet never open’d door,
Whose flesh is purer than an other’s spirit,
Reach Him our prayers, and reach us down His merit!
O bread of life which swelld’st up without leaven!
O bridge which join’st together earth and heaven!
Whose eyes see me through these walls, and through glass,
And through this flesh as through Cyprus pass.
Behold a little heart made great by thee
Swelling, yet shrinking at thy majesty.
O dwell in it! for wheresoe’er thou go’st,
There is the temple of the Holy Ghost.

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Tuesday of The
Fourth Week of Lent
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021
MORNING DEVOTION
Ant. May God have mercy on us and bless us.
Psalm 66
May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may He cause the
light of His countenance to shine upon us, and may He have
mercy on us.
That we may know Thy way upon earth: Thy salvation in all
nations.
Let people confess to Thee, O God: let all people give praise
to Thee.
Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for Thou judgest the people
with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.
Let the people, O God, confess to Thee: let all the people give
praise to Thee: the earth hath yielded her fruit.
May God, our God bless us, may God bless us: and all the ends
of the earth fear Him.
Canticle: Benedictus (see p 118)
Ant. Why go ye about to kill Me, a Man that hath told you the
truth?

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INTROIT Ps 54:2, 3, 4
Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication: be
attentive to me, and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and
am troubled at the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of
the sinner. Glory be.
COLLECT
May the fasts of the sacred observance, we beseech Thee, O
Lord, make us to grow in holiness and procure for us the continual
help of Thy favor. Through our Lord.
EPISTLE Ex 32:7–14
In those days, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go down from
the mountain; thy people, which thou hast brought out of the
land of Egypt, hath sinned. They have quickly strayed from the
way which thou didst show them; and they have made to themselves
a molten calf, and have adored it, and, sacrificing victims to
it, have said, These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee
out of the land of Egypt. And again the Lord said to Moses, I see
that this people is stiffnecked: let Me alone, that My wrath may
be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will
make of thee a great nation. But Moses besought the Lord his
God, saying, Why, O Lord, is Thy indignation enkindled against
Thy people, whom Thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt,
with great power and with a mighty hand? Let not the Egyptians
say, I beseech Thee, He craftily brought them out, that He might
kill them in the mountains and destroy them from the earth; let
Thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of Thy
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whom Thou sworest by Thy own self, saying, I will multiply your
seed as the stars of heaven, and this whole land that I have spoken
of I will give to your seed, and you shall possess it forever.
And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which He had
spoken against His people.
GRADUAL Ps 43:26, 2
Arise, O Lord, bring help to us, and deliver us for Thy name’s
sake. O God, we have heard with our ears; and our fathers have
declared to us the work which Thou didst work in their days,
in the days of old.
GOSPEL Jn 7:14–31
At that time, about the middle of the the feast, Jesus went up
into the temple, and taught. And the Jews wondered, saying,
How doth this man know letters, having never learned? Jesus
answered them, and said, My doctrine is not Mine, but His that
sent Me. If any man will do the will of Him, He shall know of
the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of Myself.
He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that
seeketh the glory of Him that sent him, he is true, and there is no
injustice in him. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none
of you keepeth the law? Why seek you to kill Me? The multitude
answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who seeketh to kill Thee?
Jesus answered and said to them, One work I have done, and you
all wonder. Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not because
it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the sabbath-day you circumcise
a man. If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day,
that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry at Me
because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath-day? Judge
not according to the appearance, but judge just judgment. Some
therefore of Jerusalem said, Is not this He whom they seek to kill?
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Have the rulers known for a truth that this is the Christ? But
we know this man whence He is; but when the Christ cometh,
no man knoweth whence He is. Jesus therefore cried out in the
temple, teaching, and saying, You both know Me, and you know
whence I am: and I am not come of Myself, but He that sent Me
is true, Whom you know not. I know Him, because I am from
Him, and He hath sent Me. They sought therefore to apprehend
Him: and no man laid hands on Him because His hour was not
yet come. But of the people many believed in Him.
OFFERTORY Ps 39:2, 3, 4
With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and He looked
upon me: and He heard my prayer: and He put a new canticle
into my mouth, a song to our God.
SECRET
May this offering, we beseech Thee, O Lord, wipe out our sins,
and sanctify the bodies and minds of Thy servants for the celebration
of the sacrifice. Through our Lord.
COMMUNION Ps 19:6
We will rejoice in Thy salvation, and in the name of our God
we shall be exalted.
POSTCOMMUNION
May the reception of this sacrament, O Lord, cleanse us from
guilt and bring us to the kingdom of heaven. Through our Lord.
PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE
Have mercy on Thy people, O Lord, and from the unceasing
tribulation under which they labor grant them relief in Thy mercy.
Through our Lord.

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DAILY MEDITATION
The Voice of Christ: My child, I came down from heaven for your
salvation and took upon Myself your miseries, not out of necessity
but out of love, that you might learn to be patient and bear
the sufferings of this life without repining. From the moment of
My birth to My death on the cross, suffering did not leave Me. I
suffered great want of temporal goods. Often I heard many complaints
against Me. Disgrace and reviling I bore with patience. For
My blessings I received ingratitude, for My miracles blasphemies,
and for My teaching scorn.
The Disciple: O Lord, because You were patient in life, especially in
fulfilling the design of the Father, it is fitting that I, a most miserable
sinner, should live patiently according to Your will, and, as long
as You shall wish, bear the burden of this corruptible body for the
welfare of my soul. For though this present life seems burdensome,
yet by Your grace it becomes meritorious, and it is made brighter
and more endurable for the weak by Your example and the pathways
of the saints. But it has also more consolation than formerly under
the old law when the gates of heaven were closed, when the way
thereto seemed darker than now, and when so few cared to seek the
eternal kingdom. The just, the elect, could not enter heaven before
Your sufferings and sacred death had paid the debt. Oh, what great
thanks I owe You, Who have shown me and all the faithful the good
and right way to Your everlasting kingdom! Your life is our way and
in Your holy patience we come nearer to You Who are our crown.
Had You not gone before and taught us, who would have cared to
follow? Alas, how many would have remained far behind, had they
not before their eyes Your holy example! Behold, even we who have
heard of Your many miracles and teachings are still lukewarm; what
would happen if we did not have such light by which to follow You?
Thomas à Kempis (d. 1471) was an Augustinian monk and priest, best known for writing
The Imitation of Christ, the most widely known Catholic devotional work ever composed.

