AUGUST.

1. Lammas Day, or S. Peter's Deliverance from Prison,

A.D. 44.

6. Transfiguration of our Blessed LORD.

7. Feast of the Holy Name of JESUS.

10. S. Laurence, Deacon and Martyr, A.D. 258. 23. Vigil. Fast.

24. S. BARTHOLOMEW, Apostle and Martyr. 28. S. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, A.D. 430. 29. Beheading of S. John Baptist, A.D. 32.

SEPTEMBER.

1. S. Giles, Abbot in France, A.D. 724. 7. S. Enurchus, Bishop of Orleans, A.D. 340. 8. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 14. Exaltation of the Holy Cross, A.D. 335.

17. S. Lambert, Bishop of Mæstricht, A.D. 709.

20. Vigil. Fast.

21. S. MATTHEW, Apostle, Evangelist, and Martyr.

26. S. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, and Martyr, A.D. 258. 29. S. MICHAEL, and ALL ANGELS.

30. S. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church, A.D. 420.

OCTOBER.

1. S. Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, A.D. 533.

6. S. Faith, Virgin and Martyr at Agen, A.D. 290. 9. S. Denys, Bishop and Martyr at Paris, A.D. 273. 13. Translation of the Body of S. Edward the Confessor, A.D. 1066.

17. S. Etheldreda, Virgin, Abbess of Ely, A.D. 679. 18. S. LUKE, Evangelist and Martyr.

25. S. Crispin, Martyr at Soissons, A.D. 288.

27. Vigil. Fast.

28. S. SIMON and S. JUDE, Apostles and Martyrs. 31. Vigil. Fast.

NOVEMBER.

I. ALL SAINTS' DAY.

6. S. Leonard, Abbot at Limoges, A.D. 559. 11. S. Martin, Bishop of Tours, A.D. 397. 13. S. Britius, Bishop of Tours, A.D. 444. 15. S. Machutus, Bishop of Alett, A.D. 564. 17. S. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, A.D. 1200.

20. S. Edmund, King of East Anglia, and Martyr, A.D. 870.

22. S. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr at Rome, A.D. 230. 23. S. Clement, Bishop of Rome, and Martyr, A.D. 100. 25. S. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr at Alexandria, A.D. 307.

29. Vigil.

Fast.

30. S. ANDREW, Apostle and Martyr in Greece.

DECEMBER.

6. S. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, A.D. 342.

8. Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

13. S. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr in Sicily, A.D. 304. 20. Vigil. Fast.

21. S. THOMAS, Apostle and Martyr.

24. Vigil. Fast.

25. CHRISTMAS Day.

26. S. STEPHEN, Deacon and Martyr, A.D. 34. 27. S. JOHN, Evangelist and Apostle, A.D. IOI. 27. THE HOLY INNOCENTS.

31. S. Sylvester, Bishop of Rome, A.D. 335.

Moveable Holy Days.

Advent Sunday.-The Sunday nearest the Feast of S. Andrew. There are four Sundays in Advent, after which follows (1) Christmas; (2) Epiphany. The Sundays are then reckoned after Epiphany until—

Septuagesima.-Nine weeks before Easter. The following Sundays are—(1) Sexagesima; (2) Quinquagesima. The Wednesday after Quinquagesima is

Ash Wednesday.-The first day in Lent.

Passion Sunday.-The fifth Sunday in Lent, when the Church begins to commemorate the Passion: see the Epistle for the day.

Palm Sunday.-The first day of Holy Week, when our LORD entered Jerusalem in triumph. Wednesday in Holy Week, the Betrayal.

Maundy Thursday.-The institution of the Holy Com

munion.

Good Friday.-The Cross and Passion.

Easter Eve.-Our LORD in the Grave.

EASTER-DAY.-The Resurrection. Easter-tide lasts forty days, until

ASCENSION-DAY.-When our Lord ascended into heaven. Ascension-Tide lasts ten days, and is followed by—

WHITSUNDAY.-The day of Pentecost, the descent of the HOLY GHOST. The next Sunday is

Trinity Sunday.-The Sundays are now called Sundays after Trinity, until Advent Sunday.

The year of the Church is divided into two portions—the first reaching from Advent to Trinity, wherein we commemorate the various events of our Lord's earthly life; the second from Trinity to Advent, wherein we endeavour to apply His sacred teaching to our souls.

In Advent we prepare to welcome His coming in the flesh; at Christmas we join with the shepherds in adoring the new-born King; on the Circumcision we behold Him obedient to the law for us; at Epiphany we come again to greet Him with the wise men; on the Purification we behold Him presented in His Father's temple, and again greet Him in company with Simeon and Anna. In Lent we strive to remember His forty days' fasting in the wilderness; in Passion Week His sorrowful Passion; and in Holy Week we follow his steps from His entry into ferusalem on Palm Sunday, till we stand beneath the Cross on Good Friday. On Easter Eve we contemplate the grave; and on Easter Day welcome the Resurrection. On Ascension Day we gaze with the Apostles towards that home whither He is gone to prepare a place for us; and ten days later, rejoice with them over the fulfilment of His promise in the Descent of the Holy Ghost, on Whitsunday.

Then, on the Sunday after, Trinity Sunday, we commence the second half of the Christian year.

Days of Fasting and Abstinence.

1. The forty days of Lent.
2. All the Fridays in the year.

3. The Vigils (see Calendar).

4. The Ember Days, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday before the fourth Sunday in Advent; the second Sunday in Lent; Trinity Sunday; and after Holy Cross Day (Sept. 14th).

5. The three Rogation Days, being the three days before Ascension Day.

(1) The forty days of Lent are observed in memory of our Lord's fasting in the wilderness; (2) the Fridays, in remembrance of His Passion; (3) the Vigils, to show that, like the Saints, we must enter glory through suffering; (4) the Ember Days, to pray for those about to be ordained; and (5) the Rogation days, to ask God's blessing on the fruits of the earth.

Instructions on Christian Doctrine.

WHAT EVERY CHRISTIAN OUGHT TO BELIEVE.

I. EVERY Christian must believe that there is one GOD, and only one GOD; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness: Who is a Spirit, and knows all things, and can do all things: Who created man out of dust, and made heaven and earth, and all that therein is. He never had any beginning, and will have no end; He is everywhere present, and nothing can be hidden from His sight.

II. We must believe that in this one GOD there are three Persons,-GOD the FATHER, Who made us; GOD the SON, Who redeemed us; GOD the HOLY GHOST, Who sanctifieth us,-These three Persons are all equal,— the FATHER, is made of none; the SON, Who was begotten of the FATHER before all worlds; and the HOLY GHOST, Who proceedeth from the FATHER and the SON. And although there are three Persons, yet they are all three one and the same GOD, having one and the same Will.

III. We must believe that this Holy GOD first created the Angels, that they might love and serve Him for