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he ate and drank, and he fell asleep again. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go. And he arose, and ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God.

TRACT. Ps. xxiv.-From my necessities, deliver me O Lord; see my abjection and my labour and forgive ine all my sins. V. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul: in thee, O my God, do I put my trust, let me not be ashamed. Neither let my enemies laugh at me. V. For none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded: let all them be confounded, who do vain things.

GOSPEL. Matt. xii. 38.-At that time: Some of the Scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master, we would see a sign from thee. Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign; and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here. The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here. When an unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith: I will return into my house, from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then he goeth, and taketh with Jahim seven other spirits more wicked than himself,

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and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation. As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. And one said unto him, Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without seeking thee. But he answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? and stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoever shall do the will of my Father that is in heaven; he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

OFFERT. Ps. cxviii.-I will meditate on thy law, which I have loved exceedingly; and I will put in practice thy commandments, which I have loved.

SECRET. We offer thee, O Lord, this sacrifice of propitiation, that thou wouldst mercifully forgive us our sins, and guide our tottering hearts. Thro'. COMM. Ps. v.-Hear my cry; attend to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God, for to thee I will pray, O Lord.

P. COMM. Tui, Domine.-May the receiving of this thy sacrament, O Lord, both cleanse us from our hidden sins, and deliver us from the snares of our enemies. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

PRAYER.

Mentes.--Enlighten, we beseech thee, O Lord, our minds with the light of thy brightness: that we may discern what is to be done, and be able to do it. Thro'.

THURSDAY.

INTROIT. Ps. xcv.

PRAISE and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his sanctuary. Ps. Sing to the Lord a new carticle, sing to the Lord all the earth. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Devotionem.-We beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to regard the devotion of thy people; that mortifying their bodies by fasting, their minds may be refreshed by good works. Thro'.

LESSON. Ezekiel xviii. 1. 9.-In those days: The word of the Lord came to me, saying: What is the meaning that you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, this parable shall be no more to you a proverb in Israel. Behold all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die. And if a man be just, and do judgment and justice, and hath not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman: and hath not wronged any man, but hath restored the pledge to the debtor, hath taken nothing away by violence: hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment: hath not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase: hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, and hath executed true judgment between man and man: hath walked in my commandments and kept my judgments, to do according to the truth: he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

GRAD. Ps. xvi.-Keep me, O Lord, as the apple of thy eye: protect me under the shadow of thy wings. V. Let my judginent come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.

GOSPEL. Matt. xv. 21. 23.-At that time: Jesus went from thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him. Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David:

my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil. Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us: and he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me. Who answering said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs. But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.

OFFERT. Ps. 33.-The angel of the Lord shall encamp around about them that fear him: and shall deliver them: taste and see that the Lord is sweet. SECRET. We beseech thee, O Lord, that the offerings which accompany this wholesome fast, may, through thy mercy, save us. Thro'.

COMM. John vi.-The bread, which I will give, is my flesh for the life of the world.

P. COMM. Tuorum-By the free grant of these thy gifts, O Lord, augment our temporal, and renew our eternal helps. Thro'.

Let us pray.
PRAYER.

Bow down your heads to God.

Da quæsumus.-Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that all christian people may acknowledge what they profess, and love the heavenly mystery they so often approach. Thro'.

EMBER-FRIDAY.

INTROIT. Ps. xxiv.

FROM my necessities, deliver me, O Lord: see my abjection and my labour and forgive me, all my sins. Ps. To thee O Lord have I lifted up my soul : in thee O my God, do I put my trust, let me not be ashamed. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Esto.-Be propitious, O Lord, to thy people, and mercifully strengthen those by thy aid, whom thou fillest with devotion to thee. Thro. LESSON. Ezekiel xviii. 20. 28.-Thus saith the Lord: The soul that sinneth, the same shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son: the justice of the just shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. But if the wicked do penance for all his sins, which he hath committed, and keep all my commandments, and do judgment and justice: living he shall live, and shall not die. I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live. Is it my will that a sinner. should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live? But if the just man turn himself away from his justice, and do iniquity according to all the abominations, which the wicked man useth to work, shall he live? All his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: in the prevarication, by which he hath prevaricated, and in his sin, which he hath committed, in them he shall die. And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye, therefore, O house of Israel: is it my way that is not right, and are not rather your ways perverse? For when the just turneth himself away from his justice, and committeth iniquity, he shall die therein: in the injustice that he hath wrought, he shall die. And when the wicked turneth himself away from his wickedness, which he hath wrought, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall save his soul alive. Because he considereth and turneth away himself from all his iniquities, which he hath wrought, he shall surely live, and not die, saith the Lord Almighty. GRADUAL. Ps. lxxxv.--Save thy servant, O

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