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EVENING DEVOTION
Ant. The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we rejoice.
Psalm 125
When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became
like men comforted.
Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with
joy.
Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done
great things for them.
The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Going they went and wept, casting their seeds.
But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their
sheaves.
Canticle: Magnificat (see p 120)
Ant. No man laid hands on Him; because His hour was not
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LIVING TRADITION
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THE ANGELIC SALUTATION
In this month of the Annunciation, when the Blessed Virgin Mary gave her
assent to become the Mother of the Incarnate Son of God, we do well to recall
the unique merits of the Angelic Salutation, the Hail Mary.
Since the first millennium of Christianity, the memorization and recitation
of this prayer in Latin has proven central to the devotional life of Roman
Catholics the world over, and a constant source of grace and inspiration to
all those seeking the intercession of the most august Mother of God amid this
vale of tears. May the words of St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, the
great 17th-century apostle of Marian devotion, stir us to habitual use of this
heavenly prayer in the home, in the workplace, and in all circumstances.
Few Christians, however enlightened, know the real
price, merit, excellence, and necessity of the Hail Mary.
It was necessary for the Blessed Virgin to appear several
times to great and enlightened saints, to show them the merit
of it. She did so to St. Dominic, St. John Capistran, and the
blessed Alan de la Roche. They have composed entire works
on the wonders and efficacy of that prayer for converting souls.
They have loudly published and openly preached that, salvation
having begun with the Hail Mary, the salvation of each
one of us in particular is attached to that prayer. They tell us
that it is that prayer which made the dry and barren earth bring
forth the fruit of life; and that it is that prayer well said which
makes the Word of God germinate in our souls, and bring forth
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is a heavenly dew for watering the earth, which is the soul, to
make it bring forth its fruit in season; and that a soul which is
not watered by that prayer bears no fruit, and brings forth only
thorns and brambles, and is ready to be cursed.
–True Devotion to Mary
One day when St. Mechtilde was praying and was trying to
think of some way in which she could express her love of the
Blessed Mother better than she had done before, she fell into
ecstasy. Our Lady appeared to her with the Angelic Salutation
in flaming letters of gold upon her bosom and said to her:
My daughter, I want you to know that no one can
please me more than by saying the salutation which
the Most Adorable Trinity sent to me and by which
He raised me to the dignity of Mother of God.
By the word Ave (which is the name Eve, Eva), I
learned that in His infinite power God had preserved
me from all sin and its attendant misery which the
first woman had been subject to. The name Mary
which means “lady of light” shows that God has filled
me with wisdom and light, like a shining star, to light
up heaven and earth.
The words full of grace remind me that the Holy Spirit
has showered so many graces upon me that I am
able to give these graces in abundance to those who
ask for them through me as Mediatrix. When people
say The Lord is with thee they renew the indescribable
joy that was mine when the Eternal Word became incarnate
in my womb.
When you say to me blessed art thou among women I
praise Almighty God’s divine mercy which lifted me
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blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, the whole of heaven
rejoices with me to see my Son Jesus Christ adored
and glorified for having saved mankind.
–The Secret of the Rosary
Ave María, gratia plena,
Dóminus tecum. Benedícta
tu in muliéribus, et
benedíctus fructus ventris
tui, Jesus. Sancta María, Mater
Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus,
nunc, et in hora
mortis nostræ. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst
women, and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now, and
at the hour of our death.
Amen.

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Fourth Week of Lent
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021 (ST. PATRICK)
In some places, St. Patrick’s day is observed as a major feast.
See pp 87–89 for full Mass propers.
MORNING DEVOTION
Ant. I walked in the innocence of my heart, O Lord.
Psalm 100
Mercy and judgment I will sing to Thee, O Lord:
I will sing, and I will understand in the unspotted way, when
Thou shalt come to me.
I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers
of iniquities.
The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant,
that turned aside from me, I would not know.
The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I
persecute.
With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I
would not eat.
My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the
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He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house:
he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.
In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that
I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the
Lord.
Canticle: Benedictus (see p 118)
Ant. Rabbi, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was
born blind? Jesus answered, and said: Neither hath this man
sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God shall be
made manifest in him.
Holy Mass
INTROIT Ez 36:23, 24, 25–26; Ps 33:2
When I shall be sanctified in you, I will gather you from every
land: and I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be
cleansed from all your filthiness: and I will give you a new spirit.
I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall be ever in my
mouth. Glory be.
Let us pray. Let us kneel. Arise.
O God, Who dost vouchsafe to the just the reward of their
merits, and to sinners pardon through fasting, have mercy upon
Thy suppliants, that the confession of our guilt may have power
to obtain for us forgiveness of our misdoings. Through our
Lord.

