SATURDAY BEFORE 1. SUNDAY IN LENT. 195 and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them. But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out. For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not. And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased. And they were far more astonished within themselves: for they understood not concerning the loaves: for their heart was blinded. And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Genesareth, and set to the shore. And when they were gone out of the ship, immediately they knew him; and running through that whole country, they began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. And whithersoever he entered, into towns, or into villages, or cities, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. SECRET. Receive, O Lord, the sacrifice, by the immolation of which thou vouchsafest to be appeased; and grant, we beseech thee, that being purified by its efficacy, we may offer the affections of our mind well pleasing to thee. Thro'. P. COMM. Celestis.-Being strengthened, O Lord, by the gift of a heavenly life, we beseech thee, that what is a mystery to us in this life, may help us to obtain that which is eternal. Thro'. Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God. PRAYER. Fideles.-May thy faithful, O God, be strengthened by thy gifts: that, by receiving them, they may ever hunger after them, and hungering after them, they may have their desires satisfied in the everlasting possession of them. Throʻ. I. SUNDAY IN LENT. HE shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I will deliver him and I will glorify him: I will fill him with length of days. Ps. He that dwelleth in the aid of the Most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of heaven. V. Glory. COLLECT. Nvocabit me, et ego exaudiam eum: Eri pium eum, et glorificabo eum: Longitudine dierum adimplebo eum.— Ps. 90. Qui habitat in adjutorio altissimi, in protectione Dei cœli commorabitur. V. Gloria. Deus qui-O God, who purifiest thy Church by the yearly observation of Lent: grant, that what thy children endeavour to obtain of thee by abstinence, they may put in execution by good works. Thro'. EPISTLE. 2 Cor. vi. 1. 10.-Brethren: We exhort you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain. For he saith: "In an acceptable time have I heard thee; and in the day of salvation have I helped thee." Behold, now is the acceptable time: behold now is the day of salvation. Giving no offence to any man, that our ministry be not blamed: but in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the miniters of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in prison, in seditions, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, in chastity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armour of justice on the right-hand, and on the left: by honour, and dishonour: by evil report, and good report: as deceivers, and yet true: as unknown, and yet known: as dying, and behold we live: as chastised, and not killed: as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing: as needy, yet enriching many: as having rothing, and possessing all thir.gs. GRAD. Ps. xc.-God hath given his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. V. In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. TRACT. Ps. xc.-Qui habitat in adjutorio altissimi, in protectione Dei cœli commorabitur. He that dwelleth in the aid of the Most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of heaven. V. He shall say to the Lord, thou art my protector and my refuge: my God, in him will I trust. V. For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from their sharp word. V. He will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust. V. His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night. V. Of the arrow that flieth in the day; of the business that walketh in the dark: of ruin, or of the noon-day devil. V. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand: But it shall not come nigh thee. V. For he hath given his angels charge over thee; to keep thee in all thy ways. V. In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. V. Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon. V. Because he hath hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he hath known my name. He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I am with him in his trouble. V. I will deliver him, and I will glorify him: I will fill him with length of days, and I will shew him my salvation. GOSPEL. Matt. iv. 1. 11.-At that time: Jesus was led by the spirit into the desart, to be tempted by the Devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry. And the tempter coming, said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said: It is written, "Not by bread alone doth man live, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Then the Devil took him into the holy city, and set him upon a pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written: "He hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone." Jesus said to him, it is written agam, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Again the Devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, and said to him: All these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and adore me. Then Jesus said to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: "The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve." Then the Devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him." CREDO. OFFERT. Ps. xc.-The Lord will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust, his truth shall compass thee with a shield. SECRET. We offer thee, O Lord, in the most solemn manner, this sacrifice at the beginning of Lent, humbly beseeching thee, that as we retrench from the food of our bodies, we may also refrain from all noxious pleasures. Thro'. COMM. Ps. xc.-The Lord will overshadow thee with his shoulders: and under his wings thou shalt trust: his truth shall compass thee with a shield. P. COMM. Tui nos.-May the holy oblation, O Lord, of thy sacrament, give us a new life, that, by laying aside the old man, it may bring us to the participation of this saving mystery. Thro'. MONDAY, I. WEEK IN LENT. As the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, so are our eyes on the Lord our V. God, until he have mercy on us: have mercy on us, Converte.-Convert us, O God our Saviour, and instruct our minds with thy heavenly doctrine, that this fast of Lent may be beneficial to us. Thṛo'. LESSON. Ezek. xxxiv. 11. 16.-Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them. As the shepherd visiteth his flock, in the day when he shall be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered: so will I visit my sheep, and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the peoples, and will gather them out of the countries, and will bring them to their own land: and I will feed them in the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the habitations of the land: I will feed them in the most fruitful pastures, and their pastures shall be in the high mountains of Israel: there shall they rest on the green grass, and be fed in fat pastures upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and strong I will preserve: and I will feed them in judgment, saith the Lord Almighty. GRAD. Ps. lxxxiii.-Cast an eye upon us, O God, our Protector, look down upon thy servants. V. Ó Lord God of armies, hear the prayers of thy servants. *TRACT. Ps. cii. Deal not, p. 117. GOSPEL. Matt. xxv. 31.-At that time: Jesus |