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LESSON Ez 36:23–28
Thus says the Lord God, I will sanctify My great name, which
was profaned among the gentiles, which you have profaned in
the midst of them; that the gentiles may know that I am the
Lord, saith the Lord of hosts, when I shall be sanctified in you
before their eyes. For I will take you from among the gentiles,
and will gather you together out of all countries, and will bring
you into your own land; and I will pour upon you clean water,
and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will
cleanse you from all your idols, and will give you a new heart,
and put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony
heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh. And
I will put My spirit in the midst of you, and I will cause you to
walk in My commandments, and to keep My judgments, and
do them, and you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your
fathers, and you shall be My people, and I will be your God;
saith the Lord almighty.
GRADUAL Ps 33:12, 6
Come, children, harken to me: I will teach the fear of the Lord.
Come ye to Him and be enlightened; and your faces shall not
be confounded.
COLLECT
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that we who have
undertaken to chastise our bodies by fasting may, even in this
devotion, find cause for rejoicing: forasmuch as earthly passions
being thereby subdued, we are the better able to fix our hopes
on the delights of heaven. Through our Lord.
COLLECT
St. Patrick
O God, Who didst deign to send blessed Patrick, Thy confessor
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his merits and intercession, that those commands which Thou
dost set before us we may by Thy mercy be able to fulfill.Through
our Lord.
EPISTLE Is 1:16–19
Thus saith the Lord God, Wash yourselves, be clean, take away
the evil of your devices from My eyes; cease to do perversely,
learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for
the fatherless, defend the widow, and then come, and accuse
Me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made
as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be
white as wool. If you be willing and will harken to Me, you shall
eat the good things of the land; saith the Lord almighty.
GRADUAL Ps 32:12, 6
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom
He hath chosen for His inheritance. By the word of the Lord
the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the
spirit of His mouth.
TRACT Ps 102:10; 78:8, 9
O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we have committed,
nor according to our iniquities. O Lord, remember not our former
iniquities: let Thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are
become exceeding poor. [Kneel] Help us, O Lord our Saviour:
and for the glory of Thy Name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive
us our sins for Thy name’s sake.
GOSPEL Jn 1:9–38
At that time, Jesus passing by, saw a man who was blind from
his birth: and His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who hath sinned,
this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? Jesus
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that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must
work the works of Him that sent Me, whilst it is day; the night
cometh when no man can work. As long as I am in the world I
am the light of the world. When He had said these things, He
spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the
clay upon his eyes; and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloe
(which is interpreted, Sent). He went therefore, and washed,
and he came seeing. The neighbors therefore, and they who had
seen him before that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat
and begged? Some said, This is he. But others said, No, but he is
like him. But he said, I am he. They said therefore to him, How
were thy eyes opened? He answered, That man that is called Jesus
made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool
of Siloe, and wash: and I went, I washed, and I see. And they said
to him, Where is He? He saith, I know not. They bring him that
had been blind to the pharisees. Now it was the Sabbath when
Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Again therefore the
pharisees asked him how he had received his sight. But he said to
them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see. Some
therefore of the pharisees said, This man is not of God, who
keepeth not the Sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is
a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
They say therefore to the blind man again, What sayest thou of
Him that hath opened thy eyes? and he said, He is a prophet.
The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been
blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of
him that had received his sight and asked them, saying, Is this
your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now
see? His parents answered them and said, We know that he is
our son, and that he was born blind: but how he seeth we know
not, or who hath opened his eyes we know not: ask himself; he
is of age, let him speak for himself. These things his parents said,
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among themselves, that if any man should confess Him to be
Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore did his
parents say, He is of age, ask him. They therefore called the man
again that had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God.
We know that this man is a sinner. He said therefore to them, If
He be a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that whereas I was
blind, now I see. They then said to him, What did He to thee?
How did He open thine eyes? He answered them, I have told you
already and you have heard; why would you hear it again? will
you also become His disciples? They reviled him therefore, and
said, Be thou His disciple: but we are the disciples of Moses. We
know that God spoke to Moses; but as to this man, we know not
from whence He is. The man answered and said to them, Why,
herein is a wonderful thing that you know not from whence He
is, and He hath opened my eyes. Now we know that God doth
not hear sinners; but if a man be a server of God, and doth His
will, him He heareth. From the beginning of the world it hath
not been heard, that any man hath opened the eyes of one born
blind. Unless this man were of God, He could not do anything.
They answered and said to him, Thou wast wholly born in sins,
and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. Jesus heard that
they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said
to him, Dost thou believe in the Son of God? He answered and
said, Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him? and Jesus said
to him, Thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with
thee. And he said, I believe, Lord: [Kneel] and falling down he
adored Him.
OFFERTORY Ps 65:8, 9, 20
O ye gentiles, bless the Lord our God, and make the voice of
His praise to be heard; Who hath set my soul to live, and hath
not suffered my feet to be moved: blessed be the Lord who hath
not turned away my prayer nor His mercy from me.

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SECRET
We humbly entreat Thee, O almighty God, that our sins may be
purged by these sacrifices; for so dost Thou grant us health of
body and soul. Through our Lord.
SECRET
St. Patrick
May Thy saints, we beseech Thee, O Lord, everywhere make us
joyful, that, while we venerate their merits, we may experience
their patronage. Through our Lord.
COMMUNION Jn 9:11
The Lord made clay of spittle, and anointed my eyes: and I
went, and I washed, and I saw, and I have believed in God.
POSTCOMMUNION
May the sacrament we have received, O Lord, both fill us with spiritual
nourishment and keep us with bodily assistance. Through our
Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
St. Patrick
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that, giving thanks
for the favors we have received, we may, by the intercession of
blessed Patrick, Thy confessor and bishop, obtain blessings still
greater. Through our Lord.
PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE
May the ears of Thy mercy, O Lord, be open to the prayers of
Thy suppliants, and, that Thou mayest grant their desires to
them that seek Thee, make them to ask the things that are pleasing
to Thee. Through our Lord.

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DAILY MEDITATION
We see clearly in the holy gospels what the Apostles were before
they received the gift of understanding, that is to say, before they
were supernaturally enlightened so as to comprehend the divine
mysteries. They understood nothing of those “mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven” which our Divine Lord explained to them.
They always interpreted His words in a material and carnal sense,
so as to merit from Him the severe rebuke, Adhuc et vos sine intellectu
estis? “Are ye also yet without understanding?” (Mt 15:16).
This was their condition, and this also is ours, without the
gift of understanding—a condition incapable of comprehending
the things of God, or of contemplating His Divine perfections.
The very world in which we live exhibits them to us—puts them
as it were under our very hand—and yet we do not see them!
We are like blind persons before a picture. The most touching
spiritual books are read or explained to us, and we understand
nothing of them; we are as indifferent as if we had literally no
power of comprehension. Is not this but too true?
Veni, Sancte Spiritus, et emitte cœlitus lucis tuæ radium. “Come
Holy Ghost, enlighten me with a ray of Thy Heavenly light,”
without which, having eyes, I see not—having ears, I hear not
—having understanding, I remain yet in darkness; but with
which, as I feel assured, all that is dark will for me be turned
into light.
Fr. Bruno Vercruysse (d. 1880) was a Belgian Jesuit priest, zealous missionary preacher,
author, and retreat master.

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EVENING DEVOTION
Ant. Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord.
Psalm 129
Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my
voice.
Let Thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
If Thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it?
For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of
Thy law, I have waited for Thee, O Lord.
My soul hath relied on His word: my soul hath hoped in the
Lord.
From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the
Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with Him plentiful
redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Canticle: Magnificat (see p 120)
Ant. The Man that is called Jesus made clay of His spittle, and
anointed mine eyes, and now I do see.

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St. Patrick, Bishop
and Confessor
MASS PROPERS
INTROIT Ecclus 45:30; Ps 131:1
The Lord made to him a covenant of peace, and made him a
prince; that the dignity of priesthood should be to him forever.
O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness. Glory be.
COLLECT
O God, Who didst deign to send blessed Patrick, Thy confessor
and bishop, to preach Thy glory to the nations, grant, through
his merits and intercession, that those commands which Thou
dost set before us we may by Thy mercy be able to fulfill.Through
our Lord.
EPISTLE Ecclus 44:16–27; 45:3–20
Behold, a great priest, who in his days pleased God, and was
found just; and in the time of wrath was made a reconciliation.
There was not any found like to him, who kept the law of the
Most High. Therefore by an oath the Lord made him increase
among his people. He gave him the blessing of all nations, and
confirmed His covenant upon his head. He acknowledged him
in His blessings: He preserved for him His mercy: and he found
grace before the eyes of the Lord. He glorified him in the sight
of kings, and gave him a crown of glory. He made an everlasting
covenant with him; and gave him a great priesthood; and made
him blessed in glory. To execute the office of the priesthood and
to have praise in his name, and to offer to him worthy incense
for an odor of sweetness.

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GRADUAL Ecclus 44:16, 20
Behold a great priest, who in his days pleased God. There was
not any found like to him, who kept the law of the Most High.
TRACT Ps 111:1–3
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: in His commandments
he hath great delight. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the
generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Glory and wealth
shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth forever and ever.
GOSPEL Mt 25:14–23
At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to His disciples: A man going
into a far country called his servants, and delivered to them
his goods. And to one he gave five talents, and to another two,
and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability:
and immediately he took his journey. And he that had received
the five talents went his way, and traded with the same, and
gained another five. And in like manner he that had received
the two gained other two. But he that had received the one, going
his way, digged into the earth and hid his lord’s money. But
after a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned
with them. And he that had received the five talents coming,
brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me
five talents, behold I have gained other five over and above. His
lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. And he also
that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst
two talents to me, behold I have gained other two. His
lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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OFFERTORY Ps 88:21–22
I have found David My servant, with My holy oil I have
anointed him: for My hand shall help him, and My arm shall
strengthen him.
SECRET
May Thy saints, we beseech Thee, O Lord, everywhere make us
joyful, that, while we venerate their merits, we may experience
their patronage. Through our Lord.
COMMUNION Lk 12:42
A faithful and wise servant, whom the Lord hath set over His
family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season.
POSTCOMMUNION
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that, giving thanks
for the favors we have received, we may, by the intercession of
blessed Patrick, Thy confessor and bishop, obtain blessings still
greater. Through our Lord.

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Fourth Week of Lent
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021
(ST. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM)
MORNING DEVOTION
Ant. Praise the Lord Who healeth the broken of heart, and
bindeth up their wounds.
Psalm 146
Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful
and comely praise.
The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: He will gather together the
dispersed of Israel.
Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises.
Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by
their names.
Great is our Lord, and great is His power: and of His wisdom
there is no number.
The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down
even to the ground.
Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp.
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for
the earth.
Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the
service of men.

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Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that
call upon Him.
He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure
in the legs of a man.
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him: and in them
that hope in His mercy.
Canticle: Benedictus (see p 118)
Ant. Jesus went into a city that is called Naim: and behold, a
dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother.
Holy Mass
INTROIT Ps 104:3, 4, 1
Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord: seek the Lord,
and be strengthened; seek His face evermore. Give glory to the
Lord, and call upon His name; declare His deeds among the
gentiles. Glory be.
COLLECT
Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that, chastened by
the fasts of our devotion, the devotion itself may also gladden
us, so that, with our earthly affections subdued, we may the
more easily lay hold upon heavenly things. Through our Lord.
COLLECT
St. Cyril
Grant us, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, through the intercession
of the blessed Bishop Cyril, so to know Thee, the only
true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent, that we
may deserve to be numbered forever among the sheep that hear
His voice. Through the same.

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EPISTLE 4 Kgs 4:25–38
In those days, a Sunamite woman came to Eliseus to Mount
Carmel: and when the man of God saw her coming towards, he
said to Giezi his servant, Behold that Sunamitess. Go therefore
to meet her, and say to her, Is all well with thee, and with thy
husband, and with thy son? And she answered, Well. And when
she came to the man of God to the mount, she caught hold on
his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God
said, Let her alone, for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath
hid it from me and hath not told me. And she said to him, Did
I ask a son of my Lord? did I not say to thee, Do not deceive
me? Then he said to Giezi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff
in thy hand and go. If any man meet thee, salute him not; and
if any man salute thee, answer him not; and lay my staff upon
the face of the child. But the mother of the child said, As the
Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth I will not leave thee. He arose,
therefore, and followed her. But Giezi was gone before them,
and laid the staff upon the face of the child, and there was no
voice nor sense; and he returned to meet him, and told him,
saying, The child is not risen. Eliseus therefore went into the
house, and behold the child lay dead on his bed; and going in
he shut the door upon him, and upon the child, and prayed to
the Lord; and he went up and lay upon the child: and he put
his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his
hands upon his hands: and he bowed himself upon him, and
the child’s flesh grew warm. Then he returned and walked in
the house, once to and fro; and he went up, and lay upon him;
and the child gaped seven times, and opened his eyes. And he
called Giezi, and said to him, Call this Sunamitess. And she
being called, went in to him, and he said, Take up thy son. She
came and fell at his feet, and worshipped upon the ground; and
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GRADUAL Ps 73:20, 19, 22
Have regard, O Lord, to Thy covenant, and forget not to the
end the souls of Thy poor. Arise, O Lord, judge Thy own cause:
remember the reproaches of Thy servants.
GOSPEL Lk 7:11–16
At that time, Jesus went into a city called Naim; and there went
with Him His disciples, and a great multitude. And when He
came nigh to the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the
only son of his mother; and she was a widow, and much people
of the city were with her. And when the Lord saw her, He had
compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not. And He came
near, and touched the bier. (And they that carried it stood still).
And He said, Young man, I say to thee arise: and he that was
dead sat up, and began to speak. And He delivered him to his
mother. And there came a fear on them all and they glorified
God, saying, A great prophet is risen up amongst us, and God
hath visited His people.
OFFERTORY Ps 69:2, 3, 4
O Lord, make haste to help me: let all those be confounded
that desire evils to Thy servants.
SECRET
Purify us, O merciful God, that the prayers of Thy Church,
which are pleasing to Thee, may become the more pleasing
from the purified hearts with which they bring the gifts of devotion.
Through our Lord.

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SECRET
St. Cyril
Look down with favor, O Lord, upon the immaculate victim
which we offer to Thee, and grant that, by the merits of the
blessed bishop and confessor, Cyril, we may earnestly endeavor
to receive it with a pure heart. Through our Lord.
COMMUNION Ps 70:16, 17, 18
O Lord, I will be mindful of Thy justice alone; Thou hast taught
me, O God, from my youth; and unto old age and gray hairs, O
God, forsake me not.
POSTCOMMUNION
Suffer not Thy heavenly gifts, we pray Thee, O Lord, to become
the occasion of judgment to those who receive them, for Thou
hast provided them unto the healing of Thy faithful. Through
our Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
St. Cyril
May the sacrament of Thy Body and Blood, O Lord Jesus
Christ, which we have received, by the prayers of the blessed
Bishop Cyril, sanctify our minds and hearts, that we may deserve
to become partakers of the divine nature. Who livest.
PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE
O God, the teacher and ruler of Thy people, put to flight the
sins that assail them, that they may be pleasing to Thee and
secure in Thy protection. Through our Lord.

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DAILY MEDITATION
What is more powerful than the Word of God? Why then did
He not effect the miracle by a word only, but also touched the
bier?
It was, my beloved, that thou mightest learn that the holy
body of Christ is effectual for the salvation of man. For the
flesh of the Almighty Word is the body of life, and was clothed
with His might. For consider, that iron, when brought into
contact with fire, produces the effects of fire, and fulfills its
functions; so, because it became the flesh of the Word, Who
gives life to all, it therefore also has the power of giving life, and
annihilates the influence of death and corruption.
May our Lord Jesus Christ also touch us, that delivering
us from evil works, even from fleshly lusts, He may unite us
to the assemblies of the saints; for He is the giver of all good,
by Whom, and with Whom, to God the Father, be praise and
dominion, with the Holy Spirit, forever and ever, Amen.
St. Cyril of Jerusalem (+386) was bishop of Jerusalem from 348 until his death, and was
declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1883.

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EVENING DEVOTION
Ant. And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom
was born Jesus, Who is called Christ.
Psalm 109
The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand:
Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.
The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion:
rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the
brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I
begot thee.
The Lord hath sworn, and He will not repent: Thou art a priest
forever according to the order of Melchisedech.
The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his
wrath.
He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush
the heads in the land of many.
He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he lift
up the head.
Canticle: Magnificat (see p 120)
Ant. Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the Angel of the
Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife.

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FEAST & FERIA
St. Joseph, Spouse Subtitleof the Virgin
After the devotion toward Jesus our divine Saviour,
and His holy Mother, there is none more salutary,
more solid, or more fitting than the devotion to Saint
Joseph. This holy patriarch, whom God Himself chose to be
the guardian, the protector, the nursing father of His only Son,
the consoler and the support of Mary, is the special patron of
Christian families. He takes a living interest in their welfare,
and fills those who have recourse to him with celestial graces.
Those souls, also, who are called to the service of our Lord in a
state of perfection, find in Saint Joseph a special patron. Virgin
Spouse of the Mother of God, he practised in the most eminent
degree all those virtues which heighten the beauty of that purity
to which are promised the blessings of the Lamb without spot.
Saint Joseph is also the director, the friend, and protector of
all souls who aspire to perfection, in whatever state or in whatever
condition they may be. The simplest and most ignorant
people have been known under this skillful teacher to make
astonishing progress in the great science of prayer, and the interior
life. Finally, his tender charity causes him to desire for
us the happiness that he himself enjoyed, of giving up his last
breath in the arms of Jesus and Mary, so that he tenderly loves
to help those souls who are on the point of leaving this world
and about to appear at the Tribunal of God.
In short, there is no state of life, no position, no kind of
need in which his protection does not furnish a resource upon
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had the sweet experience of his inexhaustible bounty, and of his
limitless power. Saint Teresa, among others, assures us that she
has never invoked him without being heard, and that she never
knew anyone to have recourse to him in vain.
Holy Patriarch, model of the holiest faith, and of the most perfect
virtues, obtain for all the members of this family grace to
withstand the dangers and seductions of the world, and to remain
steadfastly attached to the Lord. Obtain for us that, always
united by the bonds of the most tender charity, and encouraging
one another mutually in good works, we may taste under thy
auspices the sweetness of that peace which Jesus has promised
to His true disciples. But above all, when our last hour shall
come, obtain for us that we may find grace before the Sovereign
Judge, so that, reunited in heaven at the foot of thy throne,
we may celebrate everlastingly the glory of God and thy praise.
Amen. (J.P.W.)

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St. Joseph, Spouse of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
FRIDAY, MARCH 19
MORNING DEVOTION
Ant. The parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year, at the
feast of the Passover.
Psalm 92
The Lord hath reigned, He is clothed with beauty: the Lord is
clothed with strength, and hath girded Himself.
For He hath established the world which shall not be moved.
Thy throne is prepared from of old: Thou art from everlasting.
The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their
voice.
The floods have lifted up their waves, with the noise of many
waters.
Wonderful are the surges of the sea: wonderful is the Lord on
high.
Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh
Thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.
Canticle: Benedictus (see p 118)
Ant. Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being, as
was supposed, the son of Joseph.

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Holy Mass
INTROIT Ps 91:13, 14, 2
The just man shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow up
like the cedar of Libanus; planted in the house of the Lord, in
the courts of the house of our God. It is good to give praise to
the Lord; and to sing to Thy name, O Most High. Glory be.
COLLECT
May we be assisted, we beg Thee, O Lord, by the merits of the
spouse of Thy most holy Mother, that what our own power obtaineth
not may be granted us by his intercession. Who livest.
COLLECT
Feria of Lent
O God, Who dost renew the world with ineffable sacraments,
grant, we beseech Thee, that Thy Church may both be profited
by the eternal institutions and not left without temporal assistance.
Through our Lord.
EPISTLE Ecclus 45:1–6
He was beloved of God and men, whose memory is in benediction;
He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified
him in the fear of his enemies; and with his words He made
prodigies to cease; He glorified him in the sight of kings, and
gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and showed
him his glory; He sanctified him in his faith and meekness, and
chose him out of all flesh; for He heard him and his voice, and
brought him into a cloud; and He gave him commandments
before his face, and a law of life and instruction.

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GRADUAL Ps 20:4, 5
O Lord, Thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness:
Thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. He asked
life of Thee, and Thou hast given him length of days forever
and ever.
TRACT Ps 111:1–3
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly
in His commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. Glory
and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth forever
and ever.
GOSPEL Mt 1:18–21
When Mary, the Mother of Jesus, was espoused to Joseph, before
they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy
Ghost. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and
not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away
privately. But while he thought on these things, behold the angel
of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph,
son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that
which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall
bring forth a son; and thou shalt call His name Jesus. For He
shall save His people from their sins.
OFFERTORY Ps 88:25
My truth and My mercy are with him: and in My name his horn
shall be exalted.

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SECRET
We render unto Thee, O Lord, the debt of our service, and
humbly entreat Thee to guard Thy gifts within us, through the
intercession of blessed Joseph, the spouse of the mother of Thy
Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord, in honor of whose feast we offer
unto Thee this sacrifice of praise. Through the same.
SECRET
Feria of Lent
May the gifts we offer purify us, O Lord, we pray, and continually
appease Thee in our regard. Through our Lord.
COMMUNION Mt 1:20
Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife:
for that which is born in her is of the Holy Ghost.
POSTCOMMUNION
Be with us, we beg, O merciful God, and being propitiated by
the intercession of blessed Joseph, Thy confessor, watch over the
gifts with which Thou hast surrounded us. Through our Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
Feria of Lent
May the participation of this sacrament, we pray, O Lord, unceasingly
keep us free from sins of our own and guard us from
all hostile powers. Through our Lord.

Friday 19 TH , Daily Meditation i 103
DAILY MEDITATION
St. Luke has comprised eighteen years of the life of Jesus Christ
in the few words, “He was subject to them”; still we will permit
ourselves, with the aid of the Holy Fathers, to develop these
words, or at least their sense. St. Basil, in the fortieth chapter of
his Monastic Constitutions, writes that the Savior daily labored
unceasingly to obey Mary and Joseph. St. Justin Martyr assures
us, in his Dialogue with Tryphon, that the Incarnate Word assisted
St. Joseph in his labors, and shared in them as far as
His strength permitted. St. Jerome and St. Bonaventure say the
same thing; but the most undeniable proof of the continual
obedience of Jesus towards St. Joseph, is found in the words of
the Blessed Virgin speaking to St. Bridget, her favored servant.
She says: “My Son was so obedient, that when Joseph said to
Him, Do this or that, He did it immediately.”
…We have a right to add, that our Divine Savior, in thus
honoring Joseph as His father, wished doubtless to leave to
His great family, the Church, a striking example, which should
teach her to pay Joseph special homage as the head of the Holy
Family; had Jesus Christ submitted but for one hour only to the
directions and orders of Joseph, it would have been sufficient to
render that holy patriarch venerable among all the saints; but
how much more should he not be honored after Jesus has consented
to be subject to him during so many years! Brought up,
fed, and protected by St. Joseph for more than twenty-five years,
could the Divine Savior wish otherwise than that all Christians
should endeavor to acknowledge by particular homage the long
and faithful services which that good father rendered to His
adorable person?
Fr. Joseph Patrignani (d. 1733) was an Italian Jesuit priest and author of several devotional
and historical works.

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EVENING DEVOTION
Ant. His mother said unto Him: Son, why hast Thou thus dealt
with us? Behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing.
Psalm 112
Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.
[Bow head] Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth
now and forever.
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the
name of the Lord is worthy of praise.
The Lord is high above all nations; and His glory above the
heavens.
Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: and
looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?
Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor
out of the dunghill:
That He may place him with princes, with the princes of His
people.
Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful
mother of children.
Canticle: Magnificat (see p 120)
Ant. Behold a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath
made ruler over His household.

The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne under
a Tree by Albrecht Dürer (1511)
Friday 19 TH i 105

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Saturday of the
Fourth Week of Lent
SATURDAY, MARCH 20
MORNING DEVOTION
Ant. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from the fear of the enemy.
Psalm 63
Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to Thee:
deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant;
from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent
their bow a bitter thing, to shoot in secret the undefiled.
They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are
resolute in wickedness.
They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall
see them?
They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their
search.
Man shall come to a deep heart: and God shall be exalted.
The arrows of children are their wounds: and their tongues
against them are made weak.
All that saw them were troubled; and every man was afraid.
And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.

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The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in Him: and
all the upright in heart shall be praised.
Canticle: Benedictus (see p 118)
Ant. Thus saith the Lord: He that followeth Me walketh not in
darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Holy Mass
INTROIT Is 55:1, Ps 77:1
You that thirst, come to the waters, saith the Lord: and you
that have no money, come and drink with joy. Attend, O My
people, to My law: incline your ears to the words of My mouth.
Glory be.
COLLECT
Vouchsafe, O Lord, by Thy grace to make fruitful the fervor of
our devotion; for the fasts we have undertaken shall profit us
only if they be pleasing to Thy goodness. Through our Lord.
COLLECT
For the Pope
O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, look with favor
upon Thy servant N., whom Thou hast been pleased to appoint
pastor over Thy Church: grant him, we beseech Thee, that by
word and example he may be of profit to those over whom he
has been placed, and, together with the flock committed to his
care, attain unto life everlasting. Through our Lord.

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EPISTLE Is 49:8–15
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time I have heard thee,
and in the day of salvation I have helped thee: and I have preserved
thee, and given thee to be a covenant of the people that
thou mightest raise up the earth, and possess the inheritances
that were destroyed; that thou mightest say to them that are
bound, Come forth; and to them that are in darkness, Show
yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall
be in every plain. They shall not hunger, nor thirst, neither
shall the heat nor the sun strike them; for He that is merciful
to them shall be their shepherd, and at the fountains of waters
He shall give them drink. And I will make all My mountains
a way, and My paths shall be exalted. Behold these shall come
from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea,
and these from the south country. Give praise, O ye heavens,
and rejoice, O earth; ye mountains give praise with jubilation:
because the Lord hath comforted His people, and will have mercy
on His poor ones. And Sion said, The Lord hath forsaken
me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her
infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she
should forget, yet will not I forget thee: saith the Lord almighty.
GRADUAL Ps 9:35, 22–23
To Thee, O Lord, is the poor man left; Thou wilt be a help
to the orphan. Why, O Lord, hast Thou retired afar off; Why
dost Thou slight us in our wants in time of trouble? Whilst the
wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire.

Saturday 20 TH , Holy Mass i 109
GOSPEL Jn 8:12–20
At that time, Jesus spoke to the multitudes of the Jews, saying, I
am the light of the world: he that followeth Me, walketh not in
darkness, but shall have the light of life. The pharisees therefore
said to Him, Thou givest testimony of Thyself; Thy testimony is
not true. Jesus answered and said to them: Although I give testimony
of Myself, My testimony is true, for I know whence I come,
and whither I go; but you know not whence I come, or whither
I go. You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any man. And
if I do judge, My judgment is true; because I am not alone, but
I and the Father that sent Me. And in your law it is written,
that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that giveth testimony
of Myself; and the Father that sent Me giveth testimony
of Me. They said therefore to Him, Where is Thy Father? Jesus
answered, Neither Me do you know, nor My Father: if you did
know Me, perhaps you would know My Father also. These words
Jesus spoke in the treasury, teaching in the temple: and no man
laid hands on Him; because His hour was not yet come.
OFFERTORY Ps 17:3
The Lord is become my firmament, and my refuge, and my deliverer:
and in Him will I put my trust.
SECRET
Receive our offerings, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and be appeased,
and in kindness turn our wills towards Thee, even
though they resist Thee. Through our Lord.
SECRET
For the Pope
Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the gifts we offer;
and govern by Thy continuous protection Thy servant N.,
whom Thou hast been pleased to appoint chief shepherd of
Thy Church. Through our Lord.

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COMMUNION Ps 22:1, 2
The Lord ruleth me, and I shall want nothing: He hath set me
in a place of pasture: He hath brought me up on the water of
refreshment.
POSTCOMMUNION
May Thy holy things, we pray Thee, O Lord, purify us and, by
their operation, make us pleasing to Thee. Through our Lord.
POSTCOMMUNION
For the Pope
May this reception of this divine sacrament be our protection,
O Lord; and may it ever save and defend Thy servant N., whom
Thou hast been pleased to set up as pastor over Thy Church,
and also the flock Thou hast entrusted to his care. Through
our Lord.
PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE
O God, Who dost choose rather to have pity on them that
hope in Thee than to be angry, grant us to weep, as becomes us,
for the evils we have done, that we may deserve to find the favor
of Thy consolation. Through our Lord.

Saturday 20 TH , Daily Meditation i 111
DAILY MEDITATION
Unless the One who spoke and appeared as a human being
was also the Person of the Son of God, he could not have said,
“I am the light of the world,” but only “the light of the world
dwells in me.” The effect of this light is to expel darkness; and
so he says, “Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness.”
Because this light is universal, it universally expels all darkness.
Now there are three kinds of darkness. There is the darkness
of ignorance: “They have neither known nor understood;
they walk in darkness” (Ps 81:5); and this is the darkness reason
has of itself, insofar as it is darkened of itself. There is the darkness
of sin: “You were at one time darkness, but now you are
light in the Lord” (Eph 5:8). This darkness belongs to human
reason not of itself, but from the affections—which, by being
badly disposed by passion or habit, seek something as good
that is not really good. Further, there is the darkness of eternal
damnation: “Cast the unprofitable servant into the exterior
darkness” (Mt 25:30).
The first two kinds of darkness are found in this life; but
the third is at the end of life. Thus: Whoever follows me will
not walk in darkness—the darkness of ignorance—because I am
the truth; nor the darkness of sin, because I am the way; nor
the darkness of eternal damnation, because I am the life. ... Just
as one who does not want to stumble in the dark has to follow
the one who is carrying the light, so one who wants to be saved
must, by believing and loving, follow Christ, who is the light.
St. Thomas Aquinas (+1274) was an eminent Dominican priest and scholar. Declared
a Doctor of the Church in 1567, he is regarded as the most outstanding Catholic thinker
of the second millennium.

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EVENING DEVOTION
Ant. The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over
all his works.
Psalm 144 (8–13)
The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in
mercy.
The Lord is sweet to all: and His tender mercies are over all His
works.
Let all Thy works, O Lord, praise Thee: and let Thy saints bless
Thee.
They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom: and shall tell of
Thy power:
To make Thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of
the magnificence of Thy kingdom.
Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and Thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
Canticle: Magnificat (see p 120)
Ant. I am One That bear witness of Myself, and the Father
That sent Me beareth witness of Me.

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FEAST & FERIA
Passion Sunday
The past four weeks seems to have been but a preparation
for the intense grief of the Church during
these two. She knows that men are in search of
her Jesus, and that they are bent on His death. Before
twelve days are over, she will see them lay their sacrilegious
hands upon Him. She will have to follow Him up
the hill of Calvary; she will have to receive His last breath;
she must witness the stone placed against the sepulchre
where His lifeless Body is laid. We cannot, therefore, be
surprised at her inviting all her children to contemplate,
during these weeks, Him who is the object of all her love
and all her sadness.
But our mother asks something more of us than compassion
and tears; she would have us profit by the lessons
we are to be taught by the Passion and Death of our Redeemer….
During the four weeks that have preceded, the
Church has been leading the sinner to his conversion; so
far, however, this conversion has been but begun: now
she would perfect it. It is no longer our Jesus fasting and
praying in the desert, that she offers to our consideration;
it is this same Jesus, as the great Victim immolated for
the world’s salvation. The fatal hour is at hand; the power
of darkness is preparing to make use of the time that is
still left; the greatest of crimes is about to be perpetrated.
A few days hence the Son of God is to be in the hands
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no longer needs to urge her children to repentance; they
know too well, now, what sin must be, when it could require
such expiation as this.
She is all absorbed in the thought of the terrible event,
which is to close the life of the God-Man on earth; and
by expressing her thoughts through the holy liturgy, she
teaches us what our own sentiments should be ... what she
principally seeks, is to impress the hearts of her children
with a salutary fear. If Jerusalem’s crime strike them with
horror, and if they feel that they have partaken in her sin,
their tears will flow in abundance. Let us, therefore, do
our utmost to receive these strong impressions, too little
known, alas! by the superficial piety of these times. Let
us reflect upon the love and affection of the Son of God,
who has treated His creatures with such unlimited confidence,
lived their own life, spent His three and thirty
years amidst them, not only humbly and peaceably, but in
going about doing good. And now this life of kindness,
condescension, and humility, is to be cut short by the disgraceful
death, which none but slaves endured: the death
of the cross.
Let us hope that, by God’s mercy, the holy time we are
now entering upon will work such a happy change in us,
that, on the day of judgment, we may confidently fix our
eyes on Him we are now about to contemplate crucified by
the hands of sinners. (Dom Prosper Gueranger)

Index of Meditations i 115
INDEX OF MEDITATIONS
Author
Goffine, Leonard
(Priest)
Schuster, Ildefonso
(Blessed)
Á Kempis, Thomas
(Priest)
Vercruysse, Bruno
(Priest)
Cyril of Alexandria
(Saint)
From Goffine’s Devout Instructions. © 1896. Benziger Brothers,
New York.
From Liber Sacramentorum, Volume 2. © 1925. Burns, Oates &
Washbourne, London.
From Imitation of Christ, Illuminated Edition. © 2019. Sophia
Institute Press, Manchester.
From New Practical Meditations, Volume 1. © 1875. Benziger
Brothers, New York.
From A Commentary Upon the Gospel according to S. Luke, R. Payne
Smith, Tr. © 1859. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Page
57
63
73
85
95
Patrignani, Antony-
Joseph (Priest)
From Devotion to Saint Joseph. © 1897. P. J. Kennedy, New York. 103
Thomas Aquinas
(Saint)
Gueranger, Prosper
(Abbot)
From Commentary on the Gospel of John. © 2013. The Aquinas
Institute, Lander. Used with permission.
From The Liturgical Year; Passiontide and Holy Week. © 1870.
James Duffy, Dublin.
111
114
J.P.W. (Anonymous) From A Novena of Meditations in Honour of Saint Joseph. © 1874.
R. Washbourne, London.
98
De Montfort, Louis
(Saint)
De Montfort, Louis
(Saint)
From A Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin. © 1863.
Burns and Lambert, London.
From The Secret of the Rosary for Renewal and Salvation. ©
2001–16. Montfort Missionaries of Gt. Britain and Ireland.
Used with permission.
75
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Source Texts i 117
SOURCE TEXTS
Unless otherwise noted, all works referenced in
BENEDICTUS are in the public domain.
Liturgical Source Texts
Latin ordinary and proper texts for Mass are drawn from the 1962 juxta
typica edition of the Missale Romanum. Scripture texts are taken from
the Clementine version of St. Jerome’s Vulgate. Morning and evening
devotions are excerpted from the corresponding hours of Lauds and
Vespers for the day, as contained in the 1888 Ratisbonæ edition of
the Breviarium Romanum, with some adjustment to reflect the rubrics
of 1960.
The English translations of Mass texts are generally those of the
celebrated Fr. Francis Xavier Lasance, taken from The New Roman
Missal of 1937. In some cases, proper translations have been preferred
from other approved authors, including Sequences from Dom Prosper
Guéranger and certain antiphons from John Marquess of Bute.
Scripture translations follow Bishop Challoner’s version of the Douay-
Rheims Bible. Simplified Sunday rubrics are original.
Meditation Source Texts
See the Index of Meditations for source materials used each month,
on p 115.

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BENEDICTUS
Canticle of Zacharias (Lk 1:68–79)
Benedíctus Dóminus, Deus Israël:
quia visitávit, et fecit redemptiónem plebis suæ:
Et eréxit cornu salútis nobis:
in domo David, púeri sui.
Sicut locútus est per os sanctórum,
qui a sǽculo sunt, prophetárum ejus:
Salútem ex inimícis nostris,
et de manu ómnium, qui odérunt nos.
Ad faciéndam misericórdiam cum pátribus nostris:
et memorári testaménti sui sancti.
Jusiurándum, quod jurávit ad Ábraham
patrem nostrum, datúrum se nobis:
Ut sine timóre, de manu inimicórum
nostrórum liberáti, serviámus illi.
In sanctitáte, et jurávit coram ipso,
ómnibus diébus nostris.
Et tu, puer, Prophéta Altíssimi vocáberis:
præíbis enim ante fáciem Dómini, paráre vias eius:
Ad dandam sciéntiam salútis plebi ejus:
in remissiónem peccatórum eórum:
Per víscera misericórdiæ Dei nostri:
in quibus visitávit nos, óriens ex alto:
Illumináre his, qui in ténebris, et in umbra mortis sedent:
ad dirigéndos pedes nostros in viam pacis.
V. Glória Patri, et Fílio,
et Spirítui Sancto.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,
et in sæcula sæculórum. Amen.

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BENEDICTUS
Canticle of Zacharias (Lk 1:68–79)
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:
And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us,
in the house of David his servant:
As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets,
who are from the beginning:
Salvation from our enemies,
and from the hand of all that hate us:
To perform mercy to our fathers,
and to remember his holy testament,
The oath, which he swore to Abraham our
father, that he would grant to us,
That being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
we may serve him without fear,
In holiness and justice before him,
all our days.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest:
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:
To give knowledge of salvation to his people,
unto the remission of their sins:
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God,
in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
To enlighten them that sit in darkness,
and in the shadow of death:
to direct our feet into the way of peace.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

MAGNIFICAT
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin (Lk 1:46–55)
Magníficat ánima mea Dóminum.
Et exsultávit spíritus meus:
in Deo, salutári meo.
Quia respéxit humilitátem ancíllæ suæ:
ecce enim ex hoc beátam me
dicent omnes generatiónes.
Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est:
et sanctum nomen ejus.
Et misericórdia ejus, a progénie in progénies:
timéntibus eum.
Fecit poténtiam in brácchio suo:
dispérsit supérbos mente cordis sui.
Depósuit poténtes de sede:
et exaltávit húmiles.
Esuriéntes implévit bonis:
et dívites dimísit inánes.
Suscépit Israel púerum suum:
recordátus misericórdiæ suæ.
Sicut locútus est ad patres nostros:
Ábraham, et sémini ejus in sæcula.
V. Glória Patri, et Fílio,
et Spirítui Sancto.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,
et in saécula sæculórum. Amen.

MAGNIFICAT
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin (Lk 1:46–55)
My soul doth magnify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced
in God my Saviour.
Because he hath regarded the
humility of his handmaid;
for behold from henceforth all
generations shall call me blessed.
Because he that is mighty, hath
done great things to me;
and holy is his name.
And his mercy is from generation
unto generations,
to them that fear him.
He hath shewed might in his arm:
he hath scattered the proud in
the conceit of their heart.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat,
and hath exalted the humble.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath received Israel his servant,
being mindful of his mercy:
As he spoke to our fathers,
to